Back of the Net - CISC
Charlotte Independence Soccer Club's Soccer Podcast - Interviews and content from guests for all levels of soccer players, coaches, and parents.
Also, listen into on our new program called Chats with Jacks - Get a deep dive behind the scenes into our different departments, programs, staff, values, and more!
Episodes
26 episodes
Chats with Jacks - Episode 3 - Member Services
Get to know behind the scenes of our Member Services team and our Registration and League Compliance Director! In this next episode of Chats with Jacks, we will get an inside look on their day-to-day tasks, communication goals, and learn about ...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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17:39
Chats with Jacks - Episode 2 - Communication
Listen to Charlotte Independence Soccer Club's CEO, Thomas Finlay, and Director of Soccer, Neil Roberts, engage in an informative discussion about communication. Get a deeper understanding of our Communication Protocols, Let Us Play policy, 24-...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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21:22
Chats with Jacks - Episode 1 - Recreation and Youth Academy
Join Barry Slagle, Director of Recreation, and John Tart, Director of the Youth Academy, as they discuss our Recreation and Youth Academy programs in this episode of Chats with Jacks.Barry and John delve into the specifics of each progr...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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22:45
Episode S3 - 2 ECNL Academy Marco Wright - #Path2Pro
Coming from the Charlotte Independence Soccer Club’s Boys ECNL Academy, Marco Wright joins the Back of The Net Podcast. Throughout the segment, we learn the path Marco took when it came to playing soccer. From starting in recreation soccer, pla...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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23:30
Episode S3 - 1 ECNL Academy Ryan Behrmann - #Path2Pro
Coming from the Charlotte Independence Soccer Club’s Boys ECNL Academy, Ryan Berhmann joins the Back of The Net Podcast. Throughout the segment, we learn the path Ryan took when it came to playing soccer. From starting in recreation soccer to t...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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16:29
Episode S2-2 Kelly Flanders and Nicola Hauk - W League Captains
Today we are speaking to Kelly Flanders and Nicola Hauk, the two captains for CISC's W League team. Kelly is a 2018 graduate of Appalachian State and Nicola is a rising junior that is transferring this summer from Delta State to the Unive...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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32:24
Episode S2-1 Robyn Horner - Head Coach W League
Today's podcast is a conversation with Robyn Horner. Robyn is the head coach for our new W League team. Robyn has had a long and successful history in the professional game and is looking forward to creating the foundation for this ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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44:35
Episode 17 - Wells Thompson - Soccer Resilience
Today's podcast is a conversation with Wells Thompson. Wells' has had a career as a 9-year Professional Soccer Player (#5 pick in the 2007 MLS Draft and 2010 MLS Cup Champion), as a coach, as an entrepreneur, and now as an ultrarunn...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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48:30
Episode 16 - Pat White - Futsal
Today's podcast is a conversation with Pat White. Pat is the Futsal Director and Camp director for Charlotte Independence Soccer Club. Pat is also a former 10+ year indoor and outdoor soccer pro as well as a former member of the US ...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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56:19
Episode 15 - Matt Spear - Soccer Resilience
First podcast of 2021. Thanks for listening in! Today's podcast is a conversation with Matt Spear. Matt is a founder of and the center mid for Soccer Resilience. Before Soccer Resilience, Matt captained the 1992 D...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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40:47
Episode 14 - Fil Wilkinson - Director of Community Engagement and Adult Soccer
In today's episode, we speak to Fil Wilkinson. Fil is our director of community engagement. If the club is running a program outside of regular competitive soccer, Fil is probably involved. If you are interested in helping out...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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23:18
Episode 13 - Female Leadership Council
We speak to Rusty Scarborough, Greg Ashton, and Sarah Vogelwede about the club's female leadership council and leadership development program. Check out the video from the last leadership council meeting here,
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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38:19
Episode 12 - Stephen Sweeney - Director Youth Academy
Stephen is our Youth Academy Director out of the Lake Norman site. We speak about the goals of the youth academy program, how to help players at the recreational level, and a quick update on his favorite EPL team. Recor...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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16:24
Episode 11 - Austin Pack - Charlotte Independence Pro Team Goalkeeper
Austin is a UNCC alum and has been playing professionally since he graduated in 2016. Austin has played in the NASL at Puerto Rico FC, at the Portland Timbers 2 and Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC in the USL before signing and coming back to Ch...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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21:20
Episode 10 - John Cullen - UNCC Women's Soccer Head Coach
John Cullen is the head coach at UNCC for the women's soccer program. John is well-spoken, passionate, and truly a joy to listen to. We speak on how he got to the States, how he got into coaching, what kind of style his teams play, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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47:07
Episode 9 - Mike Jeffries - Head Coach and GM for the Charlotte Independence
Mike Jeffries is the head coach and general manager of OUR Charlotte Independence pro team! We talk about his history in the game, the league and how it is structured, and what the team has been doing during this return to play. Be ...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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28:44
Club Announcement - Return to Play - Chad Metzler
Chad Metzler - Chief Operating Officer https://www.flipsnack.com/Independencesoccer/independence-return-to-play/full-view.html...
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Season 1
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41:58
Episode 8 - How our members are training at home
In this episode, we speak to 5 (not 6...) of our members about how they are training at home during this suspension of play. We speak with JT Dolan, Johnny Thyne, Hunter Maholtz, Luke and Justin Deffenbaugh. More training plans can ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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21:12
Episode 7 - Juan Vazquez and Carlos Martinez - East Director and Director of Boys South
This podcast is in Spanish and English. If you find value in this Spanish/English Podcast, please email Carlos Martinez at CarlosM@independencesoccer.club and/or Juan Vazquez at JuanV@independencesoccer.club. In this episode, we tal...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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36:38
Episode 6 - Blake Ellis - South Goalkeeper Director
Blake Ellis is currently the assistant coach for goalkeepers for both the men and the women at Winthrop University as well as our South Goalkeeper Director. We speak about what training looks like for a college goalkeeper in and out of se...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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35:03
Episode 5 - Emily McMillan - Youth Academy Director - Girls North Meck
Emily is a long time employee of the club and our youth academy director for the girls out of North Meck. We talk about using ball mastery and futsal to create fearless players and how to be different. Shout out to our Regional Futs...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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56:56
Club Announcement - Return to Play: Game Plan - Chad Metzler
Chad Metzler - Chief Operating Officer https://www.independencesoccer.club/news-detail/coronavirus-update-club-operations-status...
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Season 1
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35:40
Episode 4 - Keith Poston - Recreation Director
Keith Poston is our Director of Recreation. We talk about rec as the entry point for our player pathway, rec to pro and 4 to 74, and the first step in playing the independence way. A huge thank you to all 227 of our volunteer coache...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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37:32
Episode 3 - Adam Tipper - Girls ECNL Futures North Director
Adam Tipper is the Girls ECNL Futures North Director. We talk about Tipper's background in England, how his Dad is disappointed he's an Arsenal fan, and how he got here to the States. We also speak on how to train game intelligence ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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41:51
Episode 2 - Greg Ashton and Phil Hindson - College Recruiting
In this episode, we speak to the girls and boys college recruiting directors for CISC.Greg Ashton is our girl's college recruiting director and a former college coach at Trinity University and Davidson College. Phil Hindson is our boy...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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48:38