For the Love of the Game

Join Ralph, Ray and Rick Jacobs, a 23-time state championship-winning coach, as Rick delves into the importance of creating a winning culture in youth soccer. With a 94% winning percentage and a 131-game unbeaten streak, Rick shares his insights on cultivating trust, building relationships with his players, and fostering a sense of tradition and belonging among his teams. Tune in to learn more about the role of culture in sports success and how to implement it in your own coaching style.

Show Notes

Join Ralph, Ray and Rick Jacobs, a 23-time state championship-winning coach, as Rick delves into the importance of creating a winning culture in youth soccer. With a 94% winning percentage and a 131-game unbeaten streak, Rick shares his insights on cultivating trust, building relationships with his players, and fostering a sense of tradition and belonging among his teams. Tune in to learn more about the role of culture in sports success and how to implement it in your own coaching style.

Rick is the all-time winningest high school soccer coach in the U.S. and has coached players that have ended up on the World Cup and Olympic teams, and in the English Premier League, German Bundesliga, Scottish Premier League and MLS.

For the Love of the Game is hosted by Ralph Perez and Ray Reid and is a production of Earfluence.

What is For the Love of the Game?

Legendary college soccer coaches Ralph Perez and Ray Reid have a combined 81 years of coaching college athletes, nearly 900 career wins, five national championships, and approximately 17,546 names in their contacts lists—and they're still in the game. On this podcast, they grab some of those names and talk what’s going on in the soccer world today.