Kwik Goal presents Kwik Chat

North Carolina State Head Coach, George Kiefer, joins us on Kwik Chat this week. Kiefer's coaching journey has taken him from the depths of selling coupon books to overcome a lack of scholarships, to coaching a future UEFA Champions League Finalist. Learn about Kiefer's values for creating strong team culture and how a college soccer program operates as a large corporation!

University of Notre Dame, Head Coach Chad Riley discusses his journey from an up-and-coming Division III assistant coach to the head coach of an elite ACC powerhouse. Riley shares how he has been influenced in his coaching career and provides insight into running a successful Division I training session. On top of all that, find out which professional players he has helped develop.

Kwik Chat is back for 2022! Season 2 kicks off with Kwik Goal Technical Rep, Erik Imler chatting with Brian Wiese, the head coach of Georgetown University. Wiese notably led Georgetown to their first-ever NCAA Championship Title in 2019. Find out Wiese's journey from an engineer to the pinnacle of the collegiate game.

Clint Peay is entering his second season as head coach of Revolution II, the New England Revolution's developmental side, which began play in USL League One in 2020, following his appointment to the position on Nov. 20, 2019. Peay brings to the club more than 17 years of coaching experience with a focus on youth player development including an eight-year tenure working in the U.S. Youth National Team program and 10 years as a collegiate head coach and assistant.

Paul Rogers, Houston Dynamo Goalkeeper Coach and Kwik Goal Ambassador, joins us for this edition of Kwik Chat!   Rogers joined the Dynamo as Goalkeeper Coach in 2015. Prior to joining the Dynamo he served as the U.S. Women's National Team goalkeeper coach since 2009. The Brighton, England native joined the U.S. women's national team as goalkeeper coach in March 2009 and helped lead the U.S. to a gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games and a second-place finish at the 2010 FIFA Women's World Cup. Rogers' duties with the women's national team also included scouting and video analysis.   Rogers served as goalkeeper coach for the Canada Women's National Team in 2008, helping them to a runner-up finish in CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying and the team's first appearance in the Olympics, where they reached the quarterfinals. Rogers worked on the professional level as an assistant and goalkeeper coach with St. Louis Athletica of Women's Professional Soccer in 2009 and 2010, and collegiately with Florida State University, the University of Louisville and Tulane University prior to that.   Since 2006, Rogers has been an instructor for the U.S. Soccer coaching education course teaching the goalkeeping license and the goalkeeping section of the USSF A, B and C licenses. He holds a USSF A License, UEFA B License, UEFA B Goalkeeper License and NSCAA Goalkeeper License, as well as a bachelor's degree in sport administration from Indianapolis University.   As a player, Rogers had spells with several professional and semi-professional clubs in England, including time as a youth player with Queens Park Rangers, Plymouth Argyle and Brighton and as a senior player with Brighton & Hove Albion.  

This episode features Chris Arnold, Deputy Director, Academy & Futsal at Alexandria Soccer Association. Chris has more than 10 years of coaching experience at Alexandria. He was the 2019 Kwik Goal Club Champion's League Male Coach of the Year. Let's hear his story.

CCL Female Coach of the Year — 2019 All Met Girls High School Coach of the Year — 2016 ODP Coach - VYSA Loudoun Soccer ECNL Coach    

Todd was  the Goalkeeper Coach for Real Salt Lake in  Major League Soccer for the past 4 seasons.  He has a vast amount of experience  coaching in both the men's and women's game at the youth, collegiate and professional levels.  For 3 years, he was a a GK  Coach for the United States Girls Youth National Teams at the  U14-U20 Levels at various National Team Camps.  During this time, he also coordinated the US Soccer Training Centers for Eastern PA.  From 2015-2017, he he was also the Head Women's Coach at Lebanon Valley College.  Prior to that he was the Goalkeeper Coach for the NY Red Bulls (MLS) during the 2011 and 2012 seasons. He was also the GK Coach for the 2011 MLS All-Stars when they played Manchester United at Red Bull Arena. During his tenure in New York, not only was he part of two MLS playoff seasons, but the team also won the Emirates Cup in London which included: Paris St. Germain, Boca Juniors and Arsenal.  His pro coaching experience also includes coaching for the PA Roar in the Major Indoor Soccer League.  

Carlo Acquista, a New York Red Bulls scout and former head coach at Adelphi University and St. Francis College, was named the fifth head coach of the Fordham men's soccer program on January 30, 2019 by Fordham director of athletics Dave Roach, and begins his second year at Fordham in 2020.   “We are thrilled to bring on Carlo Acquista to lead the men's soccer program,” said Roach. “Carlo has extensive background in finding outstanding talent and bringing it to New York, whether it was for the Red Bulls, Adelphi, or St. Francis, and then develop that talent into winning programs.  We hope he will continue that trend at Fordham and keep our program at the top of the Atlantic 10 Conference.”   “I am humbled and honored for this fantastic opportunity that has been presented to me here at Fordham University. My family and I could not be more thrilled to become part of the Rams family. I want to thank David Roach, Charlie Elwood, and the committee for their belief and trust I will continue with men's soccer traditions,” said Acquista. “As a native New Yorker, I understand the history of Fordham University and the men's soccer program. I am looking forward to continue instilling the core values of integrating academic and athletic experiences successfully in the Jesuit tradition. I will work diligently to recruit the talented student-athlete who will compete in the ultra-competitive Atlantic 10, as well as meeting and engaging our proud alumni, campus community, and fans.” In his first season at Rose Hill, Acquista guided the Rams to the Atlantic 10 Championship semifinals, Fordham's fourth in a six-year span.  The year saw Joergen Oland receive his second A-10 Defensive Player of the Year award, as well as First Team All-Atlantic 10 honors.  He also garnered All-Region accolades from United Soccer Coaches and ECAC All-Star status. Additionally, Johnannes Pieles was selected as a CoSIDA Third Team Academic All-American, while Konstantin Weis earned a spot on the Atlantic 10 All-Championship team.

Phil Wheddon is the only goalkeeper coach to have coached for both the US Men's and Women's National Teams, and now he has joined Philadelphia Union's first team as the goalkeeper coach. Last season, Wheddon took over as Philadelphia Union II's goalkeeping coach, helping to develop now — NCAA National Champion Tomas Romero and Matt Freese. The veteran coach of three FIFA World Cups also brings 11 years of experience as the women's soccer head coach at Syracuse and two Olympic Gold Medals to his new role. Wheddon now handles the Philadelphia Union goalkeepers and looks to take Andre Blake's game to the next level while helping Joe Bendik and Matt Freese develop into the kind of space-controlling backstops that Ernst Tanner and Jim Curtin value in the Union's aggressive system. Wheddon is always up to the task: He has previous worked with Tim Howard, Hope Solo, Kasey Keller, and Brianna Scurry, perhaps the four faces that would sit atop United States soccer's goalkeeping Mount Rushmore.

John Harkes comes to Greenville having most recently served as Head Coach and Director of Football for FC Cincinnati. During his time in Cincinnati, he led the club to a 16-6-8 record – good for third in the league among 29 teams and a playoff bid in the organization's inaugural season. Harkes was a finalist for Coach of the Year honors after the 2016 season. Prior to taking the helm in Cincinnati, the Kearny, New Jersey, native served as a member of Bruce Arena's coaching staff with the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer (MLS). Harkes has held coaching and technical director positions at the national and MLS academy youth levels, including the U.S. U-20 Youth National Team and as technical director for D.C. United's youth academy. Harkes played soccer at the University of Virginia from 1985 to 1987 under his future D.C. United head coach Bruce Arena. He was named the MAC Hermann Player of the Year in 1987 and elected to forgo his senior year to play full time for the U.S. Men's National Team in 1988. With the National Team, Harkes earned 90 caps (89 starts), competed in two FIFA World Cups (1990, 1994), the 1988 Olympics and served as team captain from 1995-1998

Richie Grant begins his seventh season as head coach at CSU Bakersfield in fall of 2020. He has led the Roadrunners to the Western Athletic Conference tournament in every season at the helm.  Grant's record is 42-60-13 at CSU Bakersfield. In 2019, Grant led the `Runners to the WAC Semi-Finals during the program's final season in the conference, while mentoring high scoring forwards Niklas Koerber and Ryan Goldsmith. CSUB is set to join the Big West Conference in 2020.  Since becoming head man at CSUB, Grant has produced 16 All-WAC selections, five All-WAC Freshman Team choices, seven All-WAC Tournament picks, five NSCAA All-Region selections and 33 Academic All-WAC honorees.   Grant became the 50th active Division I men's soccer head coach to win at least 200 matches in his career on Sept. 24, 2015 when the Roadrunners defeated San Francisco 2-1 in overtime. In 19 seasons as a collegiate head coach, Grant is 222-194-37 overall and 169-165-35 at the Division I level. He began his 25th season as a head coach in 2019.

Entering his sixth season at the helm of the Wake Forest men's soccer program in 2020, head coach Bobby Muuss has guided the Demon Deacons to five straight NCAA Round of 16 berths and two NCAA College Cups, including a runner-up finish in 2016. Wake Forest has amassed an 89-16-9 record in Muuss' five seasons, more wins than any other program in NCAA Division I in that span. Muuss became the first coach in league history to be named the ACC Coach of the Year in four-straight seasons, doubling his predecessor Jay Vidovich (2008-09) and former U.S. Men's National Team coach Bruce Arena (1988-89) as the only others to win that award in consecutive seasons. Muuss led the Demon Deacons to back-to-back ACC Championships in 2016 and 2017, just the second and third tournament trophies in program history, as well as four-straight ACC Atlantic Division crowns.

Now entering his 21st season in 2020-21, Clarke has firmly cemented himself as one of the premiere college coaches in the NCAA's highest division. He effectively etched his signature on Quinnipiac soccer by becoming not only the winningest coach in its history, but leading his team to an NCAA Tournament berth in 2000 and a regular season championship in 2001. In 19 seasons as a head coach, Clarke has a 180-176-38 overall record, which features a 161-160-36 mark while at Quinnipiac. Clarke recently was inducted to the Irish American Soccer Hall of Fame in March of 2015 at the second annual awards banquet. Hailing from Ireland, Clarke's accomplishments at the collegiate level and within US National Soccer have not gone unnoticed. Clarke traveled to the FIFA U17 World Cup as an assistant coach/analyst for the U.S. National Team and was part of the staff that won the 2018 CONCACAF U17 Championship. He currently serves as a staff coach for the US Soccer Youth National Team program and has recently worked with the U17, U20 and U23 national teams. In 2013, Clarke was named to the Irish Sports Top 50, which is an award presented by the Irish Voice that recognizes notable Irish figures in sports. In Sept. of 2008, Clarke was asked to assist the Irish National Women's Soccer Team when they played in the "Achieve Your Gold" Tournament hosted by the U.S. Women's National Team