The USA begins their World Cup journey tonight. Its not a stretch to say the US run in the 2002 World Cup completely changed the course of my life. I hope all of you can watch tonight and find your own heroes to inspire you to add a few more chapters onto your own soccer story.
Our 2026 PCM Youth Soccer Clinic was a major success! Thanks to all of the kids who came out to learn with us and to the players, alumni, and parent volunteers who helped coach them up! The future of PCM soccer is looking bright!
Had a great time at the Iowa soccer coaching clinic today. Always great to be back around like minded people, working to grow the game in our state. Season will be here before we know it!
Some of my best soccer memories are of bus trips down to KC to cheer on the Menace. The Open Cup was the only true national championship in US sports. That the US soccer federation seems either disinterested in saving that or powerless to do so is just incredibly disappointing.
The amount of arrogance, selfishness, and greed necessary to make a decision like this is astounding. The things that have always held back soccer’s growth and development in the US continue to do so. Time is a big, dumb circle.
NEW: On Friday afternoon, #MLS announced that it will have its Next Pro developmental teams participate in the 2024 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup instead of its first teams.
The league will reassess participation for future iterations next winter. Report: https://t.co/avqm3AJBjI
Pretty sure PCM soccer had never won a playoff game before this year, but we are winless no more. Amazing what a little hard work and self belief will do for you. Couldn’t be prouder of these guys. Now onto the next…
Congrats to all the soccer seniors on your graduation today! It has been great having all of you on our team and you are definitely leaving the program in a better place than you found it. Best of luck in the future and please stop by and see us again whenever you get the chance!
Obviously would rather win than lose but feel like we took a big step tonight. Taking a ranked team down to the final minutes on the road isn’t something I could even dream of a few years ago. Special thanks to the seniors for helping us get to this point. Proud of all of you!
Been a while since I’ve tweeted but wanted to say how proud I am of our players for sticking with it down 2-0 to come back for the 5-2 win. Even better to have it happen on Youth Soccer Night with the next generation of PCM soccer cheering us on. Future is looking bright!
Had a great time today at the @IowaSoccer Symposium. Always enjoy the opportunity to catch up with old friends and better myself as a coach. Start of the season is just a couple weeks away!
Also newsworthy from yesterday: the Menace put out their 2022 schedule, with six home dates for you to come out and cheer on the reigning national champions! I hope to see all of you at Valley Stadium this summer!
Des Moines is officially going to have a pro soccer team starting in 2024! I am so excited for this and I hope you guys are too! Please give Pro Iowa a follow and check out their website for ways to get involved!