11 Year MLS Cup Champion Quincy Amarikwa’s (@QuincyAmarikwa) presents - The Perfect Soccer Podcast, Where your host Paul Guarino goes 1 on 1 to get to know your favorite professional soccer players, on and off the pitch.
In today’s episode: Paul interviewed San Jose Earthquakes and USMNT defender Nick Lima. Nick discusses how hard it was to give football for soccer, playing at Cal, being a homegrown player for San Jose Earthquakes, and experience on the USMNT.
0:00 - 1:13 Intro
1:14 - 1:49 New routine during quarantine
1:50 - 2:26 First memory playing soccer
2:27 - 4:06 Playing other sports growing up
4:07 - 4:52 Leaving a soccer academy to play football
4:53 - 6:31 Did playing other sports help in soccer?
6:32 - 7:59 Recruiting process out of high school
8:00 - 8:24 Giving up football
8:25 - 10:24 Experience at University of California, Berkeley
10:25 - 11:28 Staying all 4 year in college
11:29 - 13:11 Being an MLS homegrown player
13:12 - 15:35 MLS debut experience with the San Jose Earthquakes
15:36 - 18:48 Being a defensive player and scoring a goal
18:49 - 20:04 Being a young veteran in the MLS
20:05 - 20:34 Being nominated for MLS defender of the year
20:35 - 22:01 Playing for the USA National Team
22:02 - 23:13 Getting the call up to the USMNT
23:14 - 24:05 More nervous in MLS debut or USMNT debut?
24:06 - 24:28 Perfect Soccer Ad
24:29 - 27:19 Quincy’s 5 questions
27:20 - 29:15 Off the pitch questions
29:16 - 30:51 Outro
Be sure to follow Nick on social:
https://www.instagram.com/nick__lima/
https://twitter.com/nick__lima
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11 Year MLS Cup Champion Quincy Amarikwa’s (@QuincyAmarikwa) presents - The Perfect Soccer Podcast
Where your host Paul Guarino goes 1 on 1 to get to know your favorite professional soccer players, on and off the pitch.
Because how better to learn what it takes to become a pro soccer player, other than directly from pro soccer players?
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