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The Threshold LabMargueritte Aozasa | UCLA Women's Soccer Head Coach | "If you're not being transparent with your players, then you can't expect them to trust you."Today's conversation is with Margueritte Aozasa, head coach of the UCLA Women’s Soccer program and one of the brightest minds in collegiate coaching today.In just her first year as a head coach, Aozasa led the Bruins to a national championship, which made her the first rookie head coach and the first woman of color to win an NCAA Division I title in women’s soccer history. Before her time at UCLA, she spent seven seasons as an assistant at Stanford, where she helped guide the Cardinal to two national championships and four College Cup appearances.2025-07-281h 02
The Coop with KitCoach Margueritte Aozasa: Inside the Mind of an NCAA Champion & The Power of Good ParentingKit sits down with powerhouse Margueritte Aozasa — the youngest coach ever to win an NCAA soccer championship — for a wide-ranging, wisdom-packed convo that goes way beyond the field. They talk about the mindset that made her a champion, how her parents shaped her confidence, and what it really takes to lead with heart. From childhood dreams of playing Major League Baseball to balancing motherhood and coaching at the highest level — this is one of those episodes you’ll want to bookmark and share with your kids.--It’s a coaching masterclass for the driven — a...2025-04-0254 min
THE Soccer Dad-PodSoccer Mom Sunday: Big 10 Feature - UCLA & Rutgers!It’s a BIG TEN Soccer Mom Sunday! Several teams came to town to play at St. Louis CITY’ SC’s stadium over the weekend, for the 2024 Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament. And we got a chance to talk with the two finalist teams!
- First, listen in for a visit with UCLA Women’s Soccer Head Coach, Margueritte Aozasa, who talks about D1 expectations, style of play, what she’s looking for in a Bruin, and how she balances high-level coaching with also being a Mom.
- Then a talk with Cathy Andruzzi, former Basketballer and Broadcaster, who is now the Leader...2024-11-101h 10
How Soccer Explains Leadership PodcastTransparency, Trust, and Conflict Prevention with Margueritte Aozasa, UCLA Women’s Soccer Head Coach - RECASTIn Episode 157, we are recasting our interview with Margueritte Aozasa, UCLA Women’s Soccer Head Coach, former Stanford Women’s Soccer Assistant Coach, and former Santa Clara University Defender/Midfielder, who talked with us about her incredible first season at UCLA, during which she became the first coach to win a National Championship in her first year as a head coach, what mission and personal “why” drives her to do what she does, building trust with her team, healthy conflict prevention and resolution, how her and her husband “coach” each other, what she was thinking in the final minutes of the Natio...2024-10-311h 10
The BIG LIFEUCLA's Head Coach Margueritte Aozasa Talks Big Ten Transition, Roster Challenges, and Coaching YouthIn this episode of The Big Life, we are thrilled to welcome Margueritte Aozasa, the head women's soccer coach at UCLA. She shares her insights on joining the Big Ten Conference, the challenges of dealing with injuries, and, of course, adapting to the Midwest's weather!
We also discuss the latest Big Ten soccer updates, including Michigan State's recent performances and the impact of the U-20 World Cup on team rosters. Plus, we highlight Penn State's Kaitlyn MacBean's outstanding weekend performance.
Don't miss Margueritte's thoughts on the future of recruiting with the new roster cap and...2024-09-0553 min
The Championship CornerMargueritte Aozasa: UCLAMargueritte Aozasa is the Head Women's Soccer Coach at UCLA2024-06-2356 min
Coaching Culture331: Changing the Game Through How We Coach | UCLA Women's Soccer Coach Marguerite Aozasa Part 2We continue our conversation with Margueritte Aozasa and discuss how she responded to her team's upset in the NCAA tournament and how she supports her players emotionally. Marguerite also shares her perspective on effective coaching and addresses misperceptions around coaching. Tune in to gain insights into leadership, team culture, and personal growth.
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The Asian American AthleteCoaching UCLA Women’s Soccer Team, Winning a National Championship, and Making History with Margueritte AozasaIn this episode, host Justin Hong interviews Margueritte Aozasa, Head Coach of the UCLA women's soccer team, about her playing and coaching career.During the episode, Margueritte shares about her family’s background, playing sports in her childhood, and how she got started playing soccer (3:40). She talks about her training regimen and her development as a soccer player (6:42) and notable memories from her club and high school soccer experiences (8:30) as well as from her college career at Santa Clara (15:07).She discusses her soccer coaching career with the Mountain View Los Altos Soccer Club and...2023-09-0543 min
Bring It In | The Future of Work, Jobs, and Education#110: Margueritte Aozasa — Head Women’s Soccer Coach at UCLA, 2x NCAA National ChampionIt’s World Cup Season and if you’ve caught the past few games, you’ve probably seen a few former players from the UCLA Bruins on the field, coached by the great Margueritte Aozasa.
Coach Margueritte is the 6th head coach in UCLA women's soccer history and only one of five Asian American women currently serving as a head coach for a NCAA women's soccer team.
She previously coached Stanford to great success during her seven seasons (2015-21), helping guide the Cardinals to the NCAA Championships in 2017 and 2019 and Pac-12 titles from 2015-19. The 2018 team als...2023-08-0326 min
How Soccer Explains Leadership PodcastHSEL Season 9 Halftime ShowIn Episode 124, Paul and Phil discuss their favorite moments and leadership nuggets from our incredible guests in the first half of Season 9 (Graham Daniels, Margueritte Aozasa, Josh Glover, and Skip Gilbert), a glimpse into the great work that Paul and Warrior Way did with different communities in Guatemala earlier this month, some great books that Paul and Phil have read recently, and other topics that hopefully will help you be better in every area of your life. We are certain you will learn something and be challenged by this conversation. What were your favorite moments from the...2023-07-2743 min
Female FootballersMargueritte AozasaAs we enter into the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, we have a winning mentality on our mind! What better person to have on the podcast than the most recent NCAA Division One Women’s soccer Champion Coach, Margueritte Aozasa?! We chat all about culture, a winning mentality and her unique philosophy that prioritizes vulnerability, joy and mental health with her Championship winning team! A very inspiration episode that will pump you up to watch many players whom she’s coached heading into this World Cup!2023-07-2034 min
How Soccer Explains Leadership PodcastTransparency, Trust, and Conflict Prevention with Margueritte Aozasa, UCLA Women’s Soccer Head CoachIn Episode 121, Margueritte Aozasa, UCLA Women’s Soccer Head Coach, former Stanford Women’s Soccer Assistant Coach, and former Santa Clara University Defender/Midfielder, talks with Paul and Phil about her incredible first season at UCLA, during which she became the first coach to win a National Championship in her first year as a head coach, what mission and personal “why” drives her to do what she does, building trust with her team, healthy conflict prevention and resolution, how her and her husband “coach” each other, what she was thinking in the final minutes of the National Championship game, whether coll...2023-06-151h 08
Breaking the Line: The ECNL PodcastBreaking The Line: Episode 63 (feat: Margueritte Aozasa) Let us know the topics of interest to you!The ECNL Podcast features Margueritte Aozasa, UCLA women’s soccer head coach. Breaking the Line podcast host, Dean Linke, speaks with Aozasa about winning the National Championship, her coaching career, her time with MVLA, and more.2023-03-0131 min
The Bear and the BallBruin PowerMargueritte Aozasa is making the most stunning impact on women's collegiate soccer the game has ever seen. From multiple NCAA titles as an assistant at Stanford University to winning the title as Head Coach of the UCLA Bruins in her first season, Margueritte is changing the game. On today's Bear and the Ball, we relive the dying seconds of one of the most dramatic NCAA finals ever played, we go on a journey from club soccer to Santa Clara, and we find out what makes this unique coach and her amazing staff tick.2023-02-0738 min
Give N’ GoUCLA Head Coach Margueritte Aozasa Interview + NWSL Draft and United Soccer Coaches Convention Recap + USWNT vs. New Zealand CoverageEpisode 57 features an exclusive interview with UCLA superstar head coach Margueritte Aozasa who became the first coach ever to lead a team to National Championship in their first season as a head coach. You won't want to miss that as it features Margueritte, our host Rohtas and Sam Cary from the University of Iowa soccer team as their captain. Plus Rohtas recaps GSN's time on Podcast Row at the convention and our NWSL Draft coverage and finally discusses the USWNT's friendlies against New Zealand. All this and more is featured on another episode of Give n' Go.
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DE Soccer PodcastDwayne, are you SafeSport Certified?This week the coaches sit down with Margueritte Aozasa, UCLA Women’s Head Soccer Coach, to talk about her first year as a head coach and winning the NCAA National Championship and also Ju’Riese Colon, CEO for the US Center for SafeSport, to talk about how the center started and the work they have done so far.
00:00 - 03:15 - Winter workouts
03:16 - 10:40 - Interview with Margueritte Aozasa, UCLA Women’s Head Soccer Coach
16:45 - 44:00 - Interview with Ju’Riese Colon, CEO for the US Center for SafeSport
44:01 - 01:17:00- Player...2023-01-271h 17
Coaches Corner Chats with KieronStoppage Time | Margueritte Aozasa | UCLA Womens SoccerMargueritte Aozasa | UCLA Womens Soccer - Our chat during #AddedTime #StoppageTime.2023-01-1332 minCoaches Corner Chats with KieronMargueritte Aozasa | UCLA Womens Head Soccer CoachSeason 3 Episode 9: Margueritte Aozasa (Twitter: @margaozasa) - Head Coach for the UCLA Womens Soccer Coach (Twitter: @UCLAWsoccer.
UCLA won the 2022 NCAA Division National Championship in Coach Aozasa's first season as the Bruins Head Coach. This chat looks at this historic first season, but also gives some insight into the journey that Margueritte has taken to make it to UCLA. Great person and great coach!
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United Soccer Coaches PodcastMargueritte Aozasa, Donna Fishter, Becky Burleigh, & Celia Slater, Pres. By LeagueApps 12-29-22On this week's United Soccer Coaches Podcast, presented by LeagueApps, Host Dean Linke first chats with National Championship Coach Margueritte Aozasa, fresh off UCLA's comeback victory against North Carolina. Next up, Dean visits with Leadership Coach Donna Fishter ahead of her presentations at #PHL23. To finish up this week's show, we hear from two United Soccer Coaches Content Creators, and longtime Convention Presenters: Becky Burleigh and Celia Slater. Becky gives a sneak peek at her four sessions planned using the What Drives Winning philosophy and Celia chats with Dean about what attendees can expect with the Assistant Coach Professional...2022-12-291h 14
SoccerGrlProbs178. UCLA Head Coach Margueritte Aozasa - The Secret to Playing At UCLAToday we chat with Head Coach Margueritte Aozasa. Margueritte is the first head coach in NCAA women’s soccer history to win a national championship in their rookie season! Her team also made history. Her UCLA team also made history Monday night coming back from a 2-0 deficit to force overtime and defeat UNC 3-2 win the National Championship. Margueritte tells us about the game, what made her team successful during it and through the year, including a key of everyone being invested into the dynamic of the team and relationships between staff and players. She also gives great ad...2022-12-0929 min
Locked On UCLA - Daily Podcast On UCLA BruinsUCLA SOCCER WINS THE NATIONAL TITLE WITH MIRACULOUS COMEBACK!!On this episode of Locked On UCLA, Zach Anderson-Yoxsimer reacts to UCLA winning their 120th NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ALL-TIME! It was UCLA Women's Soccer's 2nd ever Title in program history. 1st Year Head Coach Margueritte Aozasa helped out by a wild comeback in the final minutes beat UNC 3-2 to win!! This is your daily UCLA Podcast!!Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!LinkedInLinkedIn jobs helps you find the candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post your job for free at Linkedin.com/lockedoncollege Terms and conditions apply.2022-12-0612 min
College Soccer NationCollege Soccer Nation S3E14 - UCLA Head Coach Margueritte AozasaThe coaches are joined this week by Margueritte Aozasa Head Coach of the UCLA Bruins, the current #1 and undefeated team in Women's soccer. They talk about her career as player at Santa Clara to Coach at Sanford and now UCLA. They also talk about her coaching philosophy that has made her so successful.
The "Mayor" Robbie Church joins the coaches first to play "Deal or No Deal" and talk about teams of the week, and preview this weekend's contests.
The Power 5 returns with a look at the US Men's World Cup Team's history. Give a l...2022-09-281h 06
United Soccer Coaches PodcastMargueritte Aozasa, Chaka Daley, Dr. Rachel Lindvall, & Cassidy Weiss, Pres. by LeagueApps 91-22Check out this week's United Soccer Coaches Podcast, presented by LeagueApps! Host Dean Linke opens up the show with new UCLA women's soccer head coach and API Coaches Community Member Margueritte Aozasa. Following Margueritte, Dean chats with University of Michigan men's soccer head coach Chaka Daley, The Mindful Project Co-founder Dr. Rachell Lindvall, and United Soccer Coaches Youth Programs Manager Cassidy Weiss!
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Masters In Coaching PodcastMasters in Coaching Podcast- Episode XXXVIIITim Cates talks with Margueritte Aozasa about taking over as the new UCLA Women's Soccer Coach and why getting her Masters in Coaching and Athletics Administration from CUI was so beneficial for her as a leader and coach.2022-04-0123 min
United Soccer Coaches PodcastHowie Putterman, Glenn Crooks, Paula Wilkins, & 30U30 Pres. by TeamSnap 10-10-19This week we welcome five guests. We chat with Girls' High School Advocacy Chair Howie Putterman. Glenn Crooks joins us talking all things MLS playoffs. We chat with Paula Wilkins, head women's coach at Wisconsin. We also meet two more members of the 2018-19 30 Under 30 Class; Tom Poole, U11 and U12 Boys DOC with Colorado Rapids Youth, and Margueritte Aozasa, Assistant Coach with the Stanford women's program.2019-10-101h 35