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Stoppage TimeEver added up what a season of club soccer REALLY costs?Dues. Team fees. Uniforms. Hotels. Flights. And yes... the coach’s travel too.We break down the TRUE cost of playing club soccer in DFW, the stuff nobody puts on the registration page. 👀Plus a few shoutouts and some classic scatter shooting.#StoppageTime #DFWSoccer #YouthSoccer #ClubSoccer #SoccerParents #ECNL #MLSNEXT #FriscoSoccer #DallasSoccer
2026-10-081h 10Stoppage Time⚽ PRIVATES. Are they worth it?Every soccer parent has asked it. The kid next to yours has a trainer three days a week. Your group chat is full of highlight clips from 1-on-1 sessions. And now you're wondering if you're already behind. 😬Coming up on Episode 8 of Stoppage Time, we get into the questions nobody gives you a straight answer on:🔹 When should private training actually start?🔹 How often is enough, and how much is too much?🔹 What should you expect to pay?🔹 Does it help your player's development, or is it just FOMO?🔹 Does it matter to club coaches and c...
2026-09-301h 08Stoppage TimePossession. Direct. Physical. …Dirty? What style of play does your kids' team or club identify with??What's your kid's club REALLY playing, and does it even matter for their development? Cable and I get into what's best for your player, and we've got some interesting takes you might not agree with.PLUS: should your son or daughter have a soccer social media account? When's the right age, who should run it, and do college coaches actually look?
2026-09-241h 12Stoppage TimePicking the right coach!Your kid's coach can make or break their whole soccer experience — so how do you actually know if you picked the right one? 🎙️ ⚽️This week on Stoppage Time, Colby & Cable break down what to look for in your club coach — the red flags, the green flags, and the questions every soccer parent should be asking before tryouts roll around again.
2026-09-101h 09Stoppage TimeMultiple Sports. One Season. Now What?!Your season's about to start, but your kid plays multiple sports... so now what? We get into the overlap, the burnout, and the tough calls nobody warns you about.We had a blast getting fired up about this topic — this is one of our favorites so far.
2026-09-031h 16Stoppage TimeNow....what league do we play in!?!MLS Next, ECNL, GA, ECRL, NPL, N1, PPIL, Pre-ECNL... it's a lot. Episode 4 breaks down what level is actually right for your kid, how to qualify, where and when games happen, and what it all costs. Plus- some shoutouts to local DFW players that made all-ECNL teams! So many choices — we walk through it all.
2026-08-271h 22Stoppage TimeRec soccer to club soccer...when, how, where....what to know!On Episode 3, we dig into the rec-to-club transition — what it actually looks like and what parents should know before making the jump. There's a lot to unpack here! Also, we go over our "Top 10 Soccer Parent Pet Peeves" - which we have all been guilty of, so take note!
2026-08-201h 41Stoppage TimeFrom the U.S. Open Cup Final to today's DFW Club Scene with our guest Curtis PartainWould you like to hear from a member of the FIRST EVER team from Texas to make a Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final...!? 👀🏆Episode 2 of Stoppage Time This week we're joined by Curtis Partain — a name that matters on two levels in Dallas soccer.⚽ As a player, he was the first player signed by the Richardson Rockets, helped lead them on a run to the 1991 US Open Cup Final vs. the legendary Brooklyn Italians, and later played for the Dallas Sidekicks, racking up nearly 30 goals in the mid-90s.🏆 As a builder...
2026-08-061h 25Stoppage TimeKickoff: Why We're Doing This and Who We Are!Welcome to Stoppage Time — hosted by two guys (Cable and Colby Smith) who are, by their own admission, not soccer experts. Just two DFW dads (and cousins) who've spent over a decade on the sidelines, made plenty of questionable decisions along the way, and somehow ended up with five soccer playing kids between them.In this first episode, Colby and Cable introduce themselves, explain why they finally started this podcast after years of talking about it, and walk through their own kids' soccer journeys — the good calls, the "what were we thinking" moments, and everything in between. If y...
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