Clarity. Confidence. Perspective.
For every parent on the sideline, and every keeper in the box. I've coached both for over twenty years, from youth clubs to the U-20 U.S. Women's National Team, and this is what I've learned along the way.
Nearly Three Decades on the Sideline
Before any of this, I played professionally — Illinois Thunder in the NPSL, the Houston Hurricanes in the USL — and was invited to the 1997 MLS Goalkeeper Combine. At Cornell College, I was team captain and All-Conference.
Coaching came next, and it's never really stopped. I worked my way up through U.S. Soccer's Olympic Development Program — state, region, and eventually a national championship team — before moving into national-team work with the U-15, U-17, and U-20 Women's National Teams.
In between, I spent two decades directing goalkeeper training at clubs across Texas — including developing two keepers locally in Houston who went on to earn their own national-team looks, one with the U-17 Women's National Team and one with the U-18 Men's National Team. I also served as the inaugural assistant coach for the University of Houston women's soccer program, and hold both an NSCAA Goalkeeping Diploma and a National Youth License through U.S. Soccer.
None of that matters as much as the thing it taught me: every level of this position — 8-year-olds to pros — deals with the same fear of the next mistake. That's what OneMoreSave is really about.
Lesson in Goalkeeping, Lesson in Life
I share these when a real moment earns it, not on a set schedule. Here's a look at how it works.
The Moment
A ball came right at them. Comfortable height, straight at their chest, the kind of save they'd made a thousand times without thinking twice. They weren't set. Weight on the wrong foot, hands a half-second late. It went straight through their hands and into the net. Not a hard shot. Not a bad angle. Just a routine save they didn't make, in front of everyone watching.
Lesson in Goalkeeping
The goals that actually get to a keeper aren't usually the impossible ones. They're the routine ones they stopped getting fully set for, because they'd stopped believing an easy save still needed their full attention.
Lesson in Life
Most of what trips you up isn't the hard thing you saw coming. It's the easy thing where you've quietly stopped paying attention to the small stuff that made it easy in the first place.
Closer
Most of what trips you up isn't the hard thing you saw coming. It's the easy thing where you've quietly stopped paying attention to the small stuff that made it easy in the first place.
One Year, One Goal: The Road to Russia
The U-20 stretch is the one I carry with me most. A full year on the road with the U.S. Women's National Team, building toward the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup — every training camp, every match, pointed at one goal.We got there by winning the CONCACAF Championship, the result that punched our ticket to Russia. The World Cup is the pinnacle of this sport. Being part of a team that reached it is still one of the proudest years of my coaching life.
Coaching staff watching in our match vs. France
With two of our goalkeepers, Val Henderson and Kelsey Davis, moments after winning the CONCACAF title that sent us to the World Cup in Russia.
With Brittany Bock and the CONCACAF Championship trophy — the win that qualified us for the World Cup.
Coaching in the NWSL — Houston Dash
With Erin McLeod.
On the road with the Dash — Providence Park, Portland.
With Erin McLeod, longtime Canadian National Team goalkeeper.
Session After Session, Year After Year
The level changes. The work doesn't.
Positioning work in and around the six.
Adjusting set position for shots in and around the top of the box.
Same focus, every session.
Reviewing the fundamentals of the basket catch.
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