Jessica McDonald has become an absolute superstar athlete, both on and off the pitch. She has 19 caps for the US Women’s National Team and has led the North Carolina Courage to 2 NWSL championships. At UNC, she was a member of the 2008 and 2009 NCAA championship teams. But for Jessica, the path hasn’t…

Tobin Heath is a rock star. She wants to play soccer, and compete in her life, and everyone’s opinion of her doesn’t matter. She’s a 3-time national champion at UNC and a star of the Portland Thorns and US Women’s National Team. Today, her coach Anson Dorrance and host Dean Linke talk to Tobin about…

Anson Dorrance and host Dean Linke chat with UNC soccer star Danielle Egan Reyna and former captain of the US Men’s National Team Claudio Reyna about the role parents play in youth soccer development, and how they’ve raised one of the most talented young players in the country, Gio Reyna. Vision of a Champion is…

Lucy Bronze on competitiveness, “There’s a perception that being competitive is not really a good thing, especially when I was younger, for a girl to be competitive, it’s like – no, a girl should be nice. I was just not that girl. I wanted to win at everything. The day that I turned up to…

As soccer has grown in popularity, so too have the number of club teams. Many feel like for those that want to play soccer collegiately, club soccer is the only way to get discovered and recruited. Susan Ellis is a soccer hall of famer, UNC legend, and high school coach at Durham Academy – and…

Sarina Wiegman is the Head Coach of England’s National Team. At the time of recording, Anson Dorrance and host Natalie Bode talk to Sarina about her success as the Dutch Women’s National Team Head Coach, her time at UNC, what it was like to come over to the United States to play college soccer, and…

Today Anson Dorrance and Dean Linke chat with April Heinrichs, former UNC standout, former US women’s national team star, and former head coach of the US women’s national team. They discuss technical and tactical development, including Anson’s infamous 3-4-3 technique, and how coaches can learn from players. Vision of a Champion is a production of…

Tisha Venturini-Hoch is the only athlete who has 4 NCAA championships, an Olympic Gold, a World Cup, and a professional championship.  Today, Tisha and her college coach Anson Dorrance, along with host Natalie Bode, talk about the basics of soccer, leadership, cross-training, and having fun with the game.  Plus Anson shares an unbelieveable story about…

How do the great athletes become elite? What can the coaches do to drive them to their full potential? On today’s episode, Anson and host Natalie Bode are joined by Roy Williams, head men’s basketball coach at UNC and three time national champion.  Together, Anson and Roy have coached some of the most driven leaders…

Today Anson and host Dean Linke are joined by Gloria and Yael Averbuch. Gloria is the co-author of Vision of a Champion with Anson, and they wrote it together when Yael was just 10. Yael dreamed up playing for Anson, but he didn’t want to recruit a friend’s daughter – except that Yael’s talent was…