For the Love of the Game, with Ralph and Ray

Hosted ByRalph Perez and Ray Reid

Legendary college soccer coaches Ralph Perez and Ray Reid have a combined 81 years of coaching college athletes, nearly 900 career wins, five national championships, and approximately 17,546 names in their contacts lists—and they're still in the game. On this podcast, they grab some of those names and talk what’s going on in the soccer world today.

Legendary college soccer coaches Ralph Perez and Ray Reid have a combined 81 years of coaching college athletes, nearly 900 career wins, five national championships, and approximately 17,546 names in their contacts lists—and they’re still in the game. On this podcast, they grab some of those names and talk what’s going on in the soccer world today.

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For the Love of the Game is hosted by Ralph Perez and Ray Reid and is a production of Earfluence.


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