Shoutout to one of the opposing teams’ dad who told me I needed to take my Midol. You’re literally there supporting your daughter @ a women’s soccer match. Nice. 🤡
#bebetter
#weAREtired
A lot of coaches tell recruits to pick a school not a coach, but in all reality coaches can completely ruin a player’s experience. Of course, the school is important. But knowing who the coach is, not the sales person who is trying to get you to commit, is important.
1/3 What’s up Chicago area? I have 3.5 years experience as a technical director in California & currently I am a college head coach in the area building a program. If any club DOES want a woman in leadership or on the board - I’m available to assist.
One of my u14 kids goes to sub in & the sideline ref asks her who for (as there is no re-entry first half). She replies “pam”.. he stares at her blankly wanting her jersey #
I go, “sir, come on you know Pam.”
Other coach chimes in, “get it together sir, it’s Pam” 😂😂
an opponents parent called me a “lesbian b*” behind my back and i found out one of my u16 players got super defensive and got in his face. & even though i wouldn’t ever wish for a player to defend me I’m just so proud of the character behind that
today at the grocery store they were selling these over priced cheap soccer balls next to check out. this little girl kept saying she wanted one. we happened to walk out by each other. I grabbed one out of my trunk and threw it to her and her smile was so big, made my day. 🤗⚽️
Future wifey appreciation tweet;
@FernandezAulani
stepped into an interim head d1 coaching role at
@GoCougarsWSO
. She’s strong. She’s resilient. & DID I MENTIONED SHE JUST SET THE RECORD FOR MOST WINS at CSU IN A SEASON TODAY?!
Dear Male Head Coaches,
Do NOT text a woman head coach (or assistant for that matter) who has no idea who you are or how you got her number and say:
*First name of said coach*, this is Coach *Last Name*
It’s ridiculous & screams misogyny or ageism 🤯😤
Happy
#Pride
Month from an openly gay, head NCAA women’s soccer coach!
Not that my profession is important here, but I will continue to strive to be the out, confident, coach & person I really needed to see someone else be when I was a student athlete 🏳️🌈
so I’ve gotten close with my new neighbors. my guy next door said his youngest daughter ordered me something for Christmas. She brought it over today.. I’m not crying you’re crying 😭
this is a first & might be my favorite excuse ever. so today i get a text that two of my players were gonna be late because the Sacramento airshow was going on & they would have to land their private jet at a farther airport. I can’t make this shit up 😂🤷🏼♀️
“There’s not a lot of genuine love in this world, so when you find it, hold on to it as long as you can.” - My dad when I came out to him at the age of 20. Happy
#NationalComingOutDay
@FernandezAulani
#95days
So proud of you
@FernandezAulani
! Great pick CSU - strictly from a coaching perspective & not a future wife perspective, Aulani is one of the greatest learners I’ve ever met. Her drive, joy & huge ceiling will separate her constantly in this profession.
It saddens me that
@KatieSowers
has to make it to the Super Bowl for a story/apology to come out from Goshen College. I remember when this happened, & to this day we still have people fighting to let sexual orientation impact a hiring decision. Its not good enough.
@TFCoachCarlson
One of my college players walks up to me in the middle of training & says, “you got one piece of hair just sticking up.”
& before i could even think i said, “I’ll fix my hair when you fix your decisions.” and I’m just now cracking up at how true and funny that was
Since today is my official start date, I can finally announce how excited I am to take the assistant job at Cal State East Bay and work along side of head coach, Robin Hart. Thanks
@SMC_WSoccer
for the incredible past two years.
But also - shoutout to
@camilleschafer1
’s mom, from my team, who Absolutley let him have it 💪 it’s those that stick up for people when they can’t defend themself that show the ultimate character 💛
for over a month i thought something electrical was wrong w my light in my bathroom .... landlord comes up last night and just raises the DIMMER switch next to the light that I’ve never seen before 🤦🏼♀️
Is anyone else concerned that every social media platform we enjoy has turned into a recruiting platform? I love recruiting. I love my job. Are we all just pretending this is normal now? Coaches, take care of your mental health. This isn’t what the “grind” means. Make time 4 you.
i canceled practice tonight to go see Ellen Degeneres do stand up (for the first time in 15 years) in SF & my team low key translated that into I was doing stand up with Ellen 🤷🏼♀️😂 one day..
so i simply asked what the capital of Nebraska was to see which team would start with the ball, but now I’m reevaluating life because one of our college players yelled Wyoming ....
California, y’all have been good to me, but I’m taking my future wife & heading to our new house and new jobs in Indiana. Here we go
@FernandezAulani
❤️
Today is moving day! So bittersweet, but I’m more than excited to start this next chapter in Indiana with my favorite person ❤️ Let’s do this thang!
@soccermaryc
Out of the 12 women’s soccer teams in our
@goccaa
conference, 4 of 12 are coached by women. Out of the four teams in the semi’s, 3 of 4 are coached by women. You gotta love to see it.
3/3 ECNL & GA clubs (any club for that matter), should start thinking about hiring their version of an SWA (senior women advisor). Create the job. We are here. We can help. We want to help make this better for youth soccer players. We hope you do to.
Club teams traveling outside of California to play in tournaments that aren’t approved in their own state & then traveling back to their home town blow my mind. What is that teaching your players? Soccer > life? Your selfishness of astounding.
HS coach tells team they didn’t work hard enough. And they lost because they didn’t try or care.
Senior speaks up who literally left everything she had out on the field, “i worked my butt off tonight & never gave up.”
Coach, “don’t disrespect me like that.”
Some coaches ruin it.
64 years of marriage - grandpa is a hall of fame college swim coach & grandma worked tirelessly in disaster relief for the Red Cross for 40+ years. If this isn’t goals idk what is ❤️
I just sat in & observed two different panels that were asked the same questions on youth training. One panel, all women, & the other, all men.
Observations: females all on time, on lap tops or tablet, stayed on camera whole time.
Men were all late, majority were on phone, all(1)
2/3 I’m tired of hearing, “there are no women reaching out for these opportunities.” I actually saw an ECNL DOC tweet exactly that, yesterday. Weird. Because I reached out to him 2 years ago about Aulani & I both looking for something new. Never heard a word.
that awkward moment when Michelle Akers roasts me on FB for talking smack to
@yung_lani
thinking i actually had the nerve to call one of the best players to play the game soft 😂😂😂
National girls & women in sports day is beautiful for so many reasons. I’m so honored and privileged to coach for a living. Post college athletics is hard, being a woman in the real world is hard on top of that. To those I coach & have coached - I love you & I’m proud of you!
Big thanks to
@KatieSowers
for the much needed encouragement for
@FusionSC
- really proud of this club, players & staff, for putting so much into making sure we stay together and provide an outlet for each other
We have to focus on wins, losses, and ties for a living, and I couldn’t be more thankful that I have a guaranteed win with you every single day. Priorities.
#blessed
Happy anniversary
@aulani_whisler
! I love you forever ❤️
Happy One Year Anniversary to my favorite person on the planet! You make me laugh until my stomach hurts, love harder than I ever have, and live like to the fullest! Here’s to so many more year 🤍
I’m house sitting and the house next door is having a pool party
“Don’t go breaking my heart” comes on.
*They all go crazy cheering*
I yell, “YEAHHHHH”
and someone goes, “OKAY CRAZY BACKGROUND GIRL.”
& that just hit me differently 😂
Everyone wants to be a part of your best moment in life. Many will check in on your worst. But it’s those that ride with you through all of it that are worthy of your loyalty & love
my brother’s fiancé got a softball mit for christmas. she was so excited she found a tennis ball and dragged my brother outside in 3 inches of snow & 20 degree weather. her first throw she puts it on the roof ... 😂😂
@FernandezAulani
Did you have on the captain’s armband on? Better ways to tell you only that one is to speak to him. Yes following the law, not spirit of the game. Never did that unless person was well out of line.
not that rankings always tell the story, but my 02 group has climbed at least 50 spots to make it into the top 10 in the country & im proud as hell of them