Full interviews with current and former college soccer players who have experienced the American training process. We ask them to give us their opinions on the current issues impacting coaching and youth soccer.
Jasmin Cardoso, Senior at George Mason University
Full interviews with current and former college soccer players who have experienced the American training process. We ask them to give us their opinions on the current issues impacting coaching and youth soccer.
Jasmin Cardoso, Senior at George Mason University
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1. Tell me about where soccer has taken you today. Today, now! I am a former soccer player. Fall 2013 was my last season, I was a starter since freshman year, when I played for New Mexico State University, where we made history by being the first soccer team in that institution. Also, me being the first soccer player to record a goal scoring record as a freshman (at New Mexico State). I was also named to an all WAC conference team. At Mason I was a starter for three years and a captain my senior season. Also had high scoring points with goals and assists.
2. Tell me about your soccer progression (when did you start playing? What made you get into Soccer? Where did you start playing?)
-I started playing at an early age in Mexico, mainly with the girls juggling a ball because boys wouldn’t let us play with them. Once I came to the United States (at age 8) i started playing with friends from the neighborhood then ended up playing travel. One of the reasons i enjoyed soccer, or started playing, was because of my older brother Serafin. His passion for soccer and the time he spent playing and watching it made me like it.
3. What made you fall in love with the game?
- Like i said before probably my brother made me love soccer and as weird as it sounds, the way it made me feel when I played. It is such a good feeling to touch the ball or have the ball at my feet.
4. Who had the biggest influence on you playing soccer? – my brother
5. Did you ever think that the game was pushed on you by anyone?- no, definitely not!