#188 Anthony Hudson, US Soccer U20 National Team Coach, on the Highs and Lows of Being a Professional Coach

Way of Champions Podcast

This week on the Way of Champions Podcast we welcome Anthony Hudson, US Soccer U20 National Team Coach. We dive in to the ups and downs of being a professional coach, the importance of evolving as a coach, and what the most important thing a new coach should do when they take over a team.

Anthony has years of experience coaching and managing teams, including time at the helm of the New Zealand and Bahrain senior National Teams. With New Zealand, Hudson became the youngest ever head coach at the FIFA Confederations Cup after leading the All Whites to the 2016 OFC Nations Cup. Hudson holds a UEFA Pro License and most recently managed the Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer.

As a player, Hudson came up through the academy of Premier League club West Ham United and played there as well as at Eredivisie side NEC Nijmegen. In 2006, he started as a player-coach with the Wilmington Hammerheads in the former USL Second Division, launching his transition to the touchline. His first head coach position came with the Real Maryland Monarchs, also in the USL Second Division before he spent time as manager for the Tottenham Hotspur reserves and Newport County, a Welsh club in the fifth tier of English soccer.

Check out Anthony’s podcast: Masterminds - High Performance Sports

For the month of October, get 60% off of the audio version of Every Moment Matters by clicking here. Highlights from the Podcast:

• Growing up around a father who was also a professional athlete
• Having confidence as a coach to create great players
• Growing and evolving as a coach
• Coaching while still playing and how that influenced Anthony later in life
• Anthony talks about his coaching journey
• Building trust with players
• Learning from doing Masterminds - High Performance Sports podcast
• The difference between cultural architects and cultural assassins
• What is the most important thing a coach should bring to a team?

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