Whitecaps London / Railway City FC . (Canada) – Details, episodes & analysis

Today we speak with Railway City F.C player Alan Monyard. At just the young age of 21 he's amassed quite the resume. We explore him living and playing the beautiful game in Europe and all the opportunities that the beautiful game provided him.

"This was a refreshing podcast with Alan. He's been shape by some of the best coaches around. It was a pleasure to learn more about him today." say Abbi Lezizidis.

Come out and support Alan and watch an artist on the pitch.

"Hard work in practice makes you better in a game."

Thank you Alan for joining the pod.

Alan's Achievements:

Played in the San Marino Cup when I was 9 in San Marino, Italy representing Canada and

losing in the semi finals.

Played in the Cotif Cup when I was 11 in Gandia Spain.

Played as a guest player for a Columbian team at the USA Cup

Travelled to Harefield England when I was 13 and stayed at the Watford FC Academy Complex

Friendlies with Watford FC, Stevenage FC, Reading FC, Brighton FC, MK Dons FC, Leicester City FC

Participated in the FCBescola Camp in Barcelona, Spain when I was 14 and was invited to train

with their youth teams in the evenings.

Invited for the Ontario Provincial Trials in September 2018.

Invited as Guest player for SAAC League Finals game a year up and helped secure the League

Champion win by scoring.

Lead scorer consistently during youth play.

Numerous Youth Soccer Tournament wins all through youth years throughout United States

and Canada

Played in Baraca Cup outside Barcelona October 2019 - selected for Lank U19 youth team based

on performance.

On this podcast, we speak to Coach Ahmed Gharib. 
Ahmed is an incredibly well respected and loved coach within our program.  At just 2.5 years of coaching with Whitecaps London he’s already acquired a  Concacaf C license. 
He’s created quite the environment of engagement with his 2014 boys and continues to grow both on and off the pitch   This podcast is an incredibly real conversation straight from coach Ahmed’s heart. 
We talk about his past of playing Futsal and playing with one of the greatest dynasty clubs from the GTA. The love of one of his favourite coaching mentors from his past.  
You’re gonna love his thoughts and where Soccer was and where it continues to go in Canada.
Thank you, Coach Ahmed for all the support and a big shout out to your family for supporting you and your time to coach these young players from the club 

We welcome back Stephanie to the pod. We spoke with Stephanie in Feb 2021. Since then she's been at NDC. NDC is the National Development Centre for the Best of the Best youth female soccer players in the Country.

Stephanie is heading to Providence College D1 in the Big East Conference.

All the best Stephanie. We will be following and watching closely.

Feb 2021 Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/episode/4odWzx9fmT7E3aSH4pG3vR?si=PhwwWy94SkKAww0E61LvgA

Come meet Olivia Mills. She is a force on the pitch and a very competitive player. She shares her story of determination, her work ethic and how she continues to achieve her goals. Olivia is heading to Evansville D1 in Illinois. All the Best Olivia!!!

An awesome podcast with an incredibly gifted player. Kimee Liu is heading to the State of Michigan to play D1 with Oakland University. She will be studying Health Sciences.

All the Best Kimee. Oakland is lucky to have you.

Heidi is heading to D1 - St Peters University located in New Jersey. Heidi shares her recruitment process and is incredibly thoughtful and positive throughout the process. Thank you Heidi and good luck in Jersey.

Photo Credit : ADC

Hello & welcome to the round table featuring parents...Troy Nazarewicz, Aparna Tarc, Stephen Mitchell, Andrew Howell & Sue Amaral

You don't want to miss this one. An amazing good and honest discussion from parents who new and experienced parents in the game.

In this Podcast we discuss the scope of soccer in Canada from the round table eyes. How they see it Nationally to the pitches locally...

• Is it working?

• In their opinion…Is the club meeting this area?

o What do we need to focus on?

o What is the area of good and we should strive to be better.

o What are some things you’ve seen and identified?

• Are your child’s goals to continue to grow in the game. Are they multi sport?

And the final question...

• The RIDE Home. We hear from the round table what their ride home looks like after a match, practice etc. This is an area real important to the podcast.

Sarah K. Sparrow - Former Whitecaps London Player in Playing and Studying in England

An incredibly awesome and honest conversation with Sarah Sparrow…a 2004 former Whitecaps player who made the decision to jump over the pond in England to follow her dream to play professional football. We discuss her pathway and love the for the game. Thoughts on the pathway in Canada for young players and lack there of….

An important Podcast for many young players. Belief, Commitment and Perseverance and a reminder to always follow your dreams.

More about Sarah….

http://sarahkayesparrow.com/

Sarah Kaye Sparrow

I am a left footed winger originally from Winnipeg, Canada. I currently play for Dorking Wanderers FC Women in England, where I was a part of Lou Cooper’s squad that did “the double” ………………

Sarah K Sparrow – Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/sarahkayesparrow/

Dorking Wanderers – Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/dwfcwomen/

University Campus of Football Business – Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/ucfbuk/

About Dorkin

https://dwfc.co.uk/club/history/

About UCFB's Global Institute of Sport

https://www.ucfb.ac.uk/ucfb-events/ucfb-undergraduate-open-days/

More about DORKING

https://dwfc.co.uk/teams/women/

Located in: Dorking Wanderers Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Dorking, Surrey, England. Affiliated to the Surrey County Football Association, they are currently members of the National League, the fifth tier of English football, and play at Meadowbank.

Dorking is a market town in Surrey in Southeast England, about 21 mi south of London. It is in Mole Valley District and the council headquarters are to the east of the centre. The High Street runs roughly east–west, parallel to the Pipp Brook and along the northern face of an outcrop of Lower Greensand. Wikipedia

Parent of the Club Kimberly shares her voyage as a Canadian Champion and Olympic Athlete in Curling.

She shares some great insight into the sport of Curling and how it has transferred both as an athlete and coach in her role as a parent.

We discuss the ride home and everything in between having a daughter playing in her first OPDL year.

This was an exciting and very interesting podcast with Kimberly.

Enjoy...

More about Kimberly Tuck.

Just returned from Calgary for the Canadian Women's Championship more commonly known as the Scotties Tournament of Hearts

Canadian gold medal in the discipline of Mixed Doubles,

I also have a Canadian Mixed (4 person) as Team Ontario silver medal and two Canadian Mixed bronze medals.

Competed in two Olympic Trials...one in women's, and one in mixed doubles (should have been 3, but thanks to covid the Olympic Trials for Mixed Doubles for the last Olympics was cancelled) that would have let to representing Canada at the Olympics.

Mixed Doubles Canadian Championship title and representing Canada at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships is still my proudest accomplishment, nothing like being Team Canada!

Curling competitively since age 13.

Was a figure skater in her younger days.

Played fastball very competitively, winning a Provincial Championship.

Other…

Coached Taylors team from U9 to U12 while she played in Strathroy.

Heavily involved in coaching in curling and look to get more involved in that as her career winds down.

Social Media. X (formerly know as twitter) : https://twitter.com/HoglineSally

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberly_Tuck

Team Inglis

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=899002115346131&set=pb.100057090535207.-2207520000

A Great conversation with a strong athlete from the club. Dominic Cabral shares his passion and love the beautiful game. A fantastic speaker with a charisma/vibe you can feel through the podcast.

Dom is an example of hard work paying off joining our program through the Woodstock Soccer Club in his u13 year.

Since his arrival Dominic has been selected to Ontario Provincial Screen and the Vancouver Whitecaps Integration Camp.

Rob Pereira - Whitecaps London Technical Director has this to say about Dominic - "Dom is an excellent athlete, who is also very technically sound.  His ability to play out of the back and his range of passing allow him to play in any system.  We're excited for Dom and his future in the game."

Mike Ayyash - Whitecaps FC - Academy Centre Technical Director has this to say about Dominic "Dominic was excellent during the MLS Integration Camp in Vancouver last November where the top 2008 boys’ prospects from around the Whitecaps national network trained with our MLS Academy staff and competed with MLS Academy players in this talent ID event. He showed strong leadership qualities on the field and maturity off the field, excellent shot stopping skills and put in strong performances in training and games. He represented London very well and is someone to track as he continues to grow and develop."