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ISSPF Soccer Insights

Hosted by Josh McClaren, explores the latest ideas, innovations, and practices that drive the best in soccer around the world. We speak with some of the most experienced players, coaches, and practitioners in soccer to uncover what it is that goes into elite soccer performance. From everything to coaching, tactics, analysis, sports science, data and psychology, we leave no stone unturned in our search for how to get to the highest level.

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Steve McClaren

In this episode of the ISSPF Soccer Insights Podcast, Josh McClaren speaks with Steve McClaren about coaching, leadership, culture, and elite standards in football. Drawing on experiences from Manchester United, England, Middlesbrough, Derby County, FC Twente, Newcastle United, and Jamaica, Steve shares lessons from a career spent at the highest levels of the game. The conversation explores how winning cultures are built, why standards matter, the importance of authenticity in leadership, and what modern coaches need beyond tactical knowledge to succeed in elite environments.
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Steve McClaren

In this episode of the ISSPF Soccer Insights Podcast, Josh McClaren speaks with Steve McClaren about coaching, leadership, culture, and elite standards in football. Drawing on experiences from Manchester United, England, Middlesbrough, Derby County, FC Twente, Newcastle United, and Jamaica, Steve shares lessons from a career spent at the highest levels of the game. The conversation explores how winning cultures are built, why standards matter, the importance of authenticity in leadership, and what modern coaches need beyond tactical knowledge to succeed in elite environments.
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Darcy Norman

In this episode of the ISSPF Soccer Insights Podcast, Josh McClaren speaks with Darcy Norman, Director of Performance at Chicago Fire FC, about what it really takes to build high performance in elite football. Darcy reflects on his journey from alpine ski racing into football performance, with the conversation exploring lessons from some of the biggest environments in world football, including Bayern Munich, AS Roma, the German national team, and now Chicago Fire.
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