Nearly five weeks was my initial attempt at completing 75 Hard. If you follow this blog, you’ll know that I failed after ten days. However, I restarted, and yesterday marked twenty-one days into attempt number two. The common belief is that turning something into a habit takes three weeks (twenty-one days). Whether that is true …
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Episode 3 of the Footy Foster podcast is available now on Spotify, and will be available on YouTube this afternoon! I talked about the USMNT qualifying for the 2022 World Cup, the UNC/Duke Final Four game, as well as why I love reading and writing. Then I talked to my friend Eldin about the World …
It has been 1,632 days since the USMNT lost to Trinidad and Tobago to miss out on the 2018 iteration of the World Cup. It has been 2,828 days since the USMNT played in a World Cup. After last night’s 0-2 loss against Costa Rica, the long wait for redemption is over. The pain and …
Episode two of the podcast is out on Spotify, anchor, and on my Youtube channel! Had a lot of fun with this one. I talk about the USMNT path to Qatar after the first two games of the March qualifying window, talk further about why I quit playing XBOX, as well as give some insight …
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The end of yesterday marked 14 days that I had completed all tasks for 75 Hard. I’m still kicking myself for failing when I went down to Nashville. I’d be 28 days in after today if I hadn’t failed. But, I’m still learning that failure is just a part of life, an important one. Failure …
How I Wager on Soccer Before I get into this, I am not a professional bettor, or punter, as they say across the pond. I’m just a guy who watches a lot of soccer and likes to place the occasional wager on a match to make things more interesting. It is very easy to start …
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75 Hard One Week Update Yesterday marked the end of week one of 75 Hard (for the second time I may add.) It’s hard to put into words exactly what this challenge has done for me over the course of this month, but to put it simply, it’s been incredible. Just look at what it’s …
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On Thursday, March 18th, Gregg Berhalter went live on ESPN to announce his selection of players for this month’s last round of World Cup Qualification games. With automatic qualification not guaranteed for the Stars & Stripes yet, there were a lot of eyeballs on his roster choices. Below is the full 27 man squad called …
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I lasted ten days doing 75 Hard. But that does not mean I’m quite done with this endeavor yet. Last week, I traveled to Denver, Colorado, to see about a job opportunity. I left Tuesday morning and came back to Ohio on Friday morning. When I got back to the airport in Cincinnatti, I decided …
No, I’m not referring to the heartwarming and hilarious comedy show on Apple TV, Ted Lasso. I’m talking about Jesse Marsch. Jesse’s rise to being a manager in what is arguably the toughest football league in the world is just as heartwarming and inspiring as the hit TV show. Jesse’s footballing career began at Princeton …
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