Coaching a youth US Soccer teams is usually a relatively short term deal. MLS head job is the goal
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success as a pro coach usually is tied to how much $ ownership is willing to spend on players...and in MLS it's not even that easy as the league funnels all the big name international players to a handful of clubs (Miami, NYCFC, LAFC, Galaxy).
Nsien is a good coach. I think he's better youth coach than an upper level pro coach TBH, but then again, FC Tulsa didn't really work hard to get him the players he needed to compete.
I don’t think JM would be able to pass many background checks. He is a horrible person, over rated trainer.
You can think of him as you wish as a person, but as a technical teacher of soccer, he is one of the very best in Tulsa.
Do you think that is because he is talented or because the pool is shallow?
I think Felipe at Samba is better / just as good and isn’t a massive d*ckhead.
I've seen him train kids and seen the results, even after just a couple of sessions. He would occasionally come in and do some technical training sessions with my son's team. Even though my kid is a GK, the sessions were very positive for him as well and helped him with both his footwork with the ball in the back as well as his distribution. I mean, just a session or 2 and you could see the instant difference JM was making.
My son did a couple of sessions out at Samba too with a GK specific trainer so I can't really speak to Felipe's effectiveness. Everything is different when you're talking GKs and who they train with and what they work on. Lewis Amos was a great GK coach for my son...he was crazy and challenged my son to be better and put him in a training group with GKs who were slightly better than him so that also pushed him. BUT, the best coach my son had was Donovan Ricketts mostly because he challenged my son to play the game from the GK spot in a different way and he forced him to focus on skills that weren't associated with shot stopping. He treated the GK position like it was the grand master of chess on the soccer field which was perfect for my son because he is a very analytical person.
JM's personal issues can't be ignored so I questioned the wisdom of putting him with extremely young kids but as a coach for kids 14+, he makes them better players.
My daughter has tried multiple times to train with him and each time, he treated her like she wasn't worthy of his time. No "onboarding", no time for her to acclimate to his style, nothing. So when she didn't immediately click, that was it. She refuses to go back because of how uncomfortable she feels around him.
Makes sense and understandable. To be honest, I have never seen JM train girls. And I know on his own players, he's extremely tough and some kids work well in those conditions and some don't. And I'm not saying he's right or wrong or that I agree with his methods other than the drills he puts the kids through seem to be effective and stick pretty quickly.
Well, he has 1 that he's worked with for a long time and to his credit, she's a beast.
But other than that, idk any.
First time posting in the group, but have followed the conversation for a while. JM has trained tons of girls and coached girls prior to his most recent stint at TSC. Of all the coaches my daughter has had (and she has had a ton for a 2011) he was her favorite.
I'm happy she enjoyed it. I'm sure others have, too, but I'm only speaking on my experience with him as well as my daughter's experience. I'll give him his flowers all day on being a good technical coach / trainer. But that's where it stops for me.
You can ask ten different people about JM and get ten different opinions. All are likely valid. He’s not for everyone. In fact, he’s not for most players. He’s intense. He’s uncompromising. He’s demanding. He’s harsh at times. A kid has to have tough skin. All that said, for the most part he trains the top kids in the area. He’s sent more boys to MLS Next academies than all the other coaches/trainers in the state combined. I believe every local girl currently in the US Soccer ID camp pool is or has been trained by him.
However, your kid must find a fit. It doesn’t work if there is no relationship between a trainer and player. I’m a firm believer that every young player needs a mentor. Whether that’s a coach, trainer or older player. I do believe Felipe at Sambo is also a good option. He’s trained a number of D1 girls through the years.
However, your kid must find a fit. It doesn’t work if there is no relationship between a trainer and player. I’m a firm believer that every young player needs a mentor. Whether that’s a coach, trainer or older player. I do believe Felipe at Sambo is also a good option. He’s trained a number of D1 girls through the years.
We were at TSC until this past season but moved to OEFC, but we try to find open sessions with JM when we have time.
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