Freight Efficiency with NACFE‘s Mike Roeth & Friends
Sep 22, 2026 · 23 min · 10 segments
Ep. 142: Terry Stefankiewicz, retired executive director of the National Soccer Festival, talks about his coaching career and the importance of learning from your mistakes. He also talks about the…
Terry StefankiewiczGuest
Mike RoethHost
The reason I have you on is really I want to talk about the National Soccer Festival.
So a bold endeavor that I want to walk through because I think the audience is always looking for, you know, when is it in our lives and careers do we decide to do something big? And, you know, those brave souls that, you know, do something big that then has some level of success and success.
So, you know, you had a career coaching different places and did some some great, you know, college coaching there.
But around the end of the 1990s, you know, you and Jerry get together and have this idea of a national soccer festival at a time where soccer was, you know, it was emerging, but it was still kind of laughed at as a thing.
And here in, you know, I think you were in Fort Wayne, Indiana, right? You decide to do something that I fell into that group of people that was excited to work with you on something big.
What sparked the National Soccer Festival and you and maybe Jerry having the bold intention of bringing something national to a small town in the state of Indiana? Back in
And there again, I called Jerry Yagley and I said, would you bring the Hoosiers up and play on the brand new Hefner soccer field, uh, an evening game pre-season it wouldn't count for anything, but we would charge admission.
So that November, I was watching the Maui Classic in basketball, and they were playing in these high school gyms, but man, they had these top-notch teams that flew all the way over there.
So I'm watching it, and I pick up the phone, and I called Jerry at home, and I said, we need one of these in men's soccer.
He said, he got quiet and he said, I'll tell you what, Terry, if you can put it together, you got the Indiana Hoosiers.
The reason I have you on is really I want to talk about the National Soccer Festival.
So a bold endeavor that I want to walk through because I think the audience is always looking for, you know, when is it in our lives and careers do we decide to do something big? And, you know, those brave souls that, you know, do something big that then has some level of success and success.
So, you know, you had a career coaching different places and did some some great, you know, college coaching there.
But around the end of the 1990s, you know, you and Jerry get together and have this idea of a national soccer festival at a time where soccer was, you know, it was emerging, but it was still kind of laughed at as a thing.
And here in, you know, I think you were in Fort Wayne, Indiana, right? You decide to do something that I fell into that group of people that was excited to work with you on something big.
What sparked the National Soccer Festival and you and maybe Jerry having the bold intention of bringing something national to a small town in the state of Indiana? Back in
And there again, I called Jerry Yagley and I said, would you bring the Hoosiers up and play on the brand new Hefner soccer field, uh, an evening game pre-season it wouldn't count for anything, but we would charge admission.
So that November, I was watching the Maui Classic in basketball, and they were playing in these high school gyms, but man, they had these top-notch teams that flew all the way over there.
So I'm watching it, and I pick up the phone, and I called Jerry at home, and I said, we need one of these in men's soccer.
He said, he got quiet and he said, I'll tell you what, Terry, if you can put it together, you got the Indiana Hoosiers.
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