The Next Level Training Soccer Podcast with host Aaron Byrd and Jeff Suffolk
Jun 16, 2026 · 1 hr 28 min · 10 segments
What if everything you thought was the point of youth soccer… isn't? In Episode 63, we sit down with C. Thi Nguyen — Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Utah and author of the new…
C. Thi NguyenGuestJeff SuffolkHostJames DavisHostIt's not the point of this podcast, but like, I want, especially our coaches and our parents that are on this journey and whatever it is in your own, I mean, it's your own life.
It could be your, this might, this might end up being more productive for the parents that are listening to the podcast today than it is for the, for the players.
We were having this conversation, and it was in my own – perspective it and i think this is why you james said you're really going to enjoy this because the way people define success it appears in in soccer or youth sports is that you get a college scholarship and not just any college scholarship you get a college scholarship to a division one school that people recognize the logo when without the words underneath it is the way i defined it i was like this is That is success.
And, and then when they get there and you'll have an Aaron will always say, he's like, we have, we have boys and girls that will go and they'll get that scholarship to that logo school and they'll come home unhappy.
And they're like, Oh my gosh, I spent my entire childhood and all of my parents' money chasing this thing.
And there was the quote that you were, the James Carey quote that you were giving me earlier today, James, which was, I think I might get it wrong, but I want everyone to become rich and famous so that they can learn that that isn't the secret to life.
So that's why I thought it was so important to have T on the show because it was that when you are defining what is important to you, that it truly has to be your game.
It's not the point of this podcast, but like, I want, especially our coaches and our parents that are on this journey and whatever it is in your own, I mean, it's your own life.
It could be your, this might, this might end up being more productive for the parents that are listening to the podcast today than it is for the, for the players.
We were having this conversation, and it was in my own – perspective it and i think this is why you james said you're really going to enjoy this because the way people define success it appears in in soccer or youth sports is that you get a college scholarship and not just any college scholarship you get a college scholarship to a division one school that people recognize the logo when without the words underneath it is the way i defined it i was like this is That is success.
And, and then when they get there and you'll have an Aaron will always say, he's like, we have, we have boys and girls that will go and they'll get that scholarship to that logo school and they'll come home unhappy.
And they're like, Oh my gosh, I spent my entire childhood and all of my parents' money chasing this thing.
And there was the quote that you were, the James Carey quote that you were giving me earlier today, James, which was, I think I might get it wrong, but I want everyone to become rich and famous so that they can learn that that isn't the secret to life.
So that's why I thought it was so important to have T on the show because it was that when you are defining what is important to you, that it truly has to be your game.
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