Pat played soccer on traveling teams for most of his life before kicking footballs. He and the crew talk about Pat's soccer glory days. Full Episode: • PMS 2.0 Ep. 58 - Zion ... MERCH: store.patmcafeeshow.com
Some of pat’s contemporaries: Clint Dempsey (premier league star) Tim Howard (premier league superstar) Landon Donavon (MLS superstar). Pat was coming up when there was real talent on USMNT.
cpmenninga saying that Dempsey was a PL star and Howard a superstar is a big stretch buddy. Dempsey was an OKish player for mid table sides and Howard was a good GK for a mid table team. At their best they were good PL players, but stars? No way
@@felipewilliams3047 You're forgetting that Howard played great for Man United and Ferguson only sold him because Howard screwed up and let in a free kick because he used a 3 man wall instead of a 4 man wall. I agree with you on Dempsey but you can't sleep on the man who has the most saves in a world cup game.
Hey Howard made a lot of mistakes while at United, that’s why they had to buy Van der sar. The two seasons he played were so inconsistent, he was constantly getting dropped for the sub GK, who was awful as well. But when he was at Everton he proved that he was a good PL GK. He isn’t one of the great GKs of all time, one of the greatest PL keepers of all time. He even wouldn’t be in the conversation of best GK in the continent. He was a good GK for everton for a lot of years. He is the USA greatest GK of all time for sure tho. Bear in mind, I’m not saying that he is not good, I’m only saying that the PL is in another level.
Played with pat in high school, the 2 mile 12 min thing was legit. Factor in it was August (90s) and if you didn’t make it under 12 you had to run it again. The worst.
Our school would do that too and there were super athletic players who could run for days but sucked at soccer and the coach would love them just cause they can run 2 miles in 11 minutes instead of 13
aj3369 almost no high schoolers can run 2 miles in under 12. Our coaches would make a huge deal about having to do it under 12 but almost everyone would be at least like 30 seconds over if not more. And do you mean your coaches would make you run it again the same day??
The FitnessGram Pacer Test is a multistage aerobic capacity test that progressively gets more difficult as it continues. The 20 meter pacer test will begin in 30 seconds. Line up at the start. The running speed starts slowly, but gets faster each minute after you hear this signal. [Beep] A single lap should be completed each time you hear this sound. [Ding] Remember to run in a straight line, and run as long as possible. The second time you fail to complete a lap before the sound, your test is over. The test will begin on the word "start". On your mark, get ready, start.
I remember my coach tell me to push attackers into the group during corners hoping they trip up. I played goalie and rightback, so many dirty things i learned
I was a Keeper and well and my coach did not teach me that I learned it on my own. I hated when they would try to lean against me on corner kicks to I would step past them and stick my cleat right on top of their big toe.
As a center forward, I used to get all of that during corners. But I'd step on their toes with all my weight with my heal as I went to the near post. They stopped after that.
I remember my first beep test in HS (I was 250 something) and signed up for hockey and soccer (Not many students stick with it, let alone two sports classes) so my first soccer class was a beep test ( I made it to 4.8, not bad for my weight. I made it farther than most of the people my weight) and over the three months. I began to drop weight fast, I went from jogging for 7 mins to running a mile in under 5 minutes. Proudest moment of my life, when you put so much effort into succeeding with your goal (Mine was drop under 200 pounds) and by the end of those three months, I went from 250 something to 160 and run a 5 minute mile no matter what (All that running, jogging, skating, and sports all gave me something I could never learn myself. Discipline)
Yeah but theyre not as skill based and conditioning wise. Soccer helps your footwork in all sports (crossovers in hockey becomes easier, your strides while running overall gets much better so you cover more ground without burning as much energy. You didnt sign up for a sports class and it shows.
Only thing you can learn in baseball is batting stance and positioning. Thats it. Hockey? Its all about stick placement, positioning, and reading the play. I prefer a sport where I can acfually run. You know? A real sport.
So please. Give me some basic tips on any sport you play. I can give you countless because I play baseball, hockey, soccer, volleyball, and basketball? Ill give you a universal one to get you started. Keep the play in front of you.
And by the way. Hockey? You actually have to skate on your edges, not all "atheletes" could do the same. A hockey player can catch the ball or shoot it just as much as any other player. Why? Its an activity, not a skill. You show me any other athlete that can use their edges, skates, and/or a stick and I'll show you a hockey player playing another sport.
@@SwerveFC I think it is you who has missed the point key word in your previous sentence is WAS... as in past tense.. as in no longer is as in has moved on to bigger Better things
Pat McAfee - I remember back in the day Seneca Valley vs Plum game and we did shadow you all game and yet somehow you still scored on us taking a corner kick. You, J. Fischer, B. Mcdade, and the twins were killers for sure.
That's not very much though, is it? Normal walking speed for humans is like 3.1 mph so around 4.6 miles in 90 minutes. That doesn't scream "elite pro athlete" to me.
@@alexanderstrain6250 I didn't see it that way. Soccer players are exceptionally agile and the focus needed to keep control must be quite intense. Makes sense being even a bit winded should make a big impact on performance.
when i was playing high school soccer we did a drill called 10, 15, 30s and we had to finish in under like 20 seconds and we’d keep going until everyone made it back and there was one practice we did that drill for a solid 30 minutes.
Chewsba I grew up with Kids who took grades waaayyyy too seriously to stop at 20 lol. In my class kids would see who could go longest and talk with everyone else at lunch who got what and whoever got the most was crowned king of the grade 😂
Hey Pat, just how watching this but I caught your reference to the games played off of 465. As a former player myself (of a significantly less caliber) I can say without a doubt your presence would be welcome there
That is why pat did so good in kicking football. I play soccer in young age and I use to punt long but I never tried to join American football in high school. Now I regret it because I could have been good nfl player
Soccer was my thing as well but running wasn't. In a game I could run for days, drills or conditioning, forget it. Completely a mental thing because when I got older and got into running, I could run for miles once I got past that mental block
After a productive 3 week Vogelsinger soccer academy in Santa Barbara back in 1997, we were scrimmaging the girls team for fun. As a midfielder, I took possession and began advancing the ball. Nobody was on me and I just took off straight up the gut towards the goal. About halfway there, I was chased down and tackled (kicked) from behind... rupturing my Achilles and virtually ending any shot I had at a scholarship.
An American saying he was a very good soccer player needs a HUGE asterisk beside that sentence. The worst Brazilian soccer players goes to teach Americans how to play the sport.
I haven’t related to anything more. Played at a high level. Played for an Army team in Kuwait. Played the Turks, Brits, and Kuwaiti’s. We weren’t winning shit but I got head butted, kneed in the thigh, basically fucked up for three games. Just so we’re clear, I earned every shot I took. I played like a prick. Scored the only two goals we scored all tournament and gave up 0 goals in 2 halves playing goalie. Angerer’s a gem. We’re from the same area
Fucking futsal is the best and I could see this dude being a baller at the “Fido” position (bottom of the diamond) or target forward (top of the diamond).
We used to play a game called odds and evens in wrestling practice quickly pull out someone's leg hairs and they have to guess odds or evens. They guess wrong you punch them for the number of hairs you pulled they guess right they punch you
Grew up just north of pat. Aldo grew up to be a little bigger than the average highschool soccer player. Graduated at 6'2 and 210 and ran a 10.9 100 and 22.4 200 meter ...Reminds me of me aside from the being apron or division 1 college athlete. Lmao
90% of my yellow cards were me using them to get under the other kids skin and taking them completely out of their game. They were more of strategic yellows than anything. I got a yellow in one game and the ref came over to give me the card and before he could even pull it out of his pocket I started walking off laughing and said I know, I'll be back after the next dead ball.
LOL so funny. I don't think I was as good as Pat but I loved soccer growing up and being faster than everyone else on the field was the only way to do it, I probably would have quit if I couldn't out race someone, F that. It was awesome to just crush it by people then outrun them for it, easy 1v1s with the keeper all game.
Once I hit the goalie in the face on a shot and his nose started bleeding so his teammate picked up the ball. But it was before the ref had called the injury break so I yelled "hands!" and got a free kick and scored. Found out the next day the kid had a concussion.
He’s right!!! There are a lot of special players! They develop natural talent just by becoming increasingly better at soccer! Once you get very good at soccer all the other sports become so easy
@@justincase3772 lol right. You can be the best soccer player in the world, but if you're 5'6/160 ish, I'd love to see them line up in a goalline formation and try running between the tackles
