EP #72: How NAIA Men's Soccer Really Compares with NAIA Coach and former Study & Play USA athlete Aidan Twohig
About this episode
Aidan Twohig discusses the realities of NAIA men's soccer compared to NCAA and JUCO.
NCAA Division I gets treated like the only destination for men's soccer, but that belief wrecks a lot of recruiting decisions. We’re joined by Aidan Twohig, a former Study & Play USA soccer player and (at the time of recording), an NAIA Assistant Men’s and Women’s soccer coach at Oklahoma City University, to talk candidly about what the US college soccer landscape actually looks like across NCAA, NAIA and JUCO. We dig into why NAIA men’s soccer can be seriously underrated: less funding, ...
People in this episode
Guest: Aidan Twohig
Topics covered
- NAIA men's soccer
- college soccer landscape
- recruiting decisions
- NCAA vs NAIA
- soccer coaching
Keywords
- NAIA
- NCAA
- men's soccer
- recruiting
- soccer coaching
- Oklahoma City University
- Study & Play USA
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Study & Play USA, Oklahoma City University, NCAA, NAIA, JUCO
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