Matt Crocker: Shaping US Soccer's long-term vision

About this episode

Matt Crocker discusses his role as US Soccer Sporting Director and the upcoming challenges and opportunities for US Soccer.

Episode #76 of the Training Ground Guru Podcast, in association with Genius Sports, is with US Soccer Sporting Director Matt Crocker. Matt has been in role for almost three years and is responsible for setting the Federation’s sporting vision and performance strategy across all 27 national teams. 2026 is going to be a huge year for both Matt and US Soccer, with the opening of a new national training centre in Georgia and hosting a home World Cup.

People in this episode

Guest: Matt Crocker

Topics covered

• US Soccer
• sporting vision
• performance strategy
• national teams
• World Cup
• training centre

Keywords

• 2026
• national training centre
• Georgia

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Genius Sports

Places: Georgia

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