CJ Sapong @CJSapong | Perfect Soccer Podcast Ep.009
11 Year MLS Cup Champion Quincy Amarikwa’s (@QuincyAmarikwa) presents - The Perfect Soccer Podcast, Where your host Paul Guarino goes 1 on 1 to get to know your favorite professional soccer players, on and off the pitch.
In today’s episode: Paul interviews Chicago Fire FC’s CJ Sapong. CJ talks about his college experiences, winning in the MLS, and his foundation Sacred Seeds.
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Time Stamp
0:00 - 1:20 Intro
1:21 - 2:09 How’d CJ get into soccer
2:10 - 3:30 Recruiting process out of high school
3:31 - 5:23 College isn’t real life
5:24 - 6:19 Millennials vs Gen Z
6:20 - 7:28 Finding balance at James Madison University
7:29 - 8:37 Aha moment
8:38 - 10:08 MLS Draft day experience
10:09 - 11:02 Moving to the midwest to play with Sporting Kansas City
11:03 - 11:18 Did the BBQ live up to the hype in Kansas?
11:19 - 11:39 Perfect Soccer ad
11:40 - 12:38 Winning the Rookie of the Year in 2011
12:39 - 14:15 Winning the MLS Cup in 2013
14:16 - 15:41 Getting traded for the first time in the MLS
15:42 - 16:30 Can MLS players get no trade clauses?
16:31 - 17:53 Experience with the Philadelphia Union
17:54 - 20:14 CJ’s foundation Scared Seeds
20:15 - 21:00 Getting trade for a 2nd time
21:01 - 21:57 Playing in Chicago for the Fire
21:58 - 22:31 Meeting Kobe Bryant
22:31 - 23:03 New Chicago Fire FC logo
23:04 - 25:09 Quincy’s 5 questions
25:10 - 26:55 Off the pitch questions
26:56 - 28:19 Outro
11 Year MLS Cup Champion Quincy Amarikwa’s (@QuincyAmarikwa) presents - The Perfect Soccer Podcast
Where your host Paul Guarino goes 1 on 1 to get to know your favorite professional soccer players, on and off the pitch.
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