Jun 26, 2017
Julie Foudy is a two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion and Olympic gold medalist. She played for the United States women's national soccer team from 1987–2004. Foudy finished her international career with 271 caps and served as the team's captain from 2000–2004 as well as the co-captain from 1991–2000. In 1997, she was the first American and first woman to receive the FIFA Fair Play Award.
From 2000–2002, Foudy served as
president of the Women’s Sports Foundation. In 2006, she co-founded
the Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy, an organization focused
on developing leadership skills in teenage girls. In 2007, she was
inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame with her teammate,
Mia Hamm. She is currently an analyst, reporter and the primary
color commentator for women's soccer telecasts on
ESPN.
Foudy is the author of Choose to Matter: Being
Courageously and Fabulously YOU and appeared in the HBO documentary
Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer
Team.
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Show Notes
6:15 What she has noticed about even the most confident woman
9:00 Leadership isn’t Positional it is Personal
14:45 When did Joy and Winning become mutually exclusive
20:00 Julie’s qualities of the best coaches
23:45 On Anson Dorrance - Loyalty is gained through love, not fear
31:15 Greatness doesn’t happen overnight - “don’t get stuck in your junk”
34:30 What Julie discovered about herself after writing her book
37:15 Julie’s final thoughts for parents, coaches, athletes
Finding Julie
Twitter @JulieFoudy
Facebook @JulieFoudy
Website - www.juliefoudyleadership.com
Julie’s Book - Choose to Matter on Amazon
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