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This is the most important part of building a team. It’s funny, a coach I work with is a massive Atleti fan and told me that in Cholo’s (In Spanish) autobiography the night before the game he would go into to the room of each player and tell them their role tomorrow and something to make them feel confident\motivated. It sounds simple enough, but what is the message he is trying to send to his players? 1. I care about you. 2. I want you to succeed and this is what I think is your best chance at doing it. 3. I’m here for you, not just as a player but as a person.
Final result? A season full of players who would sacrifice absolutely anything to succeed. Also, despite Arda speaking little to zero Spanish he absolutely loves Cholo and has stated it many times in public.
Mourinho once said the hardest part about being a manager was bringing together a group of people from totally different cultures and have them committed to the same goal.
Watching Brian’s youngest team over the last couple of years I have always found this to be the fundacion.
The players are in it together, they hunt like savages to win the ball back and have a team first, individual second mentality.Hi guys, my name is Sean Monaghan and I’m a 23 year old coach living in Portland, Oregon. I coach at TFA Barcelona with Chris Cramer and have been following 3four3 since the U-11 possession soccer video. I’m originally from LA and grew up in Orange County so was able to watch Brian’s team a couple times in both practices and games and was shocked by the level of intensity and attention to detail that was given to his team at that age; at 21 and relatively new to coaching it opened my eyes for the better. I’d like to think along with watching Brian’s team what first molded me as a coach was how I was brought up in Orange County. With parents from Scotland my first 15 years were about everything that now makes me cringe. It was about getting stuck in, making tackles, winning flick ons. It was my friends who ultimately were the ones who paved the way I wanted to see the game. I spent my lunch time in high school playing cascaritas and my weekends playing Mexican league. It usually wasn’t hugely structured and was hardly tiki-taka, however this is where I learned the art of ‘touching’ the ball, not just kicking it.
From the moment I realized I wasn’t going to be able to make it playing I decided I was going to divert everything I had into coaching. I want to be able to give kids the resources and proper training I didn’t have growing up so it can help take them to the next part of their journey, whether it’s MLS, college, or just high school season. With that said, soccer is hardly a ‘players game’ like the myth goes here. The reason I started at a young age is because the goal since day 1 has always been to coach at the highest possible level.
I have many influences who have molded me into the coach I’m trying to become: The pressing and attention to detail of Bielsa, the methodology of Barcelona (now Bayern) under Pep, and the man management\psychology skills of Jose Mourinho. Also, I find what what Caleb Porter has done at both college and pro level as very commendable. We’re now starting to break down doors. Brian Kleiban has shown a possession style game can be done at youth level, Caleb has shown it can be down at the college level and now Caleb is showing it can be done also in MLS.
Feel free to follow me on Twitter, I look forward to you guys being part of the journey.
<h2 class=”username”><span class=”screen-name”>@SeanMonaghan_SM</span></h2>Great to see all this networking going on with coaches in Oregon. As Chris mentioned, I’m Sean Monaghan and coach with him at TFA Barcelona Oregon. Look forward to talking\meeting with some of you during this club season.
