TennZip Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 (edited) https://www.fourfourtwo.com/us/features/caleb-porter-interview-portland-timbers-mls-i-thought-i-had-it-all-figured-out-punched-nose Edited August 1, 2017 by TennZip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 Good find @TennZip. I didn't even get very far into this article. I love this... CP: Absolutely. There's pros and cons to both levels. And let's be honest, the job I was in at Akron was a great job. But I'd been there seven years, and I'd accomplished really everything I could accomplish in terms of developing players for the next level. I had 20 guys who went on to the pro ranks, and I won a national championship [in 2010], and I saw so many of my guys leave that I felt like, you know what, maybe it's time for me to leave and make that jump and challenge myself at a higher level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 And this... I also think it's been good for me, because I've had to coach my team in games where sometimes the opponent's more talented. And at Akron, that was rarely the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 And... FFT: That 2015 championship has to be the high point in your career. CP: Absolutely. I try to have in my office, on my little mantle, I like to have the lowest moment and the highest moment always. So I've got the Olympic moment, a picture of that – a picture of me in my national team [gear] – as a reminder of the lowest, and the highest moment, for sure, is the MLS Cup. And then, obviously, the national championship was a really big one, too. That had never been done at Akron in any sport, and only one other time in the entire Mid-American Conference had a national champion happened. So that was pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z.I.P. Posted August 2, 2017 Report Share Posted August 2, 2017 That had never been done at Akron in any sport, and only one other time in the entire Mid-American Conference had a national champion happened. What was the other time in the MAC? I was under the impression ours was the first in conference history. BG's hockey title doesn't count. That was in the ECHA, or some hockey-only conference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted August 2, 2017 Report Share Posted August 2, 2017 23 minutes ago, Z.I.P. said: That had never been done at Akron in any sport, and only one other time in the entire Mid-American Conference had a national champion happened. What was the other time in the MAC? I was under the impression ours was the first in conference history. BG's hockey title doesn't count. That was in the ECHA, or some hockey-only conference. When we won in 2010, I remember a Western Michigan team in the 1960's being mentioned. Had to look it up...apparently Men's Cross Country 1964 & 65. http://www.mlive.com/broncos/index.ssf/2009/09/1964_65_cross_country_teams_ge.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZipsVoice Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Wow! Nice find. And absolutely thanks TennZip for posting the interview link. God, I still remember Caleb's look after the against goal to lose out on an olympic team berth, combo shock and disappointment on his face.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z.I.P. Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 I just read the article on TDS by Will Parchman that integrates this interview. http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/the91stminute/2017/08/the-sad-unfulfilled-fates-of-the-2012-u-s-olympic-team/?utm_source=TopDrawerSoccer+Newsletter&utm_campaign=6e250818c9-TDS-8-2-17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8340315a79-6e250818c9-31214089 This has to be about the best bio I have read on a futbol coach. The thing about Caleb is, he doesn't have what you would call a magnetic personality, but he's like the boy next door who grew up and you can't help rooting for him to succeed. He's so down to earth and it's impossible not to want him to do well. I would love for Will Parchman to consider writing a book about Caleb Porter (if Caleb doesn't do an autobio)! lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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