John Harkes | Greenville Triumph SC Head Coach - a podcast by Richmond Weaver

Episode 106: John Harkes | Greenville Triumph SC Head Coach& National Soccer Hall of Fame Member

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Show Notes:Rich Spotlight: John Harkes

Very fortunate to have such a long playing career with great accomplishments being on the first team to qualify for 1990 World Cup and then in the inaugural season of the MLS in 1996Loved building a club in Cincinnati and loves the challenge in Greenville with building the Greenville Triumph SC in it’s the inaugural season in 2019

He has always been an optimistic guy even with coachingPlayed all the other sports but gravitated to soccer immediately growing up in Kearny, NJ (Soccertown USA)Competing against the older guys was the biggest thing that helped them

Academics were the biggest challenge once he got to UVA and it was a tough decision to forego his senior season to play on the US Men’s National Team

Motivation comes more from having a chip on his shoulder and proving people wrongWas accepted in Europe after scoring the“Goal of the Year” against Peter Schilling

Best players he faced were Romario, Roberto Baggio, Ryan Giggs, David Beckham, Bryan Robson (Captian Marvel), and Mark HughesTV broadcasting was fun but Coaching is rewarding

Loves being in Greenville and the genuine warmness of people and clubs like Reedy River Riot are helping educate fansSome of his favorite music on his playlist consists of AC/DC, U2, and soulful Blues

Words of Wisdom from John Harkes:“You’re never bigger than the club.”“You’re only as good as the next game.”“You can’t expect other people to believe in you unless you believe in yourself first.”








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