{"podcast":{"title":"The Soccer Business Podcast","slug":"the-soccer-business-podcast-7264630","podcast_index_feed_id":7264630,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/thesoccerbusiness/feed.xml","website_url":"https://thesoccerbusiness.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/20472969/PodTBSlogo_8qq3sb.jpg","author":"Simon Evans","episode_count":55,"summary":"Simon Evans interviews prominent personalities and key players in the North American soccer business market. The show looks at club-building, leagues, sponsorship, marketing, investment and stadiums.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T12:18:03.541496+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-soccer-business-podcast-7264630"},"episode":{"title":"Pay to Play Soccer: An Alternative with Amir Lowery","slug":"pay-to-play-soccer-an-alternative-with-amir-lowery","published_at":"2026-07-14T01:06:40+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-soccer-business-podcast-7264630/pay-to-play-soccer-an-alternative-with-amir-lowery","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-soccer-business-podcast-7264630","url":"https://thesoccerbusiness.podbean.com/e/pay-to-play-soccer-an-alternative-with-amir-lowery/","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/8kt9eyaxpzb9cii3/riverside_amir_simon_tsb8iwps.mp3","summary":"'Pay to Play' youth soccer is being blamed for the USMNT under-performing. But is there another way for kids to be given access to coaching? Amir Lowery is a coach and former MLS and USL player who is now head of the Open Goal Project at DCFC in Washington, DC - a free to play program. He joins Simon to explain the problems with pay-to-play and how the alternative he has built actually works.","meta_description":"'Pay to Play' youth soccer is being blamed for the USMNT under-performing. But is there another way for kids to be given access to coaching? Amir Lowery i…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2533,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-soccer-business-podcast-7264630/episodes/pay-to-play-soccer-an-alternative-with-amir-lowery/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-soccer-business-podcast-7264630/pay-to-play-soccer-an-alternative-with-amir-lowery.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}