The person I interviewed was the Coquitlam Metro Ford Soccer Club BCSPL goalkeeper coach Richard, His role as a goalkeeper coach is to evaluate and make sure his players reach their full potential, it’s also his responsibility to make sure we stay focused in training and don’t slack off.

I chose to interview him, because I am also a soccer goalie and he’s my goalie coach, and I also love the sport of soccer in general and maybe even one day, I would love to coach younger goalkeepers one day too like Richard.

One thing that I’ve learned from interviewing him is that he loves his job, he loves coaching and it’s his passion. I’ve also learned that he loves goalkeeping and the sport of soccer in general. This connects to my passions and interests because my passion is to be a pro soccer goalie and then after, I want to be a goalkeeper coach for the youth, and this interview showed me what it’s like to be a goalkeeper coach.

This is one of the questions that he answered in my interview that really stayed with me, this is because I can how much this is true, because when I go to goalkeeper training with Richard, I feel comfortable over there and ready to train and give %110 but that is only because I have a good relationship with him and the other goalies there which makes a good work environment. After this interview, I feel that opportunity for me in the future is to be a goalie coach. This is because I really love this sport, and I would love to pass down what I know to the next generation of goalies.

This is a link to Richards athlete of the week award on UBC athletics website:

https://gothunderbirds.ca/roster.aspx?rp_id=3107