Professional Goalkeeper Podcast
On this week’s episode, we were joined by MLS professional goalkeeper Charlie Lyon. Charlie played Division I soccer at Marquette University where he won multiple Big East championships and had two NCAA tournament appearances, including the Sweet 16. Following his graduation, he was drafted by the Seattle Sounders in 2015 where he was a part of their team when they won the MLS Cup in 2016. This was a great conversation with Charlie today and we hope you will take a bunch of great things from our discussion.
Topics Discussed Today:
- Charlie’s PCL Injury, his rehab. process and what he learned from that experience
- Charlie’s advice for college athletes’ on how to navigate being a student-athlete
- Charlie’s path to becomming a professional goalkeeper
- Understanding what being a professional athlete is really like
- Discussing body preperation and maintining your physical health to be prepared for the “job” of a goalkeeper
- How Charlie looked at food as medicine and learned about the importance of what he was putting into his body
- The mental preparation and acceptance as an athlete
- The mental and physical preperation that goes into being a goalkeeper
- Charlie’s roll as the MLS Pool Goalkeeper
Listen to this episode online, on Apple Podcasts or on Spotify.
Follow Charlie on Instagram: @charlie_lyon
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