(00:00-03:56) – The final in-season edition of Soccer Saturday with Greg Rakestraw begins with Rake highlighting the current playoff situations in the league, the IHSAA Soccer State Finals that will be going on today, and previews the conversations he will have with today’s guests.
(06:58-18:16) – Interim Head Coach Max Rogers of the Indy Eleven possibly makes his final appearance on Soccer Saturday with Greg Rakestraw with that title to explain how he has dealt with this week knowing that this is the final week of the season, what to expect tonight from Memphis 901 considering this is their eighth match in the last four weeks, and what the learning process for him has been like going from an assistant coach to the head coach.
(21:17-32:41) – With the IHSAA State Finals for soccer going on, Greg Rakestraw is joined by Carmel boys soccer coach Shane Schmidt and takes a look at their opponent in the Noblesbille Millers, if there is an added element to tonight’s match with both teams knowing each other very well, and the overall importance of being a balanced soccer team versus having one player who accounts for most of the goals or assists.
(35:43-50:24) – Former defender of the Indy Eleven in Nemanja Vukovic joins Greg Rakestraw as the final guest of this week’s show to explain how everything went down following the Indy Eleven’s decision not to bring him back after the 2019 season, how the transition from player to coach has gone so far, and if he ever saw himself as a coach once his playing career came to a finish.
(53:25-56:35) – With the season coming to a close tonight for the Indy Eleven, Greg Rakestraw closes this week’s show out with some of the story lines that he will be updating you on throughout the off-season and when training camp for the boys in blue will begin for the 2022 season.
