This week's guest is my wife Moe. And before you ask — it was her idea.

Moe grew up in Bridgeport, Illinois. Population under two thousand. Sixty three kids in her graduating class. No Walmart. No soccer program. No access to much of anything. But a family reputation that kept her honest, a faith that kept her grounded, and a small community that gave a painfully shy girl room to become someone.

She was the only member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in her high school for a time. She drove thirty minutes into Indiana just to go to church. She navigated summer softball schedules that didn't care about her Sunday commitments. And she sat out of a tournament game — as their starting first baseman — because her family chose faith over the field.

And she still looks back on that with peace.

We talk about what it was like growing up LDS in a town that small. We talk about how her reputation as the only member in her school shaped the way people around her acted — bonfires with Sprite instead of alcohol, a friend who signed her yearbook saying thanks for helping me stop cussing. We talk about how she almost went to BYU and how a missionary named Rob Robbins changed everything by simply opening his mouth and talking about a small school in Virginia.

We talk about SVU — driving up the hill on a spring break trip, seeing Main Hall, and knowing instantly. Trying out for three sports in one day. Losing by fifteen to Coastal Carolina and going to Outback Steakhouse where Coach Harmon ate a bloomin' onion by himself for dinner.

We talk about the chaos of year one in Arizona — learning to teach with no certification, learning to coach, learning to be married adults in the real world all at the same time. And how year two felt like a completely different life.

We talk about motherhood. We talk about the butterfly effect — how not playing basketball at SVU meant being available for the intro to business class after lunch where we met. And how six kids deep, she wouldn't trade any of it.

Oh — and baby number six is on the way.

Her one piece of advice to close it all out: no matter what you're pursuing, keep the Lord involved. He'll help you know when to go deeper and when to move on.

This episode is everything the SAHDad Podcast was built for. Faith. Family. Sports. And home — in every sense of the word.

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Sean grew up in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia — a military town, a house divided between Spain and Ireland and Germany and the US, and a family where sports were always on the TV whether you had a team or not. His mom is from Spain, his dad was Air Force, and every summer from the time school got out until the day before it started back up, Sean was on a plane to Spain by himself. No parents. Three months in Europe with his cousins, his grandmother, and an uncle who made sure the boys were swimming laps, playing tennis, and doing math homework whether they liked it or not.

He also got politely asked to leave Catholic school in sixth grade for throwing food at silent lunch. Which honestly tracks.

We talk about what it was like coming into SVU as a non-LDS student from a Catholic family — his mom's hesitancy, the 25 books she read about the church before letting him go, the student code he misread and the coffee he ordered at an Italian restaurant sitting right next to the student body president. We talk about his twelve years in property management, the golf handicap he's been grinding down, and the SVU friendships that somehow survived years of silence and still feel like family.

We go deep on the World Cup — Spain winning, Infantino needing to go, the VAR mess, the pay-to-play crisis, Pochettino staying on, and why nothing ever seems to actually change with US soccer no matter how many times we have this conversation.

And at the end Sean drops the most quietly powerful piece of advice this podcast has heard in a while:

Find fulfillment in the things that aren't the societal norm. The little things. The friend group that shows up on a Wednesday night. The dinner with your mom every week. The Marvel movie you still go see with the same people you went to high school with. A lot of little things can be as equal — if not greater — than one big thing.

This one's for anyone who's ever felt behind because their life doesn't look the way everyone said it was supposed to.

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She just got baptized.

He baptized her himself.

This episode is EVERYTHING this podcast was built for!

Ace is a center back who just transferred from Southern Virginia University to Rhode Island College — not because SVU wasn't right for him, but because working until 3 AM at Taco Bell before 6 AM training sessions wasn't sustainable, and his family had never seen him play a college game.

So he prayed about it, entered the transfer portal, and the Lord put him exactly where he needed to be.

We talk about growing up moving between three completely different places and never having the money for club soccer — just a ball and his dad's shed.

We talk about being outnumbered in eighth grade history class when the teacher started explaining Joseph Smith and polygamy and he sat there quiet and alone.

We talk about Uganda — the bucket showers, the 4 AM arrival, the companion from Zimbabwe who polished his shoes and danced to while making breakfast, and the gift of discernment that changed the way Ace prays every single morning.

We talk about SVU, Payden Pemberton, playing center back when he was recruited as an attacking mid, and what it felt like to start fifteen out of seventeen games in a historic season.

We talk about the USMNT, the pay-to-play crisis, Tim Howard as the greatest American soccer player of all time, and why Cape Verde — where Ace's mom is from — won everyone's heart in this World Cup.

And at the end, Ace gives advice so simple and so personal it stopped me cold:

• Read your mission call.
• Get your patriarchal blessing.
• Find someone you can talk to.
• And develop a relationship with the Savior — because you are so much more than your occupation on this earth.

This one is special. Don't miss it.

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In this episode I'm going full debrief. No guests, no script, just me sitting down a week post-World Cup and saying everything I've been thinking since the final whistle blew.

Infantino needs to go. I'll die on that hill. The integrity of the international game is not safe with him running FIFA and this World Cup gave me more reasons than ever to believe that. Too many coincidences. Too many inconsistencies. Too many moments that just didn't add up.

I also owe someone an apology. I was wrong about Diego Luna. I said before the World Cup that he should have been on the roster. And then I went to his RSL game against Burnley, did the eye test in person, and came away genuinely disappointed. Pochettino was right to leave him home. I don't love how it was handled — but the decision itself? I'm eating crow on that one.

I still stand by Tanner Tessmann. I still stand by Cameron Carter Vickers. And I think Malik Tillman and Weston McKennie need to be untouchable in that midfield for the next four years. But Diego Luna? Pochettino saw something I didn't. And the eye test confirmed it.

I also talk about what made this World Cup quietly historic — the last dance for a generation of greats that we may never see together on this stage again.

Messi.

Ronaldo.

Modric.

Neymar.

Salah.

De Bruyne.

Kane.

Casemiro.

And why the controversy is drowning out something we should be stopping to appreciate.

Plus — A'nue's first professional soccer game, RSL's sensory room, and why watching a six year old talk tactics during a World Cup is one of the best things that's ever happened to me as a dad.

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So how did he end up playing at Southern Virginia University, serving a mission in Alabama, training Army bomb disposal units, and now working with Air Force Special Warfare operators in Las Vegas?

One conversation at a time. One decision at a time. And one principle he made long before he ever needed it: lean into the gospel, even when you can't see why.

This episode goes deep. Bennett opens up about what it was actually like being an LDS athlete in Maryland and Pennsylvania — where the basketball culture was about as far from gospel standards as you can get, where his social life with teammates was basically nonexistent because of the choices he refused to make, and where he watched those same teammates come to practice still recovering from weekends he wanted no part of.

We talk about his mission to the Deep South, how it turned a shy kid who could barely communicate into someone who now coaches elite military operators and earns their respect in the first five minutes. We talk about SVU, the revenge tour that brought him there, the professor who called him before a test he was about to sleep through, and what it meant to be there when all three Candland brothers were on campus at the same time.

And at the end, Bennett drops some of the most straight-shooting advice this podcast has ever heard — no preachiness, no script, just a guy who's lived it telling you exactly what he wishes someone had told him.

"No one cares about the beginning of the movie. They care about the end. So wherever you're at — start committing to it right now."

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Timestamps:

• 00:18 — Intro
• 01:21 — Wyatt's current roles at EKU & Samoa U17
• 02:30 — A non-traditional background: rugby, no soccer pedigree
• 04:39 — Dropping out of school & jumping up the ladder fast
• 05:49 — School vs. career: the debate for young coaches
• 07:28 — Why analytics? Coaching without having played
• 09:37 — The power of being willing to be wrong
• 10:42 — Embracing discomfort as the key to growth
• 15:26 — Faith, humility, and how religion shapes his coaching
• 18:52 — Sleeping in his car & trusting God provides
• 20:37 — Biggest similarities & differences across coaching levels
• 23:34 — Why culture looks the same from U13 to professional
• 24:05 — Favorite coaching environment: why international wins
• 26:47 — How EKU builds culture with a 4-person staff
• 29:35 — Coaching women vs. men: what actually changes
• 30:12 — Mental health in collegiate athletics
• 32:24 — The psychology of tone when coaching women
• 36:53 — Five years, countless experiences — hectic but fulfilling
• 38:45 — When the grind has to give way to real life
• 39:57 — US Soccer World Cup roster reaction: Diego Luna & Tanner Tessmann
• 44:22 — One piece of advice for the next generation

I am SO excited to be back and be posting content for you all again!

Today I dive into the US Men's National Team and their exciting news form this morning! Let me know what you think!

Peace!

Have you ever felt like you're in your own "wandering in the desert" phase? Do you feel like you are right now??

I know that each of us will go through those moments but that's the key isn't it, we will GO THROUGH them. Those moments don't define our story, they don't define who we are.

Learn to keep going. Don't ever let your desert get the best of you and keep going until you find your promised land.

Much love!

PEACE!

*Listener Warning* This episode contains discussion of suicidal thoughts. Discretion advised.

So this week is heavy heavy stuff. Not something I ever really thought I would share with the world, but I also truly believe that people need to feel comfortable sharing experiences like this and we need to be able to support each other.

PLEASE KNOW we want you to be here. There is always someone who wants you here. If you need to talk, talk to me! I will always listen.

Much love!

Peace.

1. If life is easy, you're not improving

2. There are always ways to express yourself

3. It's better to take two steps forward and one step back, than to not take steps at all

4. Removing distractions allows for greater focus moving forward

These have absolutely changed my life and I hope that they will be something that helps you too! I learn each of these more and more every day and know that if you put them into practice in your lives that they will benefit you as well!

Much love,

Peace!

The US Men's National Team World Cup roster is officially out and I'm breaking it all down — the good, the bad, and the controversial. From Christian Pulisic and Weston McKennie's strong cases to make noise in the tournament, to a backline that has me genuinely worried, I'm sharing my unfiltered takes.

In this episode:

0:00 Intro

2:34 Starting with the positives

3:05 Christian Pulisic breakdown

4:12 Balogun, Haji Wright & the front line

6:22 Why Weston McKinney is our best player heading into this World Cup

9:03 Backline concerns

12:49 Goalkeepers

14:23 Hot take: Tyler Adams as a single six makes me nervous

16:00 Where is Diego Luna? Why I think he got done dirty

18:17 My BIGGEST beef: Where is Tanner Tessman??

20:31 The Yunus Musah conversation nobody's having

21:41 My predicted starting eleven

Drop your thoughts in the comments — I want to hear who YOU think should start and whether you agree with any of these takes. This is gonna be a fun World Cup. 🏆

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Whether you're a coach, creator, or someone in transition, I hope that my story can offer inspiration and some practical wisdom for navigating change with confidence and clarity.🎥 Exciting changes are coming to the podcast! 🚀 Stay tuned for new segments and surprises. Can't wait to share more with you all! #PodcastUpdate #StayTuned

We see twenty-six of the best footballers in the world on every roster and it's easy to forget they're human beings outside of the 90 minutes.

Christian Eriksen's second cardiac arrest just before this tournament was a gut check for that — a reminder that these athletes carry real fears, real conditions, real faith, while still showing up to do what they love.

In this episode, I'm tying together threads from a few of my favorite guest conversations — work ethic, humanity off the pitch, and finding joy in the journey — and connecting them to what I'm seeing play out on the World Cup stage right now.

I also open up about where this podcast is headed: from a show built around helping youth athletes with recruiting journeys, into something bigger — real conversations about faith, athletics, and mental health, and how those pieces are meant to work together, not against each other.

If you're a parent, an athlete, or just someone trying to figure out how faith fits into the rest of your life, I think this episode will resonate.

💬 Drop a comment — what's a moment from this World Cup that reminded you these athletes are human too?

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We covered a LOT. From the deeply personal — Cort opens up about his decision not to serve a mission, what led to that choice, and how his faith has continued to grow in a way that works for HIM — to the everyday chaos of raising multi-sport kids while trying to keep faith and family at the center of it all.

Cort and his wife Autum have figured out something that I think a lot of families are quietly searching for: how do you honor the Sabbath when your kids have tournaments? How do you let your kids explore every sport they love without burning them out? And how do you stay grounded in your faith when life is pulling you in twelve directions at once?

Their answer? Make Sunday feel different. Rotate who picks dinner. Watch a movie together. Talk in the car on the way to the game. Simple things that add up to something real.

We also talk about Southern Virginia University, getting out of your comfort zone, why multi-sport athletes are almost always better athletes, and how Cort's son went from watching hockey on TV one night to dragging the whole family onto the ice — including Cort, who broke his jaw learning to skate. 🏒

And at the end, Cort drops some of the most straightforward and powerful advice I've heard on this podcast: find what YOU believe, follow it, and the rest will fall into place.

If you've got kids in sports and you're trying to figure out how faith fits into all of it — this one's for you.

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It starts with a Catholic family from the Midwest, a mom quietly searching for truth, a dad who refused to answer the door for missionaries, and a fourteen year old boy who walked into the Salt Lake tabernacle and felt something he'd never felt before. One minute. Broken English. A brand new missionary from Peru bearing her testimony to a family who didn't even know what a testimony was.

And that one moment rippled into everything. Baptisms. Missions. Temple sealings. A dad who went from hiding from missionaries to becoming one of the most influential young men leaders his ward has ever seen. Kids who still text Jake's dad to this day because of the impact he had on their lives.

We also get into Jake's mission to Barcelona, what it taught him about discipline and Christ, balancing faith and family with kids, the importance of teaching agency over obligation, disc golf — yes, disc golf — and his single most powerful piece of advice for youth:

Prioritize Christ. In whatever way that looks like for you in that moment. It all works out when you do.

This is exactly the kind of conversation this podcast exists for. Don't miss it.

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Here's a behind-the-scenes look at Payden Pemberton’s journey.

Drop a 🙌 if you’re about that balancing act or tag a coach or athlete who needs to hear this!

Growing up in Utah, Payden shares how his faith and love for soccer shaped his path, but how he also faced and overcame challenges balancing it all. From childhood competitions with his brothers to overseas soccer adventures in Australia, his stories reveal that resilience, faith, and support systems are key to thriving in both sports and life.

He emphasizes that success is rooted in impact and follows a family motto: "Do good and be very good at what you do".

Whether coaching a top NCAA DIII program or navigating personal growth, his approach is about intentionality and continual review.

What are your biggest challenges balancing passion and purpose? Drop your thoughts below. 🤔

Maybe this inspires your next step, whether in sport, faith, or both!

If you would like to contact Payden, feel free to email him!

payden.pemberton@svu.edu

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We are getting some new updated equipment soon AND will be having a guest on the show which I am SO excited about! I am anticipating that to be one of our best episodes to this point and I'm looking forward to it!

As always, thank you all for listening and supporting the podcast. If you want to donate to the podcast and help us get some even better equipment you can always do that through our Spotify link. That would be AMAZING, anything would help!

Please also continue to send feedback and ideas of what YOU would like to hear about!

Much love,

PEACE!

Most people overlook one of the most powerful keys to living a fulfilled life — learning to find joy in the journey, even amidst uncertainty and change. Logan and Joe dive deep into the importance of reevaluating your beliefs, passions, and purpose, especially during life's toughest moments, and how doing so unlocks greater happiness and clarity.

This episode is a must-listen for anyone feeling lost, overwhelmed, or stuck in routine — whether you’re questioning your faith, balancing athletic pursuits with faith, or navigating a quarter-life crisis.

Logan shares his transformative experience of stepping back from church to rebuild his relationship with God on his terms and how it completely shifted his perspective on love, worthiness, and authenticity.

We break down tangible tactics for cultivating resilience, such as embracing imperfection, living in the present, and finding joy in small wins each day. Logan opens up about confronting mental health struggles, the power of therapy, and shifting focus inward to realign with your core values. You’ll discover his unique approach to balancing career, fitness, and faith, and his insights on how movement and wellness can serve as anchors during turbulent times.

Why does this matter? Because life's unpredictable turns demand a mindset that’s rooted in self-awareness, purpose, and joy. Whether you’re a young athlete, a college student, or a seasoned adult rethinking your path — this episode will inspire you to reframe struggles as opportunities for growth and to embrace the ongoing journey of becoming your best self.

Tune in if you're ready to challenge assumptions, prioritize inner peace, and build a resilient mindset rooted in love and authenticity. Logan's story is a reminder that the most meaningful growth often begins where fear or doubt once resided. This is essential listening for anyone committed to aligning their life with purpose and finding happiness along the way.

🎧 Listen now and start your journey of self-discovery!

Sometimes you just have to put ALL your trust in the Lord and really believe and HOPE that things are going to get better.

Much love,

PEACE!

Because the face of US soccer sat on that bench with a blank expression. And then in his postgame interview said "I get to go rest now."

Nine years after Taylor Twellman asked "what are we doing" — I'm asking the same question. And I don't think we're any closer to an answer.

In this episode I'm holding nothing back. I'm talking about the lack of heart and emotion from the USMNT after one of the most deflating losses in recent memory. Talking about entitlement — in the national team, in the youth system, in the culture we've built around this game in the United States. I'm talking about paywalls keeping kids from watching the game, rec leagues costing over a hundred dollars, and individual training sessions running two hundred bucks an hour for seven year olds. We're talking about a youth system that is running exactly as intended — and that's the problem.

But there's light too. There are kids like my son A'nue all over this country who are passionate about football in a way that gives me real hope. And this World Cup — for all its controversy — has shown what this game can do when it's played with freedom and joy.

So "what are we doing?" And more importantly — what do we do next?

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This shift will not be easy; it has already come with doubts about leaving careers, friends, and familiar places. But focusing on what truly grounds us — faith, family, service — is making all the difference.
Sometimes, the hardest decisions are the ones that bring us closer to who we’re meant to be. What's your experience with big life changes?
Let me know in the comments!

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Daily routine, the process of the hospital and how that went, and some other fun info!

Thanks for listening to the podcast and as always please let me know what you'd like to hear more about in the future!

Much love,

Peace!