A Podcast For DFW Club Soccer Parents

Regulation ends when the ref blows the whistle. The real conversation — recruiting, club politics, playing time, burnout — happens in the minutes after. That's where we live.

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The Premise

90 minutes
isn't enough.

Stoppage Time is a podcast for parents navigating the sprawling, confusing, expensive world of DFW youth club soccer — from first rec league touches to college recruiting.

Every episode, we get into what actually happens on the sidelines, in the group chats, and around the kitchen table: the decisions no club handbook prepares you for.

On The Show

What we get into

Recreational to Club Selecting the Right League ECNL vs. MLS Next Club Tryouts Picking the Right Team and Coach High School Soccer Playing Time & Politics Costs & Travel Burnout & Multi-Sport Kids DFW Club Landscape

Who's Talking

Co-Host

Colby Smith

Colby grew up in Fort Worth and played baseball and basketball at Keller High School, never once picturing himself as a soccer dad. A Texas Tech grad with a degree in Radio/TV, Colby has three sons — the oldest currently at the University of Oklahoma, and two younger sons (16 and 14) who've played club soccer in DFW since they were about seven. What started as a sport he didn't grow up with has become a decade-plus deep dive into the club system, recruiting landscape, and everything in between.

Co-Host

Cable Smith

Cable Smith is a Dallas native and host of the popular Lone Star Outdoors Show. He grew up playing club soccer and suited up for Bishop Lynch High School before earning his Radio, TV and Film degree from the University of North Texas. Cable and his wife are raising three kids — two girls and a boy — all of whom play club soccer today, giving him a front-row seat to the DFW youth landscape from multiple angles at once.

Together, Cable and Colby bring the perspective of guys who've lived every stage of this — from first tryouts to college signing day — and turned it into the conversation DFW soccer parents didn't know they needed.

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Or reach us directly at hello@stoppagetimepod.com