Coaching UCLA Women’s Soccer Team, Winning a National Championship, and Making History with Margueritte Aozasa

The Asian American Athlete

In this episode, host Justin Hong interviews Margueritte Aozasa, Head Coach of the UCLA women's soccer team, about her playing and coaching career.
During the episode, Margueritte shares about her family’s background, playing sports in her childhood, and how she got started playing soccer (3:40).
She talks about her training regimen and her development as a soccer player (6:42) and notable memories from her club and high school soccer experiences (8:30) as well as from her college career at Santa Clara (15:07).
She discusses her soccer coaching career with the Mountain View Los Altos Soccer Club and Stanford University (17:18) as well as her experience as the Head Coach of the UCLA women’s soccer team (19:49).
She gives us an inside look at the experience of winning a national championship at UCLA in her first year, her message to the team in overtime of the championship game, and what was going through her mind after her team won the championship (28:39).
She shares her experiences as an Asian American athlete and coach (35:44), advice for up-and-coming Asian American athletes and Asian Americans who are looking to break into coaching (39:08), and much more.

Coach Margueritte Aozasa - UCLA Profile Page
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