Summary: <p>Head coach <strong>Erica (Walsh) Dambach</strong> enters her 13th season at the helm of the Penn State women’s soccer program in 2019.</p> <p>In 2018, Penn State appeared in the NCAA quarterfinals for the fourth time in five seasons. The Nittanys Lions won their 19th Big Ten regular season championship in their 25thseason of varsity competition. Kaleigh Riehl was named a MAC Hermann semifinalist, a first team All-American, first team Scholar All-American and the Big Ten Defender of the Year following the 2018 season.</p> <p> <strong>U.S. National Team Experience</strong></p> <ul> <li>Assistant coach for the U-20 Women's National Team from December 2013-2014</li> <li>Assisted the 2012 U.S. Women's Olympic squad through the qualifying stage</li> <li>Assistant coach for the 2011 United States Women's National Team at the FIFA (International Federation of Association Football) World Cup in Germany</li> <li>Assistant coach for the 2008 gold medalist U.S. Women's National Team at the Beijing Olympics</li> <li>Served as head coach for the U.S. U-17 Women's National Team from 2004-07</li> <li>Assisted the U.S. U-19 Women's National Team in 2004</li> </ul> <p><strong>NCAA Experience</strong></p> <ul> <li>Has led Penn State to a 202-66-19 mark through 12 seasons</li> <li>12-straight NCAA Tournament appearances</li> <li>10 Big Ten regular season titles (2007-12, '14-16 & '18)</li> <li>Led the Nittany Lions to the program's first NCAA title in 2015</li> <li>Guided the Nittany Lions to a pair of College Cup and national title match appearances (2012 & '15)</li> <li>Three Big Ten Tournament Titles (2008, '15, '17 & '18)</li> <li>2012 and 2015 NSCAA Coach of the Year</li> <li>2012 Soccer America National Coach of the Year</li> <li>Three-time Big Ten Coach of the Year (2009, '12, '14, '18)</li> <li>One MAC Hermann Trophy winner</li> <li>Two MAC Hermann Trophy finalists and nine semifinalists</li> <li>Nine NSCAA First Team All-Americans who have contributed to 15 NSCAA All-America honors</li> <li>12 NSCAA Scholar All-America honorees</li> <li>11 Big Ten Players of the Year</li> </ul> <p>Two Special Offers for my listeners: </p> <p>Go to<a href="https://www.patreon.com/onthetouchline"> <strong>https://www.patreon.com/onthetouchline</strong></a> and for $10.00 per month you can join a private soccer group for supporters of this show. Only available for the first 24 of my listeners. Connect in a private community with an exclusive question and answer session with a former, current or future guest once a month. Go to <a href="https://www.duktigbrand.com/"><strong>https://www.duktigbrand.com/</strong></a> Place your order. At checkout enter the promo code BROADWATER19 to save 10%. Never miss an episode of this show every Wednesday and Saturday by subscribing on:</p> <p>Sponsor the show?</p> <p>Have a great product or service you want to tell the soccer community about? For $100 you can sponsor this show. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/onthetouchline"><strong>https://www.patreon.com/onthetouchline</strong></a></p> <p>Listen to the show on these platforms:</p> <p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/on-the-touchline-soccer-podcast/id1445550864?mt=2"><strong>Apple Podcasts</strong></a> <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/anchor-24/on-the-touchline"><strong>Stitcher </strong></a> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/6quOJUdMiRaH2Zpqu4mcBR"><strong>Spotify</strong></a> <a href="https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy83YzYxZTUwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz"><strong>Google Podcasts</strong></a> <a href="https://tunein.com/podcasts/Sports--Recreation-Podcasts/On-the-Touchline---Soccer-Podcast-p1185713/?topicId=129243440"><strong>TuneIn Radio</strong></a></p> <p>Please be sure to share the podcast with those in the soccer community by tagging me on Instagram and Twitter @SoccerCoachJB.</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/onthetouchline/message
