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Monday, April 24th, 2023 That was a really busy weekend in Oulu. Both our senior side and our U20 team had matches this week in town, so it was a full day on the pitch both Saturday and Sunday. On Friday we recognized Samuli Aalto and Art...
Friday, April 21, 2023 Well, I had my pre-match press conference with Benjamin Oksanen of the Oulu Soccer Gazette Wednesday morning. Benjamin's a fairly respectful journalist, so I appreciate his questions. In short, I wanted to make it c...
Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 So with Matias Ojala's injury, I thought it would be wise to add a new keeper to the squad. Patrik Vatanen had trained with the club in the past, and had played a lot of youth football for the club. He had floate...
Saturday, April 15, 2023 No match this weekend, so catching up on some errands around town. Things are going to get a little frenetic once the league season starts. We'll be playing upwards of two matches a week, so training time and free...
Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 Well, there could not have been a better way to end the pre-season than the match we played against Tornion Pallo-47. I did not project that we would dominate the match to the extent that we did. I figured TP-4...
Saturday, April 8th, 2023 It has been a frustrating effort to try and recruit for some specific needs for this team. I never realized how tough it would be to get adults to join an amateur club. We’re in a big town, but we’ve got so many...
Wednesday, April 5th, 2023 Monday I spent with our assistant coach Jarmo Pulkkinen and our head of youth development Tommy Pennanen to talk about how the youth team is developing. Both wanted to talk about the progress Luukas Manninen has had s...
Sunday, April 2, 2023 Well that was a topsy-turvy weekend! First I was bummed to learn that Jussi Kangasniemi - who I interviewed for the scouting role - opted to take a role with a different 3rd division side, telling us it was all about the c...
Thursday, March 30, 2023 I chose to spend the night in Kokkola. The match finished up around 10:30, and with training being managed by Jarmo Pulkkinen our assistant manager back in Oulu in the morning, I thought it best to take some rest nearby...
Sunday, March 26, 2023 I am exhausted from the drive today, and what was a trash match that we didn’t deserve to draw. We made the journey up to Lulea, Sweden today for our matinee. Left Olou around 9 this morning, and though the sun was out, i...
Leading a Finnish Career in the 4th tier of the Finnish League System. Based on Oulu