This week we welcome David Gerson from Refs Need Love Too to talk about the game from a perspective many of us don't ever get to see -- the referee's. David has a mission to change the way people view referees and officials in all sports. We've followed his work on social media for a while now and we're excited to welcome him to this episode.

You can find David at https://resneedlovetoo.com and on all social media @refsneedlovetoo.

Check out David's interview with Skye Eddy: "Crazy Soccer Parents! The Path to Healthier Youth Sports"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgOl_gEL4js

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Although the Fort Wayne FC season has come to an end, our coverage of local teams continues. This week we welcome Carlos Cruz from FC Alianza to discuss the boy's 2009 futsal team's second place finish at the US Youth Futsal National Championship, a team that included Johnny Aye, who recently made his debut for Fort Wayne FC.

Also joining us this week is Josh Ayen from WANE TV who has been calling matches for both Fort Wayne FC and Purdue Fort Wayne.

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Fort Wayne played two exciting and excruciatingly long matches in Flint, Michigan this weekend during the USL2 Central Conference playoffs. Both matches were decided after 30 minutes of extra time. Despite keeping a clean sheet through 117 minutes of the semifinal match, including a saved penalty by Aurie Briscoe, Fort Wayne was knocked out of the playoffs by Flint City with a scoreline of 2-0.

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Our team hosted a live YouTube watch-along party for the semifinal match and then recorded our overall thoughts on the match and the season as a whole in this more condensed episode of Fort Wayne Footy.

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