Welcome to the Big Life, the first-ever podcast that takes you into the insane, everyday lives of Sam and Jordy, two Division 1 soccer players living their best lives in the Big Ten Conference. With an impressive 23 showdowns between these Big Ten conference juggernauts since2000 – 12 victories for the Iowa Hawks and 11conquests for the Michigan Spartans – it’s an undeniable fact that Jordyn and Sam are battle-tested adversaries on the field, yet kindred spirits balancing school/soccer and social life. This very dynamic makes their podcast an unfiltered and exhilarating auditory journey, no less thrilling than witnessing their teams pour their souls into the battle on the hallowed pitch.
Episodes

Wednesday Aug 30, 2023
Proving Yourself to your Coach with a Hat Trick; preparing for the college workload
Wednesday Aug 30, 2023
Wednesday Aug 30, 2023
After having her playing time cut drastically, Jordyn responds by scoring a hat-trick in 12 minutes! Sam and Jordyn talk about the very different relationships they have with their coaches and how to balance and not balance school and soccer. Sam and Jordyn share the best advice that’s ever been given them, and the thing they've accomplished that means the most to them. PLUS: Weekend Preview: Miss St and SEMO/Eastern Michigan and Notre Dame.
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Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
The BIG LIFE Episode 3
Things are off to a great start for both Sam and Jordyn as both their teams go 2-0. They analyze the weekend games, talk preseason special honors, and get into a fascinating conversation about how one's role on a team can change and what to do when it does.
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Follow Sam Cary IG: @samcary Follow Jordyn Wickes IG: @jordyn_wickes
Have questions? Go ahead and ask! Send it to scary@girlssoccernetwork.com
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Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
Goodbye Preseason and the BIG TEN is Getting Bigger
Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
In Episode 2, another college soccer preseason is almost in the rearview mirror. Jordyn and Sam compare notes, beep test scores, exhibition matches and how excited they each are to be moving into the regular season. Plus, they catch us up on all the new twists and turns of the BIG TEN conference as well get give us their takes on the recent Top 25 rankings release, and they answer their very first set of listener questions from the community.

Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
Sam and Jordyn kick-off of the Big Life podcast as a new college soccer season gets underway! Jordyn, a Michigan State junior (and forward), and Sam, a 5th-year defender at the University of Iowa, are just getting back into the swing of soccer after a bit of time off in the summer. These fast friends and friendly rivals chat about the excitement of starting up again, the rigors of soccer pre-season, passing the spark test, mandatory ice baths, and discovering that they actually play each other in the last game of the season. Jordyn shares about her adventures in Australia over the summer and we learn that Sam is also a very accomplished referee.
OUR LINKS:
Donate to the Big Life to help us to produce this kickoff season and receive a brand new Big Life sticker https://donorbox.org/the-big-life
Please subscribe to the BIG LIFE wherever you love to listen.
TheBIG LIFE is a Girls Soccer Network podcast.
Subscribe to Girls Soccer Network's GSN Newsletter to stay posted about upcoming episodes.
Follow us on Instagram (@girlssoccernetwork)
Follow us on Twitter @girlssoccernet
Subscribe to our YouTube channel @girlssoccernetwork6137
Follow Sam Cary IG: @samcary
Follow Jordyn Wickes IG: @jordyn_wickes
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