Darrius Barnes @d_barnes25 | Perfect Soccer Podcast Ep.024

Darrius Barnes

11 Year MLS Cup Champion Quincy Amarikwa’s (@QuincyAmarikwa) presents - The Perfect Soccer Podcast, Where your host Paul Guarino goes 1 on 1 to get to know your favorite professional soccer players, on and off the pitch.

In today’s episode: Paul interviewed former New England Revolution Defender Darrius Barrnes. Darrius discusses his time at Duke, playing for the New England Revolution his entire MLS career, and what it’s like to work for the MLS on the business side now.


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Time Stamp


0:00 - 1:25 Intro

1:26 - 2:19 Quarantine life

2:20 - 3:50 Black Live Matter

3:51 - 4:37 First memory playing soccer

4:38 - 5:47 Club team or high school or both?

5:48 - 6:54 Recruiting process

6:55 - 8:12 Picking Duke over UNC

8:13 - 9:12 Experience at Duke 

9:13 - 10:22 The moment when Darrius knew he could be a pro

10:23 - 11:21 MLS draft day 

11:22 - 12:59 1st MLS game experience

13:00 - 14:00 A MLS rookie record

14:01 - 16:06 Playing his whole MLS career with New England

16:07 - 17:03 2 MLS goals as a defender 

17:04 - 19:13 NY Cosmos / Retirement in 2017

19:14 - 21:25 Working for the MLS on the business side

21:26 - 23:07 MLS is back tournament

23:08 - 23:29 Perfect Soccer Ad

23:30 - 29:23 Quincy’s 5 questions

29:24 - 32:35 Off the pitch questions

32:36 - 33:47 Outro



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