Athlone native David McHugh is the performance coach for NWSL side Washington Spirit who have gone from an underwhelming 2023 to reaching this weekend's play-off Championship final. He speaks to RTÉ Sport's Raf Diallo about his role and implementing sports psychology in a professional environment.

All the latest soccer news from Raf Diallo and the RTÉ Sport team - covering UEFA EURO 2024, the League of Ireland, and Ireland's international football sides.

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All the latest soccer news from Raf Diallo and the RTÉ Sport team - covering the League of Ireland and Ireland's international football sides.

All the latest soccer news from Raf Diallo and the RTÉ Sport team - covering the League of Ireland and Ireland's international football sides.

'Engagement is higher than I expected' | Washington Spirit's mental performance coach David McHugh

Richie Towell and Paul Corry join Raf Diallo on this week's RTÉ Soccer Podcast to look ahead to Thursday's Republic of Ireland squad announcement for the Prague play-off, discuss Friday's SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division action and this week's Champions League second legs, while Shelbourne's Rachel Graham reviews the first round of Women's Premier Division games and talks about the battle to boost attendance figures.

Richie Towell and Paul Corry join Raf Diallo on this week's RTÉ Soccer Podcast to look ahead to Thursday's Republic of Ireland squad announcement for the Prague play-off, discuss Friday's SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division action and this week's Champions League second legs, while Shelbourne's Rachel Graham reviews the first round of Women's Premier Division games and talks about the battle to boost attendance figures.

A McGoldrick silver lining, Ireland squad and Long games in the men's and women's LOI

Shelbourne's Rachel Graham and her former Ireland team-mate Méabh De Búrca look back on the Girls in Green's narrow World Cup qualifying defeats to France and the Netherlands, before previewing the new SSE Airtricity Women's Premier Division season which will kick off on Saturday.

Shelbourne's Rachel Graham and her former Ireland team-mate Méabh De Búrca look back on the Girls in Green's narrow World Cup qualifying defeats to France and the Netherlands, before previewing the new SSE Airtricity Women's Premier Division season which will kick off on Saturday.

So close yet so far for COYGIG and big kick off for Women's Premier Division 

Richie Towell and former Republic of Ireland winger Keith Treacy join Raf Diallo to review the weekend's SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division action, the Boys in Green's forward line for Prague in the wake of Evan Ferguson being ruled out and look ahead to the Champions League last 16 first leg between Real Madrid and Manchester City that will be live on RTÉ2 and the RTÉ Player.

Richie Towell and former Republic of Ireland winger Keith Treacy join Raf Diallo to review the weekend's SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division action, the Boys in Green's forward line for Prague in the wake of Evan Ferguson being ruled out and look ahead to the Champions League last 16 first leg between Real Madrid and Manchester City that will be live on RTÉ2 and the RTÉ Player.

'Engagement is higher than I expected' | Washington Spirit's mental performance coach David McHugh

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