{"id":970,"date":"2013-09-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webinology.website\/nation2021\/mls-star-matt-besler-gives-back-with-coachup\/"},"modified":"2021-11-03T12:50:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T16:50:36","slug":"coachup-ambassador-program-with-matt-besler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation\/articles\/coachup-ambassador-program-with-matt-besler","title":{"rendered":"MLS Star Matt Besler Gives Back With CoachUp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span contenteditable=\"false\" data-mce-object=\"iframe\" class=\"mce-preview-object mce-object-iframe\" data-mce-p-allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-p-frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-p-src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c_pnrekMl1M\"><iframe data-src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c_pnrekMl1M\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><span class=\"mce-shim\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On a beautiful&nbsp;Sunday&nbsp;in Overland Park, KS at Blue Valley West High School, CoachUp partnered with Kansas City professional soccer player and US Men&#8217;s National Team member, Matt Besler, to conduct a private coaching session for 13 year-old, Annie, from Norman, OK. 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