Corbyn Rowden got involved in soccer through her children and quickly developed a passion for helping young players grow and succeed. She believes leadership means creating a positive, disciplined, and supportive environment where kids build skills, confidence, and respect. She is especially inspired by Aaron McGill and is excited by the continued growth of girls’ soccer in her community. Corbyn hopes to leave a legacy of encouraging players and making every child feel seen, supported, and believed in. She also values family deeply and brings that same energy and care into her work in youth soccer.
1. What inspired you to first get involved in soccer, and what keeps you passionate about it today?
Watching my kids learn and love the sport, I wanted to help create the best experience for them. Then it snowballed after that! From recreational league to helping with club soccer. The development of players kept growing and helping them get on a path of success has been so rewarding!
2. What does leadership in soccer mean to you personally?
Leadership in soccer, to me as a coach, means creating a positive, disciplined, and supportive environment where every player feels valued and motivated to grow. I want my team (or any kids I help with) to not only develop their skills, but also build confidence, and respect for each other. I’d love to help build great kids on and off the field!
3. What’s your standout moment either as a player, coach, administrator or in other role?
I don’t feel like I really have a stand-out moment, but watching the success in the kids that I coach is the most stand-out moment I can come up with!
4.If you weren’t actively participating in the development of youth soccer, what do you think you’d be doing instead?
Spending time with my family, that’s what we do in the off time!
5.What are you most excited about for the future of women’s soccer?
I love seeing more and more girls out on the field! Going to tournaments seeing the competitiveness in these girls I know is building their confidence! In our small town we have more girl teams playing then boy teams!
6. Who has been the most influential person in your soccer journey, and why?
Aaron McGill hands down! His love for the game is very contagious. Above that his main focus is development and doing right by each child. Helping EVERY KID he is around be the best version of themselves! He is incredible, and I feel very blessed to learn from him!
7.If you had to form a 3v3 team of past and present female soccer players, what would be your pick?
I love the game, but I love the game for the kids so I would choose female soccer players from my hometown. They have helped me love the game the most.
8.An angel investor has offered you $1m to grow the game of women’s soccer, how would you invest this money?
This is actually something I think about all the time if I came into money. My small town doesn’t have the best soccer fields so I would build a sports complex an offer tournaments. I would probably need a little bit more than $1 million though.
9.Can you share a piece of advice for the future generation of women who are passionate about a career in soccer?
My advice would be to stick with it put in the time. Time on the ball is never a waste. One of my daughters wasn’t the strongest soccer player as a young girl, but she has stuck with it and watching her grow and develop, now she’s in high school playing and what she offers to her team is great! She really stands out. It’s proof that if you put in the time and you have the heart, and don’t give up it will take you places you never knew you could reach.
10.You have been offered the following options to leave as your lasting legacy in soccer? What option would you pick?
Be the highest goal scorer for the USA Women’s national team
Win an Olympic Gold but lose the World Cup on Penalties.
Become the most valuable player in the history of women’s soccer with a transfer value of $100 million.
11.If you could be remembered for one contribution to the game, what would it be?
If I could leave one contribution, it would be the energy and confidence I bring to my team. I want every child I coach to feel seen, supported, and believed in. I’m proud to be their biggest hype person, because sometimes all it takes is one person believing in you to change how you see yourself. If they leave my team more confident and willing to go for it, then I’ve done my job.
12.What’s one change you would love to see in women’s soccer in the next 5 years?
More advertisements/merchandise of successful women in soccer not just for men.
Young girls need to have female roll models that are easily seen
13.If you could play a match anywhere in the world, where would it be?
As long and the weather and grass is good soccer is enjoyable anywhere
14.If you could switch places with any player ‘past or present’ for a day, who would it be?
No one I’d want to switch with
15.If you could invent a new soccer rule for fun, what would it be?
Co-ed on the precessional level…. Girls are tougher than boys! (In my opinion) And when they play together it’s fun to watch
16.What’s a fun fact about yourself that most people don’t know?
I am a black belt in karate!
17.What song would you choose as a soundtrack to your life right now?
Girl on fire- Alicia Keys
18.What’s your favorite quote?
“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou