OSATv TouchLine host, Anthony Totera, interviews Dan Gaspar, Head Coach of University of Hartford “Hawks” Men’s Soccer Team and goal-keeper coach of Portugal’s National Team who just returned from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, on his impressions of Ontario and Canada’s goal-keeper talent pool, his approach to training European and North American goal-keepers, his unique contribution to GK clinics in the form of passion, knowledge and commitment, the importance of skill over height in the art of goal-keeping, the need for high-level competition experience and expert mentor feedback in GK development, the important carry-over life-lessons which come with the GK position in terms of coping with pressure and developing the psychological strength to carry on despite set-backs, the importance of love of the art of goal-keeping in addition to the discipline, fitness, technical and tactical expertise necessary for success, prospects for Canadian players in obtaining US scholarships, the difference between US and Canadian National Team success and the important role of high-quality competitive leagues as well as playing and training opportunities in identifying and developing elite athletes. In Part 2, Totera and Gaspar discuss the Portugal National Team’s experience at the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, Portugal’s qualification and the country’s high expectations, the strategy going into the critical game against Spain, goalkeeper Eduardo’s performance, Rinaldo’s near ……