What's our favorite thing about New Ground? Our guests and creating a space for genuine vibes.

On this episode of New Ground, Allen Hopkins Jr. and Jalil Anibaba revisit some of our favorite guest conversations from 2025 as well as reflect on the space that they've cultivated with New Ground.

We get into:

• MLS Ironman Kei Kamara goes in depth into how he and his family escaped from the civil war of Sierra Leone and moved to America.
• Calen Carr talks about growing up in Berkeley, California and how he against all odds found soccer. He was hooked and convinced his Mom to travel to Brazil by himself as a teenager so that he could train.
• Former NWSL Champion turned media darling Darian Jenkins gives us her take on the growth of the league and all the nonsense she had to endure back in th ...