We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, and Canadian football chat.
Vancouver Whitecaps finally kicked off their 2024 MLS season with a 1-1 home draw with Charlotte FC at BC Place on Saturday. Not the best start, not the worst, but certainly a lot of talking points to come out of the match and for the coming weeks ahead, and we'll delve into a lot of them in this week's episode of the podcast.
It's an important season for the 'Caps, with a lot to play for. Do they have the squad for success? Will there be more additions on the way? We hear from Whitecaps CEO and Sporting Director Axel Schuster about the squad build this offseason and whether he'll be filling that vacant Designated Player spot. Plus as Russell Teibert retires from playing, we ask what's next for the 16-year Whitecap and hear from Axel about what his new front office role will be.
We look around the main action and talking points around the rest of the MLS Western Conference, chat about the farce that MLS have now made the US Open Cup, and get Vanni Sartini's thoughts on the new-look Canadian Championship format.
And there's still time to chat about Canada Soccer's new General Secretary, Kevin Blue, and what it means for the sport here. Plus we take you back to 1974, the latest Football Violence Awareness Month kicks off, and we bring you two tracks from our new album of the month for March.
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Here’s the rundown for the main segments from the episode:
02.11: Intro
04.43: The Whitecaps kick off their MLS season with a draw
32.15: Scott Arfield interview
50.45: Axel Schuster talks DPs, transfers, and depth
95.37: Russell Teibert retires - what's next for him?
115.20: MLS West Week in Review
134.25: US Open Cup shambles
139.28: Vanni on the new-look Canadian Championship
143.40: This week in 1974
148.54: Canadian Soccer has a new General Secretary and CEO
160.55: Wavelength - Sir Robert Orange Peel - Casuals
Episode 494 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Canadian Men’s National Team Year In Review)
Episode 493 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Canadian Premier League Year In Review)
Episode 492 - The AFTN Soccer Show (2021 Christmas Special with Vanni Sartini, Ryan Gauld, Max Crepeau, and Brian White)
Episode 491 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Whitecaps Year In Review with special guest Ryan Gauld)
Episode 490 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Play The Drum A Little Louder with special guest Nikos Overheul)
Episode 489 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Purple Reign with special guest Maxime Crepeau)
Episode 488 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Hustle and Bustle)
Episode 487 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Dreams Can Be So Cruel Sometimes)
Episode 486 - The AFTN Soccer Show (World At Their Feet)
Episode 485 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Moving On To Something Better)
Episode 484 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Listening To The Music With No Fear)
Episode 483 - The AFTN Soccer Show (On The Sideline Screaming Away)
Episode 482 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Feeling Good?)
Episode 481 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Rising Temperatures)
Episode 480 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Fallen Leaves)
Episode 479 - The AFTN Soccer Show (White-hot)
Episode 478 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Making Moves with Axel Schuster, Pa-Modou Kah, and Bobby Smyrniotis)
Episode 477 - The AFTN Soccer Show (On The Rocks with special guest Florian Jungwirth)
Episode 476 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Lost in the Forest of Fruition)
Episode 475 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Flame Still Burning with special guest Vanni Sartini)
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