We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, and Canadian football chat.
Vancouver Whitecaps will finally kick off their 2024 MLS season next weekend when Charlotte FC come to town. We look at how the 'Caps are looking heading into the new season, how competitive they can be, what's still missing, and how we feel they will fare. We also chat about the now known Canadian Championship draw and what it means for the Whitecaps and the rest.
So how will the 'Caps fare in the 2024 MLS West? AFTN writer Felipe Vallejo joins us as we take a deep dive into the comings, goings, needs, and prospects of the other 13 teams in the Western Conference.
It's starting to feel that a week doesn't go by without some off the pitch controversy in Canadian soccer and this week was no different as the union representing the Canadian women's national team filed a $40 million lawsuit against current and former board members of Canada Soccer. Local lawyer and referee Darnell Smith joins us once again to try and make some sense of what it all means and chat about the dangers of being a volunteer on such boards if issues like this then arise.
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Here’s the rundown for the main segments from the episode:
02.10: Intro - wind, an apology, Alberth Elis, and RIP Chris Gauthier
10.38: Canadian Championship draw
26.02: How the Whitecaps are looking ahead of their MLS First Kick
43.46: A deep dive into the 2024 MLS Western Conference (Austin to Minnesota)
89.20: A deep dive into the 2024 MLS Western Conference (Portland to St Louis)
119.16: This week in 1974
123.12: CanWNT sue Canada Soccer board members
151.28: Wavelength - The Others - Stan Bowles
156.22: RIP Stan Bowles and Andreas Brehme
Episode 457 - The AFTN Soccer Show (All The World Is A Stage - Euro 2020 preview and Canada's World Cup qualifiers)
Episode 456 - The AFTN Soccer Show (International Rescue - Whitecaps make moves, Canada eye the octagon, the art of the football song with Neil Grant)
Episode 455 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Dog Eat Dog with Marc Dos Santos and John Herdman)
Episode 454 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Breaking Point with special guest Matthew Baldisimo)
Episode 453 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Houston v Vancouver Preview)
Episode 452 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Overwhelmed and Underwhelming)
Episode 451 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Try Another Flavour - Minnesota v Vancouver postgame, KC preview, MLS salaries)
Episode 450 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Making An Impact)
Episode 449 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Vancouver v Montreal Preview Show with special guest Kam Habibullah)
Episode 448 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Push Forward, Rewind Back - Vancouver v Colorado, MLS round-up, concussion subs and refereeing chat with Howard Webb and Ismael Elfath)
Episode 447 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Whitecaps v Rapids Preview Show)
Episode 446 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Derby Daze)
Episode 445 - The AFTN Soccer Show (TFC v Vancouver Preview Show featuring Bruno Gaspar, Caio Alexandre, and Kristin Knowles)
Episode 444 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Back In The Saddle - Vancouver beat Portland, Dr Ben Sporer, Lucas Cavallini, the week in MLS, and European Superleague)
Episode 443 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Whitecaps v Timbers Preview Show)
Episode 442 - The AFTN Soccer Show (MLS Western and Eastern Conference Previews)
Episode 441 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Whitecaps Season Preview and Bold Predictions)
Episode 440 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Nap Time with Marc Dos Santos, Evan Newton, and Gio Savarese)
Episode 439 - The AFTN Soccer Show (False Nines and Numbers Tens with special guests Marc Dos Santos, Marcel De Jong, and Eve Powell)
Episode 438 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Comet Glacier Cats)
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