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 554 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Shaky Shaky, Sweaty Sweaty)
Episode 553 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Every Day Is Like A Bygone Age with special guest Ryan Gauld)
Episode 552 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Shaken, But Can They Stir?)
Episode 551 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Zoned Out)
Episode 550 – The AFTN Soccer Show (The Calm Before The Snowstorm)
Episode 549 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Trip To A Dream Dragon with Vanni Sartini, Axel Schuster, and Yohei Takaoka))
Episode 548 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Spreading The Love)
Episode 547 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Sitting By The River Drinking Lemon Tea with guests Tosaint Ricketts and Ryan Raposo)
Episode 546 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Naked Ambition with guests Colin Elmes and Sian Bagshawe)
Episode 545 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Reach For The Sky)
Episode 544 - The AFTN Soccer Show (It Ain’t What You Do, It’s The Way That You Do It)
Episode 543 - The AFTN Soccer Show (New Car Smell)
Episode 542 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Out With The Old and In With The New)
Episode 541 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Dig Out The Orange Ball - 2022 Christmas Special)
Episode 540 - The AFTN Soccer Show (It’s All Gotten A Bit Messi)
Episode 539 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Koné > Kane)
Episode 538 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Shooting For The Stars with special guest Stephanie Labbe)
Episode 537 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Group Effed)
Episode 536 - The AFTN Soccer Show (A New Generation Calling with special guest Axel Schuster)
Episode 535 - The AFTN Soccer Show (The Future Is Now)
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