Episode 700 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Whiteouts - Don Garber roundtable, the future of the Whitecaps, CPL snowmageddon)

We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, and Canadian Premier League chat, and it's a landmark episode - our 700th one for the main show, the longest running soccer podcast in Canada.

To mark it, we've a lot of talk about Vancouver Whitecaps' future - particularly when it comes to issues around their current and potentially new stadiums. MLS Commissioner Don Garber was in town last week. We bring you his media roundtable in full and chat about the main talking points coming out of it as it was confirmed that the Whitecaps haven't signed a lease to play at BC Place next year and they won't be unless they get a better deal.

The MLS conference semi-finals are all set after a wild weekend wrapped up the first round of playoff matches. We look at how they played out and have an initial look ahead to Whitecaps vs LAFC. The CPL also wrapped up this weekend and the North Star Cup final was played in whiteout conditions in Ottawa. The scenes went around the world, but should the game have gone ahead and will the league see any actual long-term benefit from all the virality or was it just an in-the-moment buzz? Has this turned people on to watch and attend the league next year? Plus we look at the CPL awards that were handed out for the season.

Music-wise, Camper van Beethoven begin their residency as our Album of the Month, we've two Britpop songs from Blur and Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, and Halftime Oranges are back in Wavelength.

Here’s the rundown for the main segments from the episode:

01.28: Intro - landmark episodes, college soccer, Rise move on to final
16.55: MLS conference semi-finals set after wild weekend
60.20: Don Garber Vancouver media roundtable
99.15: The future of Vancouver Whitecaps and the club's stadium issues
132.45: Snowy CPL final goes viral, but will the league see a real benefit?
156.10: CPL award winners announced
166.45: Wavelength - Halftime Oranges - Theme From Orange