We're back with our first show of 2022 and what better way to kick off the new year than with another packed episode of the AFTN Soccer Show and another of our end of season reviews, this time turning our attention to the stellar year that was had by the Canadian men's national team.
Canada started the year 72nd in the world in the FIFA rankings and they finished it in 40th, their joint highest ever which they also reached in December 1996. The national team played 19 matches last year. All of them competitive games, with not a friendly in site. Crazy really considering how little they've played in some recent years.
There were 14 World Cup qualifiers and 5 Gold Cup matches, producing 13 wins, 4 draws, and just 2 defeats, both of those coming at the hands of traditional CONCACAF powerhouses of the US and Mexico and both of those came at the Gold Cup. Canada scored 55 goals, conceding just 11, with 16 different goalscorers.
2021 was a great year, but hopefully it's just the start of even bigger and better things for Canada. We delve into all of that and a lot more, plus we chat with CPL coaches Bobby Smyrniotis, Tommy Wheeldon Jr, and Jim Brennan to look at how the success of the national team has driven an excitement locally for the CPL teams.
Episode 577 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Different Foes, Familiar Foes)
Episode 576 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Put It All Together It’s The Perfect Ten)
Episode 575 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Window Shopping with Axel Schuster, Vanni Sartini, and Ranko Veselinovic)
Episode 574 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Moving On Up, Moving On Out)
Episode 573 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Dramas and Disappointments)
Episode 572 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Heroes Fall and Passion Follows with Patrice Gheisar, Rob Friend, and Alejandro Diaz)
Episode 571 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Isn’t It Funny How It Always Happens)
Episode 570 - The AFTN Soccer Show (The thought of you still leaves me crying)
Episode 569 - The AFTN Soccer Show (When The Hoodoo Comes... To An End)
Episode 568 - The AFTN Soccer Show (A Whitecaps Midseason Special with special guest Axel Schuster)
Episode 567 - The AFTN Soccer Show (An Ode To Joy)
Episode 566 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Through Gritted Teeth)
Episode 565 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Down in the basement, listening to the rain)
Episode 564 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Feelings That I Can’t Disguise with guest Levonte Johnson)
Episode 563 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Our Appetite Is Limitless with guests Jay Herdman and Will Cromack)
Episode 562 - The AFTN Soccer Show (What A Tale My Thoughts Could Tell with guests Rob Friend and Will Cromack)
Episode 561 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Talking Too Long As The Night Came On)
Episode 560 - The AFTN Soccer Show (History Makers with guests Dino Rossi, Will Cromack, and Malcolm Johnston)
Episode 559 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This with special guest CPL Commissioner Mark Noonan)
Episode 558 - The AFTN Soccer Show (CPL Kickoff Special with guests Philip Dos Santos and Callum Irving)
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