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 458 - The AFTN Soccer Show (A Feast Of Football with special guest Axel Schuster)
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)
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