We’re back with our 2023 Christmas special! Another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, and Canadian soccer chat, but this time with added festive fun and games! It'll all get a bit messy or maybe it's just a cheese dream.
The Whitecaps' 2024 schedule dropped this week and forget Santa Claus, it's Lionel Messi that's coming to town in May. Barring injury, Christmas has come early for 'Caps fans who want to spend their cash gifts on some football fun. We delve into the good and the bad aspects of the schedule, chat about the Messi circus, and look at the two latest Whitecaps additions - draft picks Eliot Goldthorp and Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau.
Our feature interview this episode is a player that will be well known to Whitecaps, TFC, Pacific FC, and Vancouver FC fans, Canadian defender Kadin Chung. We chat with Kadin about the highs and lows of his career so far, coming to play for his new hometown team, and look ahead at what's to come. Plus we find out what Christmas is like with the Chung family and with his teammate Callum Irving's family.
We also look at the US Soccer Federation standing up to MLS in the US Open Cup row, chat with Canadian Players of the Year Jesse Fleming and Stephen Eustáquio about their busy year and Christmas plans, find out if Canadian women's national team head coach Bev Priestman is able to get a break this Christmas, whether Whitecaps midfielder Ali Ahmed fancies a chocolate digestive, and just what is Tristan Blackmon's favourite jam?
Harjeet Johal joins us for the fun and chat and play 20 Questions, plus we continue AFTN's 2023 Festive Fifteen with numbers 6 to 4.
Here’s the rundown for the main segments from the episode:
01.45: Intro - getting ready for Christmas aka buying too much cheese
11.55: A Callum Irving Family Christmas
14.36: Messi coming to town as MLS schedule drops
36.45: Anyone Fancy A Chocolate Digestive - Ali Ahmed
38.11: 20 Questions - Whitecaps edition
44.26: Festive Fifteen #6
48.29: Whitecaps add two intriguing draft picks
59.35: USSF stand up to MLS in US Open Cup row
74.46: Tristan Blackmon's Favourite Jam
76.45: 20 Questions - CPL edition
86.01: Festive Fifteen #5
90.25: Kadin Chung interview and discussion
121.40: A Kadin Chung Family Christmas
123.45: Festive Fifteen #4
129.00: Jessie Fleming and Stephen Eustáquio on a busy year and Christmas plans
135.55: 20 Questions - Canadian national team edition
144.40: Bev Priestman's Christmas plans
146.00: Wavelength - Armchair Loyal - All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit
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Episode 415 - The AFTN Soccer Show (The Devil's Horsemen - Whitecaps win one, lose one)
Episode 414 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Freakshow - Galaxy v Whitecaps, the MLS run-in, Supporters Shield controversy)
Episode 413 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Battle Axes - Whitecaps v RSL, Axel Schuster roundtable, the future of the 'Caps)
Episode 412 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Comatose In Seattle - Sounders v Whitecaps and Vancouver's woes, 2021 Gold Cup, John Herdman)
Episode 411 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Back To Back - Whitecaps win two, a booming bromance, Commissioner Clanachan, and the CPL Island Games)
Episode 410 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Smoke and Mirrors - Vancouver v Montreal postgame, Axel Schuster roundtable, and CPL Island Games)
Episode 409 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Old Haunts, New Passions - Vancouver v Toronto postgame and CPL Island Games)
Episode 408 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Turbulent Times)
Episode 407 - The AFTN Soccer Show (The Sum Of Its Parts)
Episode 406 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Returning To Play with guests Marc Dos Santos, Axel Schuster, Stephen Hart, and Rob Gale)
Episode 405 - The AFTN Soccer Show (The Life of PEI with Pa Modou Kah, Jeff Paulus, Keven Aleman, David Clanachan, Don Garber, and more!)
Episode 404 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Future Plans and Memories)
Episode 403 - AFTN Soccer Show (A Sound Thrashing)
Episode 402 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Bubble Football with special guests Marc Dos Santos and Theo Bair)
Episode 401 - The AFTN Soccer Show (MLS Tournament Turmoil featuring Marc Dos Santos, Thierry Henry, and Nani)
Episode 400 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Dressed For Success with guest Marc Dos Santos)
Episode 399 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Over The Turnstiles with guest Steven Agen)
Episode 398 - The AFTN Soccer Show (True Colours with guest Joel Waterman)
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