The latest AFTN Soccer Show is out for another packed show of Vancouver Whitecaps and Major League Soccer chat.
Although this week it is in fact mostly MLS talk as the playoffs got underway this past weekend. Full of excitement, drama, controversy, and actual WTF moments, once again it all felt like a league far removed from where the Whitecaps are right now. A reality slap right in your face. Blam! Blam! (that will make more sense when you listen to the show!)
We look at the six playoff games played so far and some of the questions coming out of them like why don't teams invest in their defences more, how much advantage will teams allowing fans in have, and does the success of Nashville emphasise the need for Vancouver to add some MLS veterans?
The games signalled the end of the road for one of the two Canadian teams to make the MLS postseason - Montreal Impact - and we hear from Thierry Henry and Luis Binks about the end to their league season and the wait now for Champions League games next month.
And of course we look at the craziness that was that Orlando City v NYCFC penalty shoot out, and hear the postgame thoughts of Oscar Pareja and Nani.
Plus we look at the MLS awards, the layoffs at MLSsoccer.com, and talk MLS jersey sales.
Here's the rundown for the main segments from the episode:
02.37: MLS Western Conference playoff chat
39.16: MLS Eastern Conference playoff chat
51.40: Montreal Impact chat featuring Thierry Henry and Luis Binks
67.24: The epic that was Orlando City v NYCFC
98.46: Wavelength - Red Flag '77 - Football Crazy
102.30: MLS awards and a fun quiz
115.27: MLS layoffs and the state of football media in North America
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)
Episode 534 - The AFTN Soccer Show (World Cup preview)
Episode 533 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Believe Us Now?)
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