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 532 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Spinning Straw Into Gold with special guest Ryan Gauld)
Episode 531 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Hot Chocolate Weather with special guest Vanni Sartini)
Episode 530 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Big Decisions)
Episode 529 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Turn Out The Light)
Episode 528 - The AFTN Soccer Show (A Series Of Fortunate Events)
Episode 527 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Keeping The Flame Alive)
Episode 526 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Getting Nowhere Fast)
Episode 525 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Every Point’s A Prisoner)
Episode 524 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Californication)
Episode 523 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Pump It Better)
Episode 522 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Wunderbar! with special guests Julian Gressel, Fabian Herbers, Easton Ongaro, Katie Collar, Jesse Symons, and Will Cromack)
Episode 521 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Champions of Canada with Ryan Gauld, Tristan Blackmon, Brian White, and Ryan Raposo)
Episode 520 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Undoing All The Good Work with guests Xherdan Shaqiri and Katie Collar)
Episode 519 - The AFTN Soccer Show (The Hurt Locker-room )
Episode 518 - The AFTN Soccer Show (When Love Turns To Hate)
Episode 517 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Melting Moments)
Episode 516 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Time To Take Control with guests Axel Schuster, Martin Nash, and Theo Collomb)
Episode 515 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Sleeping Through The Weekend)
Episode 514 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Spot On)
Episode 513 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Gunslingers with guests Will Cromack and Chelsey Hanneson)
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