Back to back wins certainly puts a spring in our step. As does the veritable feast of football that we had around this world this past week. And we talk about a lot of it in this week's show.
We kick things off with an analysis of Vancouver Whitecaps' 1-0 win over Portland Timbers in MLS action on Friday night. A great defensive display that saw the 'Caps, temporarily at least, move into the playoff places, but most certainly now in the mix. We look at the good, the bad, and the ugly from the match, the supporters walkout, and the concerns the team still give us.
Our feature interview this week is with Whitecaps defender Ali Adnan, as we sit down with the Iraqi international to talk about his footballing life so far, from playing football as a little boy in Iraq to his footballing family, the moves to Turkey and Italy, and now to MLS.
We also chat with Marc Dos Santos about technology in the modern game and MLS managers complaining, to Will Cromack about the new TSS Rovers season, continue our 1979 NASL Soccer Bowl celebrations, and more!
Episode 632 – The AFTN Soccer Show (To Live For The Weekend with Jesse Marsch, Ali Ahmed, Sebastian Berhalter, and Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau)
Episode 631 – The AFTN Soccer Show (The Beating Heart Will Never Die - Canada beat US, Whitecaps draw with Dallas, Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau, James Cameron, Rants about refs)
Episode 630 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Dreams Stay With You with guests Stuart Armstrong, Fafa Picault, Jay Herdman, and Cindy Tye)
Episode 629 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Rise and Shine - Stephanie Labbe and Sinead King talk NSL, Whitecaps reach Can Champ final, Ryan Gauld earns Scotland call-up)
Episode 628 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Fragments of Fiction with guests Thomas Meilleur-Giguère, Sebastian Dzikowski, Eric Lajeunesse, and Keira Martin)
Episode 627 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Kites of Chaos Still in Motion with guests Axel Schuster and Katie Collar)
Episode 626 – The AFTN Soccer Show (All Plans Are Golden - Canada's Olympics defence over, Dronegate continues, Leagues Cup, L1BC champs crowned)
Episode 625 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Lazy Days In Summer Haze - Olympics drone scandal, Ali Ahmed interview, Wrexham v Whitecaps, Leagues Cup)
Episode 624 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Don't Try This At Home - Whitecaps win one and lose one, new MLS roster rules, Canada NTs)
Episode 623 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Fighting Spirit - CMNT on the rise, Copa Chaos, Whitecaps' road success in league and cup)
Episode 622 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Tripping - Canada in Copa semis, Whitecaps draw in Montreal, Can Champ preview, Euros bore)
Episode 621 - The AFTN Soccer Show (A New Day Has Come - Whitecaps v St Louis, Canada's historic Copa, Jesse Marsch, Euro 2024)
Episode 620 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Tears On Tour)
Episode 619 - The AFTN Soccer Show (So Much Football, So Little Time - NEvVAN, Copa America, Ricardo Clark and Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau interviews)
Episode 618 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Trophies Not Friendlies featuring Phil Parkinson, Humphrey Ker, and Katie Collar)
Episode 617 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Shut Up and Read Your Nick Hornby)
Episode 616 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Another Fine Mess, Eh)
Episode 615 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Da Diddley Qua Qua - Whitecaps' week of penalty drama, Can Champ, Messi Mania, Jesse Marsch)
Episode 614 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Cracks In The Ground - LAFC v Whitecaps, Can Champ, Messi mania in Montreal, TFC postgame madness)
Episode 613 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Celebrations and Consternations - Whitecaps v Austin, TSS heartbreak, Can Champ, CMNT coaching search, Vancouver and FIFA 2026)
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