We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, Canadian Premier League chat.
There's no such thing as a quiet offseason in North American soccer it feels and this past week has been somewhat of a controversial one.
The draw was made for the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup, throwing up tough ties for the three Canadian sides, but now both the Whitecaps and Cavalry FC can't play their home matches at their usual stadiums. We delve into the whys and hows, look ahead to the 'Caps content in the MLS SuperDraft, the new competition guidelines in the league next season, and MLS' controversial decision to withdraw its teams from next year's US Open Cup.
Turning our attention to the CPL and Vancouver FC, we look back at the club's first year highs and lows, hand out our first ever AFTN VFC awards, look at the club's two draft picks, and bring you our feature interview with Brazilian midfielder Renan Garcia.
Plus we continue AFTN's 2023 Festive Fifteen with numbers 9 to 7.
Here’s the rundown for the main segments from the episode:
01.28: Intro - last live game of the year, Wonka sticker shock, and the darts are back
11.30: Whitecaps and Cavalry forced to move their CONCACAF Champions Cup matches to Langford
38.48: Whitecaps academy alumni in MLS SuperDraft
43.07: Festive Fifteen #9
47.36: A bad PR week for MLS as they devalue US Open Cup
74.52: New MLS competition guidelines
83.21: Festive Fifteen #8
88.32: Vancouver FC - a year in review and a look ahead to 2024
111.40: AFTN Vancouver FC End of Season awards
129.40: Festive Fifteen #7
133.32: Renan Garcia interview
152.06: Vancouver FC add two in CPL draft
162.35: Wavelength - The Whitehawk Isolators - Not About The Football
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Episode 573 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Dramas and Disappointments)
Episode 572 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Heroes Fall and Passion Follows with Patrice Gheisar, Rob Friend, and Alejandro Diaz)
Episode 571 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Isn’t It Funny How It Always Happens)
Episode 570 - The AFTN Soccer Show (The thought of you still leaves me crying)
Episode 569 - The AFTN Soccer Show (When The Hoodoo Comes... To An End)
Episode 568 - The AFTN Soccer Show (A Whitecaps Midseason Special with special guest Axel Schuster)
Episode 567 - The AFTN Soccer Show (An Ode To Joy)
Episode 566 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Through Gritted Teeth)
Episode 565 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Down in the basement, listening to the rain)
Episode 564 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Feelings That I Can’t Disguise with guest Levonte Johnson)
Episode 563 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Our Appetite Is Limitless with guests Jay Herdman and Will Cromack)
Episode 562 - The AFTN Soccer Show (What A Tale My Thoughts Could Tell with guests Rob Friend and Will Cromack)
Episode 561 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Talking Too Long As The Night Came On)
Episode 560 - The AFTN Soccer Show (History Makers with guests Dino Rossi, Will Cromack, and Malcolm Johnston)
Episode 559 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This with special guest CPL Commissioner Mark Noonan)
Episode 558 - The AFTN Soccer Show (CPL Kickoff Special with guests Philip Dos Santos and Callum Irving)
Episode 557 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Birds Sing, But Crows Cry Out with Ali Ahmed, Antoine Coupland, and Giorgio Chiellini)
Episode 556 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Heartbeat, Increasing Heartbeat with guest Ricardo Clark)
Episode 555 - The AFTN Soccer Show (Ten Years Of Tears with guests Axel Schuster and Gloire Amanda)
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