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Vancouver FC hoping to showcase BC talent to...

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2024/05/24

While Whitecaps and Vancouver soccer fans reeled at the news that Lionel Messi, along with teammates Luis Suarez and Sergio Busquets, weren’t making the six hour flight west to play for Inter Miami in Saturday’s MLS match at BC Place, local Canadian Premier League side Vancouver FC were quick off the mark with a promotional…

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“The Lowest Point in My Career”: Whitecaps vs Cavalry...

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2024/05/23

After Tuesday’s match, the Whitecaps secured their progression to the semi-final of the Canadian Championship. That fact was the only solace anyone had from the game, in which a lively and fearless Cavalry FC side beat the Whitecaps 1-0, outplaying them right off the park in their own backyard. Job done ✅ Onto the semis…

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Report and Reaction: Whitecaps advance to Canadian...

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2024/05/22

Sometimes when you go to a restaurant you end up having a disappointing and underwhelming starter, but that’s more than compensated for when it comes to an absolutely delicious main course. If Vancouver Whitecaps’ lacklustre performance against Cavalry FC in Tuesday night’s Canadian Championship quarter-final second leg was a disappointing soggy salad, then perhaps the…

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Episode 615 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Da Diddley Qua...

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2024/05/21

We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, Canadian Championship, Canadian Premier League, and Canadian national team chat. The football keeps coming and so do the podcasts! The Whitecaps’ two games a week schedule saw them come away with nothing in Colorado, in a game in which they…

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Report and Reaction: Gauld’s last gasp penalty sees...

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2024/05/19

(Photo Credit: Mynor Campos) Four weeks on from their last meeting, it felt like two very different teams meeting in Seattle as Vancouver Whitecaps headed down the I5 for another clash with the Sounders. Since that 2-0 Whitecaps victory on April 20th, Vancouver haven’t won a match in MLS and had been kept off the…

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Rapids vs Whitecaps Match Analysis: Red card sinks...

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2024/05/17

It was looking good, until it wasn’t. That was the gist of the match on Wednesday evening, as the Vancouver Whitecaps fell to a 1-0 loss to Colorado Rapids in Commerce City thanks to a handball penalty and a red card. Bjorn Inge Utvik went from hero to unfortunate zero as the Whitecaps went back-to-back…

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Report and Reaction: Whitecaps pay the penalty as...

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2024/05/16

(Photo Credit: Colorado Rapids) Winless in two and scoreless in two, Vancouver Whitecaps headed into Commerce City on Wednesday evening for a key encounter with a Colorado Rapids side level on points with them and exactly the kind of team the ‘Caps need to be beating if they are to be seen as serious top…

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Episode 614 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Cracks In The...

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2024/05/14

We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, Canadian Championship, and Canadian Premier League chat. The football keeps coming and so do the podcasts! The Whitecaps busy month of May continues apace with two games a week. It was a case of win one, lose one this past…

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Whitecaps Year One: Weeks of a slow build see ‘Caps...

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2024/05/05

Vancouver Whitecaps kicked off their first ever season on Sunday May 5th 1974. Fifty years on from the eve of that historic first match in the North American Soccer League, the modern day ‘Caps celebrated with a match at BC Place against Austin FC in Major League Soccer action. A much different team, playing in…

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Report and Reaction: All sizzle and no steak for...

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2024/05/05

Over 32,000 in the stands, a special 50th anniversary game with 110 alumni in attendance, what could possibly go wrong? Well, something that didn’t exist 50 years ago, video review, certainly played a part in the evening’s disappointing proceedings, as did Vancouver Whitecaps’ failure to turn their dominance into any goals as they played out…

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Cavalry FC: Five years of matches and memories

AFTN ·

2024/05/05

It was five years ago on this date that Cavalry FC “weathered the storm” to beat then-named York9 FC 2-1 in the club’s inaugural Canadian Premier League match at Spruce Meadows. It was the first of dozens of Cavalry matches that I have since photographed and recapped for AFTN in the last five years. To…

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Burnaby and Harbourside share spoils in six-goal L1BC...

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2024/05/01

(Photo Credit: Hazel May) It was a match fitting of a historic inaugural game, as League1 BC new boys Burnaby FC played out a six-goal thriller with the visiting Harbourside FC at Burnaby Lake on Sunday afternoon in men’s division action. From kick-off, the first 10 minutes were extremely frantic, with Burnaby having the majority…

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Burnaby FC Women kick off inaugural League1 BC season...

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2024/05/01

(Photo Credit: Hazel May) The new girls on the block, Burnaby FC, kicked off their inaugural League1 BC season with an impressive 3-1 victory over the visiting Harbourside FC at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex on Sunday. For the first 30 minutes, neither team was able to settle the ball and make any tangible attack, Burnaby…

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Episode 612 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Chasing The...

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2024/04/30

We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, Canadian Championship, and League1 BC chat. The football keeps coming and so do the podcasts! The Whitecaps continued their road warriors form at the weekend with a hard-fought draw at New York Red Bulls, in a match that saw Brian…

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Report and Reaction: Homecoming hero Brian White...

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2024/04/28

The script couldn’t have been written any better. New Jersey boy Brian White returns home, returns to the club he came through the ranks of, and scores a record-setting goal for his new club. And for a while, it looked like White’s 15th minute opener was going to be good enough to give Vancouver Whitecaps…

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Episode 611 – The AFTN Soccer Show (The Running of...

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2024/04/26

We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, Canadian Championship, and League1 BC chat. The football keeps coming and so do the podcasts! The Whitecaps head off to New York this weekend to try and maintain their 100% start to the season on the road against the Red…

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There’s Still (Extra) Time – Episode 85 [Soaring High...

AFTN ·

2024/04/24

We’re back with another AFTN Extra podcast for your listening pleasure. Episode 85 is an hour long show around the Canadian Championship, which kicked off Tuesday, and the Canadian Premier League, featuring audio from Afshin Ghotbi, Tommy Wheeldon Jr, Patrice Gheisar, Phillip Dos Santos, Rocco Romeo, and Tobias Warschewski. All subscribers should have the download…

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War Games: Ten-man Cavalry set up another Canadian...

AFTN ·

2024/04/24

Another dance with the Whitecaps is in store for Cavalry FC, who progressed to the quarter-finals of the Canadian Championship on Tuesday night with a 1-0 victory over visiting Vancouver FC at Spruce Meadows. Tobias Warschewski scored the lone goal of the first-round cup match when he headed the ball just inside Callum Irving’s right-hand…

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Defending champs BB5 hit six of the best as VMSL...

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2024/04/12

The 2024 BC Provincial A Cup kicked off last weekend with some fantastic action and a plethora of goals, showcasing the top level of amateur soccer in our province. With two spots up for grabs at this year’s Challenge Trophy, which will be held in Surrey in October, this year’s competition has a little bit…

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Episode 608 – The AFTN Soccer Show (No More Shuffling...

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2024/04/09

We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, and Canadian Premier League chat. April is our favourite time of the year with MLS well underway, the CPL and League1 BC beginning, and the Provincial Cup in full flow. What a time to be alive! Add to that the…

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