PODCAST

AFTN

Canadian soccer website and podcast

All Episodes

Episode 683 – The AFTN Soccer Show (A Thousand Sounds...

AFTN ·

2025/07/29

We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, and Canadian Premier League chat and interviews. It’s been a dramatic week in the Vancouver football world and we have you covered with it all here on the podcast. The two biggest Whitecaps stories came off the pitch, with German…

en-GB

Raumdeuter on the Rise: How Thomas Müller could...

AFTN ·

2025/07/29

(Photo Credit: Steindy under GNU Free Documentation License) It’s not every day that a club like Vancouver Whitecaps finds itself on the brink of signing a World Cup winner. But here we are. Thomas Müller, the legendary Bayern Munich forward and self-proclaimed Raumdeuter (which translates to space interpreter), is reportedly finalizing terms with the ‘Caps,…

en-GB

Report and Reaction: Whitecaps get some attacking...

AFTN ·

2025/07/27

Vancouver Whitecaps head into a much-needed two week break on the back of a fairly comfortable 3-0 win against Sporting Kansas City at BC Place on Saturday evening. On the final night of the annual Celebration of Light festivities, there were some first half fireworks on the pitch as Emmanuel Sabbi and J.C. Ngando gave…

en-GB

The Afshin Ghotbi era is finally over at Vancouver FC...

AFTN ·

2025/07/23

“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.” This quote, attributed to the American writer perhaps best known in this century as the author of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald, is one that seems…

en-GB

Episode 682 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Light Beams...

AFTN ·

2025/07/22

We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, Canadian Premier League, and 2026 FIFA World Cup chat. The Whitecaps ended a tough five-game road stretch with a fairly decent record of two wins, one draw, and two defeats. The last of those matches saw them miss out on…

en-GB

Report and Reaction: Whitecaps miss chance to regain...

AFTN ·

2025/07/20

(Photo Credit: @SanDiegoFC/x.com) After an up and down couple of weeks, Vancouver Whitecaps had the chance to regain first place in the MLS Western Conference at San Diego FC on Saturday evening, but ended up having to settle for just a point following a 1-1 draw that kept the expansion Californian side just above the…

en-GB

Episode 681 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Solving Problems...

AFTN ·

2025/07/18

We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, Canadian Premier League, and Canadian Championship chat and we’re joined this episode by AFTN writer Felipe Vallejo. Football brings highs and lows and if you’re a Whitecaps fan, you’ve had some pretty wild swings of those in the past week…

en-GB

Report and Reaction: Whitecaps respond from recent...

AFTN ·

2025/07/17

(Photo Credit: @WhitecapsFC/x.com What a difference a few days make. At the weekend, after sinking to their fourth loss in five games and dropping down the MLS Western Conference standings following another poor performance, there was a bit of doom and gloom in Whitecapsland. People weren’t necessarily hitting the panic button, but some were perhaps…

en-GB

Report and Reaction: Vancouver Whitecaps’ rapid...

AFTN ·

2025/07/13

There’s a lot of things that look off with Vancouver Whitecaps right now. Their potent attack isn’t firing, their midfield has lost its shape and authority, the defence looks like they’ve forgotten how to defend, and the high press and short passing game simply isn’t being executed. When all of that combines in the same…

en-GB

Report and Reaction: Valiant Valour push Whitecaps...

AFTN ·

2025/07/10

It wasn’t pretty, cup ties where one team is a massive underdog rarely are, but Vancouver Whitecaps did just enough at BC Place on Wednesday evening to squeak their way past Canadian Premier League side Valour and keep their defence of the Canadian Championship alive. Heading into the second leg all tied up at two…

en-GB

Episode 680 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Still Feeling...

AFTN ·

2025/07/08

We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, FIFA Club World Cup, CONCACAF Gold Cup, Canadian Premier League, and Canadian Championship chat and interviews. It was a tough Friday night under the lights for the Whitecaps, falling 3-0 to MLS basement team LA Galaxy. What went wrong and…

en-GB

Report and Reaction: No fireworks, just a damp squib...

AFTN ·

2025/07/05

(Photo Credit: @LAGalaxy/x.com) Vancouver Whitecaps had a night to forget in Carson, California, looking all out of sorts in a 3-0 loss to the MLS West’s basement side, the LA Galaxy. An early mistake from Whitecaps keeper Yohei Takaoka, which was punished by Matheus Nascimento, was the difference between the two teams at the half,…

en-GB

Match Preview: LA Galaxy vs Vancouver Whitecaps –...

AFTN ·

2025/07/04

It’s a rare Friday night outing for the Whitecaps this week, as they look to spoil the Independence Day celebrations in Carson, California. It’s not quite top vs bottom of the table, as the ‘Caps find themselves a single point behind San Diego, but the second stage of this critical summer road trip features the…

en-GB

Episode 679 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Shadows...

AFTN ·

2025/07/01

We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, FIFA Club World Cup, CONCACAF Gold Cup, and Canadian national team chat and interviews, in what has very much been a week of highs and lows. It was an eventful week in Whitecapsland, both on and off the pitch. A…

en-GB

Report and Reaction: Vancouver Whitecaps bounce back...

AFTN ·

2025/06/30

(Photo Credit: @WhitecapsFC/x.com) Vancouver Whitecaps needed a response after giving up five goals in their midweek loss to San Diego, and they got it with an assured performance against old nemesis LAFC at BMO Stadium on Sunday evening. Emmanuel Sabbi’s 20th minute strike was the difference between the two sides, and while it was just…

en-GB

Report and Reaction: San Diego hit top spot and knock...

AFTN ·

2025/06/26

San Diego FC put on a clinical display of finishing at BC Place on Wednesday night, with an explosive spell either side of half time putting Vancouver Whitecaps to the sword and helping them to a stunning 5-3 victory, a win that saw the expansion side leapfrog over the ‘Caps to claim first place in…

en-GB

Episode 678 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Attracted By Your...

AFTN ·

2025/06/24

We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, FIFA Club World Cup, CONCACAF Gold Cup, and Canadian national team chat and interviews. Canada is flying high at the 2025 Gold Cup, at least on the pitch with wins over Honduras and Curacao. Off it, head coach Jesse Marsch…

en-GB

There’s Still (Extra) Time – Episode 102 [Six Appeal...

AFTN ·

2025/06/19

We’ve got another new AFTN Extra podcast for you and it’s another international themed affair as we delve into Canada’s big 6-0 victory over Honduras in their first match at the 2025 Gold Cup. We pick over the bones of the game and bring you postgame chat with Canada’s stand-in head coach Mauro Biello and…

en-GB

Canada hit Honduras for six as they open 2025 Gold...

AFTN ·

2025/06/18

Canada got their 2025 Gold Cup campaign off and running in some style at Vancouver’s BC Place on Tuesday evening with a 6-0 shellacking of Honduras in their opening group game. Burnaby boy Niko Sigur started the rout off in the 27th minute with his first goal for the national team, with Tani Oluwaseyi doubling…

en-GB

Episode 677 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Daydreaming –...

AFTN ·

2025/06/17

We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, FIFA World Cup, and Canadian national team chat and interviews. Vancouver Whitecaps’ 11-match unbeaten run in MLS came to end in Columbus on Saturday after the Crew dispatched them 2-1. We look back at the main talking points coming out…

en-GB

275 results