TAYA SHOKKER

Writer

Taya was born and raised in British Columbia, Canada. She started playing football at the age of 4 in her hometown of Langley, BC. Having played with local clubs all through her youth, Taya graduated a year early from high school and planned to attend the TOVO Academy in September of 2022. Although her love…

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MICHAEL MCCOLL

Managing Editor

Michael has lived and breathed football for as long as he can remember, and has written about the game since setting up AFTN as a critically acclaimed fanzine in Scotland in 1989. He is the Managing Editor of this site and host of The AFTN Soccer Show (AKA “There’s Still Time”) which can be heard…

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TOM EWASIUK

Photographer

Tom has been a Whitecaps fan since the 1970’s and an avid photographer since the 1980’s. Michael “discovered” Tom at a Whitecaps U18 match in March of 2014 and immediately signed him up to join the AFTN team on the promise of food and drink. Since joining AFTN, Tom has proved to have an eye…

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JAKE MCGRAIL

Writer

Jake was 12 years old when he went to the Whitecaps’ inaugural MLS match as a birthday present. The goal-filled win and the thousands of ponchos thrown on to the field cemented his love for the team, and he has been a dedicated fan ever since. He will always remain optimistic about the ‘Caps chances,…

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ZACHARY MEISENHEIMER

Podcaster and Writer

Zach is a regular co-host for the AFTN Soccer Show, which can be heard on CiTR Radio at 11pm on Sundays and as a podcast thereafter. A writer and occasional photographer for AFTN, Zach is also heavily involved in the movement Curva Collective, and can be regularly found behind a megaphone all over Cascadia, giving…

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DOUG MARSHALL

Writer

Doug now lives in small town Vancouver Island. He grew up in Vancouver and played soccer in the Dunbar and Kerrisdale areas. He first caught the bug of world football listening to Toby Charles announcing “Soccer Made in Germany” on PBS on Sunday afternoons. He continued to play through adulthood and now is retired from…

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STEVE PANDHER

Assistant Editor and Podcaster

Steve started watching football during Canada’s run to the 1986 World Cup and soon after started attending Vancouver 86ers matches at Swangard Stadium. After starting his own blog, Whitecaps Beat, Steve moved over to AFTN in 2011 and started contributing to Prost Amerika. He covers the Whitecaps from the Residency to MLS and is the…

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SCOTT STRASSER

Writer

Scott is a Calgary-based sports writer who joined the AFTN team in early 2019. He’s written and worked for various newspapers and websites since 2013, when he first caught the journalism bug while writing for the University of Calgary’s campus newspaper. Since those early days, Scott has spent an embarrassing amount of time behind a…

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FELIPE VALLEJO

Writer

Born in Colombia, but raised in Ontario since the age of four, Felipe has always had football in his blood. He grew up watching the likes of Messi and Ronaldo just as they were starting out, so he fell in love hard and fast. He spent most of his formative years playing football both on…

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CHRIS CORRIGAN

Columnist

Chris Corrigan is a Southsider and has been standing full time in the supporter’s section since 2011. He previously wrote FanPosts on supporter culture at 86 Forever under the title “The View from 253.” At age 10 he was goaded into supporting Spurs when he lived in Hertfordshire in the late 1970s, but since 2009…

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JOE DEASY

Senior Writer and Podcaster

Joe became a Whitecaps fan after moving to Canada in 2010, and started The View From 202 website in January 2014 with his good friends Nicolaas and Dan, before joining the AFTN team for the start of the 2016 season. Aside from supporting the ‘Caps, The View From 202 unanimously support West Bromwich Albion (it’s…

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JAY DUKE

Senior Writer

Jay was only a casual observer of football until a move away from rural BC and to Vancouver coincided with a rise in the profile of the Whitecaps as they joined Major League Soccer in 2011. Since then, he’s been a regular at MLS games, away trips, reserve matches, and Residency games. Having previously written…

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PETER HICKEN

Writer

Born and raised in Vancouver, Peter has been an avid Whitecaps fan since his first game at Swangard in their USL days. He caught the football bug at very young age, being brought up in a house that very much adored football: his grandfather having played for boyhood club youth of the 1940s Wolverhampton Wanderers.…

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GIDEON HILL

Podcaster and Play By Play Commentator

An avid soccer fan who grew up watching the Whitecaps at Swangard back in their USL days. Part of AFTN’s weekly preview podcast. Play by Play announcer of the TSS FC Rovers and UBC’s Men’s and Women’s soccer teams. Youngest and only person on AFTN that can not grow a beard. Lives in Surrey but…

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GARETH WOLFF

Writer

Gareth Wolff spent his formative years in Costa Rica, with his soccer education predominantly taking place in the stands of the Estadio Saprissa. As a result, he has an appreciation for a Latin American playing style and his favourite Whitecaps players are former Saprissa players Kendall Waston and Christian Bolaños. Gareth’s first Whitecaps game was…

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