Episode 725 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Flying So High – Whitecaps go first after NYCFC win, MLS and CPL round-ups, more World Cup ticket controversy)
We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, Canadian Premier League, Canadian national team, and World Cup 2026 chat.
The Whitecaps headed back to the summit of MLS at the weekend with a workmanlike 2-0 victory over NYCFC. We pick over the bones of the match and the main talking points coming out of it, chat about the importance of the returned from injury Andres Cubas with Jesper Sorensen, and round-up the weekend’s MLS action as CF Montreal once again find themselves looking for a new head coach.
We also round up the weekend’s action the CPL, look at the Canadian men’s national team’s current injury woes, and chat about some of this week’s World Cup 2026 talking points, including more ticket pricing controversy.
All of this plus we move onto the letter P in our Canadian Soccer A to Z series, music-wise, Inspiral Carpets continue their residency as our Artists of the Month, The Mackenzies are the latest band to feature in our 40th anniversary tribute year to the C86 movement, and we’ve an English-themed World Cup song in Wavelength from 1982.
Here’s the rundown for the main segments from the episode:
01.22: Intro chat – proud papa
07.00: Canadian Soccer A to Z – P
24.55: Whitecaps go back top of MLS after NYCFC win
42.00: The importance of Andres Cubas
48.15: What to do with Rayan Elloumi for his best development
54.30: NYCFC head coach Pascal Jansen
59.00: MLS round-up
73.50: The Battle for the Canadian Number One
78.10: CF Montreal looking for yet another new head coach
85.50: CPL round-up and Football Video Support drama
120.00: FIFA 2026 World Cup chat – this week’s main talking points!
134.50: Wavelength – Serious Drinking – Spirit of ’66
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