The AFTN football/soccer podcast primarily about Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, and the Canadian Premier League with lots of interviews and fun segments thrown in.
Episodes
Monday Oct 28, 2019
Monday Oct 28, 2019
Things are getting spooky at AFTN Towers as we're back with a (somewhat) Halloween themed episode and lots of Vancouver Whitecaps, MLS, and CPL chat.
We start things of in the Canadian Premier League as we look back at the historic and controversial first leg of the first eve championship game and hear the post game thoughts of Cavalry FC's Tommy Wheeldon Jr and Forge's Bobby Smyrniotis.
The Whitecaps are next up as we take a look at the striker situation at the club, ponder where it all went wrong, and what may lie in store. Plus we sit down for an in-depth chat with Fredy Montero about the season just past and how he may or may not fit in to MDS' plans moving forward.
Staying in MLS, we talk playoffs, looking back at some action packed semi-finals in the Western and Eastern Conferences and look ahead to this week's finals. Plus there's some wonderful LA derby postgame chat from Zlatan Ibrahimovic being the Zlatan we know and love!
All this plus we ponder a Vancouver Whitecaps Halloween XI, Halftime Oranges are back in Wavelength, 13 Tombs finish their residency as our artists of the month for October, and there's BC Soccerweb headlines.
Here's the rundown for the main segments from the episode:
03.25 CPL Championship chat with audio from Tommy Wheeldon Jr and Bobby Smyrniotis (at 23.11)
41.42: Vancouver Whitecaps striker chat
48.30: Fredy Montero interview
68.35: Vancouver Whitecaps Halloween XI
75.15: MLS Eastern Conference playoff chat
95.15: MLS Western Conference playoff chat with Zlatan audio
116.01: Wavelength - Halftime Oranges - A Million Ways
120.41: BC Soccerweb headlines - news stories from around the world of football
Monday Oct 21, 2019
Monday Oct 21, 2019
What a week of football this has been and we bring you as much chat about it as we can cram into two and a half hours!
We start things off by looking back at Canada's historic Nations League victory against the US on Tuesday, as we hear from a cock-a-hoop Canadian head coach John Herdman and chat about how the loss went down among a number of the US media.
Turning our attention to MLS, we look back at the initial roster moves made by Vancouver Whitecaps this past week and what that may mean for the future look of the squad, and we delve into a truly fantastic weekend of MLS playoff action with Philly.com's Jonathan Tannenwald.
It's been a busy week in the CPL as well. As the first ever regular season wraps up, we hear from caretaker Pacific FC head coach James Merriman about the end to their season and sit down for a chat with Pacific co-owner Rob Friend about the club's decision to sack head coach Michael Silberbauer and what the ideal future looks like for the club.
All this plus Scott Sutter talks TV, Vanilla Muffins are back in Wavelength, 13 Tombs continue as our artists of the month for October, and there's BC Soccerweb headlines.
Here's the rundown for the main segments from the episode:
03.00 Canada v US chat - featuring audio from John Herdman
37.41: Whitecaps make some roster moves
51.10: Scott Sutter TVOD
61.22: MLS playoff chat with guest Jonathan Tannenwald
100.35: Canadian Premier League chat
111.18: Rob Friend interview and Pacific FC chat
130.32: Wavelength - Vanilla Muffins - Scoring Goals
134.50: BC Soccerweb headlines - news stories from around the world of football
Monday Oct 14, 2019
Monday Oct 14, 2019
Happy Thanksgiving weekend everyone! You might not feel that there's been a lot to be thankful for this season if you're a Whitecaps fan, but at least it's all over now, so there's that.
The Whitecaps offseason is officially underway, and while understandably it's not been action packed, head coach Marc Dos Santos made a lot of interesting comments this week about the way forward. We look at those and the other Whitecaps news, gossip, and general chatter of the week. Plus we start to delve into which MLS players we should maybe make a play for and who may be surplus to requirements where they currently are.
We also look ahead to the MLS playoffs that get underway on Saturday and chat with Real Salt Lake veterans Nick Rimando and Kyle Beckerman. Plus we set up Canada's huge game with the US on Tuesday in the Nations League.
Here's the rundown for the main segments from the episode:
03.47: Whitecaps Chat of the Week as MDS indicates what may lie in store
35.13: MLS players that might interest the 'Caps - part one Sporting KC
48.41: MLS Eastern Conference playoff chat
59.32: MLS Western Conference playoff chat
63.50: Nick Rimando interview and discussion
72.38: Kyle Beckerman interview and more playoff chat
82.47: Canada v US chat
99.33: Wavelength - Collapsed Lung - Eat My Goal
103.20: BC Soccerweb headlines - news stories from around the world of football
Monday Oct 07, 2019
Monday Oct 07, 2019
As the Whitecaps' 2019 MLS season comes to a disappointing close, we look towards the future with Marc Dos Santos. What will the offseason look like? When will we see the additions start to come in? And how many will come from overseas and how many from within MLS?
We hand out the first of our end of season Whitecaps awards, plus we look ahead to the MLS playoffs and chat with RSL head coach Freddy Juarez after his side's strong season sees them in as third seeds.
Canada face a huge game with the US next week in the Nations League. We look ahead to that and chat with the 'Caps Canadian centreback Derek Cornelius, plus there's a special Wavelength and 13 Tombs are our Artists of the Month.
Here's the rundown for the main segments from the episode:
04.42: MDS talks building the Whitecaps' future
32.38: AFTN's End of Season Whitecaps awards
67.43: MLS playoffs set, plus Freddy Juarez interview
92.41: Canadian national team chat plus Derek Cornelius interview
103.43: BC Soccerweb headlines - news stories from around the world of football
114.07: Wavelength - Glasvegas - Flowers and Football Tops