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We talk about two massive stories from the Calgary soccer scene this week. Calgary Wild head coach Lydia Bedford resigned from the club to take the head coaching job of England's women's U23 team. We discuss this shocking turn of events and what the Wild executive might do to handle this situation.  Cavalry FC had a more positive story this week in that Ali Musse re-signed with the club....

We interview Mya Jones for the third time on the podcast.  She had a rough 2025 where she didn't play because of a difficult injury. But she's well on the road to recovery and has signed for the Wild. We catch up with her and cover these topics and if she feels any additional pressure by playing for her hometown team. James McGlinchey made his Canada debut as the U20 team qualified for t...

It was a bit of a quiet week in the training camps of Cavalry FC and the Calgary Wild. Several players are away on international duty, and we talk about some of their upcoming matches.  Our interview this week is with Cavalry FC player Nate Edwards. He signed with the club after spending the last couple of years with Toronto FC II in MLS Next Pro. We talk about his career, how he ended up signing...

The Calgary Wild made a big splash this week by signing Calgarian Mya Jones to a contract. Jones is considered one of the best women's soccer players the city has ever produced. We talk about her potential impact both on and off the pitch. The Wild signed former Montreal Rose Allie Hess and introduced their new goalkeeping coach, who makes the move from Spruce Meadows to McMahon Stadium. Mean...

Cavalry FC and the Calgary Wild continue their preparations for the 2026 season. The Cavs signed a couple more players in Nathaniel Edwards and Curtis Ofori. We talk about how they fit into the club. Can Edwards perhaps be Fraser Aird's replacement? Meanwhile, the Calgary Wild announced the signing of GK Molly Race and they have a couple more signed players that haven't been announced ye...

Training camps have begun for Cavalry FC and the Calgary Wild. We also saw the release of the CPL and NSL schedules this week. Cavalry held their open tryouts last week and Jason had a chance to watch some of the action. He also did a short interview with technical director/assistant coach Jay Wheeldon about these tryouts. Cavalry announced some roster moves with the signing of midfielder Harry Pa...

We're back for our first episode of 2026.  Training camps for both the Wild and Cavalry will be starting soon, and both clubs are making roster moves. Cavalry has signed Nate Ingham and Amer Didic, and has said farewell to several players including Shamit Shome. We discuss these moves and speculate on players who could join the team prior to the start of training.  We also discuss Tommy Wheel...

In our final new episode of 2025, we review our picks for top Calgary soccer stories this year.  We both picked our top five stories and four of the five were the same.  So we decided to include make it a list of the top six, which we recap in chronological order.  We also look ahead to 2026. We talk about some of the stories we are expecting to follow and we also make some predictions for the new...

After a week's delay we are back covering a wide variety of Calgary related soccer topics. Most of them are regarding player movement. Goalkeeper Marco Carducci has announced he's leaving Cavalry FC. We discuss his iconic tenure with the club, where we think he will play in 2026 and who could be his replacement at Spruce Meadows. Cavalry also provided a roster update verifying who is und...

This week we preview Friday's Canadian Premier League college draft.  We discuss Calgary connections to the draft, including MRU"s Chanan Chanda.  Both Jason and Scott make some predictions regarding who Cavalry FC might pick.   We also catch up with some Calgarians playing pro soccer overseas. Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on Instagram or Bluesky . Our website i...

We interview graduating SAIT Trojan Nikki Charlton, who reflects on the conclusion of her collegiate career.  We talk about personal and team achievements and her connection to retiring head coach John Talerico. Many Calgary based pros are playing with their international clubs in the men's and women's November windows.  We do some recaps of completed matches and preview some of the game...

This week we catch up on what's been happening with Calgarians playing NCAA soccer this season.  We interview Nyema Ingleton, who is a defender at West Virginia University and with the Jamaican women's national team.  Nyema grew up in Airdrie and played soccer as a youth in Calgary before moving to Vancouver to join the Whitecaps program.  We talk about her career so far, the Mountaineer...

It's the final weekend for the two Calgary teams that made it to a national championship. Both Cavalry FC and the Mount Royal Cougars men's team were faced with snowy conditions in Ontario. Both matches went into extra time and both teams ultimately lost their games. We review Cavalry FC's 2-1 loss to Atletico Ottawa in a rather unforgettable match especially when it comes to the we...

We preview this weekend's CPL championship final between Ottawa and Cavalry FC. Cavs defender Callum Montgomery joins us to talk about preparations for the match and also talks about his career including his time growing up in Nanaimo. The MRU Cougars men's team is at USports nationals this week and they had success in their opening match vs Max Piepgrass and the Cape Breton University C...

We talk about three matches in our weekend update episode: Cavalry FC defeated Forge FC in Hamilton this weekend. The Cavs will appear in their third consecutive CPL championship final next weekend. We talk about the victory and have audio from Tommy Wheeldon Jr and Shamit Shome from the post match press conference. The Mount Royal Cougars men's team inaugurated their new turf field on campus...

We preview Cavalry FC's playoff match with Forge this weekend. Both of us expect an epic battle. The MRU Cougars men's team will face UBC in the Canada West final on Saturday afternoon at Mount Royal. We discuss the match with Cougars keeper Sjard Strauss. We also talk about how he ended up going to school in Canada, his career and his perspective of that wild match last weekend vs Victo...

We recap Cavalry FC's dominant victory over York on Sunday afternoon. Jason was also at the MRU Cougars men's match vs the University of Victoria. He talks about the penalty shootout that went 11 rounds before the Cougars prevailed.  The Dinos and Cougars women's teams advanced to the next weekend's Canada West final four. The SAIT Trojans did not have a very good championships...

Seven Calgary based soccer teams begin postseason journeys this weekend. Cavalry FC face York United on Sunday at Spruce Meadows MRU men's and women's team both play at home this weekend. Dinos women's are in action at McMahon on Friday Dinos men's are in Vancouver SAIT Trojans men's and women's are both in Raymond for the ACAC Championships We preview each of these m...

This weekend marked the end of the regular season for seven Calgary based soccer teams.  All seven of these teams will be headed to the post season next weekend. Cavalry FC wound up their season on Saturday afternoon where they drew Vancouver FC yet again.  However the single point was enough to clinch third place.  They will play the winner of HFX vs York in a match at Spruce Meadows on Sunday. T...

We recorded this episode in the McMahon Stadium press box immediately after the Calgary Wild's final match of 2025.  The Wild ended their regular season on a positive note, defeating the Vancouver Rise 2-1. We provide a recap and we also spoke with head coach Lydia Bedford about the match and her thoughts about the season overall. Cavalry FC also have their final match of the regular season t...

In our weekend recap episode, we discuss the Cavalry vs Forge match and try to figure out some of the playoff positioning scenarios.  And in honour of the first pitch invader at Spruce Meadows, we recount some of our own memories of invasions we've seen at other venues. We discuss the Calgary Wild defeating the Halifax Tides 3-1.  And we also talk about the women's edition of the Crowchi...

Eryk Kobza from Cavalry FC joins us this week to talk about his career, this season with the Cavs so far, the big matchup vs Forge this week and what really happened with that goal celebration where he tried to get into the locked car. The Calgary Wild have their second last match of the season vs the Halifax Tides. The Wild typically have played well against the Tides so this could be a good oppo...

Cavalry FC continued their push for third place on the weekend and battled Pacific to a somewhat disappointing 3-3 draw on Vancouver Island.  Manager Tommy Wheeldon Jr had another word before "poor" in his comments about defending, but I wasn't sure if adding it to the title would trigger explicit warnings for this episode.  We discuss the match. The Calgary Wild are finishing up th...

We interview Mount Royal Cougars centre back and captain Bella Chirico about MRU's season so far, her fifth and final year in USports and what to expect at the upcoming Crowchild Classic.  After a two year absence, the rivalry match returns on the Thanksgiving weekend. Cavalry takes on Pacific in a match that's important for the Cavs playoff positioning.  The Wild have a home match again...

We review all of this weekend's matches involving Calgary area teams, both pro and post-secondary. The Calgary Wild broke their losing slide with a 2-0 win in Montreal. However, Vancouver's draw mathematically eliminated the Wild from playoff contention. Cavalry FC suffered a 3-0 loss to Ottawa that eliminates any hope of finishing top two in the table. The Dinos men's team had a di...