AFTN Soccer Show

There is no rest at AFTN Towers as the podcasts keep coming thick and fast. Vancouver Whitecaps have wrapped up their offseason training camp and we hear the thoughts about it and the seasons past and yet to come from head coach Marc Dos Santos and right back Jake Nerwinski. The 'Caps may be in their offseason but there's still a lot of news elsewhere in North American football and the big one on...

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 White...

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 bac...

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...

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 Fredd...

Vancouver Whitecaps' 2019 MLS season is nearly over. For many, it's putting us out of our misery, but the hard work begins now in trying to make this team competitive next year. We lend a helping hand with our annual Keep, Trade, or Release segment. Seems like the ideal time, but how many do we actually really want to keep?! We also chat with Whitecaps head coach Marc Dos Santos about having a los...

Vancouver Whitecaps are unbeaten at home when MLS commissioner Don Garber is in town. Aside from watching the 'Caps beat the Dynamo, Garber took part in a media roundtable here in Vancouver. We bring you that in full and unpark what was discussed in this week's episode. There's talk about the upcoming players CBA, charters, finances, expansion, the Iron Front supporter protests, the future develop...

It was forty years ago today, Tony Waiters brought the boys to play, They'd been doing it in some style, They were guaranteed to raise the smile, So may I introduce to you, The team you've heard about for years, Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club Soccer Bowl champs. This week's AFTN Soccer Show is one of celebration as we mark the 40th anniversary of Vancouver Whitecaps winning the 1979 NASL Soccer...

Hope fuels football fans. For Vancouver Whitecaps, the slow death march to their postseason hopes finally being extinguished came it's inevitable conclusion on Saturday. For the Canadian national team, hope is still there of beating the US to get to the final four of the Nations League and clinching a place in the Hex for World Cup qualifying. We look at both teams in this episode, kicking things...

Maxime Crepeau celebrated a very unique Sweet Sixteen on Saturday evening in San Jose, claiming the MLS record for the number of saves in a game. Imagine how bad Saturday could have gone for Vancouver Whitecaps if he hadn't. It's a great personal achievement but a bad team one. We look back over the debacle and ponder just where it all went wrong. We lift the mood though with a very enjoyable chat...

A second win to talk about in three games! The football gods are truly shining down on us now after all the doom and gloom we've had to bring you this year. We look back at Vancouver Whitecaps' win over D.C. United and hear postgame from 'Caps coach Marc Dos Santos and D.C.'s Wayne Rooney. Plus we chat one-on-one with D.C.'s latest addition, Ola Kamara about his return to MLS and his time in China...

We knew it wouldn't last. Vancouver Whitecaps unbeaten run is over! It was only two games, but boy, what a couple of matches! A Cascadia Cup loss to Portland means another trophy deserts the 'Caps this season. We look at the match and what has been a busy week of comings, goings, and rumours in Whitecapsland. We sit down for a chat with 'Caps coach Marc Dos Santos to talk about squad building, mis...

They've only been and gone and done it. Vancouver Whitecaps won a match! Okay, so it wasn't pretty and it was against a shambles of a team, but a win is a win is a win and right now any small victories they can get should be grabbed with both hands. We look at the main talking points coming out of the victory over FC Cincinnati and the big news in Whitecapsland and throughout MLS this week. From t...

It's been a tough week for Vancouver Whitecaps, but at least not a pointless one. We look back at the Canadian Championship loss to Cavalry and the hard-fought goalless MLS draw in Minnesota, chat about the clear problems present, the messages sent, and what this Whitecaps team are going to look like for the rest of the season. We have an in-depth chat with 'Caps head coach Marc Dos Santos about h...

Are you hanging tough? Vancouver Whitecaps are certainly in it tough and when the going gets touch the AFTN Soccer Show gets better, and longer, and we're back this week with an absolutely jam packed two and a half hour affair! There's no doubting Marc Dos Santos has his work cut out to get this Whitecaps team up to a serious playoff contender and Saturday's latest loss to San Jose showed the gap...

Vancouver Whitecaps are in a mess. Or are a mess. Or maybe both. Forget Friday the 13th, Saturday the 13th was a day to avoid for them, with no luck to be found at BC Place. We pick over the bones of the 'Caps' third straight loss in a row, a 3-0 home defeat to Sporting Kansas City. We look at where the Whitecaps go from here, the defensive deficiencies, and the lack of attack, plus hear Marc Dos...

The AFTN Soccer Show is back for another helping, but it would have been nice to come back with some more upbeat news to talk about. In the latest episode Steve, Zach, and Gideon chat about Vancouver Whitecaps’ dismantling by LAFC and the other news from Whitecapsland in the past week, plus they look ahead, with a mixture of excitement and trepidation at the midweek trip to CPL standouts Cavalry F...

Vancouver Whitecaps were back at it on Saturday night. We look back at the 2-2 draw with Colorado Rapids and hear from 'Caps coach Marc Dos Santos. It was another two points dropped at home though. Can the 'Caps make those up on the road and what will the second half of the MLS season hold in store for them? We look at all that and a lot more. Plus we look at Canada's progress on the international...

The break is over, Vancouver Whitecaps are back at it, and so are the AFTN preview podcast crew. Joe and Gideon are back with AFTN's latest preview podcast as they look ahead to the 'Caps match at home to Colorado Rapids on Saturday. The Rapids have come storming back of late after a dreadful start to the season and a win this weekend would see them move level on points with the Whitecaps. Can the...

The boys are back in town, just as some Vancouver Whitecaps are out of town. It's the Gold Cup break and the 'Caps have three weeks off. We recharged our batteries last weekend but are back to look at how the Whitecaps stand at this halfway(ish) point of the MLS season. What's been the highlights, the lowlights, and the major positives and concerns up to this point? With the 'Caps missing four key...

Another busy week for Vancouver Whitecaps is in the history books. Lots of travel, lots of goals, and a four point haul from two matches was the end result and we look back at it all in this week's show. We delve into the good, the bad, and the ugly from the draw at New York Red Bulls and the home win against FC Dallas. Some good results but there's still a lot of concerns around the team's passin...

From back to back to back to the earth with a bump. That's the difference a week in MLS makes. Vancouver Whitecaps' busy month continued, with a loss at home to Atlanta United and a hard fought draw in Kansas City. We look back at some of the good, the bad, and the ugly moments from those matches, and look ahead to the midweek trip to face New York Red Bulls before returning home to face Dallas. W...

Back to back wins certainly puts a spring in our step. As does the veritable feast of football that we had around this world this past week. And we talk about a lot of it in this week's show. We kick things off with an analysis of Vancouver Whitecaps' 1-0 win over Portland Timbers in MLS action on Friday night. A great defensive display that saw the 'Caps, temporarily at least, move into the playo...

It's the second Cascadia derby of the season for Vancouver Whitecaps on Friday as the great unwashed hordes from Portland descend on BC Place. Can the 'Caps cut the Timbers down to size or will this be another poor derby outing at home? Joe, Nick, and Peter are back with AFTN's latest preview podcast as they look ahead to the match. Both teams head into the game on the back of wins, with Portland...

Another busy week is in the book and it was a rare winning one for Vancouver Whitecaps. At least on the pitch. Thankfully the 'Caps didn't have to send out any Mayday cries for help from Colorado, although they were made to work hard in their 2-1 win over the Rapids. We look back at that match, the main talking points coming out of it for the team and individual players, and have a quick look ahea...