Footy Prime The Podcast

With the Canadian women's national team winning the Olympic gold medal and the men's national team qualifying for this winter's FIFA World Cup, for the first time in 35 years, the Canadian Soccer Association has more eyeballs on it than ever before. And as Puff Daddy famously told us in the late 1990's: More money. More problems.   James Sharman and Brendan Dunlop discuss with former Canadian men'...

Max Bretos was one of the first North American voices doing soccer play-by-play back when few matches were shown live, and even fewer were called in the stadium. Now the play-by-play voice of LAFC and host of The Soccer OG Podcast, Bretos IS "The Soccer OG" and joined James Sharman, Craig Forrest, Brendan Dunlop and producer Dan Wong as part of this week's interview series.    Bretos tal...

Lana Del Rey’s hit song “Summertime Sadness” could've been the anthem for Toronto FC fans driving home from BMO Field Saturday night, and anyone that still doesn’t have reliable internet service. The expected debut of Lorenzo Insigne was delayed for two weeks, and TFC conceded in stoppage time to draw the San Jose Earthquakes 2-2. But as Brendan Dunlop, Craig Forrest and Jimmy Brennan discuss, bri...

Canadian men's national team head coach John Herdman joins James Sharman, Craig Forrest, Jimmy Brennan and Brendan Dunlop for a 40 minute candid conversation about 2022 FIFA World Cup preparations, and life. In a normal World Cup calendar year, the semi-final stage would be taking place right now, but all 32 teams playing in Qatar 2022 are preparing for a winter tournament that creates some brand...

What a summer it's been for Toronto FC, and the European transfer window isn't even closed yet! James Sharman, Craig Forrest, Jimmy Brennan and Brendan Dunlop react to the reports that TFC have traded designated player and 2020 MLS MVP Alejandro Pozuelo to Inter Miami, to make room for the expected signing of Juventus attacker Federico Bernardeschi on a free transfer. And with defender Carlos Salc...

This week the crew laugh it up with one of the biggest soccer fans in the comedy game, Trent McClellan. The Calgary based stand-up comedian and main cast member of CBC's 'This Hour Has 22 Minutes' tells stories from the road, draws comedian preparation comparisons to soccer players and coaches, and talks about how his love of The Beautiful Game has reached new heights with the arrival of CPL power...

In a special edition of This Just In, James Sharman takes the hosting microphone for the absent Ferris Dunlop and our man Jimmy Brennan, who is challenging everyone on the pod to some form of competition, is somewhere else. Oh and JC is in NYC. Craig Forrest and Dan Wong join Sharms to talk about the European pre-season, Salah re-signing with Liverpool, Ronaldo playing Should I Stay or Should I Go...

With all your favourite soccer players posting pictures of their lavish and exotic summer holidays, Brendan Dunlop takes Craig Forrest and Jimmy Brennan down "story time" road, which brings out a more PG13 Dan Wong than you're used to hearing on Footy Prime. Domenico Criscito arrives at Toronto FC and it sounds like there will be new arrivals at TFC before the summer is over. The crew speculate on...

It’s not official until there’s a press conference. Toronto FC unveiled the most expensive signing in Major League Soccer history on Monday, and the prospect of more big impact arrivals at TFC this summer left James Sharman, Craig Forrest, Jimmy Brennan and Brendan Dunlop with a lot to talk about. Sharms sends Craig and Jimmy down Story Time Road about pre-transfer physicals, as Arsenal completes...

From multi-million dollar unveilings, to gold medal friendlies, to Pride parades, there was a lot going on this weekend! Brendan Dunlop and James Sharman were in the stands for the Canadian women's national team's scoreless friendly against South Korea at BMO Field. Craig Forrest got caught up in the Toronto Pride parade. Jimmy Brennan and Dan Wong had a lovely Saturday night together watching Tor...

With the Canadian women's national team in Toronto this week to play Korea Sunday at BMO Field in a tune up before the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship, former CanWNT midfielder and Canadian Soccer Hall of Famer Amy Walsh joined James Sharman, Craig Forrest, Jimmy Brennan and Brendan Dunlop. In addition to talking about the strength of Bev Priestman's side, Amy talks about how the time is now to build...

Real life sometimes takes over on Footy Prime The Orginal and this was one of those episodes.  James Sharman leads the crew through Craig Forrest's car thievery leading to Jimmy Brennan's car wreck and Eyes Wide Shut Moment which leads to Dan Wong's aversion to the board game Risk plus Insigne is coming to TFC and Canada's U20 win.  Our boy Brendan Dunlop takes in the Toronto FC v CF Montreal Cana...

Olympic gold medal winning penalty kick taker Julia Grosso joined Brendan Dunlop, Craig Forrest, Jimmy Brennan and Dan Wong as part of our weekly interview series. With the Canadian women's national team are in Toronto to play South Korea at BMO Field on Sunday, she talked about the team dynamic with so many experienced veterans and Olympic champion young players and the differences between intern...

With the international window behind us, and the domestic seasons over in Europe, Major League Soccer has the spotlight and transfer rumours have the headlines. Brendan Dunlop, Craig Forrest, James Sharman and producer Dan Wong talk about Ronaldinho's celebrity game in Miami that featured current stars like Alphonso Davies, Paul Pogba, Paulo Dybala and Vinicius Jr., as well as basketball stars lik...

It's coming home! Well, the FIFA World Cup is coming to the country we call home in 2026 with Toronto and Vancouver officially being named host cities for the first World Cup to be co-hosted by three countries. Brendan Dunlop, Craig Forrest and Jimmy Brennan talk with Vancouver based multimedia journalist Alexandre Gangué-Ruzic, of One Soccer, CanPL and Between The Sticks, about BC Place being nam...

The fellas had plenty of words about the Nation's League and it's horrible timing and surmised on how many games Canada would host in the 2026 World Cup and what cities would be chosen.   Jimmy Brennan also threw out a new approach to the World Cup that had Craig Forrest speaking for Europe.  James Sharman held the pod down but couldn't help himself with "The What Cereal Would Footy Prime Be?...

The June international window came to an end with the Canadian men’s national team losing 2-1 in Honduras in CONCACAF Nations League action. Brendan Dunlop, Craig Forrest, Jimmy Brennan and producer Dan Wong react to the appalling conditions of the water logged pitch in San Pedro Sula, try to find some positives from the past two weeks, and react to Burnley hiring former Manchester City captain Vi...

Nations League action in every corner of the world at a time when normally we'd be watching World Cup games has Brendan Dunlop, James Sharman, Craig Forrest and Jimmy Brennan feeling like maybe there is too much soccer being played right now. The crew debate how sustainable this busy schedule is for the game's best players, and what coaches can really take away from these Nations League games at t...

The Canadian men's national team returned to the pitch Thursday night in Vancouver, in front of fewer fans than many would've hoped. But those in attendance were treated to two goals from Alphonso Davies, who made his much anticipated return to John Herdman's starting XI, and a 4-0 victory over Curaçao. And those at home were treated to the voice of Jimmy Brennan as colour commentator, and the fac...

Our Footy Prime Community is the BEST so they wrote our rundown with a myriad of CanMNT questions that both tantalized and tortured.  Craig Forrest and Jimmy Brennan answer them all on this week's episode.  Quizmasters James Sharman and Dan Wong dole out the fun.  JC is on strike and Brendan Dunlop has an explainable absence, he likes his wife more than us.  God love him. This podcast has content...

The Canadian men's national team and the Canadian Soccer Association are locked in a compensation dispute that was years in the making, and will have implications for years to come. James Sharman, Brendan Dunlop and former Canadian internationals Craig Forrest and Jimmy Brennan chat with former CanMNT assistant coach Alan Errington about the players' dispute before the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexic...

The Canadian men's national team did not play their rescheduled friendly match in Vancouver on Sunday against Panama after the CanMNT players went on strike in a dispute with Canada Soccer over compensation and the allocation of World Cup qualification prize money. The strong stance against the federation left Brendan Dunlop and James Sharman with plenty to talk about with former Canadian men's na...

This weekend will be a blast from the past as Toronto FC and 2-time Canadian Premier League champions Forge FC will finally play the rescheduled 2020 Canadian Championship Final, Saturday June 4th, at Tim Horton's Field in Hamilton. James Sharman, Craig Forrest, Jimmy Brennan and Brendan Dunlop spoke with Forge FC left-back Ashtone Morgan about playing his former club, TFC, adjusting to life in th...

A rare June international break with a lot on the line left James Sharman, Craig Forrest, Brendan Dunlop, Jimmy Brennan and producer Dan Wong with a lot to ponder. Ukraine beat Scotland in an emotional World Cup qualifier at Hampden Park setting up a WCQ Playoff Final vs Wales on Sunday. After nine years at Real Madird, Gareth Bale's time in the Spanish capital is over. The crew debates where he'l...

On this week's interview series episode, Cavalry FC head coach Tommy Wheeldon Jr. joins James Sharman, Craig Forrest, Jimmy Brennan and Brendan Dunlop. After a slow start to the season, the Canadian Premier League side has shot up the table with some impressive results and took MLS's Vancouver Whitecaps to penalties in their Canadian Championship quarterfinal earlier this month.    The 43-year-old...