NextPod

In this week's show, James and Duane are joined by AFTN's ( aftn.ca ) Michael McColl to talk about the final week of BC League1 and the upcoming playoffs. Along the way, the boys touch on the Women's World Cup, League1 Ontario's stretch drive, Vancouver FC's integration with the BC soccer scene and tease the podcast's upcoming USport coverage.

James and Duane are joined by League1 Ontario's Pierce Lang to check back in on how the 2023 season is going, talk about the league's top pro prospects, how Pro/Rel is shaping up, the magic of Vaughan SC and more. We even squeeze a little CanWNT talk into the mix!

After taking last week off to celebrate Canada Day, James and Duane are back this week to talk Canada at the Gold Cup, with an eye towards the younger players that got a look there. They discuss the lack of opportunities that young guys are going to get going forward with no Olympic Qualifying to look forward to and lament the state of youth performance. lastly, the boys look at the League1 Ontari...

In this week's NextPod James and Duane are joined by League1 Canada President Dino Rossi in an exclusive interview about changes to the third tier of the Canadian pyramid. They discuss expansion to Atlantic Canada and the Prairies, referee development, promotion and relegation and more.

In this week's NextPod, James and Duane talk about the MLS Next tournament and look at the performance of the three Canadian MLS academies in the event. They talk about what the role of private academies is in the development structure and then end by going a bit off the brief of the podcast to breakdown Canada's loss in the Nations League Final. Don't worry though, they did get a Jahkeele Marshal...

In a solo effort this week, James is joined by the CanPL.ca 's Benedict Rhodes to talk about Olivia Smith, the CanWNT roster, CanPL u21 minutes and to wrap up the FIFa u20 men's World Cup.

James and Duane celebrate the Canadian under 20 women's qualification to the World Cup, but ask what needs to happen to make them competitive at that World Cup. They also wonder why there isn't a women's Canadian Championship yet as they review the men's event with a look at what young players stood out this year.

Duane is back this week and talking to James about the Canadian women's u20 qualifying tournament so far. The boys then lament Canada's struggles on the u20 men's side before getting into a discussion about youth dual nationals and asking how we can attract more people to watch League1 games.

In this long-weekend edition of the podcast, James goes solo in a conversation with Quebec Soccer Magazine's editor Quentin Parisis about the development scene in Quebec. After that we get the thoughts of CanW20 coach Cindy Tye as we head into the final qualifying tournament for the 2024 FIFA Women's Under 20 World Cup. If you listen long enough you may even hear Bob Bradley's thoughts on the TFC...

After a week off for Duane to go be cultured in Stratford, the boys are back discussion whether TFC is a good place for young players right now, the Quebec development situation, wU20 qualifying and the early trends in CanPL u21 minutes for 2023.

James and Duane are joined by the voice of League1 Ontario, Pierce Lang, to talk about the state of L1O in 2023, it's importance to the game in this country and the role that it plays in women's development. after the interview, the guys look at Canada's dominate performance at the Concacaf qualifying tournament for the CanW20 World Cup tournament.

In this week's NextPod Duane and James are joined by AFTN.ca's Michael McCool to discuss TSS Rovers upset of Valour in the Votageurs Cup and the state of development in BC.

In this week's NextPod, Duane and James preview the 2023 Canadian Premier league season, with an eye towards the u21 rule and by looking at the trends emerging in how players are coming into the league. They end the show with some thoughts on how they see the season playing out and we hear from several of the league's coaches on the prospects at their club.

In this week's NextPod James and Duane discuss the challenges faced by small teams in playing in the Canadian Championship and encourage listeners to support TSS Rover's ticket exchange -- get more information at https://www.tssfc.ca/ . They talk aboiut the Hamilton United partnership with Forge FC, breakdown the Canadian GA Cup results and end the show by talking about Amanda Allen's signing with...

In this week's NextPod. Duane and James go a little off-topic to discuss the Canadian men's national team's two wins during the international break. Don't worry though. They do work in a development angle, by asking when it's time to start looking at younger players on the senior national team. They then look at the first week of MLS Next Pro and set up the Generation Adidas Cup. They wrap the sho...

In this week's NextPod Duane and James address rumours that TFC's Bob Bradley struggles to work with young players, we look at a couple signings to TFC2 and the choice those players made to go to MLS NextPro over CanPL before ending the show with a debate of what exactly the definition of "prospect" is.

In this week's NextPod Duane and James talk about the MLS NextPro schedule drop and some of the new rules that the league will be testing out this year. They take stock of the play of young players at the three Canadian MLS teams so far in 2023, discuss the Generation Adidas Cup and end with a discussion about the future plans of the Canadian League1 project. They even get a little CanMNT talk in...

In this week's NextPod, Duane and James talk about the Leagues Cup and whether it might be an opportunity for young players to play, Kadin Chung's release from Toronto FC and immediate signing for Vancouver FC -- does his failure to stick in MLS hurt the CanPL? Finally, they chat about the value of MLS to CanPL loans.

In the first episode of NextPod, Duane and James look at the problems at the Canadian Soccer Association and how they might impact development, wrap up the Concacaf u17 men's qualifying tournament and talk about the three Canadian MLS teams approach to homegrown players.