The Shape of Football Podcast

World Cup Qualifiers are upon us. Join us for a quick look at the African World Cup qualifiers taking place starting Friday March 25.

This week we take a look at this past week in football.  From the champions league and PSG falling to Real Madrid to our opinions on Ligue 1 and the next best strikers/forward pool in the world coming up.  Join the full panel as we go for a full 2.5 hours on a youtube stream.

Join the Afri-Cans as we take a look at some interesting stories in the world of Football. This week we take a look at EPL with the aftermath of the Manchester Derby, La Liga and if Barcelona's good for is cause for excitement and the events at the Queretaro vs Atlas, our most interesting football match we've attended and when we'll see a match in Canada? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoG--qOVQV...

What's a tournament without a recap. Join Akwasi, Erin from Keep-Up[s] With Canadian Women's Soccer  and AC Lang from wsoccer.ca as we recap the Women's National Team and their run at the Arnold Clark Cup. With 3 games against England, Germany and Spain, join us for a discussion for who stood out, and what can we take from it. Akwasi https://twitter.com/afri0cans Erin https://www.youtube.com/...

This week has been one filled with talking points, From the Champions and Europa league league results, however we'd be remised if we did not mention the events taking place in Ukraine. On this episode we try to cover everything. Akwasi and Nelson discuss all things here including how good is Steven Gerrard, Is Wolves Doomed to finish outside the top 10, do good players come out of the Bundesliga...

The Race is on.....for slots 3-5 in the EPL. Thanks to some pretty nice results from middle table teams, 7 teams are in the running for 2 maybe 3 spots.  Join Akwasi and Nelson as we discuss the happenings of the EPL. That and how we talked ourselves into Lille getting a result vs Chelsea today in the Champions league.

So the plan was to talk Champions league and African World Cup Qualifiers. What ended happening, well we talked about the Super-League, briefly talked about Champions League matchups and got into African World Cup qualifiers.  Somewhere in there there was a MANU vs Liverpool argument and Mane vs Salah. Strap in for this Chaos as Moh and Nelson talk and Akwasi attempts to keep the flow. See ho...

Somehow lost in the shuffle with the Winter Olympics, the Senior Mens National Soccer/Football team success in sealing their berth for the 2022 World Cup and my love of Crispy Minis (its a healthy choice right?)...The Arnold Clark Cup is upon us!!!! I enlisted the help of AC Lang from wsoccer.ca to go over this new tournament where 4 of the top 10 Women/X national teams will participate including...

What a window! The Canadian Senior Mens National team are fresh off a 9 point window in January. From Jonathan David' good play, to Borjan and his timely saves to Liam Fraser and Sam Piette stepping up? Join Akwasi and Alejandro as we review and highlight what we feel really stood out for this team in their Quest for Qatar.

Join Akwasi, for a recap of the CONCACAF WCQ Window. Every team played 3 games who stood out, who disappointed.  Give a listen and see who 

Match day 9 for the World Cup Qualifiers for the CONCACAF region. Canada came away with a big win. Who stood out, and what else happened during match day 9. Join us for  a quick recap of the game and players who stood out for us.    Welcome to the AfriCans, we're a collection of African and Canadian friends with our perspectives on Football.  Please leave a like and a comment,...

8 games down, 6 to go.  Join Akwasi and Alejandro as we look at the roster and, our excitements and disappointments for the window.  Additionally what are expectations are for the window. The First match is tonight so let's get talking.

AFCON is in its 2nd week. Here what has Frustrated Akwasi about Ghana and how were are liking the tournament so far.

With AFCON underway, we the africans decided to take on the fun non debatable topic of the current best 11 vs our all-time best 11 players playing for the African Continent.

AFCON is almost here, Join Akwasi as he drops his questions for teams in Group C and Group D for the upcoming AFCON tournament in Cameroon.

We're on to Group B of the 2021 AFCON Tournament. 

AFCON is nearly here.  Join Akwasi as he previews every team with an intriguing question from every nation  First, Group A featuring  Cameroon, Cape Verde, Ethiopia and Burkina Faso.

IT's 2022, we've had great football matches and the AFCON is a few days away. The band is back together as Moh and Nelson join for the first episode of 2022 where we talk Premier league, AFCON and more.  Also its a roast of Akwasi and his love for Ghana lol.

As we wrap up the year, we take a look at some projected u23 teams for the Canadian Mens and youth national team. Join Akwasi and Alejandro as they go through their proposed rosters. 

On this weeks episode we take a look back at the year of the CANMNT/XNT, with special Guest Erin Cliffe, from the Keep-Up[s] With Canadian Women's Soccer Youtube channel. Join as as we look back at the She Believes Cup, the Olympics and the post Olympic friendlies. You can follow Erin  on Twitter at  @FellOffACliffe Hope you enjoy.

After a bit of a  medical kerfuffle, Akwasi is back to take a look at the results and standing of match-day 6 of the Champions league. 

With one match-day remaining, we take a look at the how the groups are shaping up. Join Akwasi for a quick recap for who is looking good and who looks like they are headed to the Europa league

It's a day later, and we're still on top of the table,  Alejandro is here to look at the game and see how we feel, as we continue the Quest for Qatar.  Find him at @AFutbolero990  Find us at @afri0cans

Canada Has just defeated Mexico 2-1 in Edmonton and now sits atop the Concacaf Octagonal World Cup Qualifiers. Akwasi has some thoughts...

Yes we know, Canada and Mexico play the Edmonton weather later today, however there are some intriguing matchups in the African Qualifiers happening Right NOW.  Join Akwasi and Mo, as we talk about African teams and CONCACAF teams and how they are similar until the audio cuts.