The Shape of Football Podcast

Canada Soccer has released its roster for the upcoming November window of the Men's World Cup Qualifiers for the 2022 Qatar World Cup Matches against Costa Rica and Mexico.  What do we think of it? How many points do we expect.  In addition the week that was in commitments to and from the national team program.  Join Akwasi and Alejandro as we break this down while looking forward t...

In this weeks Episode, Nelson and Akwasi take a quick look at the Premier League table and how things have been shaping up. Additionally, we react to Xavi returning to Barcelona to be its manager and which 3 moves we would make to salvage this season.  Finally, with Lille sitting in the middle of the Ligue 1 table, what move or club would we like to see Jonathan David in after the January Tra...

Is  Canada Soccer more of an option for dual/tri nationals? In this 3 part series (technically 4 if you count this, the prologue) We'll take a look at the CSA as a whole and see how we are doing at developing the game domestically as well as on the global stage. For our prologue we begin by reacting to some twitter buzz about the potential of getting Daniel Jebbison and what his inclusion wou...

After two 5 point windows, the Canadian Men's National Team sits in 3rd in the Octagonal.  We are joined by Alejandro from Beer and Footy as we discuss how the team, has looked what we expect and how we fell in love with the beautiful game. Find Alejandro at @AFubtbolero990 Listen to him at    @Beer and Footy found on Spotify and most podcasting platforms.

We're splitting the content up this week.  Join Akwasi as we take a quick look at the Champions league March Day 3.  Which results surprised us and which teams look like they are primed to position themselves for the next round of games.

Manchester United has not looked good in the Premier League. How can they turn things around. Join Nelson and Akwasi as we talk about to get the Red Devils back on track. Plus Newcastle might have new ownership. How would we construct the team and how long do we think it will take them to be competitive in England and then Europe.  Transfers, Food orders and good conversations were had here....

It's a quick recap from Canada's 4-1 win over Panama in the CONCACAF World Cup Qualifiers.  Join Akwasi for his recap from a game we eventually won comfortably.  

It kinda looks like last window.  2 draws in 2 games. Again we face a third game with a must win to keep us in the top of the Octagonal.  All these draws are great as long as they come with wins.  Join Akwasi as he gives his predictions on Canada V Panama and the other games for match day 6 in the CONCACAF World Cup Qualifiers.  

Canada earned, or did they hold. However you saw it, Canada sits with 7 points.  How good are we really. How deep are we really?  Joins us for a quick check in. 

Panama USA, Jamaica Canada, Honduras Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador,    Quick Previews on each match with the an emphasis Canada Vs Jamaica.

The year is 2021, Canada is playing for the right to qualify for the 2022 world cup, and we just held Mexico and the USA to Draws...ON THE ROAD.   as the kids would say: WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!!!!! Join Akwasi as he recaps the match with a few standouts from the match.

Well this was a week of news. Join Akwasi of the Afri-Cans as we try to skim around the stories hitting Concacaf, from NWSL to qualifying rosters.

Interesting results have come this weekend. With Man U falling to Aston Villa along with Chelsea and Liverpool earning less than ideal results, are the top table teams concerned or is this just a blimp? Join Akwasi and Resident Man U fan for a quick discussion on what we've seen so far.

It's been 2 weeks since we checked in. In this weeks episode we look back over the last few weeks of EPL action and see what has stood out to use so far. 

DRAAAAAAAAAAW. Canada just drew against the USA away to earn a point.  According to some, this is a good result. It's what you want, however did we perform as well as we could?  Join Akwasi as he reacts to the game that was.  What can we learn, where can we improve, what can we build on?? Take a listen and see if you agree.

Messi to PSG Liverpool outside the top 5 How important are the Olympics Join Mo, Nelson and Akwasi as we discuss this with more topics.