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The League One Alberta regular season has wrapped up and Calgary Blizzard are the women's division champions. They will go to Hamilton in August for the interprovincial championships. We interview Blizzard head coach Diogo Raposo about their season, what happened to the league playoff final match and look ahead to the tournament in Hamilton.  We review Cavalry's draw last week vs Forge a...

Cavalry FC have reached the mid point of their CPL season.  We review their loss against York United, preview their match on the weekend vs Forge and talk about the positives and negatives we noticed in the first 14 matches. Our interview is with Christian Greco-Taylor.  He is currently with Pacific FC and is also playing for Canada in the upcoming CONCACAF U20 Championships in Mexico.  We discuss...

Foothills WFC demolished FC Arizona on the weekend to complete their season. We recap their year and discuss what's next. Is it worth keeping a UWS team going with NSL and League One Alberta now in the mix? Our interview this week is with Karim Bachir Bey. Karim grew up in Calgary and plays for the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns. This summer he has joined the Thunder Bay Chill in USL2. W...

This week we interview Mike Barwegan, who is a FIFA match official who has been appointed to referee at the Paris Olympics. We talk about how he got into officiating, what a typical road trip looks like and how if feels to be going to the Olympics. We review Cavalry FC's loss vs Halifax last weekend and preview their match vs Valour in Winnipeg. Lots of roster talk with injuries, departures a...

This week we interview Grace Stordy of Foothills WFC. We discuss rejoining Foothills this summer, her first pro experience in Portugal and ask what's next. We review Cavalry's draw last week vs Ottawa and talk about the upcoming Canada Day matchup in Halifax. The transfer window is coming up and this one might be more compelling than usual. Daan Klomp's contract will expire soon, My...

This week's episode features a review of the Cavs match last week vs Vancouver in Kelowna and previews Friday's match vs Ottawa at Spruce Meadows. Tommy Wheeldon Jr hinted the club will sign a new player under the CPL's "Exceptional Young Talent" program. We speculate who it could be. Wrapping up our Cavalry discussion, we interview Fraser Aird who talks about his offensiv...

In this week's episode, we review of the Cavs 1-0 victory over Forge last weekend. We also look ahead to the neutral site match this weekend in Kelowna vs Vancouver FC. Our interview this week is with Juli Sorochan of Callies United of League One Alberta. Juli has also spent time in the Philippines national youth team program. We discuss how her first season in League One is going, her experi...

This week we start with a review of the Cavs 1-1 draw with Pacific and look ahead to their match against Forge at Spruce Meadows on Saturday afternoon. Foothills WFC had their UWS home opener last weekend against rival Santa Clarita Blue Heat. We were both at the match and give our thoughts. Our interview this week is with Moe El Gandour. He's currently playing with Blizzard in League One Alb...

This week we talk about the brand launch of Calgary's new women's pro soccer team. Calgary Wild FC will make McMahon Stadium their home with matches starting in the spring of 2025. Next, we discuss Cavalry FC's disappointing draw vs Valour and look ahead to this weekend's match in Victoria. Conrad Krausert joins us to talk about what's new in League One Alberta. We also pr...

This week we review Cavalry FC’s most recent couple of matches including their draw vs York United and their match vs Vancouver Whitecaps in the Canadian Championship. We also preview this weekend’s home match vs Valour. The UWS season starts this week and we chat with Foothills WFC head coach Lee Tucker and midfielder Izzy Monck. Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on Instagram...

This week we interview Lee Tucker who is the head coach of the Alberta High Performance team. This is a women's team that is competing in League One Alberta this summer. We review their roster, which is younger than most other League One Alberta teams. We also discuss the plan for this program to eventually apply to be a National Development Centre. The Dinos recently announced that Ramon Mif...

We interview Lleyton Brooks from Cavalry FC. Among the topics we discuss is how he ended up making the move from Australia and how he thinks playing in Canada is a good fit for his career at this time. We review a couple of Cavalry matches including the first leg of the Canadian Championship matchup against the Vancouver Whitecaps and also look ahead to this weekend's match in Halifax.  Caval...

We discuss the upcoming League One Alberta season. We interview the coaches of Calgary based clubs including Shaun Lowther from Callies United (6:58), Colin Mackay from Calgary Foothills (14:40) and Diogo Raposo from Calgary Blizzard (22.35). Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on Instagram or Bluesky . Our website is yycsoccer.com

We discuss the upcoming League One Alberta season. We interview the coaches of all of the Calgary based clubs including Ramon Mifflin from Calgary Blizzard (8:37), Marc McLaren from Calgary Foothills (16:10), Vikram Virk from Cavalry U21 (30:19) and Pavle Popara from Callies United (36:32). Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on Instagram or Bluesky . Our website is yycsoccer.co...

This episode we interview Calgarians Talia White and Caleigh Boeckx.  They have both joined Irish pro club Treaty United this spring.  During our interview, we talk about their soccer careers thus far and how they've adjusted to life in Ireland.  We review both of Cavalry FC's matches from this past week including the draw in Ottawa and the victory over Vancouver FC in their home opener....

We talk with Vikram Virk who was recently announced as the head coach of the University of Lethbridge men's soccer program.  Vikram is also coaching the Cavalry U21 team in League One Alberta this summer.  We review the Cavs' season opener vs Forge and preview their next matches against Ottawa and Vancouver.  The League One Alberta schedule has been released with first matchday on May 7....

This week Cavalry FC GM and Head Coach Tommy Wheeldon Jr joins us to talk about the upcoming season.  We discuss the new additions to the roster, Atletico Ottawa's free agent signings, and his newly extended contract.  There's more League One Alberta signings to review and we discuss the newly branded Callies United teams entering the league this year. The UWS schedule has been released...

This week Jason and Scott discuss the Canadian Futsal Championships. The men's and women's tournaments are being held at the Seven Chiefs Sportsplex on Tsuut’ina Nation just west of Calgary.  We also talk about a few more League One Alberta signings an provide another Cavalry FC update as they are close to wrapping up training camp.  Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or...

On Good Friday, we talk about Cavalry's training camp in Mexico and some trialists looking to make the roster.  We also review Calgarians playing soccer in Poland, New Zealand, Victoria, Thunder Bay and more.  We look at some League One Alberta signings and also talk about a couple of Calgarians who have been called to Canada’s women’s U20 camp in Germany. Subscribe to our Substack or follow...

 For our first anniversary episode, we discuss what we think were the top 5 Calgary soccer stories over the last 12 months.  The stories include Cavalry FC, Mount Royal University, League One Alberta, Mya Jones and SAIT.  We also discuss the topics and players we expect will be mentioned a lot in future episodes this year.  Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on Instagram or Blu...

Our feature interview this week is with Cavalry FC defender Bradley Kamden Fewo.  We talk with him about Cavalry's recent matches vs Orlando and his career path in general.  We discuss the hiring of Jay Wheeldon as Cavs technical director and assistant coach.  Scott provides more information about his upcoming book about Calgary soccer history titled "Here Come the Cavalry!" which i...

We review the Cavs debut in the CONCACAF Champions Cup where they faced Orlando City in Victoria.  We also preview the second leg that will be played in Orlando.  We also talk about Canada men's U20 team and its Calgary connection and there were 5 players with Calgary connections announced for the next MNT match in March. Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on Instagram or...

We chat with Calgarian Mya Jones as she settles into her first pro training camp in San Diego. She talks about transitioning to the pro level, her hopes to play on the Canadian national team and what it's like to train with Alex Morgan.  Other topics include a few Cavalry FC roster updates, discussing local players on national youth teams and an attempted mutiny at a local minor soccer club....

There's a lot of Calgary soccer news to talk about since our last episode.  Long time Calgary coach Leon Hapgood has accepted a position with NYCFC in MLS.   We discuss his legacy and speculate who could replace him at Cavalry FC.  We also discuss the Cavs preliminary roster for their CONCACAF games.  We provide updates about Calgarians signing their first pro deals including Grace Stordy and...

We're back for our first episode of 2024. Our feature interview this week is with Niko Myroniuk, who had a busy 2023 with Cavalry FC, Mount Royal University and the Canadian national futsal team. We also discuss Mya Jones being selected in the NWSL draft by San Diego and review some of the offseason roster moves made by Cavalry FC. Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on Ins...