Despite Carlos Queiroz's miserly ways, Egypt lumber on in an AFCON beset with incidents and hot divorced dads, but not many goals. Kate, Andy and Jim also hear from potential Everton manager Vitor Pereira as part of his bizarre charm offensive, while Aaron Ramsey needs a Turin rescue mission and Ousmane Dembele's agent dazzles us with his underhand shenanigans. Tweet us @FootballRamble and email us here: [email protected]. ***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** The Football Ramble, the original and best football podcast. Brand new podcasts every single weekday throughout the Premier League season and every day throughout the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With the Africa Cup of Nations kicking off this weekend Mark Chapman & Matt Slater are joined by Hicham El Amrani, former Secretary General of the African Football Federation. And later in the pod we’ll be joined by The Athletic’s Dan Sheldon who has been speaking to Martin Semmens CEO of Premier League side Southampton following their takeover by a London-based investment firm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The latest AFTN Soccer Show is out for another packed show of Vancouver Whitecaps, MLS, and Canadian football chat.It's a playoff edition as we look at the highs and lows for the two BC teams in postseason action this weekend, as the Whitecaps MLS season came to an end in Kansas City, but Pacific FC's continued as they made it to the Canadian Premier league championship game.We kick things off with some 'Caps chat, who are one and done after going down to a 3-1 defeat at Sporting KC in the MLS playoffs. What went wrong? What was with the line-up? And should we be feeling a bit downbeat about crashing out early, optimistic about what they've achieved and the future, or a combination of all of that?We look at the main talking points from the game and hear from 'Caps coach Vanni Sartini, plus we round up the rest of the weekend's MLS playoff action.But it was far better news for Pacific FC as they beat Cavalry FC, in somewhat controversial circumstances, in their semi-final to reach their first ever CPL championship game against Forge FC in two week's time. We chat about both semis, set up the final, and hear from Pacific head coach Pa Modou Kah and Cavalry's Tommy Wheeldon Jr.All of this, plus New Zealand Sunday league team turned band Cumbia Blazera make their debut in this episode's Wavelength and Jersey band Crazy and the Brains continue their residency as our Artists of the Month.Here's the rundown for the main segments from the episode:01.40: Intro and football cards06.40: Whitecaps lose to KC in MLS playoffs66.29: MLS playoffs round-up75.00: Pacific FC reach CPL Championship game102.50: Wavelength - Cumbia Blazera - Game We Should Have Won

Just want Michail Antonio to take us in his arms and lift us like one of his cardboard cutouts. Kate is back to join Pete and Vish for their own merry jig: we look back on West Ham’s duffing of Leicester as David Moyes shows signs of dizziness. We also wave goodbye to the Minecraft Messi, check in with the latest on Adama Traoré and Eddie Nketiah, while a striker in Brazil spins the ultimate redemption narrative. Plus, Egypt and Liverpool’s stand-off and what it all bodes for the international break (it’s not good). Search ‘Football Ramble’ on social media to find us, and email us here: [email protected]. ***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** The Football Ramble, the original and best football podcast. Brand new podcasts every single weekday throughout the Premier League season and every day throughout the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Egypt's Ezzeldin Bahader becomes world's oldest professional football player The National

For your 7-day free trial and 50% off an annual Athletic subscription: https://www.theathletic.co.uk/tifo Football stories from Israel, Palestine, Qatar, Egypt, Iran and more. Tifo welcomes Uri Levy, editor of Babagol.net and freelance journalist focusing on Middle Eastern football. Https://www.babagol.net - Check out Uri & Co's work here. Follow Uri on Twitter: @Levyninho Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bobby Clark joins Chris Cousins to talk all things College Soccer, and how he got to coaching in the USA, how he recruited, how he thinks the future of College Soccer is going to evolve, plus much more. He talks about when he played as a professional soccer player in Scotland and beyond, and gives a few mentions of Sir Alex Ferguson. He also talks about his time as the New Zealand National Team manager, and what led him to the USA. This episode is brought to you by Sports Recruiting USA, the College Soccer Recruiting Experts.

RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Tottenham do a signing! The lowdown on Clarke and Ndombele (01m 40s)• PART 1b: Zaha prepares to say ta-ta to Palace - but can Arsenal afford him? (07m 40s) • PART 2a: Bronze, White and goalscoring colours (13m 40s) • PART 2b: East Midlands manager watch - with Nick Miller (15m 20s)• PART 3a: Football Hackers (24m 40s) • PART 3b: Madagascar, Egypt’s Amr Warda and more news from Afcon (27m 00s)• PART 3c: Gold Cup and Copa America news (36m 00s)• PART 4a: Milan kicked out of Europe and more Serie A news (41 20s)• PART 4b: Spain win the U21s (48m 00s) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alexi and Mosse break down Bruce Arena's return to Major League Soccer in the State of the Union (4:47). Also, evaluating managers at super clubs is explored in Mosse Makes the Case (20:56). Then, Paul Pogba's future and Brazil's Copa America squad are looked at in Ask Alexi (29:07). Finally, Chris Wondolowski's MLS record, Real Madrid's transfer plans and the USWNT's big win against New Zealand headline The Back Three (35:24). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We caught up with Matthew Conger, a FIFA referee who officiated the Group Stage matchup between Nigeria and Iceland in Volgograd in Russia 2018. Born in the USA, Matthew currently referees in the New Zealand Football Championship as well as the A-League in Australia. We spoke about what got him in to refereeing in the first place, his refereeing travels around the world and he speaks candidly on VAR, specifically around the one VAR decision at his match during the World Cup.