Club World Cup Expansion

Alexi Lalas and David Mosse recap an epic week of soccer. To kick things off stateside, the USWNT won their 5th straight She Believes Cup, with Sophia Smith leading the way. In the CONCACAF Champions Cup, Inter Miami’s quarterfinals did not go as plan and Columbus Crew is the only MLS team moving on. (5:33) In Europe, the Champions League quarterfinals begin. Real Madrid and Manchester City treat us to a 6-goal thriller, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid each grab a win. Atalanta also shuts out Liverpool and gets a big victory in the Europa League. (33:40) To wrap the podcast, the guys make their picks for teams to slot into the expanded Club World Cup and Alexi shares his OJ Simpson Bronco chase memory the night ahead of the 1994 World Cup game vs Switzerland. (50:20) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's Chriiiiiisssssstmaaaaaassssss!The weather outside may be truly frightful, but fear not because we've got a bumper AFTN Soccer Show Christmas special to keep you entertained. There's fun, there's games, there's music, and there's lots of football and Christmas chat. You can play along with all the games during the show, including our latest Jeopardy rounds, which you can find the questions for HERE.We talk about the proposed expanded club World Cup coming in 2025. Could we see it held in the US and Canada? And with that in mind we have an early look ahead to the 2026 World Cup. Plus we delve into our all-time favourite World Cup mascots and shock results.All of that and we hear what Christmas is like in the Axel Schuster and Stephanie Labbe households, we talk about our favourite Christmas movies, and bring you three more songs from AFTN's 2022 Festive 15.Here's the rundown for the main segments from the episode:01.36: Intro07.15: Football Jeopardy31.55: An Axel Schuster Christmas44.23: Outburst - Football Edition (part one)54.05: An extended Club World Cup for 202570.47: Christmas Movies Flash Five91.27: Outburst - Football Edition (part two)106.22: A Stephanie Labbe Christmas111.13: An early look ahead to the 2026 World Cup118.55: World Cup Shock Results Flash Five135.53: 20 Questions - World Cup players149.30: World Cup Mascots Flash Five167.15: Wavelength - The Whitehawk Isolators - Christmas For All