Stadium Issues

We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, CONCACAF Champions Cup, and World Cup football chat and interviews.What a week it's been in Whitecapsland. Captain Ryan Gauld has undergone surgery, players have been added, players have departed, and the stadium issues the 'Caps have been having came very much to the fore on Friday, casting concern and doubt over the club's future in Vancouver. We delve into all of that and hear from CEO Axel Schuster.We've two feature interviews for you this episode and first up is Whitecaps gaffer Jesper Sorensen in our first chat with him of 2026. We look back at the wonderful year that was 2025, the successes, what's been learned, that difficult second album, and 2026 preparations. We also chat with Forge FC captain Kyle Bekker about his career, Forge's dominance in Canadian football, and their preparations for this week's CONCACAF Champions Cup game against Mexican powerhouse, Tigres.All of this plus we talk about the Vancouver World Cup fanfest, move onto the letter E in our Canadian Soccer A to Z series, Hot Chocolate Boy is back, and music-wise, Syd Barrett kicks off a residency as our Artist of the Month, The Bodines are the latest band to feature in our 40th anniversary tribute year to the C86 movement, and we have another World Cup themed song in Wavelength, this time from Danish singer/songwriter Cleeman.Here’s the rundown for the main segments from the episode:01.27: Intro - Vancouver Fanfest no longer free for all?15.26: Hot Chocolate Boy - Union Market20.37: Whitecaps News of the Week - Gauld surgery, transfer comings and goings, preseason53.45: Whitecaps stadium issues cast concern and doubt over future116.25: Jesper Sorensen interview151.15: Canadian Soccer A to Z - E160.20: Kyle Bekker interview186.40: CONCACAF Champions Cup preview198.35: Wavelength - Cleeman - Princes of Denmark

Vancouver Whitecaps’ MLS Cup heartbreak, stadium issues and roster decisions; World Cup draw analysis

We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, and Canadian Premier League chat, and it's a landmark episode - our 700th one for the main show, the longest running soccer podcast in Canada.To mark it, we've a lot of talk about Vancouver Whitecaps' future - particularly when it comes to issues around their current and potentially new stadiums. MLS Commissioner Don Garber was in town last week. We bring you his media roundtable in full and chat about the main talking points coming out of it as it was confirmed that the Whitecaps haven't signed a lease to play at BC Place next year and they won't be unless they get a better deal.The MLS conference semi-finals are all set after a wild weekend wrapped up the first round of playoff matches. We look at how they played out and have an initial look ahead to Whitecaps vs LAFC. The CPL also wrapped up this weekend and the North Star Cup final was played in whiteout conditions in Ottawa. The scenes went around the world, but should the game have gone ahead and will the league see any actual long-term benefit from all the virality or was it just an in-the-moment buzz? Has this turned people on to watch and attend the league next year? Plus we look at the CPL awards that were handed out for the season.Music-wise, Camper van Beethoven begin their residency as our Album of the Month, we've two Britpop songs from Blur and Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, and Halftime Oranges are back in Wavelength.Here’s the rundown for the main segments from the episode:01.28: Intro - landmark episodes, college soccer, Rise move on to final16.55: MLS conference semi-finals set after wild weekend60.20: Don Garber Vancouver media roundtable99.15: The future of Vancouver Whitecaps and the club's stadium issues132.45: Snowy CPL final goes viral, but will the league see a real benefit?156.10: CPL award winners announced166.45: Wavelength - Halftime Oranges - Theme From Orange