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April 18 - A goal scored under soccer's experimental \"daylight\" offside rule was allowed for the first time in a professional match on Saturday, with Pacific FC forward Alejandro Diaz on target in a 2-2 draw with Halifax Wanderers in the Canadian Premier League.

We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, Canadian Premier League, Canadian national team, and general football chat and interviews. The Whitecaps came away with a huge three points against Cascadian rivals Portland Timbers at the weekend thanks to two dramatic stoppage time goals. We pick over the bones of that one and the main talking points coming out of the game, plus we hear from Portland head coach Phil Neville and chat about the fallout from his postgame comments. We also round-up all the weekend action in the MLS West and the CPL, and chat with Halifax Wanderers head coach Vanni Sartini after his emotional first win in his first match in the league. Plus we look at what we learned from Canada's two World Cup warm-up matches and the eventful final round of World Cup qualifiers as the last teams booked their places at this summer's tournament. All of this plus we move onto the letter O in our Canadian Soccer A to Z series, music-wise, Inspiral Carpets continue their residency as our Artists of the Month, The Servants are the latest band to feature in our 40th anniversary tribute year to the C86 movement, and we've another Scottish World Cup song in Wavelength. Here’s the rundown for the main segments from the episode: 01.23: Intro chat 03.15: Canadian Soccer A to Z - O 13.30: Whitecaps stun Portland with late comeback win 52.00: The Timbers postgame fallout 68.20: The Battle for the Canadian Number One 77.55: MLS round-up 93.15: CPL round-up as Football Video Support makes debut 126.30: Vanni Sartini on his first CPL win 138.05: What we learned from Canada's two friendlies 158.00: What a week of international footballing drama 170.20: Wavelength - Shindig - Come On Scotland

We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, Canadian Premier League, Canadian national team, and general football chat and interviews.The Whitecaps came away with a huge three points against Cascadian rivals Portland Timbers at the weekend thanks to two dramatic stoppage time goals. We pick over the bones of that one and the main talking points coming out of the game, plus we hear from Portland head coach Phil Neville and chat about the fallout from his postgame comments.We also round-up all the weekend action in the MLS West and the CPL, and chat with Halifax Wanderers head coach Vanni Sartini after his emotional first win in his first match in the league. Plus we look at what we learned from Canada's two World Cup warm-up matches and the eventful final round of World Cup qualifiers as the last teams booked their places at this summer's tournament.All of this plus we move onto the letter O in our Canadian Soccer A to Z series, music-wise, Inspiral Carpets continue their residency as our Artists of the Month, The Servants are the latest band to feature in our 40th anniversary tribute year to the C86 movement, and we've another Scottish World Cup song in Wavelength.Here’s the rundown for the main segments from the episode:01.23: Intro chat03.15: Canadian Soccer A to Z - O13.30: Whitecaps stun Portland with late comeback win52.00: The Timbers postgame fallout68.20: The Battle for the Canadian Number One77.55: MLS round-up93.15: CPL round-up as Football Video Support makes debut126.30: Vanni Sartini on his first CPL win138.05: What we learned from Canada's two friendlies158.00: What a week of international footballing drama170.20: Wavelength - Shindig - Come On Scotland

We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Vancouver Rise, Major League Soccer, Canadian Premier League, and general football chat and interviews in our last podcast of 2025.A momentous and unforgettable year of Vancouver football is coming to an end. What a year it was and we look back on a lot of it in our last show of 2025 with the help of Global TV's Asa Rehman, who joins us to talk Vancouver Rise's success in the inaugural Northern Super League season, and Kian Gadsby, who joins us to talk Whitecaps and more.We also catch up with former Whitecaps coach Vanni Sartini in our in-depth feature interview this episode to look back at his time at the helm of the 'Caps and the new adventure that awaits him in the CPL with Halifax Wanderers.Plus we hand out our final fun AFTN awards of the year, talk Christmas football presents, and music-wise, our countdown of our favourite tracks of the year wraps up with the songs at the top three positions, plus we have a retro Christmas gift themed football song in Wavelength.Here’s the rundown for the main segments from the episode:01.26: Intro - Christmas football gifts and reflections on the year that's been23.16: 2025 Football In Memoriam26.22: AFTN Awards - Hero, Villain, Disgrace, Embarrassing moment, rule changes we want to see45.37: 2025 Festive Fifteen - #3 Sleaford Mods - The Good Life50.15: Asa Rehman on Vancouver Rise's wonderful NSL winning first season69.00: 2025 Festive Fifteen - #2 Crazy and the Brains - Catatonic Youth73.50: Vanni Sartini interview and discussion126.08: 2025 Festive Fifteen - #1 Kneecap - The Recap130.25: Kian Gadsby reflects on experiencing Vancouver's exciting footballing year169.10: Wavelength - The Everly Pregnant Brothers - Scalextric

We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Leagues Cup, Canadian Premier League, and women's World Cup chat and interviews.The Whitecaps have had some much needed time off ahead of a tough MLS season run-in coming up. It's also given them the chance to fully integrate new signings Sam Adekugbe and Richie Laryea into the team. We hear from both of them as they arrive in Vancouver and look at the excitement that Axel Schuster is building with this current 'Caps squad.Our feature interview this episode is with Whitecaps goalkeeper Isaac Boehmer as we chat about his four years with the first team, his growth and development, the back-up battle he has right now with Thomas Hasal, and more.Plus we talk Leagues Cup drama, Vancouver FC and the CPL, Halifax Wanderers expansion into League1, a Faroes football fairytale, and another very eventful week at the women's World Cup. And there's still time to bring you some great music too, as Glasgow rapper Mog continues his residency as our Artist of the Month and Juice Menace features in this week's Wavelength.Here’s the rundown for the main segments from the episode:01.05: Intro - a Faroes footballing fairytale and a Greek tragedy13.05: Laryea and Adekugbe introduced and raring to go37.00: Isaac Boehmer interview and Whitecaps goalkeeper discussion49.10: Leagues Cup serves up drama galore61.04: Women's World Cup the gift that keeps giving74.34: Wavelength - Juice Menace - For Her85.15: Vancouver FC and CPL round-up95.45: HFX Wanderers put teams into League1 Atlantic102.12: Zach delighted by Kane heading to Bayern!

While there may not be much soccer action...anywhere, Andrew got Halifax Wanderers head coach Stephen Hart on the line to talk about how the team is doing, what his plans are, some MLS legends, and looking back at different eras of soccer for inspiration.

Andrew and Nick talk the return of MLS, including the ever-changing fortunes of Toronto FC, a new-look Vancouver Whitecaps and a sudden snowstorm in Colorado-Kansas City. Plus, we chat with Halifax Wanderers head coach Stephen Hart about getting ready for the first Canadian Premier League season.