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AC Jimbo is joined by Matt Scott, Rafa Honigstein, and Michael Cox for your brand new Totally Football Show, where we’re busy looking ahead to the friendly between England B and Germany, and far more important World Cup qualifiers such as Denmark v Ireland, Sweden v Italy and New Zealand’s double-header with Peru.Also on our menu: Pirlo retires; West Ham’s appointment of David Moyes; the FIFA trail begins; Amy Lawrence’s fab new Arsenal doc; and some of the worst pronunciation of Greek names you’ll ever here.LIVE EVENT NEWS: • thanks to everyone who came to see us kick off the Totally World Tour in Birmingham last night: https://www.instagram.com/p/BbRjnNCA_FR/?taken-at=227933296• Next stop: London on Wednesday 29 November, where Kevin Bridges is our very special guest. Join Kevin and Jimbo, Rafa, Iain Macintosh and Producer Ben at the O2 Indigo: http://bit.ly/2wmBaiWPARISH NOTICES:• pre-order Rafa’s new book on Jurgen Klopp: http://amzn.eu/ijRYCxA • read Matt’s proper journalism: http://bit.ly/2jc0JS3 • 89: https://www.facebook.com/89thefilm/• get your shave on with our friends Cornerstone, who are giving you £10 off your first order: https://www.cornerstone.co.uk/totally• we’re working with CALM, the Campaign Against Living Miserably, who are dedicated to preventing male suicide. Find out more: https://www.thecalmzone.net/GET IN TOUCH: • find us on Facebook, where you’ll find video, photos and loads of other stuff: https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/ • send us a tweet: @thetotallyshow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What a week in Whitecapsland! It started with a horror show Cascadia derby defeat in Seattle, was followed by a smash and grab victory in Kansas City, and ended with Vancouver Whitecaps clinching a playoff spot and needing just three more points from their remaining games to grab a first round bye. We look back at both matches, standout players, the Whitecaps tactics and hear from Vancouver head coach Carl Robinson and his Sporting KC counterpart Peter Vermes. We also turn our attention to the upcoming World Cup qualifiers with some international Whitecaps, as we talk Costa Rica with Kendall Waston, and New Zealand with Stefan Marinovic and Deklan Wynne. And there's still time to look at the death throes of WFC2, talk fish and chips with Robert Earnshaw, chat with Jordan Harvey about his favourite season, and have The Fall return for this week's Wavelength section. Here's the full episode rundown:02.29: Sporting KC v Vancouver review and analysis15.10: Carl Robinson and Peter Vermes postgame audio21.07: Sporting KC v Vancouver standout players25.17: Seattle v Vancouver - a quick post mortem30.30: Analysing the Whitecaps tactics44.20: Robert Earnshaw on Fish and Chips46.38: World Cup Whitecaps52.01: Kendall Waston interview and Costa Rica chat56.31: Stefan Marinovic and Deklan Wynne interviews, and New Zealand chat70.57: Jordan Harvey's favourite season75.26: BC Soccer Web headlines86.52: Wavelength - The Fall91.46: The future death of WFC2 The AFTN Soccer Show is brought to you in partnership with BCsoccerweb.com, your one stop site for all your BC, Canadian, and North American soccer news and links. Have a listen!

Top of the Western Conference bay bay. That's where Vancouver Whitecaps find themselves this morning and long may it stay that way! Wednesday night's 3-0 win over Minnesota United sent the 'Caps to the summit. We look back at the match and hear from both head coaches, Carl Robinson and Adrian Heath. It's a week of homecomings in Vancouver as two former players take the pitch against the 'Caps. Wednesday saw one of the MLS originals back in town, New Zealand defender Michael Boxall, while Kekuta Manneh faces off against his first pro team on Saturday. We chat in-depth with both about their times in Vancouver, moving on to pastures new, and how their current seasons are going. And there's still time to hear from another Kiwi, current 'Caps 'keeper Stefan Marinovic and take a look ahead to Saturday's visit by Columbus Crew. Here's the full episode rundown:01.40: Vancouver v Minnesota review and analysis10.03 : Carl Robinson and Adrian Heath postgame audio16.30 : Michael Boxall interview28.03 : Kiwis in MLS chat and Stefan Marinovic interview32.23 : Kekuta Manneh interview49.39 : Vancouver v Columbus preview The AFTN Soccer Show is brought to you in partnership with BCsoccerweb.com, your one stop site for all your BC, Canadian, and North American soccer news and links. Have a listen!

It's a busy weekend of football, with Vancouver Whitecaps MLS, USL, and Residency teams all in action in crucial matches. After a long stint at home, the 'Caps first team are back on their travels, heading to expansion side Minnesota United for the very first time. It's rivalry week, so I guess we can call this one the Røvde Derby, as adding a bit of spice to the tie is United's goalkeeper coach Marius Røvde, who left Vancouver after five and a half years to head to Minny. We chat with Marius [at 05:16] about his time in Vancouver, what prompted the move, Minnesota's start to the season, their danger men, and ask, does he know all of David Ousted's weaknesses?! The MLS guys may be on the road, but the USL team is at home, taking on OKC Energy on Saturday afternoon. And they'll have a new face in the line-up, New Zealand striker Myer Bevan. We catch up with Myer [25:59] to chat about what brought him to Vancouver, his time in the Nike Academy in England, and his recent experience at the FIFA U20 World Cup in Korea. The AFTN Soccer Show is brought to you in partnership with BCsoccerweb.com, your one stop site for all your BC, Canadian, and North American soccer news and links. Have a listen!

So it turns out that cheaters actually DO prosper. At least in MLS under PRO referees they do. Vancouver Whitecaps' 1-0 loss to D.C. United, thanks to a dodgy winning penalty call, is a hard one to take. At least we now know what the D.C. aspect of the team stands for. But it wasn't all just down to that one call. The 'Caps did enough to win the game and their finishing, good goalkeeping, and the woodwork, all conspired to prevent that from happening. We look back at all the big talking points from the match and hear the thoughts of both coach, Vancouver's Carl Robinson and D.C.'s Ben Olsen [15:57]. We also chat with the Man of the Match, D.C. goalkeeper Bill Hamid and centre back Steve Birnbaum [53:04]. But the 'Caps have to put all of that behind them as they have a big game coming up this week with a Canadian Championship semi-final second leg in Montreal. We look back at the first leg, ponder what to expect from the second, and hear from two WFC2 players that made their competitive Whitecaps first team debuts last week - Dutch centre back Sem de Wit [73:32] and New Zealand defender Deklan Wynne [81:15]. And there's still time to look at the Whitecaps new training pitch and facility and hear the thoughts of Jordan Harvey, David Ousted, and Robbo on it and training on grass as opposed to turf [97:14] and have a quick look ahead to this Saturday's MLS match with Atlanta. The AFTN Soccer Show is brought to you in partnership with BCsoccerweb.com, your one stop site for all your BC, Canadian, and North American soccer news and links. Have a listen!

Rog speaks with U.S. U-20 head coach and USMNT legend Tab Ramos about the World Cup in New Zealand, youth development in this country, and where the next Clint Dempsey will come from. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.