{"id":162760,"date":"2025-09-23T02:27:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T02:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/162760\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T02:27:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T02:27:08","slug":"episode-692-the-aftn-soccer-show-the-way-the-futures-meant-to-feel-records-fall-after-whitecaps-win-in-kc-all-bc-can-champ-final-mathias-laborda-mls-analyst-devon-kerr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/162760\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 692 \u2013 The AFTN Soccer Show (The Way The Future\u2019s Meant To Feel \u2013 Records fall after Whitecaps win in KC, all-BC Can Champ final, Mathias Laborda, MLS Analyst Devon Kerr, Pacific FC for sale)"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, Canadian Championship, and Canadian Premier League football chat and interviews.<\/p>\n

What a week it\u2019s been for Vancouver and BC soccer. The Whitecaps and Vancouver FC of Langley set up a first ever meeting between the two teams in next week\u2019s Canadian Championship final after semi-final wins over Forge and Ottawa respectively. We chat about the games and the match-up to come, the showcase of soccer in the province, and hear some thoughts from Whitecaps head coach Jesper Sorensen and VFC\u2019s Martin Nash and Matteo Campagna.<\/p>\n

Heading back to league business, the Whitecaps went to Kansas City at the weekend and left with a comfortable victory that broke a multitude of club records along the way and left them controlling their own destinies in the race for first place in the MLS West and the Supporters\u2019 Shield. We chat with MLS Apple TV analyst Devon Kerr about the match and the season run-in for the \u2018Caps.<\/p>\n

We also chat with one of the (many) standout players for the Whitecaps this year, Uruguayan centre-back Mathias Laborda, about the season so far, what\u2019s to come, the Canadian Championship final, life in Vancouver, and find out if he fancies a chocolate digestive.<\/p>\n

Plus we talk about CPL side Pacific FC being put up for sale this week and the unsavoury public spat with the City of Langford that followed, and music-wise, Hazel O\u2019Connor continues her residency as our Album of the Month, we\u2019ve Britpop songs from Smaller and Pulp, and a Dutch band features in Wavelength.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the rundown for the main segments from the episode:<\/p>\n

01.26: Intro \u2013 a little bit of politics, freedom of speech, 3I\/Atlas & the end of days
14.17: It\u2019s an all-BC Canadian Championship final!
72.56: Whitecaps control own destiny after record breaking win in KC
97.25: Mathias Laborda interview
108.00: Anyone Fancy A Chocolate Digestive? \u2013 Mathias Laborda
113.26: Interview with MLS Apple TV analyst Devon Kerr
142.55: Pacific FC up for sale and in public spat with the City of Langford
171.30: Wavelength \u2013 The Nits \u2013 J.O.S. Days<\/p>\n

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