{"id":4454,"date":"2025-07-18T03:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T03:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/4454\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T03:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T03:28:07","slug":"episode-681-the-aftn-soccer-show-solving-problems-whitecaps-results-rollercoaster-vite-departs-cabrera-arrives-can-champ-semis-set-cpl-midseason-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/4454\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 681 \u2013 The AFTN Soccer Show (Solving Problems \u2013 Whitecaps results rollercoaster, Vite departs, Cabrera arrives, Can Champ semis set, CPL midseason review)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, Canadian Premier League, and Canadian Championship chat and we\u2019re joined this episode by AFTN writer Felipe Vallejo.<\/p>\n<p>Football brings highs and lows and if you\u2019re a Whitecaps fan, you\u2019ve had some pretty wild swings of those in the past week as the team scraped by CPL side Valour FC in the Canadian Championship, lost heavily in MLS to Colorado Rapids, then bounced back in style and started to look a little bit like their old selves in a big win at Houston Dynamo four days later.<\/p>\n<p>We delve into the talking points coming out of those three matches and happenings off the pitch, as Pedro Vite gets transferred to Mexico and a new Peruvian is coming to town. Are the \u2018Caps set up for the season run-in? What are the expectations now? And what help is still needed?<\/p>\n<p>Plus there\u2019s still time to look at the upcoming Canadian Championship semi-finals and the tough task facing the Whitecaps, we cast our eyes over the first half of the 2025 CPL season, and talk about the FIFA Club World Cup final. All of this and music-wise, Frank Black continues his residency as our Album of the Month, we\u2019ve Britpop songs from Longpigs and Heavy Stereo, and My Brother Woody return in Wavelength.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the rundown for the main segments from the episode:<\/p>\n<p>01.27: Intro \u2013 Vancouver Rise, Club World Cup<br \/>10.47: Whitecaps results rollercoaster in full swing in Colorado and Houston<br \/>40.00: Whitecaps San Diego preview and the lie of the land in MLS West<br \/>56.18: Milkshake Man \u2013 Emmanuel Sabbi<br \/>58.46: Whitecaps transfer comings and goings<br \/>75.25: Canadian Championship semis set<br \/>93.30: CPL midseason review<br \/>111.00: Wavelength \u2013 My Brother Woody \u2013 The A to Z of Football<\/p>\n<p>You can download and\/or listen to this, and all previous, episodes of the podcast on the following services:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/s4dudahq6mjqyqne\/AFTNSoccerShow681.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Direct Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/2upq863czyi8bd9i\/AFTNSoccerShow674.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Apple podcasts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/3BmZJU6GMaG5qcZPIASbmu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Spotify<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLaGavioBkGBTGd-_qdEo3rQUGWlStTJJx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/8c9305e6-ca43-4730-b000-f971838e3820\/aftn-soccer-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Amazon Music<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/256-aftn-soccer-show-vancouver-31071460\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">iHeart Radio<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aftn.podbean.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Podbean<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.podchaser.com\/podcasts\/aftn-soccer-show-93453\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Podchaser<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.citr.ca\/radio\/the-aftn-soccer-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">CiTR Radio Show Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or after all that, you could just listen on the player below!<\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aftn.ca\/author\/gof\/\" title=\"Visit Author Page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/8cdeda9a77296e1a36475a1fff766d31.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-60 photo\" height=\"60\" width=\"60\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We\u2019re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, Canadian Premier League,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-4454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}