Monthly Archives: February 2020

Episode 210: Schedule, Kits, let’s get it on!

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Wherein Our Heroes discuss the Canadian Premier League’s format for the 2020 season. Gaffer Adam attends the Pacific FC kit launch event and chats with Victor Blasco, Marcel de Jong, and new boy Abdou Samake. Of course, we also give our preliminary thoughts on the new kits for each club. We also dip into the mailbag and hear from a listener who feels The Hex may not be the path of least resistance for the Canadian Men’s National team.

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Music by: Franklin D
Email: FranklinD@shaw.ca
Twitter: @7FranklinD

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Episode 209: In Conversation with CanMNT Head Coach John Herdman

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Wherein Our Heroes attend the Canada Soccer media event in Langford, BC and hear from Canadian Senior Men’s head coach John Herdman. Canada Soccer announces a friendly versus Trinidad and Tobago for March 27, 2020. The Canadian Premier League officially unveils Atlético Ottawa as the league’s eighth club. Also, we dip into the mailbag to hear from you, the listeners!

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Music by: Franklin D
Email: FranklinD@shaw.ca
Twitter: @7FranklinD

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Episode 208: A Conversation with Pacific FC’s Alejandro Díaz…and so much more

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Wherein Our Heroes are joined by Pacific PC forward Alejandro Díaz, recently signed from Liga MX powerhouse Club América. We also salute the Canadian Women for qualifying for Tokyo 2020. We debate the best means to redraw the Voyageurs Cup bracket to include Ottawa and discuss Kurt Larson’s tweet about capping the maximum number of loaned players per club. Also, Cavalry FC announce open trials and York 9 enter a Twitter kit-feud with TFC.

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Music by: Franklin D
Email: FranklinD@shaw.ca
Twitter: @7FranklinD

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Episode 207: A Conversation with Pacific FC’s Marco Bustos

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Wherein Our Heroes are joined by Pacific FC midfielder Marco Bustos to discuss his choice to sign with the Islanders for the 2020 Canadian Premier League season. Christine Sinclair cements herself as the top international goalscorer in the history of the sport by notching goal 185 in Olympic Qualifying play. Also, soccer returns to the nation’s capital as Ottawa is awarded a CPL franchise to begin play in April 2020. Oh, and let’s not forget they’re backed by Spanish behemoths Club Atlético de Madrid.

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Music by: Franklin D
Email: FranklinD@shaw.ca
Twitter: @7FranklinD

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