Major League Soccer gave Whitecaps fans an early Christmas present as they released the 2025 schedule last week, giving fans in Vancouver and throughout the league a chance to plan ahead early and perhaps book some trips with discounts in those very sales. We delve into what is a tough, tantalizing, and at times disappointing set of fixtures for the 'Caps. Plus we chat a bit more about the 'Caps seemingly completed search for a new coach and ponder is the MLS draft now redundant after it felt buried this year?

Bringing in the Christmas cheer, we sit down with Whitecaps goalkeepers Isaac Boehmer and Yohei Takaoka, and midfielder Sebastian Berhalter to chat about what Christmas is like in their respective families, their traditions, and what they're hoping to find under the tree this year.

All of this plus we have three Christmas hits from 1974 to round off our year of Whitecaps 50th anniversary celebrations, look back at what Christmas was like in 1974, we play some fun games that you can join in on at home, and Michael even gives you a potted version of the musical Oliver!

Here’s the rundown for the main segments from the episode:

01.20: Intro - getting into the Christmas spirit, gift exchanges

22.23: Whitecaps MLS schedule throws up challenging 2025

45.10: A Berhalter Family Christmas

51.10: Who Am I? - Part One

62.38: Mud - Lonely This Christmas

68.00: A 1974 Christmas

78.13: Connect Four

90.35: The Whitecaps new coach - who could it be?!

95.06: Is the draft now redundant in MLS?

102.50: The Wombles - A Wombling Merry Christmas

107.38: A Boehmer Family Christmas

117.45: Who Am I? - Part Two

133.47: Showaddywaddy - Hey Mr Christmas

139.10: A Takaoka Christmas

144.20: Christmas Countdown

158.00: Wavelength - Robb Johnson - When My Grandfather Played Football

176.10: Glasvegas - Silent Night