NextPod

In a solo effort this week, James is joined by the CanPL.ca's Benedict Rhodes to talk about Olivia Smith, the CanWNT roster, CanPL u21 minutes and to wrap up the FIFa u20 men's World Cup.

James and Duane celebrate the Canadian under 20 women's qualification to the World Cup, but ask what needs to happen to make them competitive at that World Cup. They also wonder why there isn't a women's Canadian Championship yet as they review the men's event with a look at what young players stood out this year.

Duane is back this week and talking to James about the Canadian women's u20 qualifying tournament so far. The boys then lament Canada's struggles on the u20 men's side before getting into a discussion about youth dual nationals and asking how we can attract more people to watch League1 games.

In this long-weekend edition of the podcast, James goes solo in a conversation with Quebec Soccer Magazine's editor Quentin Parisis about the development scene in Quebec. After that we get the thoughts of CanW20 coach Cindy Tye as we head into the final qualifying tournament for the 2024 FIFA Women's Under 20 World Cup. If you listen long enough you may even hear Bob Bradley's thoughts on the TFC academy.

After a week off for Duane to go be cultured in Stratford, the boys are back discussion whether TFC is a good place for young players right now, the Quebec development situation, wU20 qualifying and the early trends in CanPL u21 minutes for 2023.

James and Duane are joined by the voice of League1 Ontario, Pierce Lang, to talk about the state of L1O in 2023, it's importance to the game in this country and the role that it plays in women's development. after the interview, the guys look at Canada's dominate performance at the Concacaf qualifying tournament for the CanW20 World Cup tournament.

In this week's NextPod Duane and James are joined by AFTN.ca's Michael McCool to discuss TSS Rovers upset of Valour in the Votageurs Cup and the state of development in BC.

In this week's NextPod, Duane and James preview the 2023 Canadian Premier league season, with an eye towards the u21 rule and by looking at the trends emerging in how players are coming into the league. They end the show with some thoughts on how they see the season playing out and we hear from several of the league's coaches on the prospects at their club.

In this week's NextPod James and Duane discuss the challenges faced by small teams in playing in the Canadian Championship and encourage listeners to support TSS Rover's ticket exchange -- get more information at https://www.tssfc.ca/. They talk aboiut the Hamilton United partnership with Forge FC, breakdown the Canadian GA Cup results and end the show by talking about Amanda Allen's signing with Orlando Pride and what that says about development on the women's side of the game.

In this week's NextPod. Duane and James go a little off-topic to discuss the Canadian men's national team's two wins during the international break. Don't worry though. They do work in a development angle, by asking when it's time to start looking at younger players on the senior national team. They then look at the first week of MLS Next Pro and set up the Generation Adidas Cup. They wrap the show up by looking at the development scene in Vancouver and wonder why it is no longer the strongest region for developing players in Canada.