YYC Soccer

We interview Lleyton Brooks from Cavalry FC. Among the topics we discuss is how he ended up making the move from Australia and how he thinks playing in Canada is a good fit for his career at this time. We review a couple of Cavalry matches including the first leg of the Canadian Championship matchup against the Vancouver Whitecaps and also look ahead to this weekend's match in Halifax.  Cavalry will be involved in a neutral site match in Kelowna in June.  Mya Jones makes her first few appearances for the San Diego Wave. League One Alberta has started.  And Foothills has a Project 8 announcement at the end of the month. There are no shortages of topics for this episode!

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We discuss the upcoming League One Alberta season. We interview the coaches of Calgary based clubs including Shaun Lowther from Callies United (6:58), Colin Mackay from Calgary Foothills (14:40) and Diogo Raposo from Calgary Blizzard (22.35).

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We discuss the upcoming League One Alberta season. We interview the coaches of all of the Calgary based clubs including Ramon Mifflin from Calgary Blizzard (8:37), Marc McLaren from Calgary Foothills (16:10), Vikram Virk from Cavalry U21 (30:19) and Pavle Popara from Callies United (36:32).

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This episode we interview Calgarians Talia White and Caleigh Boeckx.  They have both joined Irish pro club Treaty United this spring.  During our interview, we talk about their soccer careers thus far and how they've adjusted to life in Ireland.  We review both of Cavalry FC's matches from this past week including the draw in Ottawa and the victory over Vancouver FC in their home opener.  There's also a preview of their match against Pacific this weekend at Spruce Meadows. 

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We talk with Vikram Virk who was recently announced as the head coach of the University of Lethbridge men's soccer program.  Vikram is also coaching the Cavalry U21 team in League One Alberta this summer.  We review the Cavs' season opener vs Forge and preview their next matches against Ottawa and Vancouver.  The League One Alberta schedule has been released with first matchday on May 7.  We also talk about some more signings.  Our final topic is our wrap up of the Canadian Futsal Championships.  We reveal a strong connection between one of the winning clubs and the Calgary soccer scene.

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This week Cavalry FC GM and Head Coach Tommy Wheeldon Jr joins us to talk about the upcoming season.  We discuss the new additions to the roster, Atletico Ottawa's free agent signings, and his newly extended contract.  There's more League One Alberta signings to review and we discuss the newly branded Callies United teams entering the league this year. The UWS schedule has been released so we talk about how Calgary Foothills will manage without Mya Jones and Grace Stordy.  We look at some coaching changes in USports and also review some futsal results.

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This week Jason and Scott discuss the Canadian Futsal Championships. The men's and women's tournaments are being held at the Seven Chiefs Sportsplex on Tsuut’ina Nation just west of Calgary.  We also talk about a few more League One Alberta signings an provide another Cavalry FC update as they are close to wrapping up training camp. 

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On Good Friday, we talk about Cavalry's training camp in Mexico and some trialists looking to make the roster.  We also review Calgarians playing soccer in Poland, New Zealand, Victoria, Thunder Bay and more.  We look at some League One Alberta signings and also talk about a couple of Calgarians who have been called to Canada’s women’s U20 camp in Germany.

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 For our first anniversary episode, we discuss what we think were the top 5 Calgary soccer stories over the last 12 months.  The stories include Cavalry FC, Mount Royal University, League One Alberta, Mya Jones and SAIT.  We also discuss the topics and players we expect will be mentioned a lot in future episodes this year. 

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Our feature interview this week is with Cavalry FC defender Bradley Kamden Fewo.  We talk with him about Cavalry's recent matches vs Orlando and his career path in general.  We discuss the hiring of Jay Wheeldon as Cavs technical director and assistant coach.  Scott provides more information about his upcoming book about Calgary soccer history titled "Here Come the Cavalry!" which is coming soon to a bookstore near you.

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