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We review the Calgary Wild's loss to Ottawa on Wednesday evening at McMahon Stadium. New head coach Leah Blayney felt there were improvements but the clubs still remains winless.

We preview Cavalry FC's match on Friday evening vs Vancouver FC. This is an intriguing matchup as the Ravens have been playing some really good football of late and they always seem to plays well against the Cavs.

We do our usual Alberta Premier League match reviews and previews. The Wild U23 team could clinch the women's title this weekend while BTB could claim the men's division. We discuss the possible scenarios.

Staying on the topic of Wild U23, our interview is with Kennedi Kiarash, who has many roles with the Calgary Wild. She is the technical director of the academy and is head coach of the U23 team that's at the top of the table in the Alberta Premier League. We discuss the performance of the U23 team, talk about player success stories and how she manages to find time to be an assistant coach for the senior squad as well.

Calgarian Scott Kennedy has found a new club in Germany. We chat about his move in our final segment.

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In our weekend recap episode, we review Cavalry FC's 1-1 draw vs HFX Wanderers and the Calgary Wild's 2-0 loss to the Montreal Roses.

We also preview a rare weeknight match for the Wild as they host league leading Ottawa Rapid on Wednesday night at McMahon. 

The Alberta Premier League season is wrapping up. We review matches from Friday and Sunday, preview Tuesday matches and look at the men's and women's tables.

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We review Cavalry FC's match earlier this week vs the Vancouver Whitecaps. While the Whitecaps did advance to the next round, Cavalry put in a solid performance and kept World Cup winner Thomas Muller in check.  We also preview Cavalry's match this weekend vs Halifax.

The Leah Blayney era begins this weekend as the Calgary Wild host the Montreal Roses at McMahon Stadium.  We preview this match and also talk about the new Canadian women's club championship. In this tournament, the Wild will play host to a semi-pro team from Quebec and the match will be at Spruce Meadows.

Our interview is with Massi Djabali, who plays for Villains in the APL. He is a veteran player with the club who has a long career playing professionally in Algeria and France. We talk about his football journey, moving to Calgary and how he joined Villains.

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In our weekend recap episode, we review the Calgary Wild's match vs Vancouver Rise. The Wild came up short again. We talk about the match and include audio from new coach Leah Blayney who was at the post-match press conference.

Cavalry's second leg matchup vs the Whitecaps is on Monday evening at Spruce Meadows. While it's a real longshot that the Cavs can win this series, there are a lot of reasons to think it should be a good evening at Spruce Meadows.

We also review Alberta Premier League matches from Friday. We review the tables and the golden boot races as the season nears the end.

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Cavalry FC played the first leg of their Canadian Championship matchup against the Vancouver Whitecaps on Wednesday evening and suffered a 4-1 defeat. We review that match and preview the return leg on Monday evening at Spruce Meadows. Do the Cavs have a chance? Will Thomas Müller make an appearance in Calgary? We discuss the possibilities.

The Calgary Wild announced they have found their new head coach. Leah Blayney is from Australia and will take charge of the club immediately. We give our first impressions of her selection as coach. We also preview Saturday's match vs the Vancouver Rise at McMahon Stadium.

Our interview this week is with Calgary goalkeeper Leah Parsons. She currently plays in the NCAA at the University of Alabama Birmingham and has also suited up for Foothills in this summer's Alberta Premier League. She has also been involved with Cavalry FC this summer as she has been doing an internship for school.

We review Alberta Premier League matches from earlier this week, including that big matchup between Foothills and Blizzard which Scott and Jason attended. We also preview this weekend's matches, including a doubleheader in Airdrie on Friday evening.

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Our weekend recap episode talks about Cavalry FC's dominant win vs Ottawa in Ottawa. Meanwhile, the Wild played on the same pitch the next day and didn't have quite as good an outing. We talk about both of those matches.

Cavalry's next match is against the Whitecaps in Vancouver on Wednesday. We preview this CanChamp match and talk about the Cavs chances. 

We review Friday's Alberta Premier League action, where BTB swept Blizzard in Edmonton to tighten up the top of the table. We also preview Tuesday evening's big matchup between Blizzard and Foothills at Broadview.

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We didn't do a weekend recap so in this episode we will review the Calgary Wild's loss to the Halifax Tides and talk about the postponement of the Cavalry FC match. We will also preview this weekend's matches in Ottawa where Cavalry takes on Atletico Ottawa on Saturday and the Wild face the Rapid on Sunday.

Michael Harms was released by Cavalry this week. Based on CPL roster rules, that means that Cavalry must have another U21 Canadian player signed but have not officially announced yet. We expect the signing announcement on Friday morning. Who could this player be? Why is Jason so certain this is going to happen? It's all explained in our Cavalry segment.

Our Alberta Premier League segment reviews matches from the past week and previews this weekend's matches. We also discuss the fate of the women's interprovincial championship and whether there will be playoffs this APL season.

We wrap up the episode talking about possible landing spots for Calgarian Dominick Zator and the release of the Canada West soccer schedules.

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Cavalry FC and the Calgary Wild both return to action in Calgary this weekend. We preview Supra's first visit to Spruce Meadows on Sunday and the return of the Halifax Tides to McMahon on Saturday.

Our interview is with Calgarian Marko Ilitch. Marko is currently playing for Altitude FC in the BC Premier League and is also a goalkeeper coach for North Surrey Mustangs FC. We talk about his football career, which includes stops as a player, coach and as a social media manager.

We have Alberta Premier League review and previews.  We also talk about Drew Fischer and Mike Barwegan. Both are former guests and they are officiating at the FIFA World Cup this summer.

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In our weekend recap episode, we review the Calgary Wild's draw with the Montreal Roses on Sunday. They finally scored after nearly 5 hours of not putting the ball in the back of the net.  But Montreal tied it up shortly afterwards and then the teams battled to a draw. 

We review Alberta Premier League action from Friday and preview the matches on Tuesday. We also do a brief review of the AMSL standings.

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We preview this weekend's Calgary Wild match vs Montreal Roses. We also review and preview   We also review Tuesday's APL matches and preview Friday night's matches.

Our interview this week is with Kendall Showers, who makes her third appearance on our podcast. She reflects on pro career in Greece and playing for Foothills this summer.

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