AFTN Soccer Show
Episode 680 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Still Feeling Alright? - Whitecaps lose badly in LA, Jayden Nelson, Antoine Coupland, Nelson Pierre, DP highs and lows)
08 Jul 2025
We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, FIFA Club World Cup, CONCACAF Gold Cup, Canadian Premier League, and Canadian Championship chat and interviews. It was a tough Friday night under the lights for the Whitecaps, falling 3-0 to MLS basement team LA Galaxy. What went wrong and is there genuine cause for concern or is this just down to the weakened squad from international duty and injuries? We delve into all of that and chat with the returning winger Jayden Nelson about his Gold Cup experiences with Canada, forward Nelson Pierre about signing his first team deal, and young Canadian Antoine Coupland about his MLS minutes, his first MLS goal, and his hopes for the future. Toronto FC fans were given a Canada Day gift by MLSE when they announced the release of Italian Designated Players Lorzeno Insigne and Federico Bernardeschi. We chat about how much of a bust they were in the grand scheme of things and talk Whitecaps DPs. Who have been the best and the worst DPs to pull on a blue and white jersey in Vancouver? Plus there's still time to talk about the Gold Cup final, the FIFA Club World Cup, Vancouver FC's loss to Forge in CPL action, and hear from Valour FC head coach Philip Dos Santos about his side's big quarter-final second leg coming up against the Whitecaps. All of this, and music-wise, Frank Black continues his residency as our Album of the Month, we've Britpop songs from Supergrass and Cast, and we pay tribute to Diogo Jota in Wavelength. Here’s the rundown for the main segments from the episode: 01.26: Intro 04.20: Whitecaps feel far, far away in Galaxy loss 49.05: Toronto FC and a tale of DP disasters 60.35: Whitecaps best and worst DP signings 93.10: Jayden Nelson reflects on Canada's Gold Cup 99.17: Nelson Pierre interview 106.34: Antoine Coupland interview 118.10: Jesper Sorensen talks Coupland and Pierre 128.25: RIP Diogo Jota 131.55: Whitecaps miss out on Gold Cup glory with US 136.43: FIFA Club World Cup chat 150.40: Canadian Premier League chat 157.25: Phil Dos Santos looks ahead to Whitecaps vs Valour 172.37: Wavelength - Jamie Webster - The Diogo Jota song
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