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YYC Soccer is a podcast that covers soccer at all levels in the Calgary area. We discuss the amateur, collegiate, and professional levels. We talk about the teams and players from the city's soccer community, from the grassroots to the pros.
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This week we talk about the brand launch of Calgary's new women's pro soccer team. Calgary Wild FC will make McMahon Stadium their home with matches starting in the spring of 2025. Next, we discuss Cavalry FC's disappointing draw vs Valour and look ahead to this weekend's match in Victoria. Conrad Krausert joins us to talk about what's new in League One Alberta. We also preview Foothills WFC big rivalry match vs Santa Clarita Blue Heat that will be played at Broadview on Saturday afternoon.Sc...
This week we review Cavalry FC’s most recent couple of matches including their draw vs York United and their match vs Vancouver Whitecaps in the Canadian Championship. We also preview this weekend’s home match vs Valour. The UWS season starts this week and we chat with Foothills WFC head coach Lee Tucker and midfielder Izzy Monck.Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on InstagramOur website is yycsoccer.com
This week we interview Lee Tucker who is the head coach of the Alberta High Performance team. This is a women's team that is competing in League One Alberta this summer. We review their roster, which is younger than most other League One Alberta teams. We also discuss the plan for this program to eventually apply to be a National Development Centre.The Dinos recently announced that Ramon Mifflin will be the new head coach of the men's program. Will his move from assistant coach at MRU to lead...
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 f...
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).Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on InstagramOur website is yycsoccer.com
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).Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on InstagramOur website is yycsoccer.com
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....
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 Ca...
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 l...
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. Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on InstagramOur website is yycsoccer.com
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.Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on InstagramOur website is yycsoccer.com
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. Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on InstagramOur website is yycsoccer.com
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.Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on I...
We review the Cavs debut in the CONCACAF Champions Cup where they faced Orlando City in Victoria. We also preview the second leg that will be played in Orlando. We also talk about Canada men's U20 team and its Calgary connection and there were 5 players with Calgary connections announced for the next MNT match in March.Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on InstagramOur website is yycsoccer.com
We chat with Calgarian Mya Jones as she settles into her first pro training camp in San Diego. She talks about transitioning to the pro level, her hopes to play on the Canadian national team and what it's like to train with Alex Morgan. Other topics include a few Cavalry FC roster updates, discussing local players on national youth teams and an attempted mutiny at a local minor soccer club.Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on InstagramOur website is yycsoccer.com
There's a lot of Calgary soccer news to talk about since our last episode. Long time Calgary coach Leon Hapgood has accepted a position with NYCFC in MLS. We discuss his legacy and speculate who could replace him at Cavalry FC. We also discuss the Cavs preliminary roster for their CONCACAF games. We provide updates about Calgarians signing their first pro deals including Grace Stordy and Caleigh Boeckx and also talk about the Canada WU17 team.Subscribe to our Substack...
We're back for our first episode of 2024. Our feature interview this week is with Niko Myroniuk, who had a busy 2023 with Cavalry FC, Mount Royal University and the Canadian national futsal team. We also discuss Mya Jones being selected in the NWSL draft by San Diego and review some of the offseason roster moves made by Cavalry FC.Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on InstagramOur website is yycsoccer.com
We talk about the results of the CONCACAF Champions Cup draw which saw the Cavs paired with Orlando City from MLS. The Cavs home match in that tie will not be played at Spruce Meadows but in Victoria. We chat with Mason Trafford from the Cavs front office about the reasons this decision was made. The CanPL draft also happened this week and we review the Cavs two picks. We wrap up the episode talking about former Cav Mo Farsi winning MLS Cup. Hap...
This week we provide updates on Calgarians playing soccer around the world from Memphis to Jamaica to Portugal and Senegal. We chat with Calgary Blizzard executive director Jackie Martin about the Shouldice dome project which has started its second year of operation. Jason and Scott also speculate on Calgarians that could be picked in the CanPL draft and who the Cavs may face in CONCACAF Champions Cup in February.Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on InstagramO...
We wrap up the Canadian post-secondary soccer season with a recap of how the Mount Royal Cougars men's team did at USports Nationals and the SAIT Cougars women's team did at CCAA Nationals. The University of Memphis Tigers women's team and their Calgary contingent continue to roll in the NCAA tournament. How are Calgarians such as Victor Loturi, Dominick Zator and Caniggia Elva doing in Europe? We provide a mid-season update. Subscribe to our Substack or fo...
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