Episode 743 – The AFTN Soccer Show (The Ghost Of Your Memories - Whitecaps bolster midfield, Leagues Cup exit, RIP Phil Parkes, Seattle await)

We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, Leagues Cup, and Canadian Premier League chat. The Whitecaps' Leagues Cup campaign is over for another year, after three matches that saw them dominate games but unable to get their attack going and keep their defence together. After seven matches without a win since their return from the World Cup break, is there real cause for concern? Will the additions of Serbian midfielder Aleksa Cvetković and Canadian prospect Emrick Fotsing help turn things around and what else is needed? Could Daniel Gazdag be that guy? The Whitecaps lost a legend this past week as NASL winning goalkeeper Phil Parkes sadly passed away. We look at Lofty's career and replay a special interview we did with him seven years ago around the 40th anniversary of that famous championship win. All of this plus we look at the other Whitecaps news of the week, dip into the mailbag, look ahead to this weekend's Cascadia derby in Seattle, and talk about Pacific FC hurtling towards the worst kind of history in the CPL as another BC derby beckons While music-wise, The Fall are our Artists of the Month with a selection of unique cover versions, Episode Four feature as our C86 era song, and we've a song about awaydays in Wavelength from English band The Skinner Brothers. Here’s the rundown for the main segments from the episode: 01.23: Intro - Ted Lasso is back, more Traitors talk, wildfire worries 20.00: RIP Phil Parkes 38.56: Leagues Cup exit highlights Whitecaps' flaws 66.35: Mailbag - what's on the minds of Whitecaps fans? A lot! 109.00: Cvetković and Fotsing bolster Whitecaps midfield 136.00: Is Daniel Gazdag the next addition? How would he fit into the 'Caps? 148.53: Pacific FC heading for worst ever CPL season as BC derby next up 160.00: Wavelength - The Skinner Brothers - Awaydays 164.15: Whitecaps look to lift Cascadia Cup in Seattle