Northern Fútbol Podcast

Episode 23 – Has Canada officially 'arrived' in Concacaf?

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After a wild eight hours in Canadian soccer, Peter and Thomas recorded a special edition of the show to recap the wild 2-1 loss to Mexico in the Gold Cup semifinals, recap Canada's tournament as a whole, their outlook ahead of the Ocho and their standouts over the last few games. They also recap the shootout victory over Brazil at the Olympics and discuss whether they have a chance of knocking out the United States. The show concludes with some transfer updates involving Cyle Larin, Tajon Buchanan, Mark-Anthony Kaye and Deanne Rose, who've all either secured moves or are in a position to do so.

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RUNNING ORDER:

1:08 – Breaking down the first half of Canada-Mexico
9:18 – How did Canada get back into the game?
17:34 – Should Maxime Crepeau be Canada's No. 1?
22:00 – Did "the chant" benefit Mexico?
28:34 – Canada's outlook ahead of the Ocho
32:19 – How are we feeling about the CBs?
36:00 – Tactical recap of Gold Cup
39:52 – Which players bolstered their stock?
41:00 – Does the Mexico game convince dual nationals to commit?
44:20 – Hoilett's and Ferreira's futures
48:13 – Recapping CanWNT's win and previewing the semis
51:31 – Larin, Buchanan, Kaye transfer updates