The AFTN Soccer Show Episode May 7, 2025

Episode 670 – The AFTN Soccer Show (All Aboard The Vancouver Express – Whitecaps Champions Cup final bound, VANvRSL, Ranko Veselinovic interview)

10:59pm - 1:59am

We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, CONCACAF Champions Cup, and Canadian Premier League chat and interviews.

All aboard the Vancouver Whitecaps runaway train. There’s no stopping it and the final destination is unknown! What another fantastic week it’s been in Whitecapsland. The team booked their berth in the 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup final with a 5-1 aggregate win over Inter Miami. They are now 90 minutes away from winning a major trophy and qualifying for both the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2025 FIFA Inter-continental Cup. Crazy times and we break it all down in this episode and ponder where this ranks both now and potentially in the club’s history compared to the 1979 NASL Soccer Bowl win and what impact it could have on the club and football in the city.

We bring you an interview with Whitecaps defender Ranko Veselinovic about the victory, the season, his defensive partnership, and the reaction he’s had back home in Serbia. Plus we chat with Whitecaps CEO Axel Schuster, head coach Jesper Sorensen, and Ranko’s centreback partner Tristan Blackmon.

Plus we look at the Whitecaps’ latest MLS win against Real Salt Lake, round up all the week’s action in the CPL and Canadian Championship, talk football superstitions with Ranko Veselinovic and Tate Johnson, and music-wise Scottish band Baby Chaos begin their residency as our Album of the Month, we’ve another Britpop song from Supergrass, and another fun Wavelength.

Track Listing:

Away From The Numbers
Sarah Jickling · None
Sperm
Baby Chaos · Safe Sex, Designer Drugs, and the Death of Rock and Roll
Gazelle Boy
Baby Chaos · Safe Sex, Designer Drugs, and the Death of Rock and Roll
Lenny
Supergrass · I Should Coco
The Winners Song
Ralph McTell · None
Away From The Numbers
Sarah Jickling · None