(Photo Credit: Hazel May) It was a match fitting of a historic inaugural game, as League1 BC new boys Burnaby FC played out a six-goal thriller with the visiting Harbourside FC at Burnaby Lake on Sunday afternoon in men’s division action. From kick-off, the first 10 minutes were extremely frantic, with Burnaby having the majority of the attacking play. But it was Harbourside that opened the scoring in the 33rd minute with Billy Bagiopolous converting on a breakaway. The Nanaimo side’s lead wasn’t to last long when Emiliano Brienza leveled the score five minutes later from the penalty spot, aft ..read more

(Photo Credit: Hazel May) The new girls on the block, Burnaby FC, kicked off their inaugural League1 BC season with an impressive 3-1 victory over the visiting Harbourside FC at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex on Sunday. For the first 30 minutes, neither team was able to settle the ball and make any tangible attack, Burnaby appeared to have some control in midfield, but the ever-present Rebekah Van Dort, forceful at left-back, was able to deny any meaningful attacks by the home side. Harbourside continued to dominate the Burnaby half, continually going forward, but unable to trouble Burnaby goalke ..read more

We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, Canadian Championship, and League1 BC chat. The football keeps coming and so do the podcasts! The Whitecaps continued their road warriors form at the weekend with a hard-fought draw at New York Red Bulls, in a match that saw Brian White set a MLS scoring record for the ‘Caps. We chat about the main talking points coming out of that one and round-up the weekend’s action in the MLS West. The Whitecaps announced last week that they’ll be playing a glamour Hollywood friendly against Wrexham this summe ..read more

The script couldn’t have been written any better. New Jersey boy Brian White returns home, returns to the club he came through the ranks of, and scores a record-setting goal for his new club. And for a while, it looked like White’s 15th minute opener was going to be good enough to give Vancouver Whitecaps all three points against New York Red Bulls, but in the end it earned a point after Lewis Morgan’s 56th minute leveler set up an exciting finish to the match. Neither side could find the winner, with New York pushing hard for the go ahead goal before Noah Eile’s 74th minute sending off and Va ..read more

We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, Canadian Championship, and League1 BC chat. The football keeps coming and so do the podcasts! The Whitecaps head off to New York this weekend to try and maintain their 100% start to the season on the road against the Red Bulls in MLS action. We preview the match, get Vanni Sartini’s thoughts on the task ahead, and hear from the man that could have the happiest of homecomings, Whitecaps striker Brian White. The Whitecaps also added a new player this week, Australian right back/wingback Guiseppe Bov ..read more

We’re back with another AFTN Extra podcast for your listening pleasure. Episode 85 is an hour long show around the Canadian Championship, which kicked off Tuesday, and the Canadian Premier League, featuring audio from Afshin Ghotbi, Tommy Wheeldon Jr, Patrice Gheisar, Phillip Dos Santos, Rocco Romeo, and Tobias Warschewski. All subscribers should have the download link in their emails. If you don’t let me know. Some subscriber renewals didn’t go through due to expired cards, so you may need to re-subscribe. Not a subscriber yet? You can read all the details about what our ‘Extra’ podcast is, h ..read more

Another dance with the Whitecaps is in store for Cavalry FC, who progressed to the quarter-finals of the Canadian Championship on Tuesday night with a 1-0 victory over visiting Vancouver FC at Spruce Meadows. Tobias Warschewski scored the lone goal of the first-round cup match when he headed the ball just inside Callum Irving’s right-hand post in the 65th minute. The German’s header came just five minutes after Cavalry went down a man following a red card to midfielder Shamit Shome. “I’m excited to score my first goal, even at home,” said Warschewski, who joined Cavalry this season after previ ..read more

We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Major League Soccer, Vancouver FC, Canadian Premier League, and general football chat after what’s been a great week for the lower mainland clubs here in BC. The Whitecaps bounced back from their disappointing home loss against LA to come away with a very confident and comfortably derby day victory in Seattle. We break down that match and the highs coming out of it for Vancouver and the lows for Seattle. We also hear some postgame thoughts from both head coaches, Vanni Sartini and Brian Schmetzer, look at the first te ..read more

Vancouver Whitecaps are back on top of the MLS Western Conference, and still Kings of Cascadia, after a dominant display down the I5 in a 2-0 victory against a Seattle Sounders side that lost their composure, lost their defensive sensibilities, and ultimately lost three points. Jackson Ragen’s red card towards the end of the first half put Seattle in a hole. Second half goals from Ryan Gauld and Brian White, on the back of forcing defensive turnovers, buried them deeper, before Alex Roldan’s horrific challenge on Ali Ahmed sealed their fate. It was an assured and composed performance from Vanc ..read more

If you wanted footballing drama, last weekend’s BC Provincial A Cup quarter-finals pretty much had it all. Two of the ties were settled on penalties after dramatic last-gasp equalisers, with a splattering of red cards thrown in to boot, while the defending champions march on and a league champion staked a claim at lifting their first provincial title. Before we get into how the quarter-final action played out, here’s a summary of all of last weekend’s results at a glance, in bracket order: Vancouver United Hibernian (VMSL) 2 – 2 Langley United (FVSL) [VUFC won 4-2 on penalties] Abbotsford Unit ..read more