Introduction This is the Northern 90 Podcast with Pat Sweet, Episode 20. Welcome to the Northern 90 Canadian Premier League Podcast, covering the beautiful game in the great white north. For more Canadian Premier League content, head over to Northern90.ca. That’s Northern Nine Zero dot ca. Welcome Hello, Canada, and welcome to the Northern 90 Canadian Premier League Podcast! I'm your host, Pat Sweet. In this week's episode: A review of the spring season and the five stories that defined it. Results League Play Cavalry FC won the spring titleSpring standings: Cavalry - 24Forge FC - 19FC Edmonton - 14Halifax - 11Pacific - 11York 9 - 11Valour FC - 9 Fall season Cavalry 3 : Pacific FC 2Halifax Wanderers 1 : York 9 0Forge FC 1 : FCE 2 Canadian Championship No action since the last episodeStarting this week: HFX v. OttawaYork 9 v. Montreal Impact FCCavalry FC v. Vancouver Whitecaps Women's World Cup Sadly, the Canadian women were eliminated by Sweden in the round of 16Congratulations to the USWNT, who beat Netherlands 2-0. Gold Cup The Canadian MNT also crashed out of their tournament prematurely. The lost to Haiti 1-0 in the quarter-finalCongrats to Mexico who won their 8th Gold cup, beating the US 1-0 in the final. CONCACAF League Forge FC will be playing Antigua GFC on August 1 at Tim Horton's field. The return leg will be on August 8. News One Soccer Extends Coverage Chinese Super LeagueChinese FA CupHome legs for CONCACAF LeagueAppleTV app is now liveRoku is coming soonIn August, the global streaming service will expand its supplementary CPL content in the form of daily news programs, mid-week magazine shows, interviews, features, and more.Kurt Larson, who had been the head of the CanPL editorial team has become the head of content with OneSoccer. Secondary Transfer Window Opening Nothing official from the league, but FIFA lists the open of the secondary window in Canada as July 9. It will run to August 7.This allows players to move within Canada and allows international players to move to Canada. If you like the headlines, check out the Northern 90 Supporters Group! Next up - the spring season's top headlines. The Headlines That Defined the Spring League Launch & Inaugural Match 17,611 fans at Tim Horton's FieldRyan Telfer scores first goal everBekker's elbowThese guys can ball! OneSoccer Great quality overall, but some room for growthViews on the business modelViews on CSL#WipeTheLens showed up on a OneSoccer broadcast Biphasic Standings Cavalry and Forge, then everyone elseFive points separated 3rd from 7th.Five points from 3rd to 2ndFive points from 2nd to 1stCavalry and Forge represented more than 40% of the goals scored. Cavalry FC's Dominance Won the first seven gamesOutscored opponents 16-7Scored 10 away goals compared to 6 at home.For comparison, HFX didn't score a single away goal this spring.Only shut out once in league playRecorded 5 shutouts FC Edmonton's Turnaround For most of the season, the pundits were scratching their heads trying to figure out what to make of FCE.Turns out, there wasn't anything wrong really - but a small sample size made it look like things were bad.Went five games in a row without scoring.In the last four games, only one goal against, and scored 6 Next up, the mailbag: Mailbag You know how this works - you send me mail and messages and I read every single one of them. If what you send is extra good I read it on the podcast. Last week's question: How seriously should Forge FC take their CONCACAF League run?Ed (who wrote lots in the last week) said that Forge would sacrifice CONCACAF league in favour of league performance, citing brutal travel, fixture congestion, and a hostile environment.Colin also wrote to say that, while he'd love to see Forge make a push, it would be better to rotate the squad and secure a spot in the league final.On the other side, both @Crowandcat1 and @alexanderupert vote that they go as far as they can!Adam (@flameboy84) left a lovely comment about the show on Twitter, saying he liked the last two episodes - thanks, Adam! This week's question: Who's the MVP of the spring season? Leave a comment at northern90.ca/episode19Write to me at pat at northern90.caFire me a note on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram @northernninety The Week Ahead Tons of soccer! Canadian Championship Jul 10 sees Wanderers take on Ottawa Fury, Cavalry will host the Vancouver Whitecaps, and York 9 will take on Montreal Impact CanPL July 13 Wanderers host Cavalry (watch on CBC online)Forge visits Pacific July 14 York 9 face off against FC Edmonton The Ultimate CanPL Fan Guide I made a fan guide!Check it out at northern90.ca/fanguide Outroduction That's all we've got for the show today. If you liked the show, don't forget to subscribe to it, and when you do leave an honest review. That helps me make the show better and others find it. Also, if you've been enjoying this show, you should join my supporters' group. When you join you get a weekly newsletter with ...
