Synopsis
The Northern 90 Podcast covers the Canadian Premier League - Canada's professional men's soccer league. We share the latest CanPL news, scores, stories, rumours and more.
Episodes
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How the CanPL Came to Be with Dr. Duane Rockerbie
05/10/2019 Duration: 38minIntroduction This is the Northern 90 Podcast with Pat Sweet, Episode 27. 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: an interview with economist Dr. Duane Rockerbie. Results League Play The first-ever CanPL finals are set! Forge FC will take on Cavalry FC in a two-legged tie Oct. 26 at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, with the decisive second leg slated for Nov. 2 at ATCO Field at Spruce Meadows in Calgary. Cavalry won the spring season Forge and Cavalry are now guaranteed to finish 1st and 2nd “Even though the winner of the Fall season should choose their home match according to CPL rules, and that winner hasn’t been decided as of yet, the League office and the two clubs agreed on the match dates bec
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Jeff Paulus on Expansion, Academies and More
12/09/2019 Duration: 28minIntroduction This is the Northern 90 Podcast with Pat Sweet, Episode 26. 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 round-up of CPL players playing international games Canada's performance in CONCACAF Nations League A special interview with FC Edmonton's Jeff Paulus Results League Play Forge at the top of the table with 20 points, with the fewest games played at 9. Terran Campbell now leads the league with 10 goals Canadian Championship No action Next game is September 18 at Stade Saputo CONCACAF League Forge FC lost their last match to CD Olimpia 4-1 Lost 4-2 on aggregate SV Robinhood also lost 3-2 on aggregate. CONCACAF Nations League Canada got underway on Saturday night while Hurricane Do
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Let the (Canadian) Kids Play
29/08/2019 Duration: 26minIntroduction This is the Northern 90 Podcast with Pat Sweet, Episode 25. 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 Canada's top young talent in the CanPL. Announcements Thanks for supporting the Northern 90 Premium Channel! Lots more to come on that, including some lower-priced tiers later on. Results League Play Forge lead the league with 16 points HFX Wanderers the only team under 1 PPG at 0.88. Neither York 9 nor Halifax have earned a point on the road during the fall. Approaching the 50% mark of games played. Not quite there yet. Canadian Championship Cavalry FC lost to Montreal Impact 3-1 on aggregate TFC beat Ottawa Fury 5-0 on aggregate 401 Derby for the final CONCACAF League
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Unpacking Leadership Lessons from the Jordan Murrell Meltdown
10/08/2019 Duration: 32minIn this episode, I discuss all of the things that happened during and after Murrell's on-pitch fit, and dissect the leadership qualities he displayed after the fact.
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You Asked, He Answered: Salary Caps, Expansion and More with Kurt Larson
01/08/2019 Duration: 43minIntroduction This is the Northern 90 Podcast with Pat Sweet, Episode 23. 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: The best of last week's AMA with Kurt Larson Announcements Very special announcement coming about going even deeper Results League Play Rodrigo Gattas scored the first hat-trick in league history. All in the first half. Canadian Championship Cavalry FC beating VWFC marks the first time a CanPL club has ever won against MLS competition. Both York 9 and the Wanderers could have advanced if not for defensive lapses For York, an errant back back and needless foul in the 18 gave away two goals in the first leg For Halifax, they were up 2-0 and let in two soft goals in the final leg. O
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Fixture Congestion in the CanPL and Three Ideas for Fixing It
24/07/2019 Duration: 23minIntroduction This is the Northern 90 Podcast with Pat Sweet, Episode 22. 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: Recent signings A recap of three wonder strikes this week OneSoccer's Crew calling it an early night Main content: the problem with the CanPL schedule Announcements AMA with Kurt Larson - https://Northern90.ca/AMALarson What it's about 100 seats July 25, 8PM EST This way, we can watch the Canadian Championship Matches Results League Play Jul 17 - Wednesday Forge 2 - 0 HFX Wanderers Tim Hortons Field Jul 17 - Wednesday York9 2 - 1 Pacific York Lions Stadium Jul 17 - Wednesday Edmonton 0 - 0 Valour Clarke Field Jul 20 - Saturday Forge 3 -
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45,000 Data Points - 5 Lessons Learned
17/07/2019 Duration: 27minIntroduction This is the Northern 90 Podcast with Pat Sweet, Episode 21. 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: I go deep into the league's stats to sort out what the CPL's best teams are doing that nobody else is. Announcements AMA with Kurt Larson - https://Northern90.ca/AMALarson What it's about 100 seats July 24, 7PM EST Something special in the works for people who want live events and to go deeper into the CanPL. Results League Play Wanders fell to Cavalry 0-1 Nice goal by sub Oliver Minatel in the 85th minute Pacific 2 - Forge 3 Brace by Tristan Borges All goals in the 2nd half Watch the highlights for Borges' 2nd goal, and the Fisk/ Blasco set piece at the end. York 9 FC 2 - FC
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Five Stories that Dominated the Spring Season
10/07/2019 Duration: 26minIntroduction 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 title Spring standings: Cavalry - 24 Forge FC - 19 FC Edmonton - 14 Halifax - 11 Pacific - 11 York 9 - 11 Valour FC - 9 Fall season Cavalry 3 : Pacific FC 2 Halifax Wanderers 1 : York 9 0 Forge FC 1 : FCE 2 Canadian Championship No action since the last episode Starting this week: HFX v. Ottawa York 9 v. Montreal Impact FC Cavalry FC v. Vancouver Whitecaps Women's World Cup Sadly, the Canadian women were eliminated by Sweden in the round of 16 Congratulations to
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The King of Barton Street
20/06/2019 Duration: 40minIntroduction This is the Northern 90 Podcast with Pat Sweet, Episode 19. 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: An interview with Allan Gorman, president of the Barton Street Battalion Supporters' Group Details on a fan guide that I've published Much more Results League Play Limited action during the international break Canadian Championship Women's World Cup The women have earned a birth into the round of 16. Gold Cup Canada beat Martinique handily Jonathan David with two goals Nervy moments on the back line Next game is against Mexico on the 19th. News Forge FC and Cavalry FC players facing disciplinary action Fight after leg 1 Allegations of racial slurs being used by a member of Forge’s c
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The Great Canadian Motorcycle Soccer Tour
07/06/2019 Duration: 40minIntroduction This is the Northern 90 Podcast with Pat Sweet, Episode 18. 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, I interview Steve Hemphill and Ian Fellows of the Lake Side Buoys who just completed a cross-Canada tour on their motorcycles of every CPL city. First, of course, let's dig into this week's CPL news and results. Top Stories League Standings It's been a little while since the last episode, so I'll just do a recap. Here's a list of things that haven't happened yet: Cavalry FC hasn't stopped winning York 9 FC hasn't won Every team has played at least 5 league matches Standings Cavalry - 15 Forge - 13 Valour - 9 Wanderers - 7 Pacific - 5 FC Edmonton - 4 York 9 - 3 Cavs have only one hom
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Going Deep into the Canadian Championship
18/05/2019 Duration: 34minIntroduction This is the Northern 90 Podcast with Pat Sweet, Episode 17. 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, we do deep into the 2019 edition of the Voyageur's cup, including some special attention on the CPL matchups in round 1. First, of course, let's dig into this week's CPL news and results. Top Stories Results Wednesday, May 8 Pacific FC 0 @ Hamilton 3 Valour FC 0 @ Calvary FC 1 Sunday, May 11 Halifax 0 @ Valour FC 1 Sunday, May 12th, Cavalry FC 2 @ Forge FC 1 Pacific FC 0 @ Edmonton 0 May 15 (Canadian Championship) Halifax 3 @ Vaughn 2 York 9 0 @ AS Blainville 0 Cavalry 2 @ Pacific 0 Insights Only Cavalry FC is undefeated in league play Meanwhile, Pacific FC and Forge FC have
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An Interview with Julian Buscher of Calvary FC
10/05/2019 Duration: 36minIntroduction This is the Northern 90 Podcast with Pat Sweet, Episode 16. 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, I interview Julian Buscher of Calvary FC. First, of course, let's dig into this week's CPL news and results. News Results Since we last spoke: Thursday, May 2 Pacific FC 1 - Valour FC 2 Saturday, May 4 HFW Wanderers FC 2 - Forge FC 1 Cavalry FC 2 - York 9 1 Valour FC 1 - FC Edmonton 2 Five teams tied for top spot with three points with FC Edmonton and Calvary FC leading on points per game. York 9 and Forge are the only teams who've yet to pick up a win, putting them at the bottom of the table. League leader in goals: Kadel Thomas League leader in assists: Trick question - there a
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First game, first-hand account - an interview with Max Mowbray
03/05/2019 Duration: 42minIntroduction This is the Northern 90 Podcast with Pat Sweet, Episode 15. 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. Before I say another word, I'd like to share this: Woohoo! We've had our first games and I am pumped! This week's episode is going to be all about the games in Hamilton and Langford, British Columbia, including an interview with Maxwell Mowbray, who's a contributor to Northern Starting XI dot com and the man behind the PFC Ontatio Twitter handle. First, of course, let's dig into this week's CPL news. News Results I've been waiting a long time to say this: here are the results from the weekend's matches. York 9 visited Forge FC in Hamilton to play in front of 17,611 fans for the first ever game on Saturday. York
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CPL Predictions Panel for 2019
26/04/2019 Duration: 01h29sIntroduction This is the Northern 90 Podcast with Pat Sweet, Episode 14. 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. This week, I convene the first annual Northern 90 Predictions Panel, featuring The Young Gaffers, Curtis Marshall from A.F.C. Curtis, and Ryan Brandtfrom TSN 1290 in Winnipeg and a contributor to CanPL.ca. Also very exciting is the fact that the panel discussion will be cross posted on the Young Gaffers podcast, so that's very cool. And extra thanks to all the guys who took part. News In this week's headlines: First and foremost - the league launches this weekend! Saturday at 1PM Eastern it's York 9 at Forge FC, which will be broadcast live on CBC TV and through their streaming services. On Sunday the Wanderers
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Playing with Hart - Interviews with the HFX Wanderers
20/04/2019 Duration: 39minIntroduction This is the Northern 90 Podcast with Pat Sweet, Episode 13. 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. This week, I take you backstage to meet the HFX Wanderers FC. At the end of the show, I'll also announce the winner of my CPL Jersey Contest, so stay tuned for that. News In this week's headlines: It's now official that CBC will be broadcasting 20 gamesover the course of the season. Twenty game will be streamed through CBCSports.ca, GEM, and the CBC Sports App. Ten of those games will also be broadcast on CBC TV. I love this. It's very Canadian and will make the league accessible - everyone gets CBC. In other exciting news, we've learned that OneSoccer, the league's streaming service, will be made available for
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CPL Kit Report Cards - Ranking the Top 5 Kits
13/04/2019 Duration: 23minIntroduction This is the Northern 90 Podcast with Pat Sweet, Episode 12. 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. This week, I'm sharing the top five kits that came out in last week's big kit reveal party. News In this week's headlines: From the Last Word on Soccer blog there was a good rundown of Jeff Paulus' views on FC Edmonton's preseason so far.In genral he's quite pleased, except for the first 15 minutes of their friendly against Cavalry FC. The best quote from the piece was on that match having been a friendly. Paulus said "there will never be a friendly against us and Calgary.” Finally, Mediapro's long-awaited streaming service has been announced. One Soccer 24/7 will be the digital home for all 98 Canadian Premier
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The CanPL State of the Union
04/04/2019 Duration: 27minIntroduction This is the Northern 90 Podcast with Pat Sweet, Episode 11. 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! This week, I'm giving a state of the union address, and will discuss where things stand with the league today, and what to look for as we near the very first CPL match on April 27. But before we get to the main content and the headlines, I wanted to share a contest I'm running to give away an authentic Canadian Premier League Jersey. CanPL Jersey Giveaway That's right, folks, you heard correctly: I'm giving away an authentic Canadian Premier League jersey. All you have to do is enter your name at Northern90.ca/jerseycontest and boom, you're in. You get to chose the jersey and the size and I take care of the rest. The contest opened on Apr
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The CPL's Best Under-the-Radar Signings with A.F.C. Curtis
22/03/2019 Duration: 41minIntroduction This is the Northern 90 Podcast with Pat Sweet, Episode 10. 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! In today’s episode, I sit with the excellent Curtis Marshall of the A.F.C. Curtis YouTubechannel to discuss the league's top "under-the-radar" signings. As is usually the case, a minority of players get the majority of airtime, so we each chose a couple players from around the league who we thought fans should get excited about. But before we get to the interview of course, we have this week's CPL headlines. News In this week's headlines: In some very sad news, Marcel de Jong, widely regarded as one of the league's top signings has sustained a season-ending injury. He suffered a ruptured achilles and underwent surgery to repair it. My t
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History Lessons with Privateers 1882
15/03/2019 Duration: 20minIntroduction This is the Northern 90 Podcast with Pat Sweet, Episode 9. 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! In today’s episode, we're doing something a little bit different. Today, you'll get to hear my very first interviews with some of the founding members of Privateers 1882, the supporters' group that gave up its original name to the club they support - Halifax Wanderers FC. I caught up with the guys at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport to welcome some of the club's new players to the city. The interviews were a lot of fun, I learned a lot, and I get the feeling that this is just the beginning of something much bigger for the show. But before we get to the interviews, let's tackle this week's CPL headlines. News In this week's headl
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Dissecting the 2019 CPL Schedule
10/03/2019 Duration: 27minIntroduction This is the Northern 90 Podcast with Pat Sweet, Episode 8. 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! In today’s episode, we're going to talk about the league schedule. The details were finally released on February 27, and today I'm going to unpack it, explain the ins and outs, and share my reactions to it. But first, let's tackle this week's CPL headlines. News In this week's headlines: CanWNT beat out Sweden on penalties to win Bronze at the Algarve Cup York9 FC acquires Ryan Telfer on season-long loan from Toronto FC – Canadian Premier League The league announced a new equipment deal with Nike. The league's official match ball will be the Nike Merlin, which is the same ball that will be used by the English Premier League, La Ligua, an