It's Called Football!

Today, we're joined by an Englishman who has tossed aside his interest in league football there, to dive headlong into becoming an MLS supporter. Oddly enough, he’s chosen Toronto. We’ll talk to Jimmy Stone about that and his observations on our little league. We'll also get into NYRB's massive ticket price increase and what it could mean for the rest of the league, MLS looking to sell off its stake in SUM and how the Trillium Cup is suddenly the most important trophy in the history of all trophies...

Today, we're joined by Adrian Cann to discuss about his long road to recovery, talk about how he's thought the club has done this year and to look at what his future is in Toronto. We'll also setup the storylines for Toronto v Columbus, talk about what BC Place will do for the Whitecaps experience and ponder the philosophical implications of 'Taste the Soup.'

We're back after a short lay off to talk about the health of Toronto FC, share our thoughts on the new Women's National team coach and discuss the turnout for the Canada game. We'll also be joined by the Fan590's Nigel Reed to breakdown Canada's first two qualifying games and discuss what the national team program should define as 'success'.

Today, we're joined by the author of The Fix, Declan Hill, to talk about what's being done to clean up the world's game, how there have been encouraging signs things could be changing and what every federation needs to do to protect itself from the fixers. We'll also discuss if Toronto's Champions League hopes are still alive, assess the play of a few of the homegrown players and dissect Canada's roster selections.

Today, we're joined by BBC reporter and the man who runs TransparencyInSport.org, Andrew Jennings, to speak about the latest revelations surrounding Chuck Blazer, discuss who could be next to fall in the alleged domino line of corruption and what has happened to Sepp Blatter's plan to bring in Henry Kissinger and Co. to clean up FIFA. He also makes a point of calling out the Canadian soccer media, the CSA and the USSF for their passivity in these latest allegations. We'll also talk about Toronto falling back to Earth (and the bottom of the East), the CSA shelling out cash to ensure at least one of the away World Cup qualifiers will be on television and the battle by the two Canadian teams for the last NASL playoff spot.

Today, we're joined by the soccer columnist for the Winnipeg Free Press, Jerrad Peters to speak about what can be done on the CONCACAF level to balance out the state of refereeing, take a hard look at the direction national team head coach Stephen Hart's career is going and try and talk about why on Earth any Canadian team would want to sign Owen Hargraeves. We'll also breakdown Toronto FC's performance last night, discuss how the emotional coaching affected the play on the field and debate where Cascadia ranks in North American rivalries.

Article Preview Today, we'll take a look at Toronto FC's Champions League group and how they'll match up against each of their opponents. We'll breakdown each team and analyze what Toronto can expect from their opponents and who will offer them the most difficulty. We'll also drop a few more details about the Keven Aleman situation and where he stands on his decision between playing in Spain and Vancouver and look back on the decision Toronto made to originally release him.

Today, we were supposed to be joined by esteemed reporter Andrew Jennings but it would seem the world has up and swallowed him, so we'll try to re-connect with him in the days ahead to discuss the latest foibles by FIFA and what the latest Chuck Blazer allegations could mean for our region. But we'll be joined by Ben Knight to update on his ongoing investigation into the Canadian coaching scene, discuss the news that Scarborough teen Fraser Aird looks ready to join the Scotland youth ranks and of course, break down Toronto FC's win over Real Salt Lake.

In this special Interview Only edition of It's Called Football, we're joined by the soon-to-be head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps Martin Rennie to speak about why the Whitecaps were his first choice, his philosophy for football and why the differences between MLS and NASL are paramount.

Today, we're joined by La Presse columnist Patrick Leduc to speak about the Montreal Impact's selection for a new head coach, what's going on between UM02 and the Impact FO and if the team is doing enough in its build towards MLS. We'll also look at Vancouver's choice for their new head coach, discuss what MLS going to NBC will mean for the league and look back on Stefan Frei's time at TFC as he prepares to become the all-time appearance leader.

Today, we're doing things a little differently and bringing back the Five Questions format for an issue that has created a lot of division in Canadian football. It will be Duane Rollins vs Ben Massey in the 'is Toronto truly deserving of being the centre of the universe' debate. We'll touch on a number of the key issues that went into making the decision to put all three qualifiers in one city and we'll let the two sides throw down on their points of view. We'll also get into the future of GolTv, the Montreal coach rumours, the Vancouver coach rumours and Toronto's draw against DeRo.

Today, we're joined by Canadian national team keeper, and the newest addition to FC Edmonton, David Monsalve to talk about his journey over the last year, how the politics of club's in Europe affect young Canadian players and what's next for him on the club and country level. We'll also talk about Toronto's first meeting with DeRo since they parted ways, some very public calls to support the national team from local media and our thoughts on the pricing decisions for the WC qualifying matches.

Today, we're joined by Canadian Soccer News and Score Media columnist Richard Whittall to take a look at the health of Canadian soccer reporting, discuss the tricky role of criticism between writers and how Twitter has changed the nature of reporting. We'll also get into the Rogers Sportsnet fiasco, Toronto FC's performance in Real Esteli and who the CSA is looking at to replace Carolina Morace as the women's national team head coach.

Originally, we weren't going to be able to do a podcast because of the long weekend, but because of the enormity of the events over the weekend we were able to put together a short podcast for today. Today, we'll talk about Toronto FC's selections against Portland and how that could affect their play against Real Esteli, issue caution about the early success (and expectations) of new TFC players and ponder why the soccer gods have smiled on Canada and their World Cup qualifying draw.

Today, we're joined by Radio-Canada soccer columnist Frederic Lord to talk about a possible return to MLS for Ali Gerba, who the Impact are targeting as their head coach in MLS and to talk about what chance Patrice Bernier has catching on with the Impact. We'll also talk about Toronto FC's Champions League performance, if the latest TFC signings will have any impact and in light of U.S. Soccer firing Bob Bradley - take a look at Stephen Hart's record so far.