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YYC Soccer

Jason Kmet and Scott Strasserwww.yycsoccer.com

YYC Soccer is a podcast that covers soccer at all levels in the Calgary area.  We discuss the amateur, collegiate, and professional levels.  We talk about the teams and players from the city's soccer community, from the grassroots to the pros.


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Episodes

Cavs knocked out of Voyageurs Cup and Foothills UWS preview

This week we review Cavalry FC’s most recent couple of matches including their draw vs York United and their match vs Vancouver Whitecaps in the Canadian Championship. We also preview this weekend’s home match vs Valour. The UWS season starts this week and we chat with Foothills WFC head coach Lee Tucker and midfielder Izzy Monck. Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on Instagram or Bluesky . Our website is yycsoccer.com...

May 24, 202440 minSeason 2Ep. 16

Alberta High Performance Team in League One Alberta and a new Dinos men's head coach

This week we interview Lee Tucker who is the head coach of the Alberta High Performance team. This is a women's team that is competing in League One Alberta this summer. We review their roster, which is younger than most other League One Alberta teams. We also discuss the plan for this program to eventually apply to be a National Development Centre. The Dinos recently announced that Ramon Mifflin will be the new head coach of the men's program. Will his move from assistant coach at MRU to lead t...

May 17, 202430 minSeason 2Ep. 15

Lleyton Brooks talks about joining Cavalry FC, Canadian Championship review and more

We interview Lleyton Brooks from Cavalry FC. Among the topics we discuss is how he ended up making the move from Australia and how he thinks playing in Canada is a good fit for his career at this time. We review a couple of Cavalry matches including the first leg of the Canadian Championship matchup against the Vancouver Whitecaps and also look ahead to this weekend's match in Halifax. Cavalry will be involved in a neutral site match in Kelowna in June. Mya Jones makes her first few appearances ...

May 10, 202439 minSeason 2Ep. 14

League One Alberta 2024 Women's Preview

We discuss the upcoming League One Alberta season. We interview the coaches of Calgary based clubs including Shaun Lowther from Callies United (6:58), Colin Mackay from Calgary Foothills (14:40) and Diogo Raposo from Calgary Blizzard (22.35). Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on Instagram or Bluesky . Our website is yycsoccer.com...

May 07, 202431 minSeason 2Ep. 13

League One Alberta Men's 2024 Preview

We discuss the upcoming League One Alberta season. We interview the coaches of all of the Calgary based clubs including Ramon Mifflin from Calgary Blizzard (8:37), Marc McLaren from Calgary Foothills (16:10), Vikram Virk from Cavalry U21 (30:19) and Pavle Popara from Callies United (36:32). Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on Instagram or Bluesky . Our website is yycsoccer.com...

May 06, 202444 minSeason 2Ep. 12

Talia White and Caleigh Boeckx talk Irish pro soccer and Cavalry FC updates

This episode we interview Calgarians Talia White and Caleigh Boeckx. They have both joined Irish pro club Treaty United this spring. During our interview, we talk about their soccer careers thus far and how they've adjusted to life in Ireland. We review both of Cavalry FC's matches from this past week including the draw in Ottawa and the victory over Vancouver FC in their home opener. There's also a preview of their match against Pacific this weekend at Spruce Meadows. Subscribe to our Substack ...

Apr 26, 202434 minSeason 2Ep. 11

Vikram Virk interview and League One Alberta schedule release

We talk with Vikram Virk who was recently announced as the head coach of the University of Lethbridge men's soccer program. Vikram is also coaching the Cavalry U21 team in League One Alberta this summer. We review the Cavs' season opener vs Forge and preview their next matches against Ottawa and Vancouver. The League One Alberta schedule has been released with first matchday on May 7. We also talk about some more signings. Our final topic is our wrap up of the Canadian Futsal Championships. We r...

Apr 19, 202432 minSeason 2Ep. 10

Tommy Wheeldon Jr. talks about upcoming Cavalry FC season

This week Cavalry FC GM and Head Coach Tommy Wheeldon Jr joins us to talk about the upcoming season. We discuss the new additions to the roster, Atletico Ottawa's free agent signings, and his newly extended contract. There's more League One Alberta signings to review and we discuss the newly branded Callies United teams entering the league this year. The UWS schedule has been released so we talk about how Calgary Foothills will manage without Mya Jones and Grace Stordy. We look at some coaching ...

Apr 12, 202440 minSeason 2Ep. 9

Futsal Nationals and more player signings

This week Jason and Scott discuss the Canadian Futsal Championships. The men's and women's tournaments are being held at the Seven Chiefs Sportsplex on Tsuut’ina Nation just west of Calgary. We also talk about a few more League One Alberta signings an provide another Cavalry FC update as they are close to wrapping up training camp. Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on Instagram or Bluesky . Our website is yycsoccer.com...

Apr 05, 202418 minSeason 2Ep. 8

A Good Friday to talk about Calgary soccer

On Good Friday, we talk about Cavalry's training camp in Mexico and some trialists looking to make the roster. We also review Calgarians playing soccer in Poland, New Zealand, Victoria, Thunder Bay and more. We look at some League One Alberta signings and also talk about a couple of Calgarians who have been called to Canada’s women’s U20 camp in Germany. Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on Instagram or Bluesky . Our website is yycsoccer.com...

Mar 30, 202431 minSeason 2Ep. 7

Top 5 soccer stories in Calgary over the last 12 months

For our first anniversary episode, we discuss what we think were the top 5 Calgary soccer stories over the last 12 months. The stories include Cavalry FC, Mount Royal University, League One Alberta, Mya Jones and SAIT. We also discuss the topics and players we expect will be mentioned a lot in future episodes this year. Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on Instagram or Bluesky . Our website is yycsoccer.com...

Mar 15, 202432 minSeason 2Ep. 6

Bradley Kamdem Fewo talks Champions Cup and his career

Our feature interview this week is with Cavalry FC defender Bradley Kamden Fewo. We talk with him about Cavalry's recent matches vs Orlando and his career path in general. We discuss the hiring of Jay Wheeldon as Cavs technical director and assistant coach. Scott provides more information about his upcoming book about Calgary soccer history titled "Here Come the Cavalry!" which is coming soon to a bookstore near you. Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on Instagram or Bluesky ...

Mar 08, 202440 minSeason 2Ep. 5

Cavs vs Orlando first leg recap and second leg preview

We review the Cavs debut in the CONCACAF Champions Cup where they faced Orlando City in Victoria. We also preview the second leg that will be played in Orlando. We also talk about Canada men's U20 team and its Calgary connection and there were 5 players with Calgary connections announced for the next MNT match in March. Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on Instagram or Bluesky . Our website is yycsoccer.com...

Feb 27, 202421 minSeason 2Ep. 4

Mya Jones interview from San Diego and more

We chat with Calgarian Mya Jones as she settles into her first pro training camp in San Diego. She talks about transitioning to the pro level, her hopes to play on the Canadian national team and what it's like to train with Alex Morgan. Other topics include a few Cavalry FC roster updates, discussing local players on national youth teams and an attempted mutiny at a local minor soccer club. Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on Instagram or Bluesky . Our website is yycsoccer....

Feb 16, 202427 minSeason 2Ep. 3

Hapgood joins NYCFC, Cavs updates and more

There's a lot of Calgary soccer news to talk about since our last episode. Long time Calgary coach Leon Hapgood has accepted a position with NYCFC in MLS. We discuss his legacy and speculate who could replace him at Cavalry FC. We also discuss the Cavs preliminary roster for their CONCACAF games. We provide updates about Calgarians signing their first pro deals including Grace Stordy and Caleigh Boeckx and also talk about the Canada WU17 team. Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X ...

Feb 06, 202429 minSeason 2Ep. 2

Mya Jones selected by San Diego and Niko Myroniuk interview

We're back for our first episode of 2024. Our feature interview this week is with Niko Myroniuk, who had a busy 2023 with Cavalry FC, Mount Royal University and the Canadian national futsal team. We also discuss Mya Jones being selected in the NWSL draft by San Diego and review some of the offseason roster moves made by Cavalry FC. Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on Instagram or Bluesky . Our website is yycsoccer.com...

Jan 19, 202436 minSeason 2Ep. 1

Cavs to face Orlando City in Victoria and CanPL draft review

We talk about the results of the CONCACAF Champions Cup draw which saw the Cavs paired with Orlando City from MLS. The Cavs home match in that tie will not be played at Spruce Meadows but in Victoria. We chat with Mason Trafford from the Cavs front office about the reasons this decision was made. The CanPL draft also happened this week and we review the Cavs two picks. We wrap up the episode talking about former Cav Mo Farsi winning MLS Cup. Happy Holidays and we'll be back with new episodes in ...

Dec 16, 202345 minSeason 1Ep. 36

Will the Shouldice dome's success lead to more indoor facilities?

This week we provide updates on Calgarians playing soccer around the world from Memphis to Jamaica to Portugal and Senegal. We chat with Calgary Blizzard executive director Jackie Martin about the Shouldice dome project which has started its second year of operation. Jason and Scott also speculate on Calgarians that could be picked in the CanPL draft and who the Cavs may face in CONCACAF Champions Cup in February. Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on Instagram or Bluesky . O...

Dec 01, 202333 minSeason 1Ep. 35

MRU men and SAIT women at Nationals and Calgarians in Europe update

We wrap up the Canadian post-secondary soccer season with a recap of how the Mount Royal Cougars men's team did at USports Nationals and the SAIT Cougars women's team did at CCAA Nationals. The University of Memphis Tigers women's team and their Calgary contingent continue to roll in the NCAA tournament. How are Calgarians such as Victor Loturi, Dominick Zator and Caniggia Elva doing in Europe? We provide a mid-season update. Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on Instagram or...

Nov 20, 202327 minSeason 1Ep. 34

Mount Royal wins Canada West with Ryan Gyaki and more

We talk a lot of university soccer this week, with the focus being Mount Royal University's historic Canada West triumph. The Cougars are the first Calgary based team to win the title since the Dinos did in 1980. We interview head coach Ryan Gyaki and forward David Schaefer as they discuss the final and the U Sports championship tournament this week. The SAIT Trojans womens team is at Nationals this week and a bunch of Calgarians are involved in the NCAA women's soccer championship tournament. S...

Nov 08, 202342 minSeason 1Ep. 33

Completing the Wheeldon Trifecta with Tommy Wheeldon Sr

We discuss Cavalry's loss to Forge in the CanPL championship final and look ahead to the CONCACAF Champions Cup draw. The Wheeldon Trifecta is now complete! This week we interview Tommy Wheeldon Sr about his time in Calgary with the Storm and Blizzard and what he thinks of Cavalry FC. There's also a lot of MRU, Dinos and SAIT playoff soccer to review. We provide some updates from the NCAA regarding the Calgarians playing for the University of Memphis and the University of Maine. Subscribe to our...

Nov 03, 202354 minSeason 1Ep. 32

CanPL finals preview with Daan Klomp and Meghan Wiebe breaks records at SAIT

The Cavs are in the CanPL final this weekend and we preview the matchup vs Forge with Daan Klomp. Just a couple hours after we recorded this interview, he won CPL Player of the Year and Defender of the Year. We also chat with Meaghan Wiebe who has been setting goal scoring records with SAIT this year. Five local school teams are in the playoffs this weekend and we discuss their respective playoff matches. Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on Instagram or Bluesky . Our websit...

Oct 27, 202338 minSeason 1Ep. 31

Anna Hauer, Grace Mwasalla and Cavs playoff preview

This week we chat about the Cavs playoff loss against Forge and look ahead to this weekend's matchup against Pacific. We have two interviews this week. Both guests are Calgarians who have scored a lot of goals for their respective teams this year. Anna Hauer is in her freshman year at the University of Memphis. Recently she was ranked as the 18th best freshman player in the NCAA. We ask her about playing at the Division 1 level and why she loves going 1 v 1 against defenders. Grace Mwasalla was ...

Oct 20, 202339 minSeason 1Ep. 30

Cavalry FC playoff preview and more

This week, we preview Cavalry FC's playoff match vs Forge FC. We also talk about last weekend's match and trophy lift celebration. Comments from Marco Carducci and Tommy Wheeldon Jr from the post-match press conference are included. Other topics include SAIT, USports, and Calgary West United, who took home 2nd place at U17 Nationals last week. Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on Instagram or Bluesky . Our website is yycsoccer.com...

Oct 14, 202329 minSeason 1Ep. 29

John Fisher tribute and Adam Huskic interview

This episode covers a wide variety of Calgary soccer topics. We start the week by paying tribute to John Fisher, who was a fixture in the Calgary soccer scene for many years. Other topics include include Cavalry FC, SAIT and U Sports, the National U17 championships and the MNT roster. Our feature interview is with Calgarian Adam Huskic, who has spent the last year in Europe and currently plays for Pargas IF in the Finnish 3rd division. Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on In...

Oct 06, 202347 minSeason 1Ep. 28

Cavs clinch regular season title

This week we chat with Charlie Trafford about the Cavs cliniching their first trophy. Topics include how the team found out en route to Calgary, how his career has come full circle, and what this means for the Cavs and soccer in Calgary. Our U Sports update discusses the big matchup last weekend between UBC and MRU in the men's division. We also look ahead to this weekend's clash between SAIT and Lethbridge College, who are both ranked in the Top 10 nationally on the women's side. Subscribe to o...

Sep 29, 202327 minSeason 1Ep. 27

U Sports men's scoring leader Sebastian Dzikowski and Cavs inch closer to first

This week we interview Calgarian Sebastian Dzikowski, who leads U Sports men's soccer with 12 goals for UBC this season. We also do our Cavalry FC review and update how they could clinich first place this weekend. Our now weekly update of U21 minutes and a recap of U Sports and ACAC are also included. Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on Instagram or Bluesky . Our website is yycsoccer.com...

Sep 22, 202331 minSeason 1Ep. 26

Cavalry close to clinching regular season title

We talk about the final two matches of the Cavs' road trip and look ahead to their final four matches of the regular season. The Cavs U21 minute review is back for another installment. We catch up with what's been happening in U Sports, ACAC, and the NCAA. Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on Instagram or Bluesky . Our website is yycsoccer.com...

Sep 15, 202327 minSeason 1Ep. 25

Cavs win big in Ottawa and SAIT assistant coach Jess Whyte

We recap the Cavs big win in Ottawa last weekend and preview their two road matches this week. Our review of Cavs U21 minutes has turned into a weekly segment and we give another update. The ACAC season starts this weekend and we interview Jess Whyte, assistant coach for the SAIT womens' team. Add in a U Sports update and some Cavs roster moves and we have a lot to talk about. Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on Instagram or Bluesky . Our website is yycsoccer.com...

Sep 08, 202335 minSeason 1Ep. 24

Ntignee transfer and U Sports women's updates with Tino Fusco and Rachel Barlow

We discuss the transfer of Goteh Ntignee to FC Annecy (French Ligue 2) and also recap the Cavs victory over Pacific last weekend. We also review the opening weekend of U Sports soccer. Our interviews this week focus on U Sports women's soccer with interviews with Mount Royal head coach Tino Fusco and U of C's captain Rachel Barlow. Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Twitter/X or on Instagram or Bluesky . Our website is yycsoccer.com...

Sep 01, 202342 minSeason 1Ep. 23
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