Introduction

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 Brandt from 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!
  • All games should be available for free through onesoccer.ca, though the details have not yet emerged on that. Best to sign up for their mailing list.
  • Cavalry FC sign 17-year old Victor Loturi. He’s from Calgary, and will be one of the youngest players in the leauge. Tommy Wheeldon Jr. is very high on Loturi saying “He’s doing things with a ball that I haven’t seen in a long time.”
  • Some mascots have been introduced, including Stewie the Starfish for Pacific FC, Sparks the dragon for Forge FC, and Rover the giant duck tolling retriever here in Halifax, who my Paw Patrol-obsessed four-year old is super pumped about. I’d love to hear what you think about the mascots – write me in the show notes.

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Next up, predicting the league with the first ever CPL Predicitons Panel.

CPL Predictions for 2019

For the main content today, I invited some of the best and brightest CPL content creators to join me to have a chat about the league and what we can expect for 2019 – who will win the golden boot, who will win each of the half seasons and the overall championship, and much, much more.

You’ll hear the voices of Adam Kostanuick and Jason Paul of the Young Gaffers podcast, Curtis Marshal from the A.F.C. Curtis YouTube channel, and Ryan Brandt who’s a contributor to CanPL.ca and works for TSN 1290 in Winnipeg a well.

For ease of reference (and to keep us honest), I’m posting a table to summarize everyone’s predicitons to the show notes. That’ll make it easy to see how we fared by the end of the season.

CPL Predictions for 2019 || Northern 90 CPL Podcast

CPL Predictions for 2019

Without further adieu, here’s my discussion with the CPL Predicitons Panel.

I hope you enjoyed that conversation. Be sure to let me know what you think by leaving a comment in the show notes – what did you agree with, not agree with, and what categories should we discuss for next year.

Next up, the mailbag.

Mailbag

Some great messages and ideas this week to share with you.

  • Those of you who hear the show last week will remember Sam from the UK who was looking to adopt a club as his own. Well Fabien reached out on Facebook to make his case for York 9. He made the point that Jimmy Brennan played in England, so there’s a connection there, and that, compared to their neighbours Toronto FC, they look a lot like an underdog, which was one of the things Sam was looking for. Thank you, Fabien!
  • Joe wrote to suggest that I start a  CPL pool or fantasy league, which I am definitely working towards, so stay tuned for that.
  • And finally, Robin Glover wrote to offer to help with sound clips and insight into L1O, which is very cool because of the matchups that will be coming for the Canadian Championship, so I’ll definitely take you up on that, Robin.

What do you think?

If you’ve listened to the show, you know I love to hear from you guys I’d love to know what you think. You can:

  • Leave a comment at northern90.ca/episode14
  • Write to me at pat at northern90.ca
  • Fire me a note on Twitter @northernninety

Outroduction

That’s all we’ve got for the show today. Before I go, I just want to thank everyone for your support for the league and this show – it’s been incredible.

Please do check out the guys that joined me:

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 curated CPL content, access to a members-only Facebook group, contests, giveaways, fantasy leagues, all sorts of good stuff. And it’s free. Check it out at northern90.ca/join.

Enjoy your very first CPL matches this weekend, Canada. I’ll be back again next week to break them all down. Until then, take good care.

Credits

Featured Image

Photo by Adi Goldstein on Unsplash

Intro music

Move Like This by spinningmerkaba (c) copyright 2011 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. Ft: Texas Radio Fish, Alex Beroza, and Snowflake

CPL Headlines Music

Calm the F*** Down by Broke for Free (c) copyright 2010 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.

Main Content Intro Music

260809 Funky Nurykabe by spinningmerkaba (c) copyright 2010 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.

Mailbag Music

I dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. Ft: J Lang, Morusque

Outro music

Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkaba (c) copyright 2011 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. Ft: Morusque, Jeris, CSoul, Alex Beroza