The King of Barton Street

Introduction

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

Date	Home	Away	Score
June 15	York 9 FC	Pacific FC	1-0
June 15	FC Edmonton	Cavalry FC	0-3
June 15	Forge FC	Valour FC	2-1

Canadian Championship

Date	Home	Away	Score	Stories
June 4	Forge	Cavalry	1-1	- Q’s Red Card - Dust up at the end - Allegations of racial slurs having been used
June 5	HFX	Valour	2-1	- All goals within 8 minutes
June 5	York 9	FCE	3-1	- 3 York 9 goals on corner kicks.
June 11	Cavalry	Forge	2-1	- Cavalry advances - Will face Vancouver Whitecaps with the first match at Spruce Meadows on July 10
June 12	Valour	HFX	TBD	- Winner faces Ottawa Fury
June 12	FCE	York 9	TBD	- Winner faces Montreal Impact

Women’s World Cup

Date	Team 1	Team 2	Score	Stories
June 10	Canada	Cameroon	1-0	Kadeisha Buchanan with the lone goal off a corner kick 16 shots to 4 for Canada Canada had 74% of possession Next match against New Zealand
June 15	Canada	New Zealand	2-0	Comprehensive victory. Christine Sinclair still looking for four goals to make her the top scoring international player in history.

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 coaching staff
Cavs’ Jordan Brown and Forge’s Tristan Borges facing separate misconduct related to the fight
The matter is before Canada Soccer’s Disciplinary Committee.
https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgary-and-hamilton-s-soccer-teams-face-sanctions-for-misconduct-1.4463290

Ryan Telfer was recalled by TFC

TFC game against SKC, where he provided the game-tying assist.
Check it out the highlights in the show notes:
https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2019-06-07-toronto-fc-vs-sporting-kansas-city/recap
Telfer spoke very highly of the league and how it’s afforded him the opportunity to get meaningful minutes
https://northerntribune.ca/ryan-telfer-loan-comment/

Forge FC Qualify for CONCACAF League

Forge FC have clinched their spot in CONCACAF League.
There’s still one more game to be played between Forge FC and FC Edmonton, but mathematically, Forge is already in.
First game will be July 30th against Antigua GFC.

If you like the headlines, check out the Northern 90 Supporters Group!

Next up, an interview with Allan Gorman, President of the Barton St. Battalion.

Interview with Gordon Allan of the Barton St. Battalion

Caught up with Allan ahead of leg two of Forge’s CanChamp matchup with Cavalry FC.
Talked about
- what it’s like to start a supporters’ group with no previous experience
- The supporters’ group’s relationship with the club and owner Bob Young
- Impressions of the first game and the league so far
- Much more
Allan was as passionate as anyone I’ve spoken to so far on the podcast. He’s not just a fan of Forge, but a fan of the league.
Here’s my chat:

[Interview]

Thanks again to Allan for making the time ahead of heading to the pub for his club’s Canadian Championship game.
Tell me what you thought of what Allan had to say by leaving a comment in the show notes.

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: Can Cavalry FC possibly continue their streak of dominance?

Ugh, probably.

— Crow_and_Cat (@CrowandCat1) June 7, 2019

Short answer: No. I think they’ll lose 3 games in the back half of the spring season.

— T Bison (@T_Bison) June 7, 2019

A couple of their games have been extremely close with goals coming late in the game and stoppage time tipping the game in their favour. – in particular Forge and Valour. That requires skill and a dose of luck to keep that up. I can see them either drawing or losing about 2.

— Joe (@lwos_joe) June 7, 2019

Welcome to new members of the Northern 90 Supporters’ Group who wrote to me this week:

Pierre-Alexandre
Sebastien

This week’s question: How seriously should Forge FC take their CONCACAF League run?

Leave a comment at northern90.ca/episode19
Write to me at pat at northern90.ca
Fire me a note on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram @northernninety

The Week Ahead

Tons of soccer!

CanPL – Lots! Only two weeks left in the spring season.
Gold Cup – Canada play Mexico on the 19th and Cuba on the 23rd
Women’s World Cup – against the Netherlands on the 20th to determine who takes top spot in the table.

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.

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Thanks so much, Canada. Have a great week.

Credits

Featured Image

Photo by Paul Hendren with permission. All other rights reserved.

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CPL Headlines Music

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Mailbag Music

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The King of Barton Street