Healey & Bailey Notebook: A Canadian Soccer Podcast Healey and Bailey Notebook

We're back with the weekly recap! On this episode, we break down Josh's recent chat with Canadian Premier League commissioner Mark Noonan and the latest surrounding the league's expansion plans for 2025. In addition, we're talking what went wrong for the Halifax Wanderers on Saturday as the 10-man side dropped their home-opener to Atlético Ottawa + a look around the league.



Plus, things aren't slowing down for Federico Bernardeschi and Prince Owusu at TFC, Brian White writes his name into the Whitecaps record books, and CF Montreal fend off a relentless Columbus Crew.



We also do a deep-dive into how Canadians performed abroad throughout the week.



All that and more fun stuff on this week's episode. We hope you enjoy!



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After a week-long hiatus, the boys are back and here to stay!

On this week's episode, we recap the most compelling storylines following a weekend of action for Canadian MLS clubs and squads throughout the Canadian Premier League.

Plus, we discuss standout performances from some Canadians overseas including Alistair Johnston and Junior Hoilett going head-to-head in a Scottish Cup semi-final fixture (and racking up some goal contributions in the process), Theo Bair being named to the Scottish Premiership team of the year, the latest in the never-ending Jonathan David transfer rumour saga, and more!



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The crew is back for our weekly recap episode and we're talking all the latest in Canadian footy.



We start off by diving into some takeaways from Josh's exclusive reporting for OneSoccer where he dove into the relationships developing between some LigaMX and Canadian Premier League clubs — plus, we do a roundup of CPL news such as 18-year-old Kevaughn Tavernier training with French giants AS Monaco, Amer Didic being the latest to join Atletico Ottawa's "super-team", and Myer Bevan not returning to Cavalry for the season ahead.



We also discuss last weekend's all-Canadian MLS clash and Vanni Sartini's self-proclaimed "best club in Canada" comments, another weekend of Canadians snagging goals overseas and in MLS, and lots more!



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We're back with a special edition episode as Mitchell and Josh tackle the inevitable — the 2024 Canadian Premier League season, which kicks off on April 13. The crew selects one Canadian player to watch from each of the league's eight clubs ahead of the upcoming season, plus Josh shares exclusives on what he's hearing from league insiders on what teams are most prepared to challenge for the North Star Cup this year ... and what clubs might've just missed the mark this off-season. This is a fun one. Enjoy!



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What a relief! Thanks to two delicious golazos from CanMNT's all-time leading goalscorer Cyle Larin and Jacob Shaffelburg AKA the Maritime Messi, Canada's Men's National Team have booked their ticket to face World Cup winners Argentina at this summer's Copa América (along with our good pals Peru and Chile).



How did we feel about the way the match unfolded? We discuss!



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Introducing the Friday night special! On this episode, we preview CanMNT's decisive Copa América qualifying match against Trinidad & Tobago, which is finally upon us. That's it. That's the pod. We're talking Stephen Eustaquio being named captain, lineup/score predictions, formations, how important this match is, and lots more fun stuff. It's go time, baby.



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