NextPod

NextPod

NextPod is a weekly look at North American soccer prospects. Primarily focusing on MLS Next Pro, the Canadian Premier League, USL and NCAA soccer, hosts Duane Rollins and James Grossi are on the hunt for the next stars of MLS and European football. Published each Tuesday.

Episodes

NextPod Soccer Podcast: Season 2, Episode 8

August 30, 2024 • 11 mins
James catches up with the Canadian women's U-20 national team coach Cindy Tye ahead of the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia.
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NextPod Soccer Podcast: Season 2, Episode 7

August 14, 2024 • 52 mins
James chats with Italy U-20 national team coach Alberto Bollini, welcomes back Pierce Lang as the end of the League1 Ontario season takes shape, and touches on Canada's run at the 2024 Concacaf Girls U-15 Championship, the League1 Canada Inter-Provincial Championship, as well as the inaugural Canada Soccer PDP Championship in the news and notes.
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NextPod Soccer Podcast: Season 2, Episode 6

July 12, 2024 • 42 mins
Amy Walsh joins the show to talk about the women's professional player pathway in Canada ahead of the inaugural season of the Northern Super League, Jesse Marsch urges the acceleration of player development for the men's national team and touches on the role the Canadian Premier League can play, and Andrew Olivieri looks ahead to the men's U-20 national team's Concacaf Championship adventure
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NextPod Soccer Podcast: Season 2, Episode 5

June 28, 2024 • 49 mins
The boys talk League1 BC with Michael McColl of AFTN and have a look at the Canadian Premier League U-21 minutes table 11 rounds into the season.
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NextPod Soccer Podcast: Season 2, Episode 4

June 21, 2024 • 47 mins
The boys talk League1 Alberta with Scott Strasser of the YYC Soccer Podcast and dive into some of the draws and schedule drops for a busy summer ahead.
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NextPod Soccer Podcast: Season 2 - May 29

May 29, 2024 • 50 mins
The boys return with a look at the League1 Ontario season and an interview with CanW17 coach Emma Humphries.
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NextPod Soccer Podcast: Season 2, Episode 2

February 12, 2024 • 63 mins
James and Duane react to Canada's elimination from u17 women's World Cup qualifying after a 2-1 loss to Mexico and then look ahead to Men's u20 qualifying with head coach Andrew Olivieri.
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NextPod Soccer Podcast: Season 2, Episode 1

February 2, 2024 • 56 mins
The boys are back after their holiday break to launch season 2 of the podcast. In today's episode, they are joined by Canadian u20 women's head coach Emma Humphries to talk about the Concacaf qualifying tournament. James and Duane also get into MLS and CanPL training camp news and talk about the need for the CanPL to get young players under contract.
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NextPod Soccer Podcast for December 15

December 15, 2023 • 56 mins
In the final show of 2023, James and Duane talk to John Molinaro about the state of development at Toronto FC, wrap up the u17 World Cup, set up the women's U17 qualifying and touch on developments in the League1 pyramid. We end the show by reflecting on 2024 and looking ahead to season 2 of NextPod.
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NextPod Soccer Podcast for November 21

November 21, 2023 • 49 mins
In today's NextPod, James and Duane lament another oh-for World Cup for Canada after the u17s lose against Mali and then talk to Ben Steiner of CB Sports about the 2023 USports men's and women's championship weekend.
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NextPod Soccer Podcast -- Special u17 FIFA World Cup Edition

November 14, 2023 • 25 mins
In this special edition of the podcast, James and Duane look back on Canada's first two games at the 2023 FIFA u17 World Cup and set up the team's final game against Mali.
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NextPod Soccer Podcast for November 10 - FIFA u17 Men's World Cup Preview

November 10, 2023 • 73 mins
In this special edition of NextPod, the boys preview the 2023 FIFA u17 men's World Cup. With appearances by Canada Soccer's Men's National Youth Excel Director Andrew Olivieri and MLSSoccer's Charles Bohem, who looks at the USYNT and the role of NextPro in shaping the roster.
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NextPod Soccer Podcast for October 31

October 31, 2023 • 53 mins
On today's show, James and Duane are joined by Austin FC's Sal Mazzaferro. The Canadian defender talks about his first pro season in the MLS system and his future plans. The boys also touch on the 2023 Canadian Premier League final, whether young players get enough of a look in the playoffs, what makes a successful pro academy and on the legacy of Christine Sinclair.
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NextPod Soccer Podcast for October 27

October 27, 2023 • 46 mins
Duane and James set-up the 2024 CanPL Final and talk u21 player of the year with CanPL.ca's Mitchell Tierney.
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NextPod Soccer Podcast for October 17

October 17, 2023 • 48 mins
In this week's NextPod, Duane and James are joined by former US international and Houston Dynamo legend Rico Clark to talk about his first season as head coach of Whitecaps 2. Rico discusses the role of MLS NextPro in the development pathway, how to balance wins and losses with other development needs, what he's learned about himself as a coach and more.
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NextPod Soccer Podcast for October 3

October 4, 2023 • 62 mins
CEO and co-owner of League1 Ontario champions Simcoe County Rovers joins us to talk about the success of the club, its place in the Barrie, Ont. market and whether they might have CanPL or Project 8 aspirations in the future. That and James and Duane breakdown all the news in Canadian development circles for the week.
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NextPod Soccer Podcast for September 26

September 26, 2023 • 54 mins
Duane and James are joined by CS Saint Laurent's sporting director Rocco Placentino. Rocco talks to us about the difference between development today and when he was a player, building the Quebec League1 championship roster, how much he's looking forward to competing in the Canadian championship and how Quebec needs more professional teams -- he even tells us that he's been working the phones to find investors to bring the CanPL to...
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NextPod Soccer Podcast for September 20

September 20, 2023 • 47 mins
James and Duane are joined by Canada Soccer's Mike Vitulano to talk about the Canadian men's u15 program, development in Canada and how the CSA identifies talent. We even ask the big question: are we too reliant on the three MLS academies?
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NextPod Soccer Podcast for September 13

September 13, 2023 • 58 mins
Duane and James discuss the end of the League1 Ontario season with the voice of the league, Pierce Lang. They then look ahead to 2024, with a chat with Connor Vande Weghe, who is the Sporting Director at the newest League2 Ontario side, Sudbury Cyclones.
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NextPod Soccer Podcast for September 6

September 6, 2023 • 28 mins
In a special Labour Day Weekend edition of the podcast, Duane and James are joined by Canada Soccer's head of referees to talk about the development of officials. The boys also touch on the League1 Ontario final (next week's show will be all in on a season review), CanW17 qualifying and Metropolitain University of Toronto forfeiting games because of suggested hazing.
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