{"podcast":{"title":"Northern Fútbol Podcast","slug":"northern-f-tbol-podcast-1452551","podcast_index_feed_id":1452551,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6669a9442868cb00110a0de9","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/northern-ftbol","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6669a9442868cb00110a0de9/show-cover.jpg","author":"Canadian Soccer Daily","episode_count":322,"summary":"Hosted by Ben Steiner, Brendan Dunlop and Alexandre Gangué-Ruzic, the Northern Fútbol Podcast analyzes the Canadian national teams, Canadians abroad, MLS, CPL and everything Canadian soccer. ✉️: northernfutbolshow@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T12:18:30.172231+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/northern-f-tbol-podcast-1452551"},"episode":{"title":"Race for Canada’s World Cup squad is coming down to the WIRE!","slug":"race-for-canada-s-world-cup-squad-is-coming-down-to-the-wire","published_at":"2026-05-20T21:25:06+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/northern-f-tbol-podcast-1452551/race-for-canada-s-world-cup-squad-is-coming-down-to-the-wire","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/northern-f-tbol-podcast-1452551","url":"https://shows.acast.com/northern-futbol-podcast/episodes/the-race-for-canadas-world-cup-squad-is-coming-down-to-the-w","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6669a9442868cb00110a0de9/e/6a0e26b3d7997e788c1333a6/media.mp3","summary":"With the start of the 2026 World Cup now less than a month away, the next few weeks promise to be a sprint to the start line for the 48 teams participating, especially for the co-hosts, the CanMNT, who are getting set for their first match against Bosnia & Herzegovina on June 12th. As Canada gets set to start their pre-World Cup camp in Charlotte in the coming days, Alex and Ben dive into the state of the Canadian squad, with Jesse Marsch set to officially name his 26-player squad for this summer on May 29th.  Who will make the 26? Who is set to miss out? They take a look at which battles are heating up with that May 29th date now less than two weeks away. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"With the start of the 2026 World Cup now less than a month away, the next few weeks promise to be a sprint to the start line for the 48 teams participatin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3149,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/northern-f-tbol-podcast-1452551/episodes/race-for-canada-s-world-cup-squad-is-coming-down-to-the-wire/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/northern-f-tbol-podcast-1452551/race-for-canada-s-world-cup-squad-is-coming-down-to-the-wire.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}