That’s So MLS
That’s So MLS is the Major League Soccer podcast for the long-suffering fan of the world’s most chaotic league. Hosted by journalist Andrew Bates and ex-casual defender Nick Thornton, TSMLS looks at club soccer from a Canadian perspective, with coverage of games and news from around North America.
That’s So MLS is the Major League Soccer podcast for the long-suffering fan of the world’s most chaotic league. Hosted by journalist Andrew Bates and ex-casual defender Nick Thornton, TSMLS looks at club soccer from a Canadian perspective, with coverage of games and news from around North America.
Episodes

Monday Jan 12, 2026
MLS Cup 2025 Postmortem
Monday Jan 12, 2026
Monday Jan 12, 2026
It's been a hot minute since our beloved Whitecaps fell in the final to Inter Messi FC so we've got the full run down of that match plus some of the big off season moves happening. We talk the teams we think could be in trouble and those we think will be just fine heading into 2026.
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Tuesday Dec 02, 2025
The Whitecaps Are Going to the MLS Cup Final That's the Name of the Show
Tuesday Dec 02, 2025
Tuesday Dec 02, 2025
We have a lot of playoff and off field MLS news so we do a bit of rapid fire updates and then get straight to the heart of the matter: the two best MLS teams this season are heading to the final. And one of them is the Vancouver Whitecaps
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Friday Oct 31, 2025
2025 Playoffs Wild Card and Round 1
Friday Oct 31, 2025
Friday Oct 31, 2025
Decision Day has come and gone and we are here catching up on all the action since then. We talk about the wild card games, the first games of round 1, some big news about retirements and the ever-evolving coach carousel, and even manage to throw some praise at Inter Miami.
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Thursday Oct 02, 2025
East Coast Locked In
Thursday Oct 02, 2025
Thursday Oct 02, 2025
With Decision Day just around the corner, we take a look at the Eastern Conference, where we have certainty about who's in and who's out. In the West, things are decidedly more up for grabs, so we look at who we think may get the business done. We look at some teams making a comeback, some teams sticking to their winning ways, and some teams whose seasons ended a while ago. And we cap it all off with some CPL drama.
*Recorded before the Voyageurs Cup Final

Friday Aug 22, 2025
Müller Time
Friday Aug 22, 2025
Friday Aug 22, 2025
Nick and Bates tackle a wild August for transfers in MLS, including the arrivals of Heung-Min Son to LAFC and Thomas Müller to the Vancouver Whitecaps, as well as TFC landing Djordje Mihailovic and Colorado bringing Paxton Aaronson back to the league.

Wednesday Jul 09, 2025
Total Soccer Summer
Wednesday Jul 09, 2025
Wednesday Jul 09, 2025
With Club World Cup, Gold Cup, and regular MLS action, we have reached peak soccer summer! We look at some of the major news around MLS, check in on the not-so-perfect-anymore Whitecaps, as well as the still not very good Toronto and Montreal. We also glance at the other competitions, including where things went wrong for both the US and Canada men's teams.
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Wednesday Jun 11, 2025
Wading into the Marsch
Wednesday Jun 11, 2025
Wednesday Jun 11, 2025
After a disappointing CONCACAF Champions Cup final where the Whitecaps collapsed, we look at how their fortunes were briefly worse. We also look around MLS where the top teams are beginning to put some daylight between them and the rest of the pack. We also grudgingly talk FIFA Club World Cup, the *actual* World Cup, and what it all means among travel bans and ICE raids.
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Saturday May 03, 2025
The Age of Brian White
Saturday May 03, 2025
Saturday May 03, 2025
For the past few weeks we have been witnessing something we never dreamt possible: The Vancouver Whitecaps are the best team in MLS and just defeated Inter Miami in Concacaf action TWICE. It truly is the golden age and we have a lot to say about it. We also talk about changes at LAFC, some inter-league transfers, and some other teams who are also very good right now.
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