Matheus de Souza Reflects on Vancouver FC Debut, Whitecaps Academy Days, USports UFV Cascades & More

About this episode

Matheus de Souza discusses his debut with Vancouver FC and his journey through university soccer.

It's great to welcome one of the CPL's newest Goalkeepers, Matheus de Souza! Recently, he was drafted 5th overall in the CPL draft following a great season with UFV Cascades, where he did quite well, record for clean sheets, second team all Canadian, Canada West All Rookie Team and Canada West 1st Team All-Star. Now having made his Vancouver FC debut, he reflects on his journey to that moment and so much more! Listen to just audio for Maple Footy here: https://linktr.ee/maplefootypod?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAabc0hsby2lfMiXiY48TQ8pcDItbgGrFbjeCbTaDvOFSWl71vDHj_a_kh-o_aem_y34s3TI7AGEI1bPLD_u_hA Follow Maple Footy on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/maplefootypod Follow Sam Little on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/samlittle44/

People in this episode

Host: Sam Little

Guest: Matheus de Souza

Topics covered

• CPL
• goalkeeping
• soccer debut
• athlete journey
• university sports

Keywords

• CPL
• goalkeeper
• Vancouver FC
• UFV Cascades
• Canada West
• soccer debut
• athlete journey

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vancouver FC, UFV Cascades, Canada West

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