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Pull out your thesaurus and look up "spectacular", CCL! is back with special guest, CanPL.ca’s very own, Oliver Platt! Oli joins Armen and Marty to breakdown Saturday’s matches and the big stadium openings in Halifax, Calgary and Winnipeg. Plus, the three review the first CCL! Power Rankings, give their "CPL surprises" through the first six matches and much more.

The CCL! crew get right to the footie because there’s finally footie to talk about! Kurt, Armen & Marty review the CPL’s inaugural game and dive deep into how Forge & York9 lined up in their first match. The guys also breakdown Pacific’s 1-0 win over HFX Wanderers, preview the four matches set for this week and give their best, disappointing and underrated players through the first 180 minutes of CPL football ever.

The CPL's inaugural season has finally arrived! Kurt, Armen and Marty kick things off with the CPL’s Inaugural Match between Forge FC and York9 FC, Y9 goalkeeper Nathan Ingham joins the show to give some insight, the guys preview the weekend's second match between Pacific and HFX Wanderers and predict who will win the CPL’s end-of-season awards.

Centre Circle LIVE! wraps up their string of interviews from the Dominican Republic with FC Edmonton striker Tomi Ameobi. The 30-year-old has returned to the Eddies after being a fixture in the club’s previous iteration in the NASL. He talks about that return and how it helped put his life back on track, seeing head coach Jeff Paulus make the jump from assistant coach and takes us inside FCE’s crazy winter camping trip.

Several matches seen, many gallons of water consumed, Kurt, Armen and Marty are here for some sweaty CPL preseason chat! They talk about what they’ve seen in the Dominican Republic so far; early team impressions, what they’re hearing on the ground and some players that have stood out. Plus, the gang review Canada’s Gold Cup draw

Centre Circle Live! had York9 FC midfielder Manny Aparicio in the recording suite (balcony?) on Wednesday. The former Toronto FC man recapped a chippy friendly against Cavalry FC earlier in the day, how his preseason in the CPL compares to Spain and MLS and answers the question, "where does Manny Aparicio think he is in his career right now?"

The latest edition of Centre Circle Live! from the Dominican Republic is here. Forge FC attacker Chris Nanco hops on the CCL! couch to chat about his preseason impressions, head coach Bobby Smyrniotis' lighter side and his potential options on the international level and, yes, another dangerous preseason story.

HFX Wanderers FC fullback Zachary Sukunda jumped into the quite literal hot seats of Centre Circle Live! down in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic with Kurt and Armen Sunday. He gives us some Stephen Hart-isms, why he thought Didier Drogba’s treatment in Montreal was unfair and which Wanderers player he thinks is the most underrated in the CPL.

Calvary FC centreback Mason Trafford joined the guys in sunny Punta Cana, Dominican Republic for a chat about being a personal favourite of CanPL.ca's very own Kurt Larson, playing under Alessandro Nesta and a dangerous preseason experience he once had in Tanzania.