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2013 Juan de Fuca Plate FINAL - Fri, June 28th, 7pm at Thunderbird Stadium (VWFC U23 v VHFC)

Lord_Bob — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:49:16 -0800

So the USL PDL schedule has been released. The schedule for the 2013 Juan de Fuca Plate is:

Friday, May 17, 2013 - Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 v. Victoria Highlanders FC - UBC Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver
Friday, May 31, 2013 - Victoria Highlanders FC v. Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 - Royal Athletic Park, Victoria
Friday, June 28, 2013 - Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 v. Victoria Highlanders FC - UBC Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver

The Fraser Valley Mariners are out, to the surprise of absolutely nobody but the disappointment of all.

Obviously, the 2012 year gave us our fantastic trophy and our shit website. By the end of the season the Whitecaps and the USL PDL were mentioning it in their writeups, and I'm told the Highlanders will be following suit. So, in spite of the tragic loss of the Mariners, momentum is building and I'm sure we'll have a thrilling 2013 Plate. Friday evening games will probably make away travel difficult but I know I'll be in Victoria.

We were discussing getting the following items made for the 2013 edition of the competition, plus one addition of my own:

A logo.
One or two banners to hang at each JdF plate match. The original idea was that there be one banner on the Island and one on the Mainland to save us from having to schlup tifo on the ferry every week, but if memory serves me right we only had funds raised for a single banner and, given that there's only three games this year, surely one will do.
A championship table cloth for the trophy presentation on May 31/June 28, as needed. Given how well the presentation worked last year at Swangard I bet we could live without this.
Potentially, scarves for the championship team. This seems like a nice idea but hardly an important one; I say this particularly because it seems like there may be a lot of fundraising pressures on the Southsiders this year and we don't want to go to the well too often.
Trademarking the Juan de Fuca Plate name in Canada.

Thoughts?

Whitecaps U-23 (USL PDL) and Residency (USSDA - U18 and down)

Blue_and_White_Army — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:18:08 -0700

Or at least the first match is confirmed as being open, anyway. Free admission, free parking, and supporters will be located in section 225 (west stand, just south of the centre line).

The Female "Teal Bunbury" Returns Home

Forever_A_Team — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:21:17 -0700

Southside Nation,

I know many of you don't rate the women's game, but today our club announced a very interesting signing. I coached a girls' high school team against Sydney and watched her performances for the 'Caps in 2005. She is talented as a player, but doesn't have the best attitude...or at least she didn't back then. I doubt anyone will give her a hard time on the women's tour of BC.

Much Love,

Forever A Team

Moved to "Residency, Youth and Women

Vancouver Whitecaps Residency 2012-13 USSDA season

Lord_Bob — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:32:18 -0700

If you missed it, the Whitecaps released the first rosters for the U-18 and U-16 winter seasons today. The schedule's been out for some time; first game is in California on September 8 against Pateadores and the first home game is December 15 against Portland at SFU.

http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2012/08/whitecaps-fc-residency-kicks-2012-13-program

U-18

Name Pos Hometown YOB 2011-12 Club
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adekugbe, Sam LB Calgary, Alberta 1995 Whitecaps U-16
Cabrera, Sebastian FW Edmonton, Alberta 1995 Whitecaps U-16
Chopin, Titouan MF/FW Burnaby, BC 1995 Whitecaps U-16
Deboice, Spencer MF/FW Surrey, BC 1994 Whitecaps U-18
Duncan, Quinton RB London, Ontario 1995 Whitecaps U-16
Elbourne, Liam MF Halifax, Nova Scotia 1995 Halifax City SC/Whitecaps U-16
Essa, Yassin MF/FW Surrey, BC 1994 Whitecaps U-18
Farmer, Jackson CB Edmonton, Alberta 1995 Whitecaps U-16
Haynes, Jordan MF/FW Peterborough, Ontario 1996 TFC Academy U-17/Whitecaps U-16
Huitema, Brody FW Chilliwack, BC 1995 Whitecaps U-16
Marquez, Carlos FW Richmond, BC 1994 Whitecaps U-18
Melvin, Sean GK Victoria, BC 1994 Whitecaps U-18
Patino, Carlos FW Edmonton, Alberta 1995 Whitecaps U-16
Piraux, Mitch MF Calgary, Alberta 1995 Whitecaps U-16
van der Eyden, Matthew DF New Westminster, BC 1995 Whitecaps U-16
Wirth, Nolan GK Comox, BC 1995 Whitecaps U-16

U-16

Name Pos Hometown YOB 2011-12 Club
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ajibike, Olamide DF Maple Ridge, BC 1997 Whitecaps U-14
Bordignon, Matteo DF Surrey, BC 1997 Whitecaps U-14
Bustos, Marco MF Winnipeg, Manitoba 1996 Whitecaps U-16
Carducci, Marco GK Calgary, Alberta 1996 Whitecaps U-16
Chow, Matthew MF/FW Vancouver, BC 1996 Fusion FC U-16/Whitecaps U-16
Comsia, Alex CB North Vancouver, BC 1996 Whitecaps U-16
Cuthbert, Joshua DF Victoria, BC 1997 Vancouver Island Wave U-15
Im, Brian MF Victoria, BC 1997 Whitecaps U-14
Kang, Jeevin DF Surrey, BC 1997 Surrey United U-15/Whitecaps U-14
Konneh, Kalifala MF Burnaby, BC 1996 Whitecaps U-16
Lally, Jasdeep GK Surrey, BC 1997 Whitecaps U-16
Libke, Evan CB North Vancouver, BC 1997 Whitecaps U-14
Lopez, Anthony James FW Port Coquitlam, BC 1997 Whitecaps U-14
Polisi, Marcello MF Coquitlam, BC 1997 Whitecaps U-14
Saporito, Francesco MF Edmonton, Alberta 1997 Whitecaps U-14
Zanatta, Dario MF Kelowna, BC 1997 Whitecaps U-14

The sub-U-16 roster are also posted. Interestingly, Tom Soehn's son T.J. is no longer with the Residency.

NWSL thread

krisaug5 — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:20:32 -0800

I hadn't found a place to discuss NWSL happenings in a dedicated thread, so delete this if I missed it.

The National Women's Soccer League will consist of 8 teams.

Boston Breakers
Washington Spirit
Portland Thorns
Seattle Reign FC
Chicago Red Stars
Sky Blue FC
Western New York Flash
FC Kansas City

Each team has members of the Canadian, US, and Mexican national teams which were allocated to them, and have signed many more.

Reserves: Whitecaps vs Timbers: May 19th, 2013, 11am @ Thunderbird Stadium, UBC

Legal_Alien — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:40:18 -0700

Let's get a big crowd out to support the lads... otherwise with all the TA in town this weekend this might feel like a home game for Portland. We can't allow that to happen in "Our House"!

MLS Reserves' League

Blue_and_White_Army — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:44:30 -0700

Will all of the MLS reserves' matches be played behind closed doors?

Our lads played their first match today down in San Jose, and from this photo, it doesn't look like any supporters were in attendance. The Whitecaps' official website story also fails to mention where the next match (the first match in Vancouver) will take place, as does the schedule posted earlier.

The 93s

slamo — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:25:11 -0800

Thougth I'd start a thread on the 93's since the club is at a point where we have a bunch of lads who are good enough to keep playing at a high level but once the upcoming PDL season is over have nowhere to go in the Whitecap organization. Stuart Neely has been brought in to figure out the best way to do this. Modern day in age; most of the boys have agents by the time they are 17/18 telling them what is best for them, probably parents with different ideas (University??), so what to do with 19 year old boys with no space on the MLS roster. The 93's are: Caleb Clarke - striker with a nice touch, great scoring instinct, hanging around the first team, I'd like to see him add some swagger to his game myself Ben Fisk - forward who developed nicely last year and put up nice stats in the second half of the PDL season, Alderson and Clarke changed his role a bit and he adapted well, smart player with a big engine Callum Irving - can he make up for his height? funny six feet is small, great reflexes and confident in net, great organizer of defence, easy guy to cheer for Declan Rodriguez - if there is anyone outside the big three who should stick around the club it's got to be Declan - he seems to be able to play 10 positions and went from being guilty on every goal in the early part of the season to being a solid attacking back Other 93's are Alex Rowley (flashes of brilliance), Tim Hickson, Ben McKendry, and Jason van Blerk (three strong solid players) Without the big four these four would be an impressive lot on their own Alex I saw in Maple Ridge when he was younger and he was so much better than the other kids - he ended up going to Scotland on a trial and I figured he'd not be coming back. Ben I coached against - but he was 6-7, so I don't recall much LOL, he has a lot of potential and is in the National mix so needs some ongoing development. Tim and Jason both looked a bit out of thier depth in PDL as 17 year olds in limited time but both seemed solid in filling roles though Jason really didn't have much of a run unless it was at games I missed. These four will need to show their stuff in PDL this season.

FC Edmonton pre-season tour in Metro Vancouver (late March 2013)

DannyBoy — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:13:47 -0700

I was just at saveon in Langley and saw a bunch of players (one in full FC Edmonton gear). One gave me a dirty look for wearing Caps gear. Anyways on the FCED website it says they are playing the Caps on Tuesday but I don't seem to notice anything on the Whitecaps site. Anyone else know about this? Secret friendly?

NCAA Caps

RaybanOriginal — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 08:45:58 -0700

Florida Gulf Coast University

Daniel Stanese – D

Simon Fraser University

Alex Rowly – M

Jason Van Blerk – D

University of Kentuky

Callum Irving – GK

University of Milwaukee

Declan Rodriguez – MF/D

University of New Mexico

Ben McKendry – MF/D

MLS USL-Pro Partnership Officially Announced.

LittleBird — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:59:05 -0800

http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/home/690349.html

The Whitecaps have not partnered with a team so their reserves will be play in the league. Only 4 MLS teams have partnered so far.

Whitecaps will not field a W-League team in 2013

Elisant — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 12:24:30 -0800

whitecapsfc.com/news/2012/12/vancouver-whitecaps-fc-announce-w-league-team-status-2013-season

VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Whitecaps FC announced today that the club will not field a W-League team for the 2013 season.

“The women’s landscape is evolving with the introduction of the new women’s professional league that will include many of the Canadian national team players,” said Rachel Lewis, Whitecaps FC chief operating officer. “Vancouver Whitecaps FC remain dedicated to the development of female players and look forward to exploring additional development opportunities with our partners, including BC Soccer and the Canadian Soccer Association, to continue to grow the game in this province and country as we lead up to the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup and beyond.”

The club has been part of the United Soccer Leagues W-League since 2001, and in that time have won USL W-League titles in 2004 and 2006.

“The club remains a strong supporter of the USL W-League, and wishes all teams and players the best of luck for the 2013 season and beyond,” said Dan Lenarduzzi, Whitecaps FC director of soccer development. “We’ve had a tremendous experience over the years with the W-League and have utmost confidence that the league will continue to deliver a high level of play, training, and development for up and coming players.”

Whitecaps FC continue to be a leader in youth development programs through its camps, clinics, Academy Centres, tournaments, and showcases. The club also announced in September 2012, its plans to build the National Soccer Development Centre (NSDC) in partnership with the B.C. Government and the University of British Columbia (UBC).

USL Pro (D3 League) may become MLS affilate

piltdownman — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:38:18 -0800

This discussion was created from comments split from: The USL PDL Thread.

Whitecaps will not field a W-League team for the 2013

piltdownman — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 12:25:44 -0800

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC ANNOUNCE W-LEAGUE TEAM STATUS FOR 2013 CLUB MAKES STRUCTURAL CHANGE TO WOMEN'S PROGRAM

VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Whitecaps FC announced today that the club will not field a W-League team for the 2013 season.

“The women’s landscape is evolving with the introduction of the new women’s professional league that will include many of the Canadian national team players,” said Rachel Lewis, Whitecaps FC chief operating officer. “Vancouver Whitecaps FC remain dedicated to the development of female players and look forward to exploring additional development opportunities with our partners, including BC Soccer and the Canadian Soccer Association, to continue to grow the game in this province and country as we lead up to the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup and beyond.”

The club has been part of the United Soccer Leagues W-League since 2001, and in that time have won USL W-League titles in 2004 and 2006.

“The club remains a strong supporter of the USL W-League, and wishes all teams and players the best of luck for the 2013 season and beyond,” said Dan Lenarduzzi, Whitecaps FC director of soccer development. “We’ve had a tremendous experience over the years with the W-League and have utmost confidence that the league will continue to deliver a high level of play, training, and development for up and coming players.”

Whitecaps FC continue to be a leader in youth development programs through its camps, clinics, Academy Centres, tournaments, and showcases. The club also announced in September 2012, its plans to build the National Soccer Development Centre (NSDC) in partnership with the B.C. Government and the University of British Columbia (UBC).

Vancouver Whitecaps look to enter WPS in 2012

piltdownman — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:55:24 -0800

As the Vancouver Whitecaps prepare to kick-off their inaugural 2010 MLS season on March 19, they’re also looking to enter a women’s team in WPS in 2012. Currently, their women’s team plays in the W-League and reached the finals in 2010. If efforts go as planned, Vancouver will become the first MLS club with a WPS team.

...

http://www.examiner.com/soccer-in-national/vancouver-whitecaps-look-to-enter-wps-2012-interview-with-coach-busby

Whitecaps next residency signing

Subhedgehog — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:43:13 -0800

This kid is fantastic. Unstoppable. Sign him up and in a few short years that juggernaut of destruction will tear a path through MLS and onward to inevitable victory.

Caught the video originally from here: fitbathatba.com/2012/11/retired-footballer-subbed-off-for-his-5.html

This is the best thing I have seen in at least an hour. Maybe longer. I'll never tell.

Futsal for Kids' Development

WhitecapsFutbol — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:52:20 -0800

Just ran across this interesting video about Brazil's Futsal superstar...

I don't think its a coincidence Brazil produces such great players who all have been exposed to and been great at Futsal...

C'mon Lenarduzzi,.. hire a brazilian futsal coach for the young acadamy kids!!

Reserve Stats

ynwasouthside — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 22:32:14 -0700

2012

Klazura 10 900
Mitchell 9 810 3
Teibert 9 759
Knighton 8 675
Nanchoff 8 656
Watson 7 563
Barbara 6 468
Salgado 5 441
Harris 5 387 3
Harvey 5 353
Franks 5 323 1
Alderson 6 303 1
Tan 5 295 1
Boxall 3 270
Adekugbe 4 234
Sylvestre 3 225
Lensky 4 200
Farenhorst 3 197
Ulisses 2 180
Fisk 3 153
Mattocks 2 139 1
Jhutty 3 135
Miller 2 112
Froese 2 94 1
Clarke 5 92
Stanese 3 92
Koffie 1 90
Camilo 1 90
Bonjour 1 90
Davidson 1 90
Hassli 1 73
Farmer 2 72
Marquez 1 63
McKendry 2 49
Peterlin 1 45
Rochat 1 45
Stewart 1 30
Essa 1 27
Cabrera 1 26
Dosanjh 1 18
Taylor 1 18
Huitema 1 18
Marello 1 12

    2574    
    9912         25.97%

AFTN Running the Caps: East Fife man Gordon Forrest hired as U18 Coach

ynwasouthside — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 07:06:29 -0700

Here's an old article:

http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/sport/forrest-uproots-for-new-football-role-1-1823153

Confirmation from the club:

http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2012/10/whitecaps-fc-name-gordon-forrest-u-18-residency-head-coach-and-manager-coaching-develop

Costs of the Whitecaps women's team

EnglishSteve — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:39:38 -0700

I had this discussion a while back with a few mates, and I would be interested in your opinions.

When I was a season ticket holder at Bristol City I expected my money to be spend on the first team. I couldn't care less if there was a Bristol City Women's team (which there was), I just wanted my club to put all their money in the first team set up.

Just wondering about when and if the Whitecaps give out financials. I am not sure if they would make a profit or not. But lets say they posted a loss of $3 million dollars and that was impacting the first team, training facilities, coaching staff and scouting staff etc.

Would you like to see them drop the womens football program if it wasn't self sufficient.

NY Times Article on Academy vs. High School Development.

LittleBird — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 09:42:51 -0700

Excellent article on the impact of USSF's dictate that players must play full time on their academy teams, told through the stories of two top high school players in suburban New Jersey.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/06/sports/soccer/club-soccer-pulls-at-players-ties-to-hometown-teams.html?hpw

Thursday OCT-4-2012 :: Reserves game tonight?? (R)

tommo2210 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 08:19:30 -0700

Anyone know if the game tonight at Swanguard is open to public? Haven't seen it advertised anywhere. Also what time is kick off?

MOD NOTE: MOVED TO Reserves,Residency,Youth and Women

Friendly: Vancouver Whitecaps FC Reserves v Columbus FC

Christopher — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:59:24 -0700

I couldn't find a thread, but last night the Whitecaps FC had a reserve friendly against Columbus FC. For those who weren't there, here are my photos of our 2-0 victory. Mitchell got the first goal and Canadian Soccer Jesus got the second. http://www.flickr.com/photos/vosie/sets/72157631695105959/with/8056233627/

Cantera Policy at the Res?

ynwasouthside — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:27:27 -0700

Slow day in Caps land so I was reading some Voyageurs trash the Caps for not playing any Canadians. I thought I'd share my reply because at the end I thought it's really bullshit that we invest a ton in the National Women's team and in training youth players from outside the province and get no credit whatsoever. I know a guy like Bryce Alderson represent a potential return on investment, but if we had instead invested more money in Ben McKendry, would we be any better/worse off? My feeling is probably not. Maybe it's time to go local only. As noted, it's already happening in Toronto and Montreal...

Here what I said to attacks on the Caps for not playing Canadians:

_Why is first team minutes the be all and end all metric?

This view is extremely is narrow and absolutely shocking from a group of so-called Canadian Soccer Supporters. It implies that if the club disappeared tomorrow there would be no impact on Canadian soccer. Ha. What a joke. Three of Canada's 18 in the Olympics today are from the current Whitecaps club. How many women are from TFC? The Impact? More than half the team came through the Whitecaps system. Without Greg Kerfoot there would be no game against Japan today.

Don't follow women's soccer, fine. Me neither really. But this is by far the most successful program in the nation run by the exact same people who supposedly hate Canada. What a joke.

What about youth development? If the USSDA championship match doesn't impress you, how about the fact that we don't have a single foreign player in the 60+ players in the Residency (though I'm starting to feel that way about the non-BC kids based on the comments here)? Or how about the fact that we are the only training opportunity in the country with UEFA A Licensed coaches (we have 7, ffs)? Or maybe you should read this interview with Paul Ritchie to see that a guy from Scotland with no previous ties to the club or Canada, spends his entire f-ing day thinking about this!

http://www.canadiansoccernews.com/co...ng-Whitecaps__

How about this: Instead of running your yap about the Caps not providing opportunities to young players, go found a club in the NASL or USL, or CSL where we can loan these players for some experience?

This is a club, not a franchise paid for by the CSA. If it disappeared tomorrow, the consequences for Canadian soccer would be dire. Anyone who doesn't see this is frankly not entitled to an opinion on this or any other matter of "Canadian Soccer."

Last year in my season ticket holder survey and opportunity to speak with Lenarduzzi, I brought up the quota and the need for more Canadians, as I have documented here and on the Southsiders board at the time. This year I'm going to use whatever opportunities I get to recommend that all resources from the Residency and Women's program that are used to attract Canadian internationals from other parts of the coutry are scraped in favour of an all-out Cantera policy -as is practiced by TFC and MTL, albeit through laziness and xenophobia._

Tailgate - PDL Match July 6th.

Bad_Gones — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:32:48 -0700

(Mods - feel free to move this into the main PDL thread if deemed more appropriate)

So assuming the weather improves for the match at Swangard on Friday (Jul 6th), I'm thinking it could be suitable tailgating weather for a tailgate. Who's in for some BBQ? Pulled pork, perhaps ribs. Post name and numbers below.

Canadians in NCAA

ynwasouthside — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:46:16 -0700

Daniel Tannous D North Carolina Sr. 9 0
Anthony Perez D Charlotte Sr. 17 0
Jonathan Goodridge D U Conn So. 4 0
Flo Liu D U Conn Sr. 11 0
Allando Matheson F U Conn So. 23 4
Ben McKendry M New Mexico Fr 0 0
Parker Seymour D Michigan St. So. 6 0
Omari Morris F Akron Fr. 0 0
Michael Nonni F UC Santa Barbara Sr. 11 0
Kyle Bekker M Boston College Sr. 20 8
Boyd Reid F James Madison So. 20 3
Chase Wickham F UAB Sr. 21 3
Alon Badat F Bradley Jr. 0 0
Josh Heard F Washington Fr. 0 0
Jelani Smith D Florida Gulf Coast Sr. 7 0
Skylar Thomas D Syracuse So. 13 2
Jordan Murrell D Syracuse So. 15 1
Emery Welshman F Oregon State Jr. 0 0
Gimel Gordon M Georgia State Sr. 22 3
Justin Baarts G Portland U. Sr. 20 0
Ben Hemphill F Portland U. Sr. 17 2
Etienne Boulanger M UNC Wilmington Sr. 18 2
Frank Onambele F Cornell Sr. 0 0
Daniel Haber F Cornell Jr. 16 9
Garrett Cyprus GK VCU So. 0 0
Drew Beckie D Denver Sr. 19 4
Sean Weir D U Conn Sr. 22 0
Tomislav Zadro M Wisconsin Sr. 20 6
Riley Newport M UC Davis Sr. 0 0

Residency Graduates

ynwasouthside — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:26:51 -0700

Here's a crack at where the residency kids from prior years are today:

Simon Thomas -'07- Unattached Karm Shergill -'07- Unknown
Adam Straith -'07- Saarbrucken Antonio Rago -'07- FC Edmonton
Anthony DiNicolo -'07- Unknown
William Hyde -'07- UBC Thunderbirds
Greg Smith -'07- UBC Thunderbirds
Phil Davies -'07- Richmond Kickers Devin Gunenc -'07- UBC Thunderbirds
Marcus Johnstone -'07- U. of Alberta
Gagandeep Dosanjh -'07- UBC/Whitecaps U23
Ethan Gage -'07- Nykopings
Dever Orgill -'07- Unattached Alex Hanne -'07- Unknown
Kyle Porter -'07- FC Edmonton
Alex Semenets -'07- FC Edmonton
Randy Edwini-Bonsu -'07- Eintracht Braunschweig
Navid Mashinchi -'07- UBC/Whitecaps U23
Kevin Cobby -'08- Unattached Russell Teibert -'08- Whitecaps FC MLS
Coulton Jackson -'08- Whitecaps U23
Jack Cubbon -'08- UBC Thunderbirds
Bobby Jhutty -'08- Douglas College/Whitecaps U23
Julien Latendresse-Levesque -'08- Energie Cottbus II
Sahil Sandhu -'08- Unknown
Patrick Bennett -'09- McGill University
Richard Causton -'09- Unknown
Lucas Sweda -'09- Capilano College
Ezequiel Lubocki -'09- University of Toronto
Nick Chiarot -'09- Northern Kentucky University
Manny Straith -'09- UBC Okanagan
Nolan Moore - Cal Poly
Ian Clarke - Cal Poly
Flo Liu - UConn La'Vere Corbin-Ong - FC Pommern Greifswald

Friday, June 22, 7:30pm - Whitecaps Women vs. Santa Clarita Blue Heat - Newton Athletic Park

Chris — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 07:46:17 -0700

Anyone planning on going out for this one?

June 15, 7:30pm-Whitecaps U23 v. Washington Crossfire - PDL - SFU Field 4

danimal — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:14:47 -0700

Coming of a big win in Victoria vs the Highlanders, the first road victory of the season, the U23s are back in action Friday night at SFU. Here is a map! http://goo.gl/maps/Na8h

The Whitecaps face off against the team they are chasing in the standings for a playoff spot, the much improved Washington Crossfire. With 7 games remaining, the Whitecaps are 5 points back of a 3-way logjam for second place in the Northwest Division.

Bryce Alderson is suspended for this match after being sent off vs the Highlanders after two very borderline yellows. We will likely see Caleb Clarke from the MLS Roster, and Martin Rennie has hinted that he will loan some decent firepower from the MLS Roster to make sure the 'Caps take the full three points.

It would be great to have good support out for this one. The PDL team in particular really feeds off of our chants and support.

If people want to meet up before hand for tailgate or at the student pub, let me know. If there is enough interest we can make more concrete plans.

This is also a great time to bring any chant suggestions and share them with the capos and others.

Northwest Division Pts

Sounders FC U23 18

Portland Timbers U23 16

Kitsap Pumas 16

Washington Crossfire 16

Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 11

North Sound SeaWolves FC 9

Victoria Highlanders FC 9

Fraser Valley Mariners FC 1

Women v LA Strikers :: Wed June 13 7:30 PM at Percy Perry Stadium

Christopher — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:47:04 -0700

Tonight, the Vancouver Whitecaps FC (Women) take on the Los Angeles Strikers at Percy Perry Stadium, in Coquitlam. The match is at 7:30 PM. Last time around, they got theird first clean sheet of the season in Seattle. Hopefully tonight will be the night that they get their first win.

EDITED: moved to Residency, Youth and Women - Brenton