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What did the MLS SuperDraft tell us about the Vancouver Whitecaps?
The MLS Draft is something akin to the trailer for a movie; it gives you an idea of what to expect but you would be a fool to use it as a reliable way of judging the finished product. So when the...
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Barry Robson: From designated player to designated failure
It’s becoming a pattern. For the second straight year, the Vancouver Whitecaps have released a high-profile designated player right at the start of pre-season training. On Jan. 20 last year, the club...
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Whitecaps’ newcomers find the need for more than speed
There’s an old joke about an animal trainer who spends years trying to teach a gorilla how to play golf and, after much heartache and frustration, he finally decides that the mighty beast is ready for...
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The Whitecaps stop making sense
Sometimes in soccer it’s the counterintuitive changes of personnel or formation that benefit a team. Last season in the English Premier League when Manchester City needed a goal their coach, Robert...
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Rating the Whitecaps so far (the forwards)
Sergio Aguerro’s last second goal that gave Manchester City the Premier League title in 2012, the epic and elegiac “Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands” that took up the whole of the final side of Bob...
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Mixed bag for the Whitecaps in defeat to Houston
The Whitecaps 2-1 defeat to the Houston Dynamo on Saturday was a real curate’s egg of a performance. There were times when the team was eerily reminiscent of the one that played on the road last...
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Mattocks miss not a major misstep
There’s no question Darren Mattocks’ failure to bury a golden second-half scoring chance cost the Whitecaps a chance for a rare road win in Houston. But should he be criticized for not passing on the...
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April Fool: Whitecaps pull “rookie calendar” prank on Hurtado, Manneh
Poor Kekuta Manneh and Erik Hurtado. The two Vancouver Whitecaps rookies stripped down and splashed around for the cameras Monday for a very funny – albeit, a tad cruel – April Fools’ joke. Enjoy....
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Classy Cannon pushes Caps’“bright future”
Fascinating tweet from Joe Cannon this week. The veteran 38-year-old Whitecaps goalkeeper – who will likely retire or play elsewhere next season – was flattered by recent calls from fans who want him...
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The strange case of the Vancouver Whitecaps
The 3-2 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes at BC Place on Saturday was another Jekyll and Hyde performance from the Vancouver Whitecaps. Not in the sense that a group of quintessentially Victorian...
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Miller time ends abruptly. Who steps up for Whitecaps?
What an awkward three months for Kenny Miller and the Vancouver Whitecaps. The 34-year-old Scottish striker came to training camp this year keen to earn himself a contract extension and by all...
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Could Omar Salgado be the cure for the Vancouver Whitecaps?
I was watching an old episode of the TV series “House” on Netflix the other evening. Like all the other episodes this one featured a bit part actor who contracted a serious illness in the opening...
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Vancouver Whitecaps’ Cup curse continues
Carl Robinsons’ gamble/innovation of fielding a team laced with youngsters almost paid off or the Vancouver Whitecaps, only for his side to eventually succumb to the agony of a penalty shootout defeat...
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Good signs from a not-so-good Whitecaps result
If you follow the fortunes of Derby County, Burton Albion and the Vancouver Whitecaps, it wasn’t the greatest 48-hour period imaginable. Derby County dropped a 1-0 decision to Queens Park Rangers in...
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Vancouver Whitecaps: It’s not us, it’s them
The Vancouver Whitecaps are going to break our hearts this season. I can’t tell you how, when or where the emotional trauma will arrive, but arrive it most certainly will. There is something about the...
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Vancouver Whitecaps thrill again
There are times when a game of soccer seems to be less about tactics and planning than it is about emotion and momentum and that was certainly the case for the Vancouver Whitecaps’ 4-3 victory over the...
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Whitecaps by the numbers (so far)
If you do a strict by-the-numbers analysis of the Whitecaps’ first 13 games this season and extrapolate everything over a full 34-game season, fans should be encouraged on a couple of fronts. The...
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Vancouver Whitecaps: The story so far
With the rapidly approaching World Cup about to devour the hearts and minds of just about every soccer follower on the planet for the coming weeks let’s pause for a moment, move our hearts and minds...
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On The Town: Things to do on a Wednesday night in Vancouver
With its cobblestone streets, tourist-trap shops selling beaver-shaped bottles of maple syrup and the best damn steam clock in the world, Gastown is a true gem of a neighbourhood. Tonight, things get...
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A question of balance for the Vancouver Whitecaps
Selecting the starting eleven for the current Vancouver Whitecaps team must be something akin to trying to carry a tray of water; every seemingly necessary adjustment results in spillage somewhere...
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