Articles Posted in the MLS Category
MLS – Vancouver White Caps
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Time to wake up
Before I begin, I’d like to say that I realize this is a site mostly devoted to the West coast and the sports teams which perform here. I think everyone does a great job of covering the teams and that this site has something very special to offer. With that in mind, I would like [...]
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Whitecaps Rumoured to Announce Martin Rennie as New Coach Today
The Vancouver Whitecaps have scheduled a “Major Announcement” today at 10:30am at Empire Field, and speculation is rampant – especially among bloggers and on Twitter – they will name 36-yr old Martin Rennie their new head coach for the 2012 season. Chief executive officer Paul Barber, president Bob Lenarduzzi and “director of soccer operations” Tom [...]
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Whitecaps Douse Fire for Third Win of Season
In a battle of cellar dwellers, the Vancouver Whitecaps notched just their third win of their inaugural MLS season on Sunday with a 4-2 victory against the equally under-achieving Chicago Fire. While the four-goal outburst represented just the second time this season they’ve tallied that many goals – the only other time coming in their [...]
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Brutal summer for local teams
Ever since the bitter disappointment this city felt after the Canucks colossal collapse in games 6 and 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals, we felt that once the frustration towards that wore off we would be fine. After all, it marked the birth of other sporting interests for many Vancouverites. The BC Lions were beginning [...]
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Whitecaps FC friendly against Manchester City becomes unnatural turf war
You knew this match wasn’t going to be anything close to typical 10 seconds before the game began. Standing over the ball ready to kick off, Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko picked up the ball and dropped it from about five feet. Instead of bouncing two or three feet up in the air, like you’d [...]
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Whitecaps Find Way to Lose in Dying Seconds (Again)
Despite having the majority of the scoring chances, especially in the first half, the Whitecaps fell short last night, this time losing to the Columbus Crew, 1-0. Yet again, the boys in white managed to concede a very late goal to decide the game – a troubling trend in their debut MLS season. Even a [...]
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Alain Rochat of Whitecaps FC up for MLS Goal of the Week
Whitecaps defender Alain Rochat’s goal against Philadelphia Union on Saturday is in the running for MLS Goal of the Week. His swerving slice in the 12th minute was a culmination of eight passes by the ‘Caps, and is up against Thierry Henry of the New York Red Bulls, Juninho of LA Galaxy, Fredy Montero of [...]
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Whitecaps Notch Second Win of Season in Fine Fashion
Thanks to a 12th minute strike by defender Alain Rochat, the Vancouver Whitecaps won their second game of their inaugural Major League Soccer campaign – and in so doing, snapped an ignominious record-setting MLS winless streak at 14 games. The victory came at the hands of the Philadelphia Union, currently second in the Eastern Conference [...]
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Hassli Scores One for the Ages, as Whitecaps Make Point Against Sounders
On Saturday, Eric Hassli demonstrated why he is the Vancouver Whitecaps FC’s designated player, as he scored both Caps’ goals in a 2-2 tie with the Seattle Sounders, including a scintillating, no-look strike that will surely be a candidate for MLS Goal of the Year. > Watch the goal on the Whitecaps website Although Vancouver [...]
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We’ve reached 500 followers!
I would like to extend a big thanks too all of our followers, we’ve just surpassed 500 twitter followers now. We really would like to make sure everyone understands how important you the readers our to this blog. We love your comments, emails, and @mentions, we especially love the Re-Tweets and the links being passed [...]
