Good Friday morning Caps fans, hope you all had a pleasant week and that you’re nearing the finish line at work. The Caps certainly did some work this week, locking up one of the players whose contract was in question: midfielder Sebastian Berhalter, who was inked to a two-year contract extension in a key move for Vancouver. Berhalter went from a useful depth piece in … Continue reading Coffee with the Caps, Friday December 8
Good Monday morning Caps fans, hope you all had a relaxing weekend and that you succeeded in putting up any festive decorations you have lying about (or not, if you’re holiday neutral). I had a dream that I needed to re-write this column quickly after a massive MLS cheating scandal broke overnight involving the Caps. Fortunately, no such changes are required. Still, MLS is never … Continue reading Coffee with the Caps, Monday December 4
Good Friday morning Caps fans, hope you all are gearing up for a lovely weekend and that the first few hours of December are treating you well. Tis’ the season for MLS to wrap up its disciplinary investigations apparently, with the league bringing the hammer down on Vanni Sartini (and FC Cincinnati centerback Matt Miazga) for misconduct involving officiating crews. The Sartini news is not … Continue reading Coffee with the Caps, Friday December 1
Good Monday morning Caps fans — hope your weekend was lovely, the start of your holiday season merry and that the return to work hasn’t been too painful. It was a whirlwind weekend in MLS that will, once again, be dominated by talk of officiating rather than the action on the pitch. FC Cincinnati went through to the conference finals on a stoppage time winner … Continue reading Coffee with the Caps, Monday November 27
Good Friday morning Caps fans. Hope you had a good week and, if you are a fan south of the border, you had a good Thanksgiving. If you’re Canadian, enjoy your weekend. The MLS playoffs are nearly upon us once again. If you don’t have weekend plans, the doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday should make for good viewing. If you’re more focused on silly season, … Continue reading Coffee with the Caps, Friday November 24
Good Monday morning Caps fans, hope you all had a good weekend and that the wait for some time off was as worth it as the Canadian Men’s National Team’s wait to take on Jamaica (though hopefully there were no heavy rains involved). We have some roster news, though it isn’t first team-related, but at this stage in the offseason, we’ll take what we can … Continue reading Coffee with the Caps, Monday November 11
Good Friday morning Caps fans, hope you all had a lovely week and are winding things down before whatever the non-footballer equivalent of the international break is. Well folks, we’re officially in silly season and we got our first reminder that, shockingly, just because something pops up on the internet doesn’t mean it is true. Rumors were started and ended in due course that the … Continue reading Coffee with the Caps, Friday November 17
Good Monday morning Caps fans, hope you all had a lovely weekend and are gearing up for a solid week of work and late fall gallivanting. We had our first round of roster news drop Friday afternoon and there isn’t much to write home about. In an unsurprising move, the team will move on from Thomas Hasal, Kam Habibullah and Matteo Campagna. While it is … Continue reading Coffee with the Caps, Monday November 13
Good Friday morning Caps fans, hope you all had a pleasant week and are gearing up for a weekend — the first one in awhile where there won’t be a match to watch. Here’s hoping you enjoy some late fall activities instead. I stand by my pride in both the club and Vanni Sartini but figured it would be worth covering everything that has happened … Continue reading Coffee with the Caps, Friday November 10
Good Monday morning Caps fans. Welp, that was a tough one — hope the rest of your weekend was better before whatever happened on Sunday night. There will be plenty of #discourse coming out of the Caps’ 1-0 defeat to LAFC, sending them home for the season after a pretty mediocre game from both teams. The thing separating the two sides was a Denis Bouanga penalty, which … Continue reading Coffee with the Caps, Monday November 6