The Vancouver Whitecaps started their prolonged road trip with a 1-1 draw against the LA Galaxy, with Mathias Laborda grabbing a much-needed set-piece goal to breathe life into a bit of a sluggish game from the ‘Caps. A quiet first half was quickly undone in the second, when an error building up out of the back gifted the Galaxy a goal. Vancouver looked out of … Continue reading Post Match: Whitecaps Level Late to Open Road Trip
Saturday night in Los Angeles, the Vancouver Whitecaps will take on the LA Galaxy at Dignity Health Sports Park. As rumours swirl around the future of the Whitecaps in Vancouver, the team itself must focus on a five-game road trip that precedes the World Cup break. Of Vancouver’s five opponents on the trip, only the San Jose Earthquakes sit above 8th in the conference, with … Continue reading Match Preview: A New Galaxy?
Welcome back, everyone. The Vancouver Whitecaps head down to California this weekend to take on the LA Galaxy at Dignity Health Sports Park on Saturday night. The Galaxy are off to a mixed start, now two years removed from their MLS Cup win, sitting 10th in the Western Conference with 12 points from 10 matches. For Vancouver, there was a positive development last weekend as … Continue reading Guess the Starting XI – Match Ten at LA Galaxy
Pacific FC hosted Forge FC on Sunday at Victoria’s Royal Athletic Park, a 25-minute drive from their regular ground at Langford’s Starlight Stadium. A 76th-minute header from Forge striker Brian Wright, who took advantage of the new “daylight offside” rule, was the difference in the 1–0 contest. Pacific are now winless in their last 14 matches. Here are three takeaways. The Impregnable Steeltown Press The … Continue reading 3 Takeaways: Pacific Fall to Forge
It is amazing how Vancouver continues to win games, frequently by multiple goals, and yet still leaves you feeling as if it left something on the table. Despite a generally strong team performance, the 3-1 win over the Colorado Rapids continued that trend. The ‘Caps took it to a chaotic, energetic Rapids side and were good value for the win, even though the final score … Continue reading Report Card: No Place Like Home
The Vancouver Whitecaps made the most of their last chance to play at home before August, defeating the Colorado Rapids 3-1 in front of a raucous BC Place crowd on Saturday. Playing their eighth home match in nine MLS matches to start the season, the Whitecaps managed to pick up their seventh home win, as they continued their torrid pace to start the year – … Continue reading Post Match: White Washes Away the Rapids
Saturday night at BC Place, the Vancouver Whitecaps will host the Colorado Rapids in their last home game until August, with an extended road trip and the World Cup break ahead of them. While Vancouver remains right at the top of the league table, and will continue to do so if they can hold serve after the Quakes picked up another win midweek, the Rapids … Continue reading Match Preview: Roller-coaster Rapids come to BC Place
Welcome back, everyone. The Whitecaps will host the Rapids on Saturday night at BC Place, as they look to wrap their home stand with another win before heading out on the road until after the World Cup. The Rapids have been a fun but inconsistent team this year, so this should be an entertaining match. In terms of Vancouver’s lineup, I can’t see there being … Continue reading Guess the Starting XI – Match Nine vs. Colorado
The Canadian Women’s National Team (CanWNT), ranked 9th in the world, just visited the hot, humid city of Cuiabá, Brazil. They competed in a mid-April FIFA Series mini-tournament featuring Zambia (64th), South Korea (19th), and the Brazilian hosts (6th). After soundly defeating the Zambians and Koreans, they fell 1–0 at the final hurdle against the team in canary yellow. The CanWNT are building toward the … Continue reading Canada Scoring Again, But Not Against Top Sides
Jesse Marsch knows all about getting a team ready for a major tournament in a short amount of time. When he took over as head coach of the Canadian Men’s National Team (CanMNT), he was at the helm for just two friendlies before taking his squad to the 2024 Copa América. In the first friendly, against the Netherlands in Rotterdam, he tried a centre-back pairing … Continue reading World Cup Countdown: Canada’s Centreback Crisis