Good Monday morning Caps fans, hope you had a good weekend and that Monday wasn’t too rude of an awakening. Well another MLS season is officially in the books and it went out with a bang, as Columbus won a tremendously entertaining final on Saturday, dominating LAFC in the first half before doing enough to see out their 2-1 win. Two cups in four seasons … Continue reading Coffee with the Caps, Monday December 11
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 Monday morning Caps fans, hope you all are having a lovely week — given that its all star week in MLS, I feel lucky to be writing for a best XI blog audience. Now that the festivities are over in Washington, we can officially focus on the next round of manufactured MLS drama: Leagues Cup. I kid — sort of. I’m not actually that cynical … Continue reading Coffee with the Caps, Friday July 21
Good Friday morning Caps fans and happy June. Hope you all are starting the month off right and that you have a relaxing weekend. It was not a relaxing match on Wednesday night, not unless absolute pants-on-head wildness is your idea of a good time. The Caps were peak MLS After Dark TM, breaking numerous records in their 6-2 steamrolling of Houston Dynamo. The first … Continue reading Coffee with the Caps, Friday June 2
Good Monday morning Caps fans and hope any religious holidays you all have celebrated or been celebrating went well. Or, if you’re just excited about the arrival of spring, I hope that has been lovely as well. Vancouver made it two wins on the bounce, comprehensively beating Portland 1-0 on Saturday night in a match the Caps controlled from start to finish. The Timbers somehow … Continue reading Coffee with the Caps: Monday, April 10
The Caps were good value for their 1-0 win over Portland and the only real disappointment will be that they were unable to put multiple goals past Aljak Ivacic. Nonetheless, it was another commanding performance from Vancouver and one that lended itself to some solid report card marks. Let’s dive in: Yohei Takaoka: 6.5 Had quite literally nothing to do, aside from some fairly straightforward … Continue reading Report Card: Caps blank toothless Timbers in Cascadia triumph
In Episode 159 of the Third Sub Podcast, Alexandre Gangue-Ruzic and Samuel Rowan dive into a busy week of news for the Vancouver Whitecaps, who were active in both CCL and MLS action recently. Welcome back to another episode of the Third Sub Podcast! In this episode, Alex and Sam are back, as usual, this time to chat all things Vancouver Whitecaps, as they reached … Continue reading Third Sub Episode 159: Whitecaps get job done in CCL, but MLS frustrations continue
In Episode 141 of the Third Sub Podcast, Alexandre Gangue-Ruzic and Samuel Rowan dive into a busy few weeks of Vancouver Whitecaps news. Welcome back to another episode of the Third Sub Podcast presented by Macey’s Sports! In this episode, Alex and Sam are back, as usual, this time to dive into all things Vancouver Whitecaps after a busy two weeks of action. First, they … Continue reading The Third Sub Episode 141: Resilient road ‘Caps get set for Chicago Fire visit, CanChamp final
After a busy couple of days for the Vancouver Whitecaps, we take a look back at some of the things that went down this week, in another edition of Thursday (Friday) thoughts. The pace was bumped up a notch as of late. It’s been a busy week in Whitecaps land, with news of trades, schedule announcements, signings, preseason plans and the long-awaited report on the … Continue reading Thursday (Friday) Thoughts: Breaking down a busy week for the Vancouver Whitecaps
In this edition of Thursday Thoughts, we open things up for a mailbag, as we set out to answer some burning questions that were sent to us ahead of today. Welcome back to another edition of ‘Thursday Thoughts’, a column where we look to take a look around at what’s going on in the Canada Soccer, Whitecaps and CPL world. Today, we open things up … Continue reading Thursday Thoughts Mailbag: 2020 Whitecaps expectations and signings, MLS talk and more