Good Monday morning Caps fans, hope you all had a lovely weekend and that your work week is off to a good start. This is officially the first column of the season, with the Whitecaps officially eliminated from the playoffs on Friday night at the hands of LAFC once again. It was a defeat that bore a striking resemblance to the first match, where a … Continue reading Coffee with the Caps, Monday November 11
By Alexandre Gangue-Ruzic and Samuel Rowan The Vancouver Whitecaps 2024 MLS season came to an end on Friday, as they fell 1-0 to LAFC in game #3 of their first-round playoff series. After doing well to force a third and decisive elimination game with a big performance last Sunday at BC Place in game #2, the Whitecaps were unable to replicate that sort of showing … Continue reading Post Match: Different Story, Same Ending
Good Friday morning Caps fans, hope you all are having a relaxing week. Here in the U.S., we’ve been consumed by elections (which I write about for my day job) so I’m coming back up for air. That means redirecting my attention to the Caps game tonight, which I forgot about for most of the week amid everything else. Vancouver heads back to LA for … Continue reading Coffee with the Caps, Friday November 8
In Episode 227 of the Third Sub Podcast, Alexandre Gangue-Ruzic and Samuel Rowan dive into a busy week of action for the Vancouver Whitecaps. 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 and their run through the 2024 MLS Cup playoffs. To begin, they dive … Continue reading The Third Sub Episode 227: Whitecaps push first round series vs. LAFC to game #3 with 3-0 win
Good Monday morning Caps fans and happy November — hope you’re making the best of the falling leaves and falling temperatures this week. It truly was a good Sunday night for Vancouver, as they dispatched LAFC TK and forced a decisive game three on Friday in Los Angeles. As a sign of how well things went, I started writing this column well before the final … Continue reading Coffee with the Caps, Monday November 4
By Alexandre Gangue-Ruzic and Samuel Rowan The Vancouver Whitecaps have lived to fight another day in the 2024 MLS Cup playoffs, as they defeated LAFC 3-0 in game #2 of their first-round best-of-three series at BC Place on Sunday. After LAFC won game #1 by a score of 2-1, giving them the opportunity to end this series in this match, the Whitecaps ensured this one … Continue reading Post Match: One More Episode
The Vancouver Whitecaps will hope to keep their season alive Sunday night, welcoming LAFC to BC Place for the second match of the best-of-three playoff series. A win (either in regulation or a penalty shootout) is a must if Vancouver wants to send the series back to Southern California and avoid the fate they met last season, when poor finishing and poor officiating saw them … Continue reading Match Preview: Do or Die
In Episode 226 of the Third Sub Podcast, Alexandre Gangue-Ruzic and Samuel Rowan dive into a busy week of action for the Vancouver Whitecaps. 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. To begin, they dive into the latest out of the Whitecaps, who faced … Continue reading The Third Sub Episode 226: Can Whitecaps recover from game #1 loss to LAFC in game #2?
It was a tale of two Whitecaps sides in the first leg of the best-of-three playoff series against LAFC. The one in the first half, which went toe-to-toe with the home side and should have had a goal or two. The other, for much of the second half, which looked tired and out of ideas. There were some quality performances amid all of this, despite … Continue reading Report Card: A Tale of Two Whitecaps
Good Monday morning Caps fans, hope you all had a nice weekend and are gearing up for a lovely workweek ahead (insofar as any work week can be lovely). Sunday night certainly wasn’t a lovely start to Vancouver’s best-of-three playoff series against LAFC, with a result and performance that we’ve seen all too many times before against the LA rivals. The Caps cooked in the … Continue reading Coffee with the Caps, Monday October 28