The Vancouver Whitecaps are making way for the Canucks’ playoff run… just in case.The club announced Tuesday that the kickoff for the May match date against the New York Red Bulls has been moved up to 2:30 p.m. local time. The game was originally set for 4 p.m.May 28 is also the scheduled date for Game 7 of the NHL’s Western Conference Final — if needed.

Canadian U-17 coach Sean Fleming has named the 24 teens who will be invited to the team’s pre-World Cup camp in Sunrise, Fla.The camp will run from May 19-29. After the camp, Fleming will name a 21-man roster who will go to Mexico for the U-17 World Cup, which goes from June 18 to July 10. Canada will find out who and when it will play when the draw happens later Tuesday in Mexico City.

Canada will have a date with one of the most talked-about teenage prospects in the soccer world.On Tuesday, U-17 squad was drawn into Group C with seeded England, Rwanda and Uruguay for next month’s U-17 World Cup in Mexico. Canada, which finished second in the CONCACAF tourney after an extra-time loss in the final to the United States, won’t be a favourite to advance.