Will the impact of DeMerit injury be felt as far away as Edmonton? 4 Mar 2013 FC Edmonton will not confirm — and won’t even comment on this — but there have been reports out of Vancouver that the Eddies were close to securing Whitecaps’ defender Carlyle Mitchell on loan, adding to what has become a crowded back line.
Whitecap Koffie believes his winner against TFC is just the first of many in 2013 3 Mar 2013 “We’ve been doing that one-time passing at training a lot,” Koffie said following Saturday’s win. “To do one-time passing, you have to move, and know what to do before the ball comes.”
TFC, Whitecaps feel last minute signings won’t make big differences Saturday 2 Mar 2013 “Obviously the lateness doesn’t help,” Toronto head coach Ryan Nelsen conceded to The 11 when asked about the last minute additions. “We had to evaluate what we had at Toronto on the playing staff, what we could do with the cap. The cap’s a big issue with this club so we had to be creative. Creative in making this club competitive looking at the short-term and long-term future."
Trade finally allows Porter’s MLS rights to move to D.C. United 28 Feb 2013 Even though his agent declared that the Canadian forward, who represented his country in January friendlies against Denmark and the United States, had come to terms with D.C. United last weekend, the move was only completed Thursday.
Koffie now counts as a Canadian for the Whitecaps 26 Feb 2013 Canada’s ability to naturalize soccer prospects thanks to our professional teams may do our national soccer program a lot of good down the road.
Whitecaps sign Thomas; Impact inks Smith, cuts Monge 25 Feb 2013 The Montreal Impact and Vancouver Whitecaps are each less than a week away from the starts of their regular-season campaigns. And both made moves Monday that will add some depth to their rosters.
French connection for MLS Academy coaches 25 Feb 2013 Major League Soccer has announced a new partnership with the French Football Federation, one which will see an academy coach from each of the 19 MLS teams get professional development at the famed Clarefontaine Academy.
Whitecaps give Rennie a happy homecoming with win over RailHawks 25 Feb 2013 Three goals from Camilo — one on a penalty — gave the Whitecaps a comfortable 3-0 preseason win over the NASL’s Carolina RailHawks in Cary, N.C. Sunday.
Cannon or Knighton? Rennie will “wait and see” who starts Whitecaps’ opener against TFC 24 Feb 2013 “I think that Joe did well,” Rennie said. “I think he’s done well all preseason, all training camp, and Brad’s done fairly well, too."
Martin Rennie is only making plans for Nigel 22 Feb 2013 We all know that there isn’t a soccer manager alive who doesn’t want as much depth as possible in a roster. But, could the Whitecaps be getting to the point where they have too many players for coach Martin Rennie to manage?