As part of the 100th-issue celebration, I was tasked to find current and former members of the Canadian men's national team, and to simply ask them to talk about their favourite moments in international football.

Kyle Bekker and Emery Welshman are going home.

Make no mistake about it — the news of a National Soccer Development Centre in Vancouver could represent a major shift in the focus of our soccer programs.

Neely, who resigned his post as the director of TFC Academy in December, was on Thursday named the Vancouver Whitecaps’ Head of Player Management and Advancement.

“By expressing interest… we were one of the first calls that they made,” said Whitecaps’ President Bob Lenarduzzi during a conference call Tuesday.

But there is one chapter that will be the focus of the rest of this article: Lenarduzzi, as president of the Whitecaps and a former national-team coach, has a strong opinion on Canadian player development.

“It means a lot that that Tim (coach Tim Hankinson) and Hitch (general manager Michael Hitchcock) believe in me, that they wanted me as the club’s first player,” said Harsme, who joins former Whitecaps’ teammate Greg Janicki in San Antonio. “Everyone knows what Hitch has done in MLS. Tim has been in an excellent coach in Major League Soccer. And the club is a non-profit organization, which is something that’s unheard of in professional sports. That’s something I am very excited about.”

The Vancouver Whitecaps will be losing CEO Paul Barber at the end of February. But the club won’t be putting up a help wanted sign.

The Vancouver Whitecaps have waived defender Wes Knight.

Martin Rennie will take over as head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps in 2012.