Whitecaps plan to start strong lineup for second leg against FCE 30 Apr 2013 The Vancouver Whitecaps are happy with where they stand going into Wednesday’s second leg of the Canadian Championship semifinal against FC Edmonton, but know they must maintain readiness from the first whistle.
Manneh inspires Whitecaps to comeback draw against FC Dallas 28 Apr 2013 “It always feels good to score, especially with my first professional goal,” Manneh told reporters after the match. “It was a tough situation. We were down two goals and we needed a goal.”
Controversial goals, “leapfrogger” accusation: Late Whitecaps’ surge breaks FC Edmonton’s hearts 25 Apr 2013 FC Edmonton Colin Miller wasn’t around to see the Vancouver Whitecaps score the game winner.
Whitecaps’ Mattocks won’t take inexperienced FCE centre backs for granted 24 Apr 2013 Mattocks, who made the trip to Edmonton ahead of Wednesday’s Amway Canadian Championship semfinal first leg between Vancouver and the Eddies, will likely line up against a centre-back pairing of Mallan Roberts and Adrian LeRoy.
Rennie “very disappointed” with midfield as Whitecaps lose to Chivas 31 Mar 2013 When asked about whether he found the performance of his midfield trio of Davidson, Gershon Koffie and Nigel Reo-Coker subpar, he responded simply that he was “very disappointed.”
Reo-Coker offers “constructive criticism” after Whitecaps drop game in Houston 24 Mar 2013 “That’s the difference between being playing a higher level of football and a lower level of football. You take your chances. You might only get once chance away from home and you must learn to take that one chance that you may get.”
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.”
The Super-Duper MLS preview, 2013 edition 28 Feb 2013 With the MLS season moved up to its earliest start ever, forgive us if we don’t feel 100 per cent totally prepared for First Kick. Judging by the way many MLS teams finished preseason, with tentative matches and still looking at trialists with a week to go before the games count in the standings, a lot of coaches aren’t quite ready for the early start, either.
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."
Whitecaps: Manneh and Mattocks click up top in win over the Battery 17 Feb 2013 Within the first five minutes of Vancouver’s opening game of the Carolina Challenge Cup against the Charleston Battery, Darren Mattocks and Kekuta Manneh demonstrated their dynamic and dangerous partnership that fans are hoping will lead the Whitecaps to success this season. By the 30th minute, Manneh had already bagged a pair of goals — one with Mattock’s assistance –— en …
