Whitecaps sign Barbara: Who plays, and who sits? 28 Feb 2012 With Tuesday’s signing of reigning NASL MVP Etienne Barbara, Rennie has a wealth of attacking players at his disposal. The Maltese striker — who has been injured and hasn’t been able to see any preseason action so far in 2012 — joins Sebastien Le Toux, Eric Hassli, Camilo, 2011 No. 1 draft pick Omar Salgado, Atiba Harris, Davide Chiumiento, Long Tan and 2012 No. 2 overall pick Darren Mattocks in what is the most top-heavy roster in MLS.
Long Tan won’t allow himself to be the Whitecaps’ forgotten striker 26 Feb 2012 Tan drew two penalty kicks, the first one which was converted by Sebastien Le Toux, as the Whitecaps beat the Houston Dynamo 1-0 Sunday.
Whitecaps throttle Impact in Disney tourney opener 25 Feb 2012 It’s hard to read too much into a preseason game, but Friday night’s Walt Disney World classic opener between the Vancouver Whitecaps and Montreal Impact presented a couple of interesting storylines.
Robson is another big-ticket item to add to Whitecaps’ budget 16 Feb 2012 The team announced Thursday that Scottish international Barry Robson will join the team in July as a Designated Player. Because Robson will join at the halfway mark of the MLS campaign, his cap will be US$167,500 in 2012.
Whitecaps, Impact get draws in preseason action 10 Feb 2012 Both the Montreal Impact and Vancouver Whitecaps were busy in preseason action Friday.
Whitecaps’ new deal for Camilo is a calculated gamble 1 Feb 2012 Make no mistake, even though Camilo scored 12 times last year, this is a calculated risk being taken by Vancouver Whitecaps’ coach Martin Rennie. Yes, Rennie: It is clear that the Whitecaps are in the same boat as when Preki took over Toronto FC. The coach is also the de facto GM, in charge of all player moves.
Another day, another RailHawk for the Whitecaps’ roster 19 Jan 2012 The Whitecaps coach has brought in another of his former Carolina RailHawks' charges; this time it’s Japanese/American midfielder Jun Marques Davidson, who played in Div.2 under Rennie in 2010.
Did Whitecaps inherit Montreal’s headache, or the NASL MVP? 18 Jan 2012 Can Martin Rennie sell the charm of playing with the Vancouver RailHawks, er, Whitecaps? Will it be enough of a calling card for Etienne Barbara?
Knighton leaves RailHawks for Whitecaps… so, what about Barbara? 17 Jan 2012 And, as the RailHawks exodus continues, the question has to be asked: What about Etienne Barbara?
SuperDraft: Impact chooses defence over offence, Whitecaps get Mattocks, TFC adds to midfield logjam 12 Jan 2012 With the first pick of the 2012 SuperDraft, MLS commissioner announced — in French — that the Impact had selected Duke University defender Andrew Wenger with its first pick, leaving high-scoring University of Akron star Darren Mattocks to the Vancouver Whitecaps, who had the second pick.