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Whitecaps Girls Elite Reign Supreme: A League1BC...

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2024/08/14

(Photo Credit: League1 Canada) With the Northern Super League (NSL) on the horizon, there seemed to be many more eyes on the 2024 Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship in Hamilton, Ontario this past weekend, with the next generation of women’s soccer on display. Four teams came into the tournament with the hopes of earning a spot for…

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Report and Reaction: Whitecaps Leagues Cup campaign...

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2024/08/08

Vancouver Whitecaps’ 2024 Leagues Cup campaign is over. Good, some of you will say, and that may also include some within the club, who will now be happy to have a couple of week’s rest before the real action gets back underway at the end of this month. Not that anyone would ever say that…

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Match Preview: Vancouver Whitecaps vs Pumas UNAM – to...

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2024/08/07

Well, who would have predicted that the Whitecaps would win their Leagues Cup group going into the tournament? I certainly didn’t! But here we are, and for the second straight year the ‘Caps are into the Leagues Cup Round of 32, and we don’t have to play Tigres again! That’s right, this time it’s Pumas…

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Episode 626 – The AFTN Soccer Show (All Plans Are...

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2024/08/07

We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Leagues Cup, Canadian national team and Olympics chat, and we’re joined once again this week by Harjeet Johal to talk about it all. The Canadian women’s national team’s defence of their Olympic gold came to an end at the hands of Germany last…

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Make Mine A Double: TSS Rovers out to make more...

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2024/08/04

It’s been quite the whirlwind first season in charge of TSS Rovers for head coach Brendan Teeling, and one that can now end with his side becoming the first two-time League1 BC champions and the first team to do the regular season and postseason double. The amiable Irishman was thrown into deep end in May…

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Report and Reaction: Explosive second half...

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2024/08/04

An explosive three-goal second half performance saw Vancouver Whitecaps secure their first ever victory over Mexican opposition and top their Leagues Cup group at BC Place on Saturday evening. Trailing to an early Kevin Castañeda goal after an even first half, the Whitecaps came out all guns blazing after the restart and when Fafa Picault…

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Six-goal shellacking sparked Altitude FC as they look...

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2024/08/04

Altitude FC are out to make history. Prior to this season, the third year League1 BC club had never reached the playoffs in either the men’s or the women’s division. Now, they stand just 90 minutes away from lifting their first ever trophy when they face off against regular season champs TSS Rovers in the…

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Match Preview: Vancouver Whitecaps vs Club Tijuana –...

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2024/08/03

Well, for about 80 minutes against LAFC the Whitecaps looked surprisingly efficient. Yes, they’d gotten a little lucky defensively (most notably with a Mathias Laborda goal-line clearance) but they were certainly full value for their lead against the favoured hosts. Then, it all came crashing down, and what was nearly a monumental choke turned into…

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Report and Reaction: Whitecaps almost throw it away...

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2024/07/31

(Photo Credit: LAFC) They made it a lot more difficult than it should have been after taking an early two-goal lead, but despite being shaken by LAFC’s late comeback, Vancouver Whitecaps came away from BMO Stadium with a penalty shoot-out win in their first Leagues Cup group game. Two up by the 17th minute after…

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Leagues Cup Match Preview: LAFC vs Vancouver...

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2024/07/30

Well, it’s certainly been a long time since I’ve written one of these previews! It’s been quite a busy number of months for me, but thankfully I’m now back in the saddle and ready to kick on with some MLS action! Wait, what do you mean this isn’t MLS play? You’re telling me the Leagues…

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Episode 625 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Lazy Days In...

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2024/07/29

We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Wrexham A.F.C., Canadian national team and Olympics chat, and we’re joined once again this week by Harjeet Johal to talk about it all. The soccer news in Canada this week has been dominated by the women’s national team drone scandal at the Olympics…

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Episode 624 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Don’t Try This At...

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2024/07/23

We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Canadian national team, Copa America, and Euro 2024 chat, and we’re joined once again this week by Felipe Vallejo to talk about it all. It was a two-game home stand for the Whitecaps this week and to quote Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine,…

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Cavalry and Forge beat the heat, but not each other,...

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2024/07/22

It was a game that produced everything – except a win. In a match that could have swung either way, Cavalry FC and Forge FC drew 1-1 on a hot Sunday afternoon at Spruce Meadows. While the game only yielded two goals, it nonetheless generated plenty of talking points, including a saved penalty from Tobias…

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Report and Reaction: Fireworks come early to...

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2024/07/21

The fireworks came early to Vancouver on Saturday night as Vancouver Whitecaps and Houston Dynamo played out a seven-goal thriller at BC Place. It was the visiting Dynamo that had the explosive start and finish, going two up by half time thanks to goals from Coco Carrasquilla and Griffin Dorsey, before a second half blitz…

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Report and Reaction: Picault wakes Whitecaps up from...

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2024/07/18

They made it more difficult for themselves than they needed to, but Vancouver Whitecaps extended their unbeaten league run to five matches with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Sporting Kansas City at BC Place on Wednesday evening. The Whitecaps were dominant in the first half and went into the break with the lead after Robert…

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Episode 623 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Fighting Spirit –...

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2024/07/16

We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Canadian national team, Copa America, and Euro 2024 chat, and we’re joined once again this week by Felipe Vallejo to talk about it all. Canada exceeded all expectations at Copa America, finishing fourth overall after a string of good performances against top opposition…

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Report and Reaction: White puts St Louis to the sword...

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2024/07/14

Vancouver Whitecaps wrapped up a grueling spell on the road with a comprehensive 4-1 victory at St Louis City on a hot and humid Saturday evening in Missouri. Brian White continued his goalscoring streak on league duty, firing the ‘Caps ahead just nine minutes in. It was White’s 6th goal in his last four MLS…

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What Do The Whitecaps Need? Transfer Profile Analysis

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2024/07/13

With the Secondary Transfer Window opening up on Friday for Canadian clubs, the Whitecaps have a unique opportunity to start to get some players in before their other American-based MLS sides, who have to wait until July 18th to get their players across the line. With injuries and flattened form plaguing some of the ‘Caps’…

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Report and Reaction: Advantage Whitecaps after narrow...

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2024/07/11

Vancouver Whitecaps got another victory in the Battle of BC, coming away with a narrow first leg lead in their Canadian Championship semi-final showdown with Pacific FC at Starlight Stadium on Wednesday night. Ryan Gauld’s superb 58th minute header was the difference between the two teams, with both goalkeepers coming up with some important saves…

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Episode 622 – The AFTN Soccer Show (Tripping – Canada...

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2024/07/08

We’re back with another AFTN Soccer Show packed full of Vancouver Whitecaps, Canadian national team, Copa America, and Euro 2024 chat, and we’re joined this week by Felipe Vallejo to talk about it all. We start on the international stage and the big story of the week as Canada reached the semi-finals of Copa America.…

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