[MLS 2014: Western Conference] You couldn’t blame Vancouver fans if they felt 2013 was cursed. Stalwartcaptain Jay DeMerit suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon six minutes into the opening game and didn’t return until September. Japanese midfielder Daigo Kobayashi arrived billed as a playmaker, and simply wasn’t. The Kenny Miller conundrum – good games, poorgames, what’s […]
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Vancouver gets its playmaker in Chilean Morales
[MLS 2014 COUNTDOWN] The Vancouver Whitecaps signed Chilean playmaker Pedro Morales on a free transfer from Spanish clubMalaga and signed him to a Designated Player contract. Morales, 28, joins Uruguayans Sebastian Fernandez and Nicolas Mezquida as new players in attack for the ‘Caps, who lost 2012 MLS leading scorer Camilo to Mexican club Queretaro in […]
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Vancouver signs U-17 keeper from residency program
[MLS HOMEGROWN WATCH] The Vancouver Whitecaps signed 17-year-old goalkeeper Marco Carducci from the Whitecaps Residencyprogram to a Homegrown player contract, giving the club five Homegrown players on its current roster. “We’re very excited to add Marco to the first team,” Whitecaps FCcoach Carl Robinson said in a club statement. “Marco is a product of our […]
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Sporting KC rebuffs second Juve offer for Palmer-Brown
[MLS 2014 COUNTDOWN] Erik Palmer-Brown has yet to play a game for Sporting Kansas City, but he is already one of the mostsought-after players in MLS. For a second time, the MLS champions have turned down an offer from Italian champion Juventus for the 17-year-old defender. For more on Sporting KC’s stance, plus the RoseCity […]
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Vancouver takes on Uruguayan flavor
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] The makeover of the Whitecaps under new head coach Carl Robinson has brought in two new players fromSouth America, both Uruguayan attackers. Sebastian Fernandez and Nicolas Mezquida have been signed and will be registered to playonce their international transfer certificates, work permits, and visas have been processed and received. Both players have been […]
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Pierazzi and the American dream
[MLS 2014 COUNTDOWN] Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi, the 28-year-old captain of Corsican clubAjaccio, says his move to the San Jose Earthquakes was the fulfillment of a life-long dream. “Since I was young,” he told the online version of France Football, “I dreamed of the United States. It’s the country that trulyattracted me. So it’s logical that MLS […]
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Camilo departure stinks, but it's business
By Ridge Mahoney It took a statement from MLS commissioner Don Garber to confirm what had been painfullyobvious from the get-go in the Camilo-to-Queretaro mess: claims of confusion over an option clause in Camilo’s contract that caused him and his agent tobelieve he was a free agent were a smokescreen, plain and simple. He and […]
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Camilo shows up in Mexico, 'Caps take kick in midsection
[MLS 2014 COUNTDOWN] The curious case of Camilo continued as the 2013 MLS leading scorer was unveiled by Mexican clubQueretaro as its latest signing. Problem is, the Vancouver Whitecaps exercised its option on Camilo for the 2014 season in November. The Camilo saga has drawn out several weeks, but ‘Caps presidentBob Lenarduzzi described Monday’s photo […]
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Vancouver expects Robinson to get it right
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] The last thing that Vancouver president Bob Lendarduzzi wants is for his team to be the western Canadaversion of Toronto FC, which has blown through coaches like tissue paper since entering Major League Soccer in 2007. So why has he turned to a former TFC player, Carl Robinson, to rectify the unsuccessful tenures […]
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Vancouver's Camilo takes Goal of Year Honors
[VIDEO PICK: Golazo] The Vancouver Whitecaps’ Brazilian forward Camilo Sanvezzo‘s flying side-volley strike against Portland earned him MLS 2013AT&T Goal of the Year honors. The 25-year-old Camilo was also MLS’s leading score in 2013 with 22 strikes. AT&T Goal of the Year Winners 2013: Camilo Sanvezzo – Vancouver Whitecaps 2012: Patrick Ianni – Seattle Sounders2011: […]