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Good Friday morning Caps fans, hope you all are having a relaxing week. Here in the U.S., we’ve been consumed by elections (which I write about for my day job) so I’m coming back up for air. That means redirecting my attention to the Caps game tonight, which I forgot about for most of the week amid everything else. Vancouver heads back to LA for … Continue reading Coffee with the Caps, Friday November 8
Friday night at BMO Stadium, the Vancouver Whitecaps will contest game three of their first round playoff series against LAFC, with the winner moving on to play the Seattle Sounders in the conference semi-finals. It’s a huge match for both teams as Vancouver is looking for their chance to progress to the second round of the playoffs for the first time since 2017. Meanwhile LAFC … Continue reading Match Preview: Game Three Showdown in LA
Welcome back, everyone. The Vancouver Whitecaps have extended their first round series against LAFC to a winner-take-all game three at BMO Stadium. Though the Whitecaps have had their ups and downs this season, this match is a huge opportunity to take the next step forward as a club, knocking off a top team, one that has haunted them for the past couple of seasons. Alright, … Continue reading Guess the Starting XI – Game Three at LAFC
This past Sunday at BC Place, the Vancouver Whitecaps levelled their first round series with Los Angeles FC in an emphatic 3-0 win. It was only Vancouver’s second home playoff victory as an MLS club, and their first win over a team of this quality in an elimination match. As much as the Whitecaps struggled to close the season, this is exactly the kind of … Continue reading Report Card: A Step Closer
The Vancouver Whitecaps season lives! (at least it does at the time I’m writing this). But the WFC2 season has ended. So, it’s time to look at the prospects of the prospects. As always, I have put the players into categories rather than attempting any kind of ranking system. My assessment of players is more based on how good they are relative to their age … Continue reading WFC2: End of Season Reports
In Episode 227 of the Third Sub Podcast, Alexandre Gangue-Ruzic and Samuel Rowan dive into a busy week of action for the Vancouver Whitecaps. Welcome back to another episode of the Third Sub Podcast! In this episode, Alex and Sam are back, as usual, this time to chat all things Vancouver Whitecaps and their run through the 2024 MLS Cup playoffs. To begin, they dive … Continue reading The Third Sub Episode 227: Whitecaps push first round series vs. LAFC to game #3 with 3-0 win
Good Monday morning Caps fans and happy November — hope you’re making the best of the falling leaves and falling temperatures this week. It truly was a good Sunday night for Vancouver, as they dispatched LAFC TK and forced a decisive game three on Friday in Los Angeles. As a sign of how well things went, I started writing this column well before the final … Continue reading Coffee with the Caps, Monday November 4
By Alexandre Gangue-Ruzic and Samuel Rowan The Vancouver Whitecaps have lived to fight another day in the 2024 MLS Cup playoffs, as they defeated LAFC 3-0 in game #2 of their first-round best-of-three series at BC Place on Sunday. After LAFC won game #1 by a score of 2-1, giving them the opportunity to end this series in this match, the Whitecaps ensured this one … Continue reading Post Match: One More Episode
The Vancouver Whitecaps will hope to keep their season alive Sunday night, welcoming LAFC to BC Place for the second match of the best-of-three playoff series. A win (either in regulation or a penalty shootout) is a must if Vancouver wants to send the series back to Southern California and avoid the fate they met last season, when poor finishing and poor officiating saw them … Continue reading Match Preview: Do or Die
Welcome back, everyone. The Vancouver Whitecaps are returning to BC Place Sunday afternoon for game two of their first round series with LAFC. After a 2-1 loss in the opener, Vancouver will need to defend their home pitch in order to keep the series, as well as their season, alive. It’s certainly no easy task, but the Whitecaps demonstrated enough in game one to make … Continue reading Guess the Starting XI – Game Two vs. LAFC