Comments on: The Evolution of Vancouver Whitecaps FC

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By: man99utd

man99utd — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:57:50 +0000

It’s time for MLS to grow up and be a proper league. Let’s cut the NCAA umbilical cord and have done with it. The Whitecaps are doing something innovative (for North America). By the time kids reach college age in America they’re light years behind kids from the rest of the world that are snapped up by academies. I’ve never liked the draft system that rewards failure in the name of parity. Additionally, it generally locks out kids who can’t afford to attend university nor talented enough to receive one of the limited amount of scholarships available.

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:50:13 +0000

One question: How will any of the USL Whitecaps resident players become the property of MLS Whitecaps? If that is the case, this truly will become a case of promotion.

By: Fred

Fred — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:14:01 +0000

Empire Stadium was the AWFUL stadium for soccer. Any stadium that has a running track pushes the seating a mile back. The great soccer stadiums, the fans are right up close to the field.

By: CA

CA — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:46:45 +0000

“Even in Seattle it is not common place to hear conversation about the intricacies of zonal marking and why the offside trap isn’t working. At Qwest Field you get the impression that some fans are there to ride the Sounder wave and experience their first football rush.”

This simply is not an accurate statement.

By: Chet Suabo

Chet Suabo — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:48:32 +0000

BC Place is an AWFUL facility. I was at game 1 back in ‘83. It was fitting that Loverboy christened that building with their arena rock stylings. Vancouver had a great stadium (only 39 years old) called Empire Stadium but it wasn’t “world class” enough. If they had refurbished it, it would have been awesome. It held 32,000 and beautiful vistas. It had an awful turf but that could have been fixed.

Hopefully a new one will be built in the next few years,. BC Place is only suitable for boat shows.

By: Lars

Lars — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:26:49 +0000

I dunno, the Van Sun and the Province reported a dual retractable roof and reno that will limit the size to about 20k.

By: Lars

Lars — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:25:30 +0000

You don’t happen to be RPB do you?

By: sam

sam — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:46:15 +0000

after arguing with lars all week on the concacaf posts, i completely agree today man, im an american and toronto is my team(season ticket holder) so dont bash them you piece of garbage

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:16:31 +0000

umm bc place lower bowl will hold around 29,000 I heard and I can see us filling that. though can’t wait till the waterfront stadium, if it ever happens.