*This was originally posted October 30, 2021* Your favourite team has finished decently in the season’s table. You can now go away happily waiting next year and wondering what players will be brought in to do this all over again.…
*This was originally posted October 24, 2021* Don’t look now, but playoffs are a possibility for the Vancouver Whitecaps. With 44 points, Vancouver sits right above the playoff bar thanks to a comeback win in Portland and a 1-1 draw…
*This was originally posted October 20, 2021* Rusty. It’s an odd nickname. The word brings up associations with old age or a lack of practice leading to questionable decisions, fatigue or errors. And yet, this is the name which has…
*This was originally posted October 15, 2021* Canada came into this latest round of World Cup Qualifiers knowing it would be the toughest test yet. They did so without their starting goalkeeper, without their two of the main strikers and…
*This was originally posted October 14, 2021* The Vancouver Whitecaps are looking to get back on track after suffering a 4-1 beat down to the Western Conference-leading Seattle Sounders on Saturday night. The Whitecaps went into Lumen Field aware of…
*This was originally posted October 5, 2022* The second set of fixtures for Canada’s involvement in the Octagonal, the final round of CONCACAF’s World Cup Qualifiers, may be the team’s toughest yet. A solid first three matches in September against…
*This was originally posted October 6, 2021* It has been quite a few months for the Vancouver Whitecaps. In their last 10 MLS matches, they have only lost once and that was a 1-0 home loss to the Portland Timbers.…
*This was originally posted July 9, 2021* Quite the eventful week we have in the world of sports. There is a repeat Stanley Cup Champion, the Canucks are in rumours and rumblings season, baseball is in its midseason and the…
*This was originally posted July 4, 2021* I really hope you enjoyed last week’s edition of Avid Thoughts because that one was fun to write. Here is the second edition of the temporary column that is in place of the…
*This was originally posted June 26, 2021* As you may or may not know by now, my podcast The Avid Discussers Podcast is on hiatus. No, I am not sick, and no, it’s not because I am still emotionally scarred…