In the most expensive FIFA World Cup in history, hosts Qatar was dominated from start to finish by Ecuador in the opening match of the competition. Ecuador did not waste any time making an impression as Enner Valencia scored in…
The Vancouver Whitecaps had some news on Monday afternoon. It was announced that the club did not exercise the options for several players. Those were goalkeeper Cody Cropper, defenders Florian Jungwirth, Marcus Godinho and Jake Nerwinski, midfielder Leonard Owusu and…
With today being the deadline for all MLS clubs to exercise any contract options they had, the Vancouver Whitecaps were certainly busy. A total of eight players were affected by today’s moves leaving the majority looking for a new club…
A Vancouver sports team won a playoff game and that was the BC Lions. In this week’s Avid Thoughts we’ll go over their big win and some other notable stuff that happened in the world of sports. If you are…
No matter who wins the MLS Cup final tomorrow, there will not be much time to celebrate. The MLS offseason begins with a slate of events on Monday, Nov. 7, which means that even for those two clubs in the…
Ok, it is time for Avid Thoughts which is being written and will likely be published on the eve of Halloween. The Vancouver Canucks were a horror movie seven games in. Actually, they have been for the most part of the last…
The Vancouver Canucks are bad and I haven’t done an Avid Thoughts column in a few weeks. Why? I’ve been busy and stuff. So this won’t be another “Canucks are bad and I’m tired” article as we will talk about…
The MLS Cup playoffs are underway but the Vancouver Whitecaps are once again watching from the sidelines. Just over a week after the Whitecaps’ season ending loss in Minnesota, head coach Vanni Sartini and CEO and Sporting Director Axel Schuster…
For the first time since the end of 2017, Vancouver had a fully club-run second team this past season. Whitecaps 2 played in the newly created MLS Next Pro league, a league comprised of 21 second teams of MLS clubs…
The schedule moves quickly in the MLS off-season. While talk for lots of teams has moved to the playoffs, the Vancouver Whitecaps are cleaning their lockers and wondering about what could have been. Many more still are wondering whether they…