Whitecaps' Profile in England

[Emlyn 10]

I was thinking about with all the recent news surrounding the caps in England(ie. paul barber signing, linked to keane, robbie savage, Haber and gage successful trials, and now the possibility of arsenal being linked with selgado), what the profile of the team is there? clearly it's not much, but is it more than other MLS clubs? I think Galaxy and Cosmos probably have the highest(relatively) profile, but could Vancouver be a close third? I'm too young to know but from what I hear vancouver was one of the highest profile clubs in Europe in the old NASL.

maybe we just need a space inspired name. . .

[Soju 109]

Every English football geek I've met knew the Whitecaps because of Alan Ball and Peter Beardsley.

[Razcle 0]

Well it does help that the Whitecaps name have some good history. The original MLS teams were mostly formed in what '96 or something like that, where MLS was a bit of a joke in its infancy. I am not discounting your original comments at all. I think any way to raise the profile of soccer in Canada is fantastic.

[youllneverwalkalone 1,032]

Every English football geek I've met knew the Whitecaps because of Alan Ball and Peter Beardsley.

Yeah, Beardsley scored a ****eload of goals in England after playing for the Caps. The name would definitely reasonate with the 35 year-old and up crowd.

[youllneverwalkalone 1,032]

I also read on tribalfootball that Atiba Harris is Micah Richards' cousin, fwiw.

[Drew Shaw 10]

I think you'll find that the Cosmos and Whitecaps names would be about the best known in the UK.