Obinna Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Leveron and Henry would have made an awesome CB pairing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcmurph Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 We lose Mehdi in the expansion draft, Montreal lose Pearce and TFC Lovitz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianfoot Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Gd could have been worst, or better. Overall gd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Mehdi is a quality depth MLS player. But losing him just opens up more space for Kianz, who is ready to play some of those occasional minutes. Koffie, Laba, Teibert and Kianz in the middle is still solid. With potential international duty for Teibert and maybe U20 and U23 stuff for Kianz, one more body might still be required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcmurph Posted December 13, 2014 Author Share Posted December 13, 2014 Mezquida signs. Not much else. I guess that's called a "slow news day". 418 minutes played last year, 2 goals. Without Fernandez coming back we'll see if he stays on the bench for most of the year again. Only 22 and fairly inexpensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcmurph Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 Rosales is back. http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2014/12/whitecaps-fc-re-sign-midfielder-mauro-rosales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcmurph Posted December 26, 2014 Author Share Posted December 26, 2014 http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2014/12/whitecaps-fc-acquire-striker-octavio-rivero-chiles-primer-division-side-ohiggins-fc Striker Octavio Rivero as a Young Designated Player. So that is in keeping with Robbo's latin flavour to his signings. Young, talented and affordable. I think we'll see him partnered with Manneh and probably see Mattocks traded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Salgado was no longer connected to the Caps but he has joined Tigres: http://www.kvia.com/news/el-paso-native-omar-salgado-joins-tigres-of-monterrey/30449058 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianfoot Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Caps add Defender Rodriguez........Leveron and OB still not signed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcmurph Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 Caps add Defender Rodriguez........Leveron and OB still not signed Andy O'Brien is not coming back. Apparently the Caps wanted a 50% salary reduction from 280k to 140k and they couldn't agree on $$. Too bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Gagne Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Select Tim Parker 13th overall. Defender from St. John's (Big East conference). Senior year. http://www.seniorclassaward.com/athletes/tim_parker/ http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer/college-player-profile/tim-parker/cpid-31326 http://www.redstormsports.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/tim_parker_770330.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcmurph Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 Kay Banjo (yes, it's his real name) was selected 38th overall. A forward out of a program that folded (Towson) and spent his last year at Maryland. From NIgeria originally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msilverstein47 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2015/01/whitecaps-fc-re-sign-coaching-staff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 I'm so confused right now. Just because we had a good season we keep our coaches? What about tradition with our yearly coaching change? Honestly I'm glad Robbo and co. Did a good job and well deserved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcmurph Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 I'm so confused right now. Just because we had a good season we keep our coaches? What about tradition with our yearly coaching change? Honestly I'm glad Robbo and co. Did a good job and well deserved! No no, it was 2 coaches the first year then one coach for 2 years and now hopefully 1 coach for 8 years I like the team he is building and now that we are getting draft picks in the teens I very glad we have an academy in full swing and USL-Pro for them to get time in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 No no, it was 2 coaches the first year then one coach for 2 years and now hopefully 1 coach for 8 years I like the team he is building and now that we are getting draft picks in the teens I very glad we have an academy in full swing and USL-Pro for them to get time in. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ClaytonA Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 The other good thing is progress on facilities; http://sportfacilities.ubc.ca/construction-news/upcoming-projects/national-soccer-development-centre/ National Soccer Development Centre The University and the Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club have formalized a joint initiative to construct and operate a shared use soccer training facility at UBC. The facility will form the centerpiece of the proposed National Soccer Development Centre (NSDC), which includes a new field house, two grass playing fields, an artificial turf field, and relocation of the existing Varsity turf field. Capital funding for the facilities is split between the Provincial Government ($11.6 million), the Whitecaps ($8.789 million) and UBC Properties Trust for a total of project value of $22 million. The Board of Governors approved this proposal on June 2nd 2014, with construction on the playing fields targeted to start in August 2014 and a completion date of June 2015. The Wolfson West turf field is set to commence in mid-August. The filed house component is expected to be approved by the board in June 2015 and is slated for completion by December 2016. This has been slipping under the radar outside of the Southsider's forum. http://www.whitecapsfc.com/wfc2/2014/11/whitecaps-fc-launch-usl-pro-team-update-nsdc In partnership with UBC and the Government of British Columbia, the club also revealed preliminary renderings of the final phase of the NSDC, featuring a state-of-the-art fieldhouse (subject to final UBC Board of Governors approval), which is set to be completed prior to the start of the 2017 Major League Soccer (MLS) preseason. The fieldhouse is being designed by Acton Ostry Architects, an award-winning architectural firm based in Vancouver, in collaboration with BBB Architects, internationally recognized sports architects who recently completed the Kia Toronto FC Training Ground & Academy. In total, the multi-campus NSDC includes seven fields – two artificial turf fields at Simon Fraser University, and three grass and two artificial turf fields at UBC. VIEW: Renderings of the National Soccer Development Centre (NSDC) We've got to keep up with Sporting KC, Portland, and others with the training facilities - and it took almost a decade to find partners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcmurph Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 Kah signs with the Caps. So that is a vet CB to replace AndyO and solidify the back. http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2015/01/wfc-sign-kah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrock Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I've met Pa-Modou in person a couple of times when he was playing for Roda. He has a great vid on youtube btw of him scoring a wondergoals and celebration in style. He's a topclass defender with strong personality, but I have to say he might be over his prime by now aged 34. He is a real athlete though who's always lived for football so that isn't the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Is he not from the same country as Manneh? Wonder if Carl is trying to kill two birds with one stone, a la NRC and RT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Is he not from the same country as Manneh? Wonder if Carl is trying to kill two birds with one stone, a la NRC and RT. Yes. Gambia I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrock Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Yes originally. But he is a Norwegian national. I think he speaks like 7 languages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcmurph Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 Yes originally. But he is a Norwegian national. I think he speaks like 7 languages. He says he understands Spanish but doesn't speak it yet. He says he is glad to be learning to speak it from all the Latin players on the Caps. I think he is cover for Waston and Rodriguez but still nice to have some veteran at CB for the CCL / V's Cup games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 He is a thug. Not happy they have signed him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcmurph Posted January 24, 2015 Author Share Posted January 24, 2015 He is a thug. Not happy they have signed him. Ya but now he's OUR thug Okay he went into a bunch of challenges last year that were poorly timed at best and freaking crazy instant red card more likely. Here is hoping he tempers it down a bit and gets his timing back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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