MF also lost a starter to travel (Australia) so there is room for someone else to come into the team.
You also have to remember, and the players from the club know this from a young age, that the club continually produces players and that every week you must battle for a spot or it will be taken. JP and BM have brought up 3 youth players this year and stuck them into the line-up to give them experience. John and Blair have coached a lot of these boys in youth and they are doing a fantastic job of turning this team into a real contender.
Emilio and Russel have been fantastic additions but you also have to consider the other additions like Kingsley at the back who has been an absolute rock and the Bird man in goal. The team is very young and very keen on winning. I wouldn't be surprised if more former MF youth players find there way back over the next year or so.
Competition for spots tend to open up when players move on to the Whitecaps and go away to school in the states. Although I would rather seeing these players playing at a high level, it is nice to see these guys coming back to put back in what they have taken as youth players. If only we could get them to help out in the coaching at the youth level.
