2017 Whitecaps

[club_i_champ]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/feb/24/ranking-mls-stadiums-soccer-orlando-city

 

[dezza]

BC Place #10.
Seattle #4

pish article

 

[Dude]

Seems about right.

BC Place is only OK. Best part about it is the roof (the part about it being retractable, anyhow), and it's on the Skytrain route. Otherwise...still a cavern (thought the "intimate seating" makes it better), still too far away from the pitch. Even the roof is more of a hole, and don't get me started on turf. I'd gladly take a 100% outdoor grass pitch w/ covered seating.

 

[cascadesoccer]

Seems about right.

BC Place is only OK. Best part about it is the roof (the part about it being retractable, anyhow), and it's on the Skytrain route. Otherwise...still a cavern (thought the "intimate seating" makes it better), still too far away from the pitch. Even the roof is more of a hole, and don't get me started on turf. I'd gladly take a 100% outdoor grass pitch w/ covered seating.

If only there was an awesome outdoor stadium somewhere near the PNE, that would be sweet!

 

[Rangerforever]

Or the Waterfront Station!

 

[machel]

We just acquired Brek Shea in a trade for Giles Barnes.

This is massive!

http://www.whitecapsfc.com/wfc-Shea-Barnes-trade

 

[LION]

How did we do that straight up?

Does Brek have some skeletons coming with him?
If it's player for played it seems lopsided.

 

[cascadesoccer]

He hasn't been on fire since going to Orlando but I really like this trade. I think he will really do well here.

 

[akslop]

Wow

 

[STD]

Does he really fit a need here? He is mostly a wide left sided player when we need a right back and a box to box mid fielder.

 

[akslop]

Does he really fit a need here? He is mostly a wide left sided player when we need a right back and a box to box mid fielder.

Who fcukin cares. We got rid of Barnes!!

 

[dezza]

I'm not entirely sure, but I think based on the archaic MLS rules, the advantage of having Shea ($595k salary) vs Barnes ($756k+ salary) is that the Whitecaps can save $160k TAM to "buy-down" the player's DP status opening open room to bring in an additional DP.... it doesn't seem that significant, but that's about the only justification I can come up with other than Barnes looking completely disinterested in actually playing here.

 

[machel]

That sounds like a huge upside @dezza. If we can open up another DP spot and have Brek then that would be huge, no? I followed Brek and he was a stud earlier in his career and maybe the big lights of the Premier League didn't help his development. He's a big powerful runner and I think he's still young enough to rediscover his old form. Lets hope!

 

[bandcamp]

I'm looking forward to having some bite in our attacking midfield now. Laba brings it deep and Brek now up high. I was so tired of Pedro and his precious long passes...it's almost that he liked pinging long pretty balls instead of winning.

 

[dezza]

Rosales comes back...

http://www.whitecapsfc.com/post/201...ing-back-experienced-midfielder-mauro-rosales

 

[Rangerforever]

WTF?!?!

 

[LION]

Maybe good off the bench late for 20. But I think the pace he plays at is past it for MLS. He didn't impress when he was hear last!

maybe they need more spanish on the team. Strange.

 

[Dude]

I like this.

Last time he was here he was in Morales' shadow, both on the pitch and in the room. This team need leadership in the worst way, and that's what I expect him to bring. Also, we are getting killed w/ injuries this year, having him at the beginning of the season, fresh, allows the club to buy some time, and hopefully put a few points on the board before (hopefully) Bolanos comes back into the mix.

 

[Sniffer]

I like this.

Last time he was here he was in Morales' shadow, both on the pitch and in the room. This team need leadership in the worst way, and that's what I expect him to bring. Also, we are getting killed w/ injuries this year, having him at the beginning of the season, fresh, allows the club to buy some time, and hopefully put a few points on the board before (hopefully) Bolanos comes back into the mix.

I have no problem with Rosales at all, he worked his ass of for this team and from what i read he is one of the main reasons Montero signed for the Whitecaps

 

[cascadesoccer]

Why does Hurtado get to fcuking start!?!?! FFS he's the worst striker in MLS, when will Carl ever fcuking learn. You got Shea and Montero on the bench and you start this plug. Unbelievable