Whitecaps FC Become Partners With EA Sports

The Vancouver Whitecaps are slowly making history. They'll be the first MLS club to partner with videogame giants EA Sports, and feature in the FIFA Soccer videogame series. While you may think that this is no big deal, and that all professional clubs are partnered with EA Sports, well you're wrong. The Whitecaps will be joining an elite group of clubs which include Chelsea FC, Arsenal FC, Real Madrid FC and a select few of others.

Thanks to this partnership, we'll be seeing the Whitecaps in FIFA 12, along with the BC Place Stadium in the game! I'm really looking forward to playing Career Mode with the Whitecaps at the BC Place stadium. What this also means is that Whitecaps players will help out in motion testing, and that FIFA 12 will have a special cover edition, just for Vancouver.

While some may think that this is just some stupid partnership that will be useless in the development of the Whitecaps, I don't. It shows that not only are the Whitecaps ready to be known around the world as a team with big aspirations, but it also shows that they're embracing new technology, something which doesn't always happen in soccer/football.

Here below are some pretty cool images of Whitecaps players, in the FIFA videogame! They got the numbers on DeMerit wrong (he's actually number 6), but this news was announced some time ago. If you're interested in an in depth review of FIFA 11, you can read a review here.

DeMerit walking into BC Place with the Whitecaps

Bob Lenarduzzi, Whitecaps legend

New Whitecaps FC signing, Jay DeMerit