Vancouver Southsiders Announce Home and Away Pubs

I'm not a member of the Vancouver Southsiders, but if you're looking to join a passionate group of Whitecaps fans, the Southsiders are an excellent supporters group. I recently received a couple of emails from the Southsiders president informing me of the official home and away pubs. So if you're looking to watch some Whitecaps matches in a pub with a great atmosphere, the pubs below are the places to be. Home matches: Oscar's Pub located at the corner of Broadway and Hastings, a 10 minute walk from Empire Field. Away matches: Doolin's Irish Pub located at 654 Nelson (at the corner of Granville) in downtown Vancouver. I'll...

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Lions With Scarves: Promoting Genius

On the way to my soccer game I snapped this quick picture I have to say, the Whitecaps have impressed me. I'm not really talking about on the field results (most recently a 2-2 draw with the U-18 USA mens national team), I'm talking more about the promotion campaign which has been taking place the past few days. While the image to the right might look like just some poorly taken, cell-phone camera snapshot of the beginning of the Lionsgate bridge, it's much more than that. If you look closely amid the motion blur and lack of pixels, you'll see a lion proudly wearing a Whitecaps scarf. Yes my friends, the Lionsgate bridge lions have been dressed...

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Whitecaps Lose 1-0 to Chivas USA in Preseason Friendly

We've seen the good, the bad, and the ugly in the preseason matches from the Whitecaps. The good came right away, with the 2-1 victory over Real Salt Lake. The bad came against the Seattle Sounders, the 105 minute training match which finished 1-0 for the Sounders. And the ugly came today against Chivas USA, especially in the first half when the team was too defensive. You could say it was a cruel 1-0 loss. Although the team was brutally defensive in the first half, letting Chivas create chance after chance, in the second half Thordarson got the team to play with more spirit. While I complain about the team being defensive, they were relatively...

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Become the Official 2011 Whitecaps FC Anthem Singer!

Do you have a beautiful voice? Can you sing the Canadian and American national anthems? Can you do it in front of thousands of fans? If you can, then the Whitecaps FC are looking for you! I recently noticed the the official Whitecaps FC website that the club is searching for the next singing sensation. While I'm not going to be applying anytime soon, it's nice to see the club expanding its horizons into broader areas of culture. This is how the official website phrases the search for Vancouver's next top singer: Whitecaps FC are searching for the best singing talent in British Columbia, in the hopes of finding the official anthem singer for...

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2011 MLS Schedule Released

While the preseason is interesting, it's all building up towards the actual season. Although we do know that the Whitecaps will be hosting Toronto FC in their first match, the rest of the MLS matches were a mystery until now. Finally, the fixture list for 2011 has been unveiled, and you can find it here. I've bookmarked that page, and I suggest all you Whitecaps fans do it as well. One interesting thing worth noticing in the schedule: BC Place's debut game will be against the other new MLS team, the Portland Timbers. Will it be a winning start in the new stadium? What do you think about the schedule? Share your thoughts bel...

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC Partner With TEAM 1410 Radio

The Vancouver Whitecaps have officially partnered with TEAM 1410, and the radio station will have the exclusive radio broadcast rights to the Whitecaps's matches for the next couple of years. It's good to know we can listen to the Whitecaps matches along with pre-game and post-game analysis. Here's what the Vancouver Whitecaps FC website says about the partnership: Vancouver’s TEAM 1410 is now the official voice of Vancouver Whitecaps FC, with exclusive radio broadcast rights to the club’s matches for the next two years. The new deal makes TEAM 1410 the home of all 34 regular season matches, all playoff games, and all international “friendly”...

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The Loss Against Seattle Will Strengthen The Whitecaps

Looking at the 1-0 loss to the Seattle Sounders, I've been trying to find some positives about the friendly. Of course, it's a poor result, and it highlights a few overall problems which the team has, but there were certainly some good things seen. It's important to remember that this wasn't an ordinary match. It was 105 minutes split up into three 35 minute periods. The Whitecaps started well, pressuring the Sounders while remaining compact and organized. Both sides created chances, the Whitecaps having the majority of them. But in the 63rd minute, a moment of distraction led to the only goal of the match. The frozen White and Blue defence...

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Whitecaps Win First Preseason Match 2-1 Against Real Salt Lake

It was a big win for coach Teitur Thordarson I was fearful with the Whitecaps about to play their first match. Yesterday I kept on wondering, "What if they were to lose this match?", that eventually became, "What if a losing streak started?!". I was shuffling around, thinking of happy things in an attempt to remain hopeful. Yet among all my negative thoughts, the Whitecaps managed to play an exciting 135 minute match (broken up into three 45 minute segments) in which they won 2-1. While Joe Cannon, Jay DeMerit, and John Thorrington didn't play due to injury problems, 25 Whitecaps players played in the friendly. While I was worried about...

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