OT: 2024 Soccer and Vancouver Whitecaps Thread

[Frostage]

Still trying to figure out how the deal with Apple benefits the Caps. I can only assume their share of the revenue exceeds what they might hope for from gate receipts from the casual fan.

It's just bizarre to me that I wasn't able to watch my home team compete in their playoff games.

Wasn't that a league decision?

 

[VanJack]

I would argue the Whitecaps had average to above-average depth for MLS, actually. It's a salary-capped league after the special exceptions, so there aren't really any teams in the league that don't suffer when players are absent. Rather, the Caps' gap compared to the flagship teams was really with the higher-end talent.

From what little I saw of the Caps this year, it seemed to me that when Rryan Gauld and Brian White are out of the lineup, they're just not the same team.

But if people feel the Whitecaps depth is the equivalent of any team in the MLS, then I defer to them. Just don't see enough games to comment.