OT: 2024 Soccer and Vancouver Whitecaps Thread

[SeawaterOnIce]

Would be a sad development, at basically the same time as the World Cup comes to Vancouver--that they lost their MLS team. Not a great look for local soccer.

At one time, Vancouver was seen as a 'soccer hotbed' in North America. But that was 'then' and this is 'now'.

There's just too many things going against the viability of an MLS franchise here. You need year after year growth and that requires a population that can emotionally and financially invest into the sport. A lot of locals who were born and raised here are solely invested in the Vancouver Canucks.

Ultimately we are a small market franchise in a league that has seen insane growth. Markets down south have the diverse population that can sustain stable revenue and can afford to bring in established stars that can sell tickets. It's really unfortunate because I was pulling for South Asian talent to emerge from the WCFC academy or for us to maybe sign Sunil Chhetri. It would have been a huge shot in the arm into tapping into a market but alas....it just hasn't happened.