Vancouver was one of the best teams in the West when at full strength in 2023
The season may be over, but there’s plenty of positives to take away. Vancouver won the Canadian Championship for the second consecutive season in 2023, another trophy for the cabinet and CONCACAF Champions Cup qualification in 2024. A strong summer transfer window and letting certain attackers cook made the Whitecaps one of the most fun teams in the league. Advertisement However, this team still hasn’t advanced in the playoffs since 2017. That’s the next step.
has and , Seattle has had Nico Lodeiro and , has Lucho Acosta and . That’s the sort of production Vancouver needs to expect from those two. Those are big shoes for Gauld and White. They can do it, but saw Golden Boot winner Bouanga score three over the two-game series. White scored Vancouver’s lone goal but that was it. Set-piece defending should be an emphasis in preseason; the Whitecaps conceded five goals from those situations across two games to
to crash out of the playoffs. What could change Vancouver can add a designated player this winter following the departure of Sergio Cordova. They can also add at least one, if not two, U-22 initiative players . However, that DP spot may be for Laryea. More on that below. The infrastructure Vancouver’s academy has regularly produced players for the first team with varying degrees of success since the shooting star of . Ahmed was this year’s most positive example.
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