The Vancouver Whitecaps Sentinel
Squad30 Aug 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Walker Johnson
19 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Vancouver Whitecaps lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
Kenji Cabrera runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 28. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Vancouver Whitecaps
Sebastian Berhalter was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Andrés Cubas gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match28 Aug 2027
Portland Timbers take the points off Vancouver Whitecaps
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
Mathías Laborda will replay that one
1 error, one goal, and a night in front of the same three seconds. He will see it tonight, tomorrow and probably in February, and everybody who has played knows exactly which frame he keeps stopping on.
In brief
- Squad The manager has not finished forgetting Mathías Laborda's mistake
- Player ratings Seen enough of Andrés Cubas
- Market The Adrián Zendejas question follows Vancouver Whitecaps around