VANCOUVER Heading into a new season, Vancouver Whitecaps coach Marc Dos Santos is frustrated.
Just days before the Whitecaps are set to kick off their Major League Soccer campaign, he has yet to hold a training session with his full squad.
National duty, visa issues and quarantine have kept several players from joining training camp at the club s temporary home in Sandy, Utah.
“My frustration is not having everyone here, together, working together. That’s frustrating as a coach, Dos Santos said. But it’s things we have to deal with.
Every player who s been in training is ready to compete, he said, and there s a sense of excitement and anticipation about who s yet to come.
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The 2021 season technically already began for the Columbus Crew due to CONCACAF Champions League play, but the MLS champions don’t begin the defense of their league title until Sunday when Supporters’ Shield winners the Philadelphia Union come to historic Crew Stadium. Despite brining home a championship last year, the Black & Gold still made a number of changes to the team’s roster to be ready to compete on multiple fronts this season.
As part of our preseason preview, Massive Report will go position by position and give readers a breakdown of what to expect in the coming year. We begin with the goalkeepers.
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Vancouver Whitecaps goalkeeper Thomas Hasal (51) makes a save during the first half of MLS soccer action against the Montreal Impact in Vancouver, B.C., Sunday, September 13, 2020. Hasal doesn t believe in curses, even if it seemed that there must have been a jinx on the Vancouver Whitecaps goalkeepers last season. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward March 11, 2021 - 3:25 PM
VANCOUVER - Thomas Hasal doesn t believe in curses, even if it seemed that there must have been a jinx on the Vancouver Whitecaps goalkeepers last season.
The club saw four different keepers occupy the starting spot as injuries and absences complicated a season that was already unlike any other.