Oh yeah! we Played a Game Last Night!

So the Whitecaps played last night, and should have pulled off a victory had it not been for a fishy play at the end of the first half that saw Carolina be awarded a penalty in the dying seconds.

Carolina came out strong to start the first half put on a wee bit of pressure in the first five minutes but after that the first half was dominated by the Whitecaps playing with the ball in the Carolina end. Strong game all around for the caps as guys like Johnny Steele and Martin Nash consistently pushed the ball into the box with lovely service. In the 31st minute on one of these such runs up the field Johnny Steele played a lovely ball on to a streaking Zurab Tsiskaridze, as the defender caught up to the ball on the left wing, he struck a low hard cross into the box and Ansu Toure flicked a cheeky little back heel into the goal.

As the half was drawing to a close Carolina's keeper punted a ball out of his box and an airborne Tsiskaridze was undercut by a Railhawks player at half, the play continued on and eventually led to Nelson Akwari bowling over Carolina's Etienne Barbara in the 18 yard box. A penalty was awarded and Barbara converted on the free kick.

After that the best chances of the second half came from a Marcus Haber header in the 53rd minute and then another head by Phillipe Davies in the 65th. Not a whole lot else happened in the later stages, Doudou came in for Ansu, in a Toure for Toure substitution, only to be involved in a head on head collision almost immediately after entering the pitch.

A draw while not ideal still keeps the Caps on top of the table.

The next home game from the men will be on July 8th almost a month away! the Residency Team will play Friday and Sunday this week up at SFU I urge you to come up and check it out. I will be announcing the Friday game but will not be at the Sunday game so maybe you guys could keep ME updated on that one!

The Women's next game is at Mcleod Athletic Park in Langley, on June 27th. They will be facing The Pali Blues from Los Angeles. I would imagine we will finally get to see the recently signed Kara Lang, who will have just graduated from UCLA. She actually was a member of the Pali Blues last season so hopefully she will be able to knock a couple past her former club and win one for the good guys

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue

Yesterday the Vancouver Whitecaps finally made the plunge, they went from always being a bridesmaid to finally being the bride. Now that the 'Caps officially have crest to plaster on everything imaginable. I'm picturing posters in a bin at hmv much like TFC have everywhere in Southern Ontario. It will truly be an exciting time these next 8 months as we head into the MLS Kick Off next year. The new logo while many have called it bland and boring, minimal and stale I like it. I mean I really like it!

Monday night I couldn't sleep. Much like Christmas eves of years gone by, as I imagined the new features of that seasons EA Sports NHL release (Oh the off balance Joe Sakic wristers and Pavel Bure between the legs dekes!) . It was incredibly lame I know, but that's just who I am. As has previously been documented, I am drooling over every suggestion of potential kit sponsor (EA Sports has recently been tossed into the mix). Supposedly that information will be coming in the following few days.

Yeah it's pretty minimal but atleast it finally makes sense. Ok so here's where I offically out myself as being raised in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area). I came here and really I don't care much for the mountains, their not something that really effect my day to day life. I rarely climb them and snowboarding just isn't really my thing but I love the Ocean. I love sitting on the grass at Kitsilano Beach, with all the 'roid monkeys, and off work strippers and waitresses and other show ponies... and It dawned on me one day, while having a discussion with a Aussi tourist that there is no surf at any of Vancouver's beaches. I knew the answer right away, that were in an inlet and Vancouver Island blocks the oceans waves. Then I started working for the Whitecaps. Hanging the banners around the stadium every Saturday having that white crested wave starring me in the face, I really started to get annoyed with the whole idea of the clubs image was a lie. Yeah ok I'm a weirdo, but so to are many other fans apparently. The minions have spoken and the waves are gone. Apparently when looking for new ideas and input on the new crest the big wigs talked to the little people from office staff to volunteers and even the fans (imagine that!)

The idea of Cypress, Seymour, and Grouse (I'm assuming that these are the North Shore Mountains depicted) standing strong like Knight, Akwari, and Big Z (feel free to replace any one of these with Greg Janicki, or Jay Nolly for that matter) really makes me proud to be associated with this club.

The Navy blue kits will look sharp and I am glad the chose to go that route, the league already has enough teams with Sky Blue, or Royal Blue uniforms.

Enough on that though, The PDL game last saw the Caps lose 1-0 in a very hard fought battle with Ya-Kim-A (not YAH KEEM AH as I was told) Their keeper made a brilliant save on a penalty midway through the second half that was taken by Dever Orgill. A great result I would say considering they played several Honduran trialists, and an unsigned keeper.

I will be tweeting live from tonights game in my usual if i see it i'll tweet it style.

I'll do a post game review. Finally get around to writing my thoughts on the women's first game of the season, and a few other things.