Soccer: Whitecaps and World Cup
The Whitecaps unveiled the club’s new look at a downtown press conference on Tuesday morning. The logo incorporates the white caps of the North Shore mountains, reflected in blue in the water. “I think it’s a true reflection of the city,” said CEO Paul Barber. It’s the sixth logo in club history. Vancouver joins North America’s top tier, Major League Soccer, in 2011.
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V.c » I see what they are trying to do with the mountains and the water and the ‘V’ + ‘W’ initials, but i’m afraid it just isn’t working for me. Too many straight lines and angles, not enough curves and soft lines. I could see it being used for the Vancouver Waterworks or something institutional or corporate but besides the FC nothing in it says anything about soccer. The name Whitecaps is great and the logo should reflect the name, there should be a surging tide in it somehow.
No Canada: What will it take for us to get back to a World Cup?
So here we are again. Canadian soccer fans in search of a team to follow for the globe’s greatest sporting spectacle.
Some will drape themselves in orange, because that’s what Grandpa always did when the Flying Dutchmen took the field. South Africa expats will swell with pride for the host Bafana Bafana. Many will back Brazil or Spain, simply because they admire the beauty in their game. And vast numbers will root for England — because everyone needs to suffer a little.
The sixth straight Canada-free World Cup kicks off June 11 — almost a quarter-century of missed opportunity since that famous run of 1986.
At least Canada will be represented this time, but there’s only so much joy in hearing K’Naan’s World Cup anthem, Wavin Flag, for the 200th time.
A chuckle, a sigh, or both greet the question — “Why aren’t we there?” — and that’s from those who have lived the Canadian game at the highest level.
The answer is not short; the solution not quick.
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V.c » I think most of the people I grew up with in Vancouver played soccer as a kid so why is it that Canada can’t produce at least a few world class athletes in that sport? We know we can do it in other sports, the recent Winter Olympics proved that. (Not to mention hockey.) Soccer might not be in our blood like hockey but there is certainly passion for it, I remember the mayhem back at Empire Stadium. There is thus no doubt that the problem is institutional starting with the leadership. I hope that one of these World Cups we can all join the party and cheer for Canada instead of leaving it to the Italians and Brazilians on Commercial Drive. In the meantime I will once again cheer for any team from Africa.





















