The Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club has quietly become the most authentic football organization on the continent.

Vancouver has methodically implemented a tiered development structure that is unrivaled in North America.

The Whitecaps are unique in many regards, but no other club in this region has a streamlined youth development system that directly supports the first team. 

Most of the big European or South American clubs have tiered systems that supply the senior side with talented youngsters.

This is not commonplace in North America, and a particularly foreign notion in the United States where college soccer is the preferred means of player development.

Vancouver has not taken the route of the “traditional” North American soccer team. Rather this organization has adapted tried and true methods from the global game.

  (GM)Lenarduzzi is a revelation in North American football management, as a number of MLS clubs are run by executives that lack football-specific experience.

This club has a proud identity that has been built upon the foundations of a unique development system and a knowledgeable club culture.

If nothing else, we know that the Whitecaps’ propensity to develop young players is not to be underestimated and the club will undoubtedly produce a portion of its own talent.

If the beautiful game is to truly thrive in our part of the world well-run and strongly supported clubs are needed to elevate the sport’s status.

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