There is no- -question that
the Vancouver Whitecaps
have one -of ..the~ top
organizations-kin“the North

American Soccer League’ -
when it comes fo. «the-.
development of so-called -

‘native’. players.

Try and think of any club
which has produced so many
home grown players who

have been able to make it on -

a regular basis inté the
league, and you will come up
with a short list.

Have a look. at the
Whitecaps, and around the

league at young players from:

the Vancouver operation
who have made it.

There’s Dale Mitchell of
Portland, a reguiar who also
holds down .one of the key
roles with the Canadian
Natgional team. Then there
is Drew Ferguson, a mid-
fielder with Edmonton,
another former Whitecaps,
while over in Washington is
David McGill to name but a
few. |

With the 1982 season
demanding that four starting
spots on each team be filled
with mon-imports, the
demand for strong
development at the local
level has never been higher.

While other clubs struggle
to establish locals and yet
others restrict themselves to
scouting - mainly in the
Vancouver area -_ the
Whitecaps director of player
development Les Wilson,
has created reserve team
system that is the envy of the
NASL.

The envy: of ‘the league

Over the recently com- -

pleted season take a look at .
the number of young north —
cans who have made ::°

their mark’on theclub.

Ofcourse, there are, the
thrée regular starters. Bob
Lenarduzzi, Paul Nelson and
Gerry Gray. But in addition
there are a score of others,
all who saw action this
season.

Buzz Parsons, who could
easily be called Mr.
Reliable; Carl Shearer-whom
many had given © “Mp on. °
following a serious.“groin _
injury the season “before;
David Norman, Brent.

Gerry Gray seen in action

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