‘The Vancouver Whitecaps are not being run by
a bunch of fools. No matter what péople may
think of the recent player changes and internal
moves of the club, the people at the top are astute
businessmen who are not going to willingly throw

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away the success they have struggled to achieve.

David Harvey, the ex-
Leeds keeper is a former
Scottish International who
‘was with Scotland in their
trek for the World Cup back
in "74. And David Robb,
another Scot, from _ the
Philadelphia Fury, is a
striker who quietly goes
about the business of scoring
goals. Last season with the
less than successful Fury he
managed to wind up fourth
overall in N.A.S.L. scoring.

These players, plus the
others who will be signed

this weck will ensure
Whitecaps of their
reputation of fielding a

strong team who keep going
in spite of any and all
pressures.

SOMETHING WRONG

If maintaining and
upgrading the calibre of the
team was the key to the
Whitecap ‘miracle’ then all
would be right with the
world and White would still

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be the color. But something
seems to have gone wrong in
the magic land of Oz.

Perhaps the team _ has
finally become
‘professional.

For make no mistake, this
team, over the past couple
years was different than
other pro teams. And it was
not only in the win and loss
columns.

There was a certain lustre,
or magic, that at times could
make even jaded media
types feel the tingle of ex-
citement.

There was an openness, an
honesty, that emanated from
players and officials that
belied description in
professional sports.

THE MISSIONARIES

It was something quite
impossible to hold up to
scrutiny under a
microscope. It was partly the
almost missionary zeal
players showed when talking

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about the game, and in their
availability in the com-
munity. It was something in
that hokey old song they put
together and also in the
closeness of the players and
the front office.

It was also the excitement
of the office staff with what
was being born and

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chipping in to catch tha
feeling.

But most of all it was what
was happening out on the
field of Empire Stadium.

Withour drum - pounding
or cheerleading or major
league gimmicks, a bunch of
guys in short pants were
somehow managing to
create a magic on the field
and in the stands. There was
form of communication
taking place between the
players and the crowd that
didn’t need words.

A SPECIAL
NIGHT

The peak of this com-
munication happened on a
night last August when
Aztecs came to town for the
second game of the playoffs.

There was a magic that
night that was felt by the

players and the crowd, an
electricity. that is really a
once in lifetime experience.
A night when everything on
the field and in the stands
was almost interchangeable.
Something exciting was born
and ‘of course it grew into a
champion.

However, we are told,

everything changes. Seasons
come and seasons go and the
leaves on the trees fall off so
others may take their place
with the Whitecaps. It could
be that we will witness a new
area of growth and

development with this _

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But something has gone.
Once there was a
uniqueness; a lustre and a
warmth that created
believers out of spectators.

It just doesn’t seem to be

_ there anymore.

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