By ANDY FRASER

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Willie Johnston is is coming to Vancouver. After

‘a week of Marathon negotiations,» General

Manager John. Best. called home yesterday af-

-ternoon toannounce a three year signing of one

of the ‘most exciting and controversial players —

from Scotland.

The small but
winger comes to. the
Whitecaps after a long
career with the famous
Glasgow Rangers and more
recently with West Brom-
wich Albion in England.

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Considered one of the
fastest and most efficient
crossers in the game, the 32-

year-old Johnston was the

centre of controversy last
year at the World Cup in
Argentina. He was sent

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home from the tournament
and barred from _ further
appearances with. the
national team after doping
tests on him had proven

positive.

Johnston, suffering from a
head cold, had_ taken
medication which was
banned by the FIFA World
Cup organizers.

An aggressive. ST, 155

pounder who was born in>

Glasgow, Willie Johnson has

made 21 appearances with
the , Scottish National team
since: 1966. |

With the Whitecaps, he is

, expected. to help fill the void
 Greated by the departure of:
Alan Hinton for the
cgaching jobin Tulsa. >

His speed and toughness,
coupled with his crossing-
ability,.is expected to give
Kevin Hector and Trevor
Whymark freedom to create

_ the scoring opportunities. |

. Johnston is expected in

town this week but is not’

expected to see action
against Dallas. Tornado on
Friday; the first game of the
Whitecap season.

Cup action narrows down

Double overtime was
needed for West Van Bears
to come away with a 2-1 win
over West Van Cougars on
Saturday in Cup action.

In other action, Number 5
Orange took . Edgemont
United 4-1 .

On Saturday, Orange will
go up against Benfica at 2:30
at Sowden Park with the
winner of -this match up
playing the Bears in the Cup
Final Sunday at Ambleside F
at 10:00 a.m.

North Shore Bulls
outlasted West Van Lions in
regular league play 4-3 while
Benfica and North Shore
Rangers battled. to a
scoreless draw.

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