By PETER LORIMER

No one individual is
greater than the whole of the
team. That is one of the keys
to a player's success with the
Vancouver Whitecaps, and
it is one of the major reasons
some teams have trouble
finding the win columns.

Our system is the no-star
style of hard work. ©

A player with all the skill
level in the world but who
can't be a team player will
never wear a Whitecap
unfiorm.

Looking back at last
season when we ran into
injuries all season long you
realize we were forced to
shift players and positions
continually in order to come
up with a competitive team.
By and large it worked.

While we didn't win the
championship, we did come
up with a good number of

wins and a strong effort.

Interchangability played a
key role. The players could
go wherevér they were
needed to do their best for
the team whether or not it
was their best or favorite
position.

Peter Beardsley moved
from striker to midfield, and
1 moved the opposite way.
And on one memorable
occasion, Willie Johnston
moved from winger to
fullback and did a heck of a
job that night in a totally
unfamihar role.

Our back line was also
forced to make changes and
just like the rest of us, no
one complained.

All players must have
exceptionally high = skill
levels when they come to us.
There is no way that we're
going to teach a player when
to pass, when to make a run
or when to take a shot. If he
doesn’t have those skills at

INDUSTRIAL SOCCER FINAL

Hard work and character

this stage, he’s not going to
find us teaching them.

But along with the skill,
the single most important
attribute a player needs for
the Whitecap system is the
right attitude or “character.”

It’s the character that has
won games for us when we
probably should have lost —
and has kept us in many
games over the years. One
example is our game against
Chicago last year at Empire
Stadium. The game ws tied
1-1 and we were under
pressure when Ray Hankin
was sent off. But despite the
fact we were only playing

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Nobby Stiles, our youth
coach, is great at drawing
this extra character out of
young players. Nobby was a
perfect example of what I’m
talking about. He was a
small man with poor eyesight
and limited skills. But with
hard work and desire he rose
to be a key element in
England’s 1966 World Cup
win.

As a youth coach Nobby
can help youngsters see the
excitement and fun in
pushing beyond what they
thought they were capable of
and finding a new aspect, or
depth, to themselves.

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WITH THE CAPS

with 10 men we scored two
goals to win the game. That's
character.

Goofys to meet Scandicraft

Industrial Soccer League,
first place finishers, Goofy’s
Place, will meet defending
champions, Scandicraft, m
playoff cup final next
Sunday.

Fourth place North Shore
News soccer team was up
against tough odds last
Sunday in semifinal action
against Goofys. The News
hopes for an upset win were
deflated early in the first half
when Larry Calli beat News
netminder, Joe Perras from
the penalty spot. Goofy’s
continued to press forward
resulting in the winning goal
on a perfect cross from the
wing to stnker Tom Gard-

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ner, who one timed it past
the charging News goalie.
News striker, Ian Baker
scored their only goal,
beating Goofys keeper, Al
Murphy, with a low hard
shot catching the left corner.
A last minute goal in the
first half by Larry Calh put
the game out of reach. Good
goaltending by both teams
allowed no further scoring in
the second half to give
Goofy’s the 3-1 victory.
Second place Scandicraft
earned the right to defend
their cup by edging out third
place Pegasus Old Boys 1-0
in a hard hiting game which
resulted in a Pegasus player

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being sent off the field early
in the second half. Bob
Miller scored the only goal.
Next Sunday's cup final
will be played at Kinsmen
Stadium at 1:00 p.m.

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B7 - Sunday, April 17, 1983 - North Shore News

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