B6 - Wednesday, April 13, 1983 - North Shore News

Vancouver Whitecaps ’83

LOOKING FORWARD TO OCTOBER

A decade, a dome and Soccer Bowl

There are three things the
Whitecaps want to have
“going” for them this year.

Two are already ac-
complished facts. One, the
team is “going” into~their
tenth season in the North
American Soccer League,
and two, they will be “going”
into the exciting new domed
B.C. Place in mid-June, the
first domed stadium in
Canada.

The third “going” they
want, is to be going to
Soccer Bowl! on October Ist,
as hosts and participants in
the first ever Soccer Bowl to

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be played in Vancouver.
While the number three
may be a bit tough to ac-
complish, players and
Management are quietly
confident that they will be
trotting out onto the ar-
tificial turf as home town

favorites come the beginning

of October in front of 60,000
fans.

The number 10 edition of
the Whitecaps is a familiar
look, but with a few key
differences. The core of the
team is stable and just that
much more familiar with
each other and the few

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changes could make an
interesting change to the
Whitecap game plan.

With the signing of Fran
and Frans (O'Brien and
Thijssen) in the middle of
the field, it could signal a
new and stronger attack
coming through the middle.

Couple the Irish and
Dutch international with the
ageless Peter Lorimer, last
year’s Most Valuable Player
and ex-Scottish In-

ternational and you are
looking at one of the most
potent midfields anywhere in
North America.

And if you throw in either
Mike Sweeney or

David

HEADING FOR THE
ball, Alan Taylor races
past his opponent last
season in regular league
action. If Taylor can re-
main healthy for the ‘83
season, he is expected
to add more than a few
goals in the Whitecap
cause. Taylor scored
the lone goal Sunday
against the Montreal
Manic in the Caps 1-0
win in Victoria.

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Norman, you know that this
part of the Whitecaps game
is not going to be a weak
link

Thijssen has the ability to
distribute the ball cleanly
and quickly while O’Brien
loves to move forward
through the front line on
attacks.

And on the back line,
Dave Watson, the 65 times
English International will
anchor a solid defensive core
of Bobby Lenarduzzi, Pierce
O'Leary, Mark Nickeas,
Paul Nelson, Shaun Lowther

. take your pick.

Someone who is familiar
with Watson was asked what

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the 36 year old central

defender was like as a
player. The answer was
indirect: “Remember Roger
Kenyon?”

“Yes.”

“A pussycat.” (Compared
to Watson).

And with the quixotic
Tino Lettieri in goal with
P.J. Johns fighting him every
step of the way, it would
seem that the only question
mark for the "Caps at this
stage of the game is the front
line.

Mind you, with Carl
Valentine, Alan Taylor and
Peter Beardsley up there, it
doesn’t seem too weak.

However, the locals will be
making an addition up front.
Whether it will be the
German international Horst
Hrubech or someone else
remains to be seen, but it
would appear that this
striker will be the last ad-
dition to the 1983 version of

the ’Caps.
All in all, it’s looking
pretty good for the

Whitecaps this year. Club
officials and players would
like nothing more than a hat-
trick: a decade, a dome and
a Soccer Bowl champion-
ship.

Sort of satisfying way to
wrap up the first ten years.

NEWS photo Eric Eggertson

ALL-TIME CLUB COACHING RECORDS

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9 tl nm Ww 70 4th Place Weat/Did not quality
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14 10 Ns) w 120 Wed Place West/Ehminated Ist Round

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14 12 4) oat) 124 2nd place West’ Hiiminsted Ist Round
24 6 O48 29 199 Ist Place West/EKiiminated 2nd Round
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