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Cannon up for save of the week
Joe Cannon is up for save of the week honours after one of his best performances of the season in Saturday’s 1-0 win over the Houston Dynamo at Empire Field. The 36-year-old from California made three...
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Cannon, Dede up for honours
Whitecaps goalkeeper Joe Cannon and playmaker Davide Chiumiento are up for MLS weekly honours after the Caps’ 1-1 tie in New York on Saturday. Cannon dived to deny Juan Agudelo a header goal late in...
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Chiumiento claims honour; ready for L.A.
Davide Chiumiento’s creative goal against the New York Red Bulls deservedly won MLS goal of the week honours in a landslide vote (64 per cent). Better news for the Italian and the Whitecaps: Chiumiento...
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Cannon set for 300th MLS game
A little trip down memory lane as Whitecaps’ Joe Cannon prepares for his 300th MLS regular-season game. Just found this clip of the first goal he allowed in MLS play. It was his first game, against...
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Cannon clarifies comments
In pre-season, when he was battling back from a broken ankle, and early in the year, when was second choice behind Jay Nolly, Whitecaps’ goalkeeper Joe Cannon adopted the cone of silence approach to...
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Whitecaps decline option on Cannon, four others
The Vancouver Whitecaps have declined contract options on goalkeepers Joe Cannon and Jay Nolly, midfielders John Thorrington and Peter Vagenas, and defender Greg Janicki. Those five, plus...
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Whitecaps re-sign Cannon, Thorrington; Nolly traded
Martin Rennie has retained two of his most experienced MLS players. The Vancouver Whitecaps re-signed goalkeeper Joe Cannon and midfielder John Thorrington to undisclosed deals before Monday’s MLS...
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Rennie praises young strikers Tan and Mattocks
ORLANDO — After his embarrassing penalty miss in Sunday’s 1-0 win over the Houston Dynamo, Long Tan, the Vancouver Whitecaps’ young striker, received a clear message from coach Martin Rennie never...
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Cannon raves about veteran additions
ORLANDO — With the early-season exception of local lad Terry Dunfield, no Vancouver Whitecap embraced the city more, or took the losses harder, than goalkeeper Joe Cannon in 2011. So Cannon’s refreshed...
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Hat Trick: Whitecaps are learning how to win
Jay DeMerit’s second-half header lifted the Whitecaps to their first-ever MLS road win on Saturday against Chivas. Here is the Hat Trick — three things we learned from that pedestrian, yet pleasing,...
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Caps’ notes: Cannon could start Saturday
Whitecaps’ goalkeeper Joe Cannon didn’t take part in Tuesday’s training session at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex but coach Martin Rennie said the veteran could be ready for Saturday’s home game...
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Gameday: Whitecaps seeking offensive breakthrough in San Jose
UPDATED: The Caps (2-0-2) take their four-game shutout streak to San Jose (3-1-0), where they’ll be looking for that elusive offensive breakthrough. Kickoff: Today, 4 p.m. Venue: Buck Shaw Stadium TV:...
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Hat Trick: Whitecaps wasted a good hour against Earthquakes
The long-awaited goal came. So did the shutout record to start a season and another strong road performance for 60-odd minutes. But a terrible 10 minutes undid all the good in a 3-1 loss at the San...
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Whitecaps, world soccer: McNaughton’s Heroes and Zeroes
Every month, our Whitecaps fan columnist Jason McWilliams writes in our Goal! section (the most recent one was published on Wednesday, Aug. 15). Every month, here on the blog, McWilliams delivers his...
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Cannon not counting on a return to Whitecaps
Joe Cannon’s gut feeling following his Wednesday meeting with coach Martin Rennie is that he’ll most likely not be back in Vancouver next season. “It’s a private meeting so I’m not going to comment on...
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Rennie denies Robson is done with Whitecaps
Barry Robson is still going to show up at Whitecaps training camp. Coach Martin Rennie swears it. He said so after a light session at Burnaby Lake on Monday. But multiple reporters have declared...
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Whitecaps Hat Trick: Has Cannon won back the No. 1 tag?
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Whitecaps tied the Chicago Fire 1-1 at Blackbaud Stadium on Saturday. Alas, it was not enough for the travelling Canooks to lift a pre-season trophy, which, of course, means all...
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Whitecaps 2013 preview – position-by-position
As the Vancouver Whitecaps prepare to open their third MLS season against Toronto FC at B.C. Place, Marc Weber breaks down the roster after another busy offseason for coach Martin Rennie. GOALKEEPERS...
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Whitecaps Hat Trick: Classic Kenny editiion
The research would take ages (we’ve got some interns on it) but how many games would you have to combine from last year to equal the number of quality combinations and clear-cut chances the Caps...
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Whitecaps Wednesday: Our fan columnist is pumped for Canadian Championship,...
Whitecaps fan columnist Jason McWilliams writes the occasional “Whitecaps Wednesday,” featuring his many thoughts on the state of the club … Before the win against the L.A. Galaxy last Saturday, I...
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Whitecaps linked to Danish goalkeeper David Ousted
According to a report out of Denmark, the Vancouver Whitecaps are on the verge of signing Danish goalkeeper David Ousted, whose contract with Randers FC is set to expire. The summer transfer window in...
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Whitecaps exercise option on 11 players; decline eight
The Whitecaps wanted to wait on personnel decisions until they’d hired a coach to replace Martin Rennie. But with the interview process stretching toward a month, the club announced 19 contract...
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Brad Knighton traded to New England
Brad Knighton admittedly played his best after the Whitecaps signed Danish goalkeeper David Ousted in the summer. By then, of course, it was never going to work out long term. Ousted’s ascension was...
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