'Caps weekly update
Published on July 4, 2008 under USL First Division (USL-1)
Vancouver Whitecaps News Release
Vancouver Whitecaps men (7-3-2) look to keep pace with USL First Division leaders Charleston Battery when they re-visit the struggling Rochester Rhinos (2-5-5) on Saturday evening.
Teitur Thordarson's men will be in buoyant mood when they travel again to Upstate New York after a claiming a famous 1-0 away victory over Major League Soccer club Toronto FC in the Nutrilite Canadian Championship on Canada Day. Martin Nash's first-half penalty kept the Whitecaps alive in the three-club tournament - which also includes competition leaders and USL-1 rivals Montreal Impact - while handing TFC their first defeat at their BMO Field home this season. The result also ended Vancouver's winless run at four games in both league and Canadian Championship contests, with the streak having started in their last visit to Rochester on June 13.
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Orgill called up to Jamaica U-20's
Vancouver Whitecaps FC announced today that 18-year-old forward Dever Orgill of the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency squad has been called up to the Jamaica's U-20 national team. The forward will join the squad for a short training camp in Jamaica from July 7 to 9, before travelling to the Cayman Islands for the CFU/CONCACAF qualifying round. Orgill and the U-20 Reggae Boyz will face Puerto Rico on July 23, Bermuda on July 25, and the Cayman Islands on July 27.
The six-foot, 150-pound native of Port Antonio, Jamaica, has appeared in seven PDL games for the Whitecaps this season and has scored two goals. Orgill was also called up to the Whitecaps United Soccer Leagues First Division side earlier this season, but has yet to see action with the first team. Orgill joined the Residency program last September and has performed well in major international youth tournaments. Most notably, last March, Orgill scored goals against the academy sides of Germany's Eintracht Frankfurt and England's Leicester City at Dallas Cup XXIX.
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'Caps vs. Toronto match live on GolTV
Vancouver Whitecaps FC, in conjunction with GolTV and Major League Soccer's Toronto FC, announced today that the Nutrilite Canadian Championship match featuring the Whitecaps and Toronto FC on Wednesday, July 9, will be broadcast live on GolTV. In addition, CBC Sports will provide live broadband coverage of the match exclusively at cbcsports.ca and TEAM 1040 Sports Radio will broadcast live radio commentary.
The match, scheduled to kick off at 7:00 p.m. PT at Swangard Stadium, will be the Whitecaps final game of the Nutrilite Canadian Championship and the second of a home-and-home set between the two clubs. The Whitecaps captured the first match against Toronto FC in a thrilling 1-0 victory at BMO Field on Canada Day, handing Toronto their first loss of the season on home turf and the Whitecaps first win of the competition.
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The Sport Market on TEAM 1040
The business of soccer worldwide and in Canada is the subject of a special report on this week's edition of The Sport Market on TEAM 1040, Saturday, July 5th from 8:00 to 10:00 am PT.
The show comes on the heels of the recently-completed Euro 2008, the current FIFA 2010 World Cup qualifying rounds (for Canada and other countries) and the upcoming 2008 Beijing Olympics, along with new Canadian Soccer Association properties such as the Nutrilite Canadian Club Championships featuring Toronto FC of Major League Soccer (MLS) and the Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Montreal Impact of the United Soccer Leagues (USL).
The special report on "The Soccer Market" will be hosted by Tom Mayenknecht and feature in-studio co-hosts and special guests Bob Lenarduzzi, President of the Whitecaps FC, and Bjorn Osieck, the chief executive of the British Columbia Soccer Association.
Telephone guests will include soccer commentator and host Gerry Dobson of Rogers Sportsnet and Geoff Arnoldi of Arnoldi-Watters, a sport marketing company based in Toronto.
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Next week on whitecapsfc.com
The early part of next week will focus on Toronto FC's first visit to Swangard Stadium, Wednesday July 9th. After that, we look ahead to the final Whitecaps doubleheader of the season, on July 13th
USL First Division Stories from July 4, 2008
- Miami FC tops Puerto Rico; stretches undefeated streak to 8 league games - Fort Lauderdale Strikers
- 'Caps weekly update - Vancouver Whitecaps
- Orgill Called up to Jamaica U-20's Side - Vancouver Whitecaps
- Whitecaps Versus Toronto FC Match Live on GolTV - Vancouver Whitecaps
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