The 25-year-old Venezuelan previously played for FC Augsburg of the German Bundesliga. Striker Sergio Cordova, who signed a three-year designated player deal with the club on Monday, led Real Salt Lake with 11 goals across 34 appearances last year. Vancouver's latest roster addition is known for scoring.

But then you need the quality, you need the unit, the structure, and you need the numbers up top in order to create chances to score.”

“Everything starts from the defending organization and everything starts with being compact and being, I would say, really hard to break from the other team. “To win games we need to score goals,” the coach said. The club has made some tactical tweaks and added players in order to up the number of scoring chances it creates each game, Sartini said. I had a couple of injuries and COVID,” said White, who registered four goals and an assist in 26 MLS appearances.Ĭreating offence proved to be problematic for the 'Caps as a whole - Vancouver had the fewest goals for (40) in the Western Conference last year. “It was a difficult year for me personally. The 27-year-old American forward struggled with injuries last year and played a significant portion of the season with broken ribs. It's on our minds because we have to come out strong, especially at home.” “We know it's important to have a good start. “We didn't start off well at all last year and that ultimately could have been kind of the demise of us making the playoffs,” he said. Six weeks of training camp - spread across Vancouver, Marbella, Spain and Palm Springs - and eight pre-season games against high-level competition should help, said striker Brian White. And if we did that a little bit earlier, I think we would have put ourselves in a better position.” “We were a really good team in the second half (last year), especially at home,” he said.

Getting off to a solid start this year will be “huge,” said defender Tristan Blackmon. The team ultimately missed the playoffs, finishing ninth in the Western Conference with a 12-15-7 record, but many returning players believe the 'Caps have an opportunity to pick up where they left off when they kick off the 2023 campaign at home against Real Salt Lake on Saturday. The confidence comes after Vancouver took 39 points from 26 games to close out last season. So we're pushing, pushing, pushing for that,” the head coach explained. “Everyone feels this could be the year that we achieve something. Instead of taking time to relax in the sun, players consistently asked for more homework away from the field, wanting to prepare their minds for the coming campaign, Sartini said.

The athletes, though, were hungry for more. Vanni Sartini and his Vancouver Whitecaps coaching staff wanted to give their players a little time off as they prepared for the Major League Soccer season in Palm Springs, Cali., in recent weeks.

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