A honey crueller! A donut showed up on the club's roster today, it was filling in the spot that could have been filled by an MLS veteran.
In a statement from Whitecaps Dierctor of Professional Teams, Greg Anderson, he told MLS Reporter Brandon Timko that “we have a plan for how we are building our roster and the types of players that we are looking for in each spot and we didn’t feel that any of the players on the list fit exactly what we are looking for.”
The Whitecaps are not a big budget team, contrary to common belief, and while their ownership group is made up of several very wealthy businessmen, don't expect them to make too many splashy signings. The clubs policy of building from their youth program, and signing and developing younger players will almost certainly hold to form over the first few seasons that we are in MLS.