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That Championship Year

By Josh Keller

Championship year, 1979. The

story behind the excitement, the
The NorthdramaAmerican Soccer League
and the ultimate glory of
that incredible season had its beginnings
in the subdued reflections of defeat.
Shortly after 10:00 p.m. on the night
of August 16, 1978 at good old Empire
Stadium, a miracle season of shattered
records and a 14-game winning streak ab-
rubtly ended in the second round of the
playoffs. Two straight losses to the Port
land Timbers; a stunning upset that found
solace only in the 32,000 fans who stood
and applauded in sincere appreciation of
what the year had been.
The sudden end to that very good
season led President and General Manager
John Best and Head Coach Tony Waiters
to the obvious conclusion that it had not
been good enough. Their challenge; to
find the resources and personnel to make
the '79 version of the Whitecaps stronger,
with the depth and character to see it
through to the end.
Skeptics wondered aloud what the
team could possibly do for an encore,
and the critics grumbled about Vancouver
teams always being the bridesmaid, never
the bride. Some fully expected that
after the brief taste of success, the team
would fall back into mediocraty. Old
traditions die hard.
But to the likes of John Best and Tony
Waiters, a taste of success merely wets
the appetite. They had come a long way,
but they were anxious to go further . . .
much further.
Analyzing the team in depth they de
tailed the weaknesses, and came up with
their requirements in the form of a shop
ping list of players. On the basis of names
and credentials, it was impressive. In
terms of dollars and cents, it was more
ike staggering. They went to the board of
directors for approval of their plan.
The board's ongoing dedication to the
club and the sport, led by Chairman Herb
Capozzi, was beginning to pay visible
(though not yet cashable) dividends.
Whether or not to continue in that direc
tion was the directors' decision, and make
it they did. From out of the lengthy
boardroom conferences came the green

had all the ingredients for a classic event.
Friday, March 30 was indeed a classic,
but not quite in the manner envisioned.
It was cold and raw, and the 25.000
spectators saw a very different Dallas
team, full of South American players
whose names you couldn't pronounce,
much less remember. The Tornado came
to play defence, and play it rough. Not
only that, but they scored the first goal
against the run of play and took the lead
into the half.
Wondering what would happen next,
the restless patrons had only to wait
for the teams to return to the field.
That's when the lights on one side of llie
stadium went out! They came back on.
then went off again several times in suc
cession, and shivering fans cursed old
Empire and yelled for a new stadium.
Team officials debated calling the game,
which would have been awarded to
Dallas because play in the second hall
had started. Finally the lights came back
to stay, and before the bewildered
Tornado knew what had happened.
Kevin Hector tied the score. The rest of
the way it was a battle royal, with four
cautions and three players ejected, but
there was no more scoring. After 105
minutes of play, it went to the shootout.
Vancouver fans had not seen a shoot
out since 1977, and their already low
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opinion of the procedure (which Waiters
dubbed a "lottery") was to sink even fur
ther. The Tornado took it on four
straight goals and won the game 2-1.
Some traditions just refuse to die.
Next up were the Edmonton Drillers, a
collective group of total unknowns who
just weeks previous had been the Oakland
Stompers. Edmonton entrepreneur Peter
Pocklington had purchased the entire
franchise in a sudden and surprising
move, and with it came the decidedly
Dutch flavor that new coach Hans Kraay
had been creating. It was the first game
ever for the Drillers, who didn't relish the
thought of facing Vancouver, and secretly
feared being blown away by the White-
caps wave.
After the Dallas affair, no one was
taking anything for granted, which was
just as well in any case. The young, ag
gressive Drillers also came to play de
fence though not in the same vindictive
style portrayed by Dallas, and they did it
very well. They could not, however, solve
the mystery of 'keeper Phil Parkes and
the Vancouver defence, and two errors
by the Drillers produced two goals for
the Whitecaps. John Craven, on his
specialty the set play, and Kevin Hector,
with his second in two games, scored the
goals in a 2-0 win that may have been un
inspiring, but beat the heck out of losing.
Kent Kallberg
The fans agreed, and the Drillers headed
home pleased that they hadn't been de
stroyed.
WINDY CITY
To go anywhere in the North Ameri
can Soccer League, it is essential that a
team be able to win on the road. The
Whitecaps had proven in '78 that they
were better than most away from home,
and the first test of the '79 campaign was
to prove if they could still do il. The
Chicago Sting, boasting a relative power
house with the likes of Karl-Heinz Gran-
itza and their new Dutch World Cup star
Wim Van Hanegem, almost never lost in
the windy city. Still in the back of Tony
Waiters' mind was his team's last visit in
1977, when the Sling dumped the White-
caps 5-2.
In the warmth of a spring afternoon,
the two teams met at Wrigley field and
played the type of game that fans come
to see; fast and furious with action and
goals.
Roger Kenyon went down early with
an injury and was replaced by young Dan
Lenarduzzo. Alongside him was brother
Bob, moved to left fullback as an exper
iment, and on the other side, Bob Bo-
litho. Three Canadians on the defence,
and they would be severely tested.

discovered with torches in hand removing
the offending length of pipe once and for
all.
DOUBLE HEADER
No stars and no style, but a reputation
as a team that on any given day could
drive you crazy. Those were the San
Diego Sockets, well remembered for the
opening-day game in '78 when they
stunned Vancouver fans with a 4-1 win
over the Whitecaps. What lay ahead was a
home-and-home series against t he
Sockers. First to the Southern California
city, where they did what they are known
to do; drive you crazy. Almost the entire
game was played on the Sockers' end of
the field, as relentless Whitecaps attackers
fired 19 shots and created dozens of
chances, but couldn't beat goalkeeper
Alan Mayer. What the Whitecaps weren't
doing, to the chagrin of Coach Waiters,
was taking their shots the way they
should be taken, and as the coach's pre
season warnings about opponents playing
lor the breaks came to mind, the Sockers
took their one and only break to score
the goal that gave them a 1-0 win.
Five days later the teams met again,
and the shooting practice employed by
Waiters during that interval had amazing
results. One minute and 32 seconds into
the game. Whymark found the range.
Barely more than a minute later and
Hector, too. hit the net on a solo effort.
Kent Kallberg
It was almost over before it had started.
Almost, but not quite, as the Sockers
stunned the crowd just, three minutes
into the second half with a goal that
made it a game again. It was left to
Hector, the undisputed scoring ace since
he arrived in Vancouver, to ice the cake
with another unassisted effort 30 minutes
from the end to give Vancouver the full
nine point win.
With four wins in six starts, the season
was progressing as the coaching staff had
expected. The pattern of play was devel
oping, and the opposition was both im
proved and predictable in the way it was
playing. Lenarduzzi's move to fullback
looked permanent, as he was rapidly
proving to be one of the best in the
league at his new position. The only con
cern might be injuries, specifically to
Kenyon. who had been hurt against
Chicago and was not responding well to
treatments.
WILLIES'MAGIC
Spartan Stadium; a very appropriate
ly named facility that is home to the San
Jose Earthquakes. Narrow, confined and
quaint, but for the Earthquakes, home
had not been a kind place for quite some
time, iwtd it wasn't getting better. Win-
less so far in the season. San Jose went to
extreme lengths to break the losing habit.
Well-known cheerleader extraordinaire.
Crazy George, was brought in for a pre-
game exorcism of sorts, to rid the
'Quakes of the losing spirit - and give it
to the Whitecaps.
It appearred that George may have had
the magic after all when, in the second
half of the scoreless contest, Craven was
'not seen' decking a San Jose player in
the penalty area, but was thrown out of
I he game for it, with a penalty kick
awarded to the 'Quakes. They converted
the penalty and, with an extra man on
the field, they had the lead. What they
did wrong from there is a matter of
strategy for coaches to discuss; what
they didn't do was keep their eye on Wee
Willie. Midway through the half, he mov
ed inside and slid a perfect through pass
to "King" Kevin who made no mistake as
he tied the score with a picture goal.
The result was now up in the air, and
Johnston was about to bring it to earth
very quickly. Good pressure resulted in a
Vancouver corner kick and, as he ambled
over to the sidelines to take it, a generous
fan leaned over the railing and offered
him a cooling libation! Never known to
refuse such good fortune, Wille reached
out and accepted, taking a long draw
from the aluminum can. Then, after
handing it back he turned and struck a
magnificent corner straight to the head of
Peter Daniel, who nodded in the winning
goal. To say that the Earthquakes were
stunned is understating the matter, and
they never recovered. When it was all
over. Coach Waiters called it a character
builder . . . reporters wanted to know
the brand name of Willies' magic and
whether he would be doing endorse
ments! And the Whitecaps were in first
place.
A NEW HERO
Cravens' red-card ejection in the 2-1
win over San Jose had cost him more
than a one-game suspension. It also cost
him an injury, and he would not return to
the lineup for the next seven games - and
then only briefly. His leadership in the
middle of the back line was both obvious
and highly-regarded, but could not be
fully appreciated until his abscence.
fortunately for the Whitecaps, Kenyon
was ready enough to return, but he had
played only 98 minutes so far in the
season and was hardly familiar with the
team system.
At home to face the Rochester Lan
cers, it shaped up as another defensive
battle, in the style that the Lancers are
known for. They took only seven shots
during the entire game, while the White-
caps offence blasted 26 at Shep Messing.
 The first port of call was Tulsa, the lair
of the "Old Fox."
Alan Hinton had taken a very average
Tulsa bunch and made them contenders
with a group of Englishmen and Ameri
cans who bore an amazing resemblance to
the Whitecaps. They also had a narrow
astro-turf field which they could use to
their advantage, and a boisterous group of
fans. The hot, muggy weather was also a
factor . . . more than anyone anticipated.
A violent rainstorm some three hours
before gametime gave way to clear
skies by the kickoff, but the players had
hardly worked up a sweat when the sky
almost instantly turned black and the rain
returned. It rained and it rained and it
rained . . . and then the sound of air
raid sirens. To those unfamiliar with this
midwestern ritual, it was puzzling to see
the crowd hurrying out of the stands
with field officials chasing the teams off
the pitch and into the locker rooms.
It turned out to be a tornado warning,
and in Oklahoma, when the sirens go off,
everything and everybody stops and
heads for cover. Huge bolts of lightn
ing flashed across the sky, and it's fair to
say that Vancouver broadcasters Ian Mi-
chaud, Bernie Pascall and Jeff Cross were
a little concerned as they stood in their
all-metal broadcast locations, trying to
sort out the facts in the mass confusion.
Down below where it was safer, a has
ty meeting of coaches, GM's and refer
ees decided the game should be stopped,
so at 8:44 p.m. (35:02 into the game)
an NASL game was terminated ... the
first time it had ever happened.
Twenty-four hours later they started
all over again, from the beginning, and in
just three minutes Hinton and company
were cursing the previous evenings'
tornado. Ray Lewington scored his first
goal of the season on a pass from Valen
tine at 56 seconds, two minutes later Carl
pulled the trigger himself, after a fine solo
effort down the right side. A very bad
start from which the Roughnecks of
Tulsa never recovered, losing the game
2-1 despite some great second half pres
sure. On to Minnesota, where the nation
awaited.
GROSS ROBBERY
Live from coast-to-coast on ABC-
TV, it was the Kicks and the Whitecaps
in what they billed as a feast of scorers.
A jovial bunch of Whitecaps were loose,
happy and winning. Highway robbery
Minnesota-style was to put an end to all
that.
An early goal had the Kicks in front,
but a penalty kick awarded to Sammels of the absence of Kenyon and Craven.
looked like the equalizer. As he moved to They settled it down in the second half,
take il, goalkeeper Volkmar Gross also but when the referee suddenly ejected
moved . . . but he was early and, just for Bob Lenarduzzi for something he appar
insult's sake, he went the right way ently said in the 67th minute, the Surf
stopping the shot just inches inside the put the heat on again. California took a
total of 22 shots at Parkes, but after 90
post. Minnesota fans went crazy, and
minutes of regulation and 15 minutes
Whitecaps players went crazier, but
the referee didn't call a retake and it was of sudden-death, they were still tied.
still 1-0. That score never changed. The Shootout, bloody shootout!
feast of goalscorers anticipated by TV In a strategic move, the Surf replaced
became an exercise in frustration and, as 'keeper Mike Mahoney with American
it turned out, the Whitecaps lost more Dave Jokerst before the end of overtime.
than just a game. While he played the full Guided in spirit by the stuffed toy
90 minutes minutes, Kenyon was hurting Skunk from which he derives his nick
again, and it didn't look good. name, he was the reputed shootout
specialist, and though it took seven
SHOOTOUT, BLOODY SHOOTOUT rounds to decide it, Vancouver ended up
downwind of the skunk. The Surf won
Craven was still out, and now Kenyon the shootout, and thus the game, 3-2.
was gone too, so into the breech Waiters
sent Buzz Parsons, normally a forward!
Whymark had been struggling so Waiters THE COSMOS ARE COMING
chose to start Derek Possee instead, as the
Whitecaps returned to Anaheim to meet
the California Surf. While they hardly live Lenarduzzi was busy checking the rule
up to the dynamic force that their name book on red card suspensions. The
implies, the Surf have never been easy Cosmos were coming, and he didn't want
for the Whitecaps, who had yet to defeat to miss that for anything. Neither did
them at home, and still haven't today. anyone else in Vancouver it seemed, as
Four goals in a wild first half, two for the game sold out in advance for the first
each team, and the usually tight Van time ever during a regular season in Van
couver defence was showing the effects couver, and 32,372 fans shunned the cold
rain for the long anticipated confronta
tion with the boys from New York.
Everyone remembered the Cosmos'
embarassing loss in Vancouver in 1977,
especially forward Buzz Parsons, and
those who relished the thought of a re
peat performance were to enjoy the even
ing immensely. Parsons, who fired two
goals against the Cosmos in '77, found
himself starting at right fullback as the
game kicked off. First it was Hector, then
Sammels, and finally Valentine, and in
less than 38 minutes the Whitecaps had a
3-0 lead. Cheering the Whitecaps and jeer
ing the vaunted visitors, the fans deleri-
ous when Possee upped the count to 4-0
in the second half. So frustrated were the
Cosmos that they argued amongst them
selves, and when Carbognani continued
to berate the referee after being handed
a yellow card, Giorgio Chinaglia booted
him in the pants and dragged him away.
Giorgio also converted another of his
specialties, a penalty kick, late in the
game to kill hopes of a shutout, but by
then there was no question about the out
come. The Whitecaps' hex over the
Cosmos continued, and after such ex
citement, what could they do for an
encore next weekend when the Surf
hit town for a rematch?
a name from the past, made nine big parable Johan Cruyff. He was the man Cosmos. Giants Stadium, home of the
saves, and two more in the shootout that fans came to sec, and the man opponents Cosmos, is an awesome and intimidating
followed to give the Strikers the 3-2 most feared. He directed the "R.D. place. As a facility, it rates as one of the
victory. The Whitecaps were now 5-4 on Air Force", so named for the height of best, but filled with the thousands of
the road. the Dutch players on the team, and he rabid Cosmos fans, it is intimidating.
In Toronto they had a new name, the did not disappoint. Some 29,000 fans On a warm and humid Sunday night
Blizzard, and a completely different watched him display his incredible tal 50,000 fans jeered the Whitecaps and
team from the old Metros-Croatia. A ents, and score the only goal of the game, their favourite arch-villain, Lofty Parkcs.
group of Scotsmen dominated the roster, as the Aztecs took a 1-0 win and moved They remembered the score from Van
along with the only holdover from pre even closer to first place. Again the couver, and so did the Cosmos, but New
vious seasons, Ivan Lukacevic, and Van Whitecaps outshot the visitors, 15-7, but York made the first mistake. Carlos Al
couver's well-known Sam Lenarduzzi the ball just wouldn't hit the back of the berto, chasing down a long punt by Par-
who, for the first-time ever, would play net. Johnston, who sat out his suspension kes, ran headlong into 'keeper Erol
against his brother. At the pre-game against Seattle, returned to pick up an Yasin, knocking the ball loose and send
media conference, however, the attention other caution. ing it rolling ever so delicately into the
was focused on comparing the relative Cosmos net. Embarrassment upon em
positions of soccer and football in each FIGHT NIGHT barrassment!
city, and it was with extreme pleasure That was the only goal of the first
that Herb Capozzi modestly outlined the Three losses in the last four games had half, but it set the stage for a wild and
story of soccer success on the West the locals buzzing a bit, but of more wooly finish. Two minutes into the sec
Coast. immediate concern was the continuing ond half, Hector stunned the crowd with
The Easterners seemed impressed, but injury situation and the upcoming two- a bullet past Yasin and it was 2-0. Then
the next day on the field they had it their game road trip. Craven would travel, but Johan Nceskins, the Cosmos' latest mil
way again. After a quick goal by Valen not likely play, and Kenyon remained lion - dollar man, scored his first of the
tine, the Blizzard came back to take a 2-1 at home. Lewington and now Valentine season on a free kick play, and it was a
win, and showed that despite the change were both playing hurt, and there were game again. Three minutes later Lewing
of image, they could still be a very phy plenty of other knocks and bruises to ton, who Coach Waiters was preparing
sical and intimidating team. go around. to replace because of his injury, appeared
Such was the situation that faced from nowhere and put a shot inside the
SOUNDERS FLOUNDER Coaches Waiters and McNab as they pre near post behind Yasin. The always
pared for the big rematch against the deadly Chinaglia got that back just eight
It was a welcome relief to be heading
home after the long trip and two veiy
disappointing losses, but there was no
time for a pause to regroup. The Seattle
Sounders were in town, and they were
another of those established rivals who
always play well at Empire. It hadn't
been the best of seasons for the Sounders,
whose problems were typified by a hand
ball against Alan Hudson in the penalty
area just eight minutes into the game.
Ball easily converted the penalty kick,
and before the half was over, Whymark
moved up from his defensive position to
give the Whitecaps a 2-0 lead. A great
effort by Seattle's John Ryan cut the
margin, but Ball, who was stopped on
a second penalty kick in the 51st min
ute, made no mistake with a Bob Lenar
duzzi cross just nine minutes later, and
Vancouver had an inspiring 3-1 win. It
was a maximum-points win and every
point was vital because the Los Angeles
Aztecs were apparently determined to
extend the race for the division title
to the wire. Led by the "Royal Dutch
Air Force", they were right behind the
Whitecaps in the points parade.

INCOMPARABLE CRUYFF

Thus the stage was set for the next

game at Empire. The visitors were the
Aztecs, and their leader was the incom
 poisoning, as it turned out. That left the
goalkecping chores to rookie Bruce Grob-
belaar, who was nervous to say the least.
fW - i Cruyff and company showed no mercy,
A **. J ^^ taking advantage of two first half errors
to post a 2-0 win, and leave the division
proceeded to go out and steal the show.
He did it by stealing the ball from a
Sounder defender, moving to the line,
and slipping a pass to Parsons who pushed
it home. Ball iced it minutes later with his
eighth goal, giving him 26 points in his

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LOFTY RULES
The Minnesota Kicks, who had not
visited Empire since 1977, had already
locked up their division, and were playing
soccer in a maimer that flowed with
confidence and ability. The 25,000 at
Empire Stadium saw a game played in the
way it should be played, with end-to-end
speed, skill and excitement. They also
saw one of the finest goa/keeping displays
ever from big Phil Parkes. He literally
stood the Kicks on their ears, while at the
other end Bob Lenarduzzi, defender
turned scoring ace, counted a first half
goal that stood up for a 1-0 victory. It
was a jewel of a contest, and it put the
Whitecaps just one win away from
clinching their second consecutive divi
sion title. They could do it by stopping
the Aztecs in the Rose Bowl.
Despite its many attractions, Southern
California had been very unkind to the
Whitecaps all season long. If ever there
was a time to break the hex, this was it,
but Coach Waiters was still short of bod
ies. Craven was hurting again and
wouldn't play, and Hector and Whymark
were still out. Now Johnston had a sore
hamstring, putting him out of the start
ing side, and Valentine and Lewington
continued to play hurt. As if that wasn't
enough, on the morning of the game
Parkes woke up sick, victim of food
race still undecided. It was the last that 15 games with the Whitecaps. A Sounders
anyone wanted to see of California. goal in the dying seconds foiled the shut
out, but Parkes and the Whitecaps still
THE SEASON WINDS DOWN finished on top.
A record of 20 wins and 10 losses;
Roger Kenyon had finally returned the total that Waiters predicted they
to the lineup against the Aztecs, spend
ing most of his time man-marking Cruyff Many of those were hard, negative
and passing the fitness test. As the poor games against teams that came to defend.
San Jose Earthquakes hit town, so far Parkes finished with a 0.965 goals against
out of the playoff picture they had no average, best in the league, and the Cos
thing left to lose but pride, the White- mos finished first overall with 24 wins
caps' injured returned to the lineup. and just six losses - two of them against
Craven was back alongside Kenyon for the Whitecaps. Waiters the prophet was
the first time since the first month of looking good, but now it was on to the
the season and, up front, Hector, Why- playoffs, and as far as he was concerned,
mark and Johnston were reunited. That none of that counted anymore. Points
obviously failed to impress the Earth determined the home advantage in the
quakes, however, as they played it tough two-game series, but darned if Waiters
and tight, giving Vancouver nothing. could figure what home advantage meant!
All they were getting was hurt. Sammels He would rather open at home.
went down in the 72nd minute with a Under the NASL playoff structure,
hamstring, Hector limped off a few min the team with the fewest points opens at
utes later, and as regulation time ended home, and the series returns for game two
in a scoreless draw, Kenyon limped to the at the home of the team with the most
sidelines. Into the intense pressure of points. If each team wins one game, the
sudden-death overtime, Waiters threw series is decided by a 30-minute mini-
young Carl Shearer. The lanky redhead game, immediately following game two.
had never played a league game before, Thus the home advantage, right?
but when he finally managed to stop his In any event, the Whitecaps drew the
stomach from churning over, he went Dallas Tornado in Round One. They were
out and did the job without a flaw. His well remembered for the opening game of
debut lasted 11 minutes and 21 seconds.
That's when Whymark headed home a
cross from Parsons to win the game
1-0, and secure the division crown.
Almost 26,000 fans stood and cheered
wildly as the division trophy was paraded
around the track, most of them oblivi
ous to Whymark, who was quietly limp
ing off the field. He too had been hurt
again.
SOCCER AS IT SHOULD BE
The season ended in Seattle, where it
was fans night out. They came by the
hundreds and thousands across the border
to the Kingdome, singing and chanting
and waving blue flags. The folks in
Seattle could scarce believe it all, as they
went around muttering about John Best
and the wonders he'd worked up
On the field young Shearer played the
full match, and with 10 minutes remain
ing in a scoreless affair, another 19-year-
old made his debut. Steve Nesin, a
deadly little goal-scorer as an amateur, Kent Kallberg

/ednesday night game went on sale at
.00 a.m.. People started lining up in the
liddle of the night. By midmorning,
le lineup at the Whitecaps' downtown
ffice was nearly four city blocks long,
id at all other outlets, the scene was
milar. Scalpers, making their first ap-
sarance on the soccer scene, took it
pon themselves to ruin the day for
'eryone, and by evening every ticket
id been sold with hundreds still wait-
ig in line.
The complaints were numerous, many
gitimate, but the circumstances were
lprecedented. So was the next move,
President and General Manager John
ist lifted the blackout and announced
e game would be televised live in the
cal market. Any fears about no-shows
ire quickly alleviated as every available
mer of Empire was filled with bodies
gametime.
With the rumble in New York well-
nembered, feelings ran high, but the
litecaps dominated. Nobody scored in
e opening half, but the Whitecaps out-
ot the Cosmos 12-2. Recovering a bit in
e second half, the New Yorkers re-
ned their composure, but couldn't
ick the defence led by Craven and
nyon, who were clearing out anything
d anyone in sight. Finally the White-
5S' relentless pressure struck gold! Slip-
ig inside where he seldom is found,
mston's diving header from a Ball cross
it Hubert Birkenmeier in the net.
JdenJy trailing, the Cosmos tried to
over but failed. Tueart had two chan-
, but Parkes beat him on both, and
i 15 minutes remaining, the White-
5 clinched it. Taking a quick pass from
m Ball, Whymark broke into the clear
Kent Kallberg
bore down on Birkenmeier, and put the
ball through his legs for the second goal.
Turning their frustrations outwards, the
Cosmos had two players cautioned for
rough play, and with just eight seconds
left, Eskandarian was ejected for chop
ping down Hector. It was all over; a 2-0
win for the Whitecaps, but the night
wasn't quite finished. Away from the
chanting crowd as he headed for the
locker room, New York's Carlos Alberto
apparently flung his shirt at an official,
then spit on him. More was to be heard
about this as the teams headed back to
New York for the second half of the
series.
It was to be the longest game in the
history of the NASL. The decision regard
ing suspensions, breathlessly awaited by
media-types everywhere, had been made.
Eskandarian was out for the game and
Alberto was out for the season - if it
was to last past this game! The Cosmos
announced they would sue the League!
The word was that New York was
confident they could do again what they
had done to Tulsa . . . locals said that if
they were, it was a much more subdued
confidence than shown the previous
week. Yet as they opened the game, the
Cosmos looked not just confident,
but devastating. The plan, obviously,
was to forge a big lead early, then lay
back and conserve strength for the mini-
game. Waiters was determined not to let
them do it. If the Whitecaps could force
them to maintain the torrid pace all the
way, he believed fitness would see the
Whitecaps through. Quickly the Cosmos
cashed in as Chinaglia scored in the 10th
minute. Still they poured on the attack,
but Parkes and the defence rallied, then
counter-attacked. Ball, with yet another
gem of a free kick, found Craven at the
edge of the goal, and suddenly it was
tied. Seven minutes before the half,
Chinaglia again restored the Cosmos'
lead, but as they started the second half
their lead was less than comfortable.
Waiters' strategy was holding, as the
Cosmos were forced to keep pressing and
both Tueart and Neeskins, playing hurt,
were forced to the sidelines. Just minutes
from the end, Wee Willie struck again.
For the second straight game, he snuck
inside and put his head to a Bob Lenar
duzzi cross, tieing the score 2-2. Regula
tion time ended deadlocked, and so did
the ensuing overtime period. For the
second time in the playoffs and the
sixth time all year, it was to be decided
by shootout. The Whitecaps had won just
once in a shootout - all year long. True
to that form, the Cosmos made it look
almost easy as they decided it in just
four rounds of shootout and officially
won the game 3-2.
As the Cosmos' faithful prepared to
witness their second mini-game of the
year, there was amazing calm on the
Whitecaps bench in the demeanour
of Coach Waiters. It was still theirs to
win, and as they started play again, the
test of fitness was slowly becoming
apparent. Tueart and Neeskins had re
turned, but they were struggling, and
they weren't the only ones. The teams
changed ends after 15 minutes, and sud
denly it appeared as if the Whitecaps had
done the impossible. Racing down the
left side, Valentine the speed merchant,
moved inside and ripped a shot over the
shoulder of Birkenmeier. The ball went
off the underside of the crossbar, de
flecting straight down, then bouncing up
and out. A goal?
The referee looked at his linesman,
who said yes. Pointing to the center
circle, the referee declared a goal, but the
Cosmos, rushing to surround the lines
man, argued that it was not completely
across the line. A lengthy and heated
discussion ensued, with Waiters sitting
passively on the bench while Craven
kept order on the field. As Ball and
Franz Beckenbauer stood in the back
ground, the controversy brought back
memories of the '66 World Cup when
they faced each other in almost identical
circumstances. This time, though, it was
ruled no-goal. The linesman was not
100 per cent sure it had crossed the line
completely, so it could not be awarded.
The play had ended with Beckenbauer
heading it over the net into touch, but
was restarted with a Cosmos goal kick!
That was all the excitement, as (he
held high, waded into the stands amongst
them.
For veterans like Ball, Hector and
Johnston it was a proud additon to an
already extensive list of career achieve
ments, but for others like Parkes and
Craven it was the biggest win ever.
Youngsters like Valentine and Lewing- In Vancouver, the 15-year-wait was
ton could hope for many more such tri over. The city finally had a North Ameri
umphs in the years ahead, but this was can champion at that, and once again
the biggest they had ever seen. For home people filled the street in celebration
town boys like Lenarduzzi and Parsons a party that carried on through the late
and Bolitho, it was merely the dream of a afternoon and into the following day. As
lifetime come true. the weary warriors returned home, they
were greeted by the masses, in numbers
many thought impossible. Several thou
sands waited at the airport, intent upon
following the team to the parade route in
downtown Vancouver.
Riding through the streets in open
vehicles, the Whitecaps were surrounded
by a sea of humanity. There were more
than 100,000 people in the streets,
hanging from street lights and gathered
on rooftops, all of them there in the
spirit of celebration. It was of a mag
nitude that nobody had ever anticipated,
and an event that will never be forgotten.
A magnificent moment in history that
will always be a part of the City of Van
couver, and the province of British
Columbia.
Soccer Bowl Champions, the elusive
prize at the end of a long, hard trail.
Twenty-four teams started the season in
search of it. After 37 games and two
memorable mini-games, some 60 hours of
agony and triumph, only the Vancou
ver Whitecaps remained. Thousands of
hours of training and preparation, tens of
thousands of miles traveled. The injuries
and the pain, controversy and a little bit
of luck, both good and bad. In the
course of their longest season they saw
it all, and they overcame because they
approached it in the manner of true
champions. With patience, character and
dedication; the intangibles that separate
the winners from the losers. They were
the trademarks of the Vancouver White-
caps.
In retrospect, the rise of the Whitecaps
and of professional soccer from the
depths of obscurity to the heights of
achievement has indeed been a rapid one.
When it all started in the spring of 1974,
there were few who gave the sport any
chance of survival. The arrival of John
Best in 1977 was viewed as a last-ditch at
tempt to save the dream, and today he is
heralded as the one who made it come
true. True to a point, but consider the
scope of the game itself. North America
is the last frontier, where the game has
only just been discovered. Around the
world it has been played for decades.
There is still a whole world yet to be
conquered, and it's not outside the
realm of possibility that someday the
Vancouver Whitecaps will accept that
challenge head on. Such is the stuff
that dreams are made of. D
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TOP ROW (L to R) Dennis Loze (Assistant Coach), Bob McNab (Team Coach), Willie Johnston, John Craven, Trevor
Whymark, Phil Parkes, Roger Kenyon, Bruce Grobbelaar, Dan Lenarduzzi, Carl Shearer, Bob Lenarduzzi, Peter Daniel, Tony
Waiters (Team Manager/Head Coach).
BOTTOM ROW (L to R) Bob Bolitho, Steve Nesin, Derek Possee, Paul Nelson, Carl Valentine, Jon Sammels, Buzz Parsons,
Ray Lewington, Drew Ferguson, Gerry Gray, Kevin Hector. INSET Alan Ball.

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 light for Best and Waiters to proceed; a began marshalling his forces in Vancou did. Seattle and Los Angeles, with their
bold and calculated decision that marked ver. The familiar faces returned quietly - many changes, both have to rate highly.
a new and total commitment to soccer Hector, Craven, Parkes, Sammels, Possee, It has to be one of the toughest divisions
in Vancouver. "Go for it" they said, and Daniel - joining the contingent of Cana in the league."
the recruiting season was on. dian players in residence. With them came "We can expect to see much more
the new recruits, lock, stock and families negative play from our opponents this
"BETTER THE DEVIL. .." to take their first look at Empire, the year, simply because of our reputation
Coining one of his pet phrases, "Bet astro-turf, and each other. from last year. The tendency for them
ter the devil you know than the one you The game is about teamwork and un will be to defend in numbers and play for
don't," Waiters headed for Britian with derstanding, which makes pre-season a break ... or a shootout. To win, we
shopping list in hand. Elis criteria includ training significant. To the coaches, it's must learn to be patient and break them
ed character, ability and dedication; not so much the results of meaningless down. I hope our fans will be patient
all well-known Waiters traits. Experience exhibition games, but the development of with us."
was important, but so was youth, be communication between players and Waiters was to score a perfect four out
cause he was looking beyond just the setting the pattern of play. It's a diffi of four in his projections, but as he took
season ahead. cult time, especially for the outsider the team off to California for a week of
His first recruit was a new assistant to assess what he should look ahead to, pre-season work and games, his remarks
coach, Bob McNab. Still quite fresh from so while he wouldn't make predictions, were still just so many words.
the ranks as a player but experienced as Waiters took time out to prognosticate. The pre-season concluded with a pair
a coach, he had the requirements for a "The league as a whole will be at least of wins (San Jose and Seattle) and a
right-hand man. Young, aggressive and 30 per cent better this year, which means pair of losses (California and Los An
shrewd, he had first-hand knowledge we have to improve by more than 30 per geles). The results were wholly inconclu
from playing in America, and a strong cent if we are to do better than last year. sive, but the potential was there to be
belief in how good it could be. I believe we have the types of players seen as the Whitecaps prepared for their
Together they spread their nets, put who can do that for us," he said. home-opener against the Dallas Tornado.
ting in thousands of patient and difficult "No team in this league, with the pos
hours, and came away with quite a haul. sible exception of the Cosmos, will be LIGHTS OUT
The names, at first unfamiliar, are today able to duplicate our feat of winning 24 As the first visitors to Empire, the
household words. From Ipswich came games. There are too many good teams in Tornado had an ignoble tradition to
Trevor Whymark, the quiet 28-year-old the league, but that is healthy for the uphold. In five seasons, the Whitecaps
who, with a mop of curly blond hair, sport." had won their opener only once, against
looked more like 23. Next there was "It will take 20 wins to capture the Chicago in 1975. Based on the two wins
Roger Kenyon, the fierce-looking giant Division title again this year. Portland over Dallas in '78, the new faces and the
from Everton, who was more of a gentle- is unchanged, and we know what they arrival of Willie Johnston, the evening
giant everywhere but on the field. Out of
the ranks of struggling Chelsea came 22-
year-old Ray Lewington, with flaming red
hair and desire and energy to burn, while
from a place called Oldham was plucked
a raw jewel that shone in the dark. Carl
Valentine, just 20 years old, was un
known, untested, and as time would
show, simply unbelievable.
Others joining the flock were Bruce
Grobbelaar, a wayward South African
full of potential and tales of adventure,
and Peter Daniel, the silent defender who
was on loan the previous season. Last, but
by no means least on the pre-season hit
parade was a funny little man whose
arrival was sudden, and whose name
conjured up distorted images around the
world; Willie Johnston. The fiery Scottish
International, who hit the headlines at
the '78 World Cup in Argentina, turned
up just three days before the season
opened, and his candid remarks to a
throng of Vancouver media left no doubt
that the Whitecaps had a "character" in
their midst.

WAITERS THE PROPHET

Early in February, Coach Waiters

 Jon Sammels gave Vancouver the lead
less than 10 minutes in. but Granitza
scored two minutes later and they were
tied at the half. Kevin Hector, on a
scoring streak, again gave the Whitecaps
the lead, but the dangerous Van llanegem
equalized, and for the second time in
only three games, the learns played
through 105:00 minutes and went to the
shootout to decide the issue. Phil Parkes,
one of the better 'keepers in the sporting
lottery, stopped three out of four shots
while Bob and Bob -Lenarduzzi and Bo
litho - scored against Mike Mahoney to
give the Whitecaps a 3-2 win. On the
road, the entire 1978 season, the White-
caps had faced only two shootouts;
already in '79 they'd matched that total.
Could this be the year of the shootout?
THE RIVALRY
There is nothing like a rivalry, and the
Portland Timbers certainly filled the bill
as a rival.
What they had done in the previous
season was well remembered, and the
word revenge even surfaced as the two
teams prepared for their initial meeting of
the season at Empire. The green and gold
Timbers had changed very little from the
team that eliminated the Whitecaps. Only
one new face, so memories would still be
fresh. The play was slightly cautious, but
intense as befitted the rivalry. Into the
11th minute, it was a newcomer who had
no part in the past who broke the ice.
Trevor Whymark. set up in front, fired
home his first goal of the season, and just
10 minutes later, he looked set to score
another. A penalty kick, after a foul by
Graham Day. sent Whymark to the spot,
but a brilliant save by Mick Poole denied
him.
Less than 20 minutes later the Timbers
tied il on a startling goal from long range,
and as they readied for the second half it
was playoff lime all over again. As the
game wore on the advantage swung
slowly to the Whitecaps. but il took a
strange play in the 76th minute to decide
the issue. Hector, in alone on the left
side, rifled a shot that hit the crossbar -
but which crossbar? To many, including
Hector, it looked like the bar inside the
top of the net. which would make it a
goal, but the rebound came straight out
without hitting (he ground, and no call
came from the referee. Exactly the same
as against Colorado the year before, but
this time Whymark was there, controlling
the rebound and driving il home for a
goal that definately counted, and won the
game. The Whitecaps had won three
games in a row.
There was more excitement the next
day around town about the crossbar that
had cost Hector a goal, than about the
win itself. In the great tradition of public
pressure, crews from the PNE were soon Kent Kallberg

the outspoken American 'keeper. After
90 minutes of play not a goal had been
scored, much to the frustration of the
Whitecaps and their fans. A loss at home
to Rochester would be too much to
accept after the big comeback in San
Jose, but as Vancouver headed into over
time it remained a distinct possibility.
The end came quickly, and out of it
yet another new hero was born. Carl
Valentine, the kid with all the speed,
had started the past four games and,
though impressive, hadn't found the
range. Then a foul against the Lancers
just outside the penalty area . . . the 38th
of the night against them. While they
were busy setting up, Bob Bolitho, the
Victoria native who started his career as a
winger, quickly stepped up and lofted
the free kick, which Valentine ran onto
perfectly and headed past a startled
Messing. The crowd in excess of 22,000
went wild, and young Carl had the first
of his many moments of glory as a
Whitecap.
The Philadelphia Fury promised a lot,
but didn't deliver. In just their second
season in the NASL, the Fury hit Van
couver for their first ever meeting with
the Whitecaps, and with them came three
players with top credentials; David Robb,
who was leading the American Confer
Kent Kallberg
ence in scoring, "Fast Frank" Worthing-
ton. who was hot off the scoring title in
the English 1st Division, and Alan Ball,
whose credentials alone were a drawing
card. A media conference the previous
day, called to meet those three fine
fellows, should have been a premonition.
Robb showed, and was most co-opera
tive. Worthington also showed; looking
every bit like a refugee from a motor
cycle gang. Alan Ball didn't show at all.
The following night at Empire, it was
again as if they didn't show. Their back
line stayed at home and on attack they
were out to lunch, managing just six
shots while at the other end the White-
caps pounded away. Two brilliant cros
ses from Johnston found Hector in the
first half and Whymark in the second
half, while Parkes recorded his second
straight shutout and continued to lead
the league. All in all it was pretty un
eventful, Worthington getting just two
shots and the great Ball just one. As far
as all were concerned that was the last to
ever been seen or heard from anyone in
Philadelphia for the season. Boy were
they wrong!
THE KING DELIVERS
Spring in Edmonton means that the
grass is brown and you can see it because
the snow has finally gone. It didn't mean
that the field in Commonwealth Stadium
was particularily good, but it couldn't
detract from the facility itself and the
first-ever visit to the home of Vancouver's
new Canadian rival. Riding a four-game
winning streak and losing only once in
the last seven, the Whitecaps seemed re
laxed and ready. The local media, also
new to the game, were touting their B.C.
neighbour as the model of success to be
followed in oil town, and nobody wanted
to disappoint.
One who didn't was Hector. With
seven goals in nine games, he was hot, and
the Drillers couldn't find a way to put
out the fire. Set up by Sammels and
Johnston, he scored with the game less
than 13 minutes old, but the Drillers
settled down and got the goal back be
fore the half. They held it even well into
the second half, but the King was not
dead. A ball from Johnston set up the
winner, and a feed from Valentine
clinched it, as Hector scored all three
goals and counted his second career hat-
trick as a Whitecap. Edmontonians just
shook their heads and applauded. They
figured 10 goals in 10 games must mean
he's pretty good!
"FORCE 10"
One team that didn't appear to have a
healthy margin of respect for the White-
caps was the Houston Hurricane. They,
along with everyone else, were too busy
trying to figure out how they were beat
ing every team in sight. It had been sug
gested they were using mirrors. What
ever that means, it was a first-class game;
crisp passing and excellent ball control
with fine teamwork and a wealth of scor
ing chances, especially for the White-
caps, but not one of their 20 shots found
the mark. While dominating the midfield,
the Hurricane forwards could manage just
six shots, but they made one of them
count. The goal by* Marasco in the first
half stood up for the 1-0 Houston vic
tory, and in the subdued aftermath
people went around looking for those
blasted mirrors.
THE TULSA TORNADO
If playing on the road is a test of
character, then three-game road trips are
the ultimate test of strength. Preparation
is important to every game, and long
trips, strange hotels, time changes and
strange practice facilities all work against
that end on a long road trip.
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BALL OF FIRE
On Friday, June 22nd John Best
answered that question with a shocker.
He announced the purchase of the loan
contract of Alan Ball from the Phila
delphia Fury. Ball, the famed 72-time
England International was a star in his
own right, but one that had yet to shine
in Philly. He apparently wasn't happy,
and unhappy players don't generally pro
duce, but the "Ball of Fire" was anxious
to join old friends and teammates, Wait
ers and McNab. Would he be the catal
yst that some felt the team still lacked?
Halfway through the season the White-
caps were 10-5 and in the division lead,
but the wins had been hard and the
schedule was getting tougher. If Ball was
half what his credentials said he was, it
could be magic!
Distinctly his are the red hair, high-
pitched voice and touch of arrogance that
make him more than ordinary. He walked
into practice on Saturday morning like
he'd always been there, and within ten
minutes was giving directions and father
ly advice. The hint of a smile on the face
of Tony Waiters said that Alan Ball was
already happy. Tomorrow he would start
against the Surf.
Craven, meanwhile, had actually start
ed against the Cosmos, but left the game
with yet another injury when it was bare
ly nine minutes old. His replacement, to
the surprise of all, was Whymark, who
had no experience at all as a defender.
Alongside the unheralded Peter Daniel,
Whymark started as a central defender,
and in the midfield was Ball. It didn't
take long for Ball to establish his pre
sence as. in the 17th minute, he sent a
magnificent pass to Willie Johnston, who
scored his first goal of the year. The ever-
dangerous Steve David tied it barely
two minutes later, and from there on in
it degenerated into a kicking match.
A total of 46 fouls were called and three
yellow cards issued - including another to
Willie Johnston, who was getting quite a
collection of them. That was number six
and it would cost him a suspension.
Meanwhile, the teams played tied at 1-1
through regulation time, and into over
time. In the last minute of the overtime,
with the Surf under heavy pressure, the
referee called a hand ball on Paul Cahill
of California ... in the penalty area.
With no time remaining on the clock,
the Whitecaps were awarded a penalty
kick. Alan Ball stepped forward to take
it against Jokerst . . . who moved right
and stopped the shot! But he moved too
early, the referee ruled, and Ball was
given a retake. After a lengthy wait while
the Surf voiced their displeasure, Ball
stepped up again, and there was no mis
take as he crashed it into the back of the
net for a 2-1 Vancouver win. An auspici
ous debut for Ball who, in nearly half a
Kent Kallberg
season with the Fury, had only 3 points.
In only one game with the Whitecaps
he had counted the same total.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
While Ball's wife and children were
settling into their new environment, they
had to do without Alan for awhile,
because Vancouver was off on another
three-game road trip. First to Atlanta,
where the first-year Chiefs proved to be a
fairly easy opponent, and fortunately so.
Along with Craven and Kenyon, Lewing
ton was out with a bad charleyhorse and
a bruised knee, which were to plague him
the rest of the season, and Buzz Parsons
was playing at right fullback in place of
Bolitho. It was looking like a patchwork
lineup, but two goals from Hector, and
another penalty* kick conversion by Ball
gave Vancouver a 3-1 win and a good
start to the longjourney.
From there to the heat, humidity and
shapely sights of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida,
where the much-improved Strikers lay in
wait. They boasted the likes of Gcrd
Mueller and Teofilo Cubillas, as well as
the controversial George Best, and they
were to escape with a win via the shoot
out, in a game that Vancouver dom
inated.
The Whitecaps out-shot the Strikers
23-16, out-ran them and outplayed them,
but the Florida crew held. Arnie Mausser,
minutes later, and as Craven entered the
play as a surprise replacement for Lewing
ton. the tension was so thick you could
cut it.
Exactly one minute and 10 seconds
later, all hell broke loose. A foul by
Alberto on Johnston just moments ear
lier had pushed tempers to the limit,
and when Willie was accosted by Eskan
darian, the two of them hit the turf
with arms flailing. That stopped the play
and everyone else, both on and off the
field, became involved. Craven and
Chinaglia exchanged unpleasantries,
Parkes taunted the crowd and Whymark
taunted the Cosmos. Order was almost
restored when out of the crowd came a
brown-clad civilian intent upon damaging
someone, probably Parkes. Chinaglia re
entered the fray and from the bench
came the great Pele, rushing to the de
fence of Giorgio. A wire service photo of
Pele and Peter Daniel made front pages
around the world, along with several
distorted versions of the affair and, for
quiet Peter Daniel it was the most notori
ety he had ever experienced!
It took 14 minutes to restore calm and
resume play. Four players were thrown
out; Johnston and Craven, Eskandarian
and Chinaglia. which left a lot of space
on the field. Ten minutes later Bob
Lenarduzzi broke through, accepting a
pass from Ball to score his first of the
season, and for the stunned Cosmos it
was all but over. Another loss to the
Whitecaps, whose ranks were thinning
even more with injuries and suspensions.
Among those in danger of suspension was
Bob Lenarduzzi. The North American
Player of the Year in '78, he had found
his new position at fullback more hazar
dous than mid field, but equally reward
ing.
CAPITOL CRIME
The Washington Diplomats are a tough
team to defeat at their home in RFK
Stadium. It used to be because they
didn't cut the grass and visiting teams
soon ran out of legs in the heavy going,
but now it's because Coach Gordon
Bradley has put together a tough no-
frills team that handles the extreme heat
and humidity well. After the big Cosmos
win the Whitecaps were high, but they
had to come down quickly for the
Dips.
As the game opened, the teams work
ed to control ftie flow and conserve
precious energy, and the result was some
fine soccer in both directions. Lewington,
who could barely walk after the New
York affair, somehow was ready for the
game, but Possee, who started, went out
limping after 27 minutes. Shortly before
the half, the Diplomats converted a set
piece near the Whitecaps goal, and led
1-0 at the break. A foul in the penalty
area gave the Whitecaps a penalty kick,
which Ball converted with ease, and as
the end approached, thoughts of shoot
out surfaced. Then, just five minutes
from the end of regulation time, Sonny
Askew hit a ball like he has probably
never done before, slipping it in the top
corner behind Parkes and the 'Dips hung
on to preserve the 2-1 win. More damag
ing than the loss was another injury; this
one to Hector. Dips 'keeper Bill Irwin fell
on Kevin's ankle in a scramble, and the
prognosis was not good as the Whitecaps
headed home to meet Toronto.
HOME, SWEET HOME
The next problem facing Tony Waiters
was to sort out the suspensions. Craven
faced two games, and Johnston one.
Since Craven was less that 100 per cent
because of the continued leg injury,
he would sit out the next two home
games against Toronto and Tulsa, while
Willie would miss the Minnesota contest.
The early diagnosis on Hector indicated
he was lucky not to have broken the
ankle, but he would be out for awhile.
He was to miss the next five games.
The return of the Blizzard was touted
as a grudge match, but it ended up as a
whitewash. Goals by Ball, Sammels and
then Whymark, playing his first game
back up front as a forward, gave the
Whitecaps a 3-0 win that sent the 22,000
faithful home very happy, and secured
Parkes' hold on the top goalkeeping aver
age in the league. He had led the way
virtually all season, and shutout number
four saw him playing in top form.
Parkes held that form four days later
against the Tulsa Roughnecks. The re
turn of the "Old Fox" Alan Hinton
to the confines of Empire Stadium was
an emotional scene, but the game pro
duced an interesting change in style.
Instead of the attacking play' that one
would have expected from Hinton's
Roughnecks, they came to defend. Heart-
rendering patience in a deliberately plan
ned attack on behalf of the Whitecaps
was finally rewarded when Whymark
found the range in the second half and
the Whitecaps took a 1-0 decision that
was hard-earned. Waiters applauded the
Vancouver fans for their patience and
support. Hinton had little to say.
WORLD CLASS
With five games left in the season the
divisional race was still tight, and the
impending visit to Portland's Civic
Stadium was a must win. The Timbers,
were on a hot streak and Craven, set to
return to the Whitecaps defence, hoped
to calm them down. But Dale Mitchell,
converting a crazily bouncing ball that hit
everything in sight, gave the Timbers the
first half lead. Well into the second half,
Ball moved casually up to take a free
kick outside the penalty area in Port
land's end. With that special bit of magic,
he chipped it through to Whymark, who
extended himself to the limit and turned
it home. A great goal, but a costly one as
Trevor pulled a hamstring and had to
leave the game. Mitchell again restored
the lead for the Timbers, and Ball re
sponded by sending a through pass to
Bob Lenarduzzi, who hammered it past
'keeper Mick Poole, sending the game
into overtime.
Just one minute and 11 seconds into
sudden-death play, Ball settled the issue
with a truly world-class play. Leading a
quick three-on-two counter-attack, direct
ing his teammates as decoy* and faking a
pass that eliminated the defenders, he
blasted a 20-yard rocket. The ball was
past Poole and under the crossbar before
the 'keeper could even move. It was
spectacular, providing a very preciou'
\\w\t points courtesy of Alan Ball.
the season, but time had changed them.
Most of the theatrical South Americans
had been replaced by some talented
players from Germany, and in tiny
Ownby Stadium, they didn't lose often.
Dallas was hot, but so were the White-
caps. Spurred on by some remarks from
the Dallas coach pertaining to "thugs", in
particular John Craven, Vancouver took a
2-0 lead on goals from Parsons and Hec
tor, and led 2-1 at the half after a Dallas
penalty kick. Down but never out, the
Tornado struck back with the ticing
goal early in the second half, which
brought Ray Lewington to the fore once
again. Still hampered by injury, he was
again about to be replaced by Waiters
when he accepted a fine through pass
from Hector and beat Alex Stepney for
the winning goal. Parkes and the defence
preserved the win, and it was back to
Vancouver for game two.
More than 30,000 fans filled old Em
pire and agonized through a rugged first
half. No goals but plenty of action and
yellow cards! Dallas was playing it hard
and stressing defence. The Tornado
didn't even have one shot, and when it
finally came early in the second half, it
found the net, and suddenly Dallas was
in the lead. Craven, apparently full-
recovered from his season-long duel with
injuries was reveling in the heavy action,
and, reflecting poetic justice, the "thug"
turned giant-killer. From out of a crowd
he took a Hector relay and pounded it
into the far corner to tie the score. Then
barely a minute later, after Ball had upset
the Tornado defence by delaying his free
kick outside the box, Craven put his head
to Ball's perfect cross and powered it
into the net to win the game. The final 25
win the game. The final twenty-five
minutes saw Dallas get one shot, one
yellow card and elimination from the
playoffs. For the second straight year,
the Whitecaps had advanced to Round
Two.
Elsewhere around the league, Tulsa
had stunned Minnesota with two straight
wins, and Los Angeles and the Cosmos
had breezed through their series in two
straight. Thus the Whitecaps' next op
ponents would be - the Aztecs.
For the first time in a long while,
the Whitecaps were almost healthy.
Kenyon and Whymark were set to return,
and only Sammels was out. It was a com
forting thought, which is more than can
be said for the Aztecs. Three straight los
ses to them including exhibition, and not
one goal against them during the regular
season. The deadly California hex had to
be broken! Back at the cavernous Rose
Bowl, Valentine was doing his personal
best to accomplish just that. A goal in the
first half, followed by a brilliant solo
effort in the second half had given the
Whitecaps a 2-0 lead with less than 25
minutes remaining. Far from dead, the
Aztecs struck back when rangy Hubert
Smeets headed in a cross in the 71st
minute. L.A. kept up the pressure, but
it appeared to be in vain until Cruyff
stepped up for a dangerous free kick with
a minute remaining. As usual, he did what
was most unexpected, pushing the ball
out to the wing, and the result was the
tieing goal by Bob Sibbald on the ensuing
cross. The overtime went scoreless, and
once again shootout reared its ugly head!
Regular 'keeper Colin Boulton wanted no
part of it for the Aztecs, so in came
American Dave Morrison, who had not
played a second in the NASL. With the
adrenilin pumping, he stoned the White-
caps shooters, and the Aztecs won the
game in the shootout, 3-2
So much for the home advantage!
With their backs against the wall, the
Whitecaps had to win twice on the same
night to advance. In New York, the
Cosmos faced a similar task after being
hammered by Tulsa. The playoffs indeed
were a whole new season.
In anticipation of what might be, it
was a complete sellout. Empire was
packed to the rafters with 32,375 excited
fans, while many more languished out
side. They came to see the game of
games, and they turned it into, an event.
Cheering and singing and chanting and
standing on their feet, it was one of the
most emotional spectacles ever seen in
Vancouver, and on the field there was no
easing of the tension. The first half went
scoreless, as the Aztecs, who had two
Kent Kallberg
chances to win once, played it cozy.
As the second half opened to the roar of
the crowd, the Whitecaps applied sus
tained pressure and, finally, it happened.
A Hector shot destined for the far corner
was cleared off the line by Galindo,only
to see the ball hit his own player and
deflect into the other side of the net.
The stands went wild, and now that they
had the lead, the Whitecaps were intent
upon keeping it. In a masterful display of
ball contxol, they ran out the clock,
conserving their strength for the mini-
game, and denying the Aztecs even the
slightest scoring opportunity.
The brief 10-minute rest was bedlam
at Empire, and as the mini-game kicked
off, the decibal level increased. The
Whitecaps struck quickly. Just three
minutes in, Whymark controlled to Val
entine deep on the right flank. His per
fect low cross was met by the head of
Hector, as he flew through the air fully
extended, and it was a goal. As they did
in the first game of the night, the White-
caps proceeded to conduct a lesson in
ball control. The Aztecs managed just
two shots, neither of which found the
net, while at the other end Boulton made
four daring saves to keep Los Angeles
in it. A pair of 1-0 victories had sent
the Whitecaps to the Conference Champ
ionship for the first time ever, and a
whole city celebrated.
In New York, the Cosmos had prevail
ed in convincing fashk>v>, scoring six
goals against Tulsa to quash dreams of
an upset. The long-awaited playoff con
frontation between the Cosmos and the
Whitecaps became a reality.
Monday, August 27th was another one
for the record books, as ticket for the
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mini-game ended scoreless, and the entire
series would again be decided by what
else - the shootout! As the lottery
proceeded, neither team took an edge.
They were tied at two goals each when
Derek Possee moved up for his shot.
Pushing the ball ahead and moving in
slowly, he suddenly chipped it - over the
head of Birkenmeier and into the net.
The Whitecaps were leading the shootout!
It all came down to Morais of the Cos
mos, against Parkes. The shooter moved
in, then veered to the right away from
Phil and for the open net. But time ran
out! The five-second limit expired with
(he ball still at Morais' feet, and though
he put his shot in the net, the official
emphatically waved it off. Vancouver
players leapt for joy, but Waiters stood
by the bench seemingly without emotion
... he was half expecting the shot to be
ruled good.
There were no doubts this time,
though. The Whitecaps had finally won a
shootout, and in so doing had dethroned
the mighty Cosmos. In the delirious
"village" of Vancouver, the streets
filled with wild celebrations that carried
far into the night and touched virtually
every resident of the city.
To the surprise of many, the White-
caps returned to Vancouver the following
day, even though they would be return
ing to the "Big Apple" for Soccer Bowl
'79. The thinking behind the move was
relatively simple - the outside proceed
ings and extra-curricular activities that
surround an event such as Soccer Bowl
can be so distracting and upsetting to a
team that the victor wins in spite of
everything, not because of it. Thus Coach
Waiters brought his troops home on
Sunday, and gave them all Monday
off They would practise at Empire
on Tuesday, and fly back to New York
Wednesday morning. To fulfill the team's
obligations, Waiters, Parkes, Hector and
Ball flew to New York on Tuesday for
the Commissioners' Press Conference.
Among the busier people in Vancouver
were the airlines, deluged with calls
about flights to New York. Caught up
in the euphoria of a championship,
everyone wanted to be part of it. Plans
were laid for a homecoming, win or
lose, rain or shine and, as the Whitecaps'
staff headed for New York, they left
behind dozens of boxes full to the top;
the office would be moved to a new
location on Soccer Bowl weekend. It was
an incredibly hectic experience for all.
In some respects, the final could
potentially have been a letdown after the
great Cosmos series. The Whitecaps'
opponents were the Tampa Bay Rowdies,
who they had last played in 1977 and
really knew little about. The Rowdies,
with Rodney Marsh and Oscar Fabbiani,
would be just as tough as the Cosmos in
every respect, but the drama wasn't
quite there - at least, not yet!
Nearly 700 accredited members of the
media from around the world flocked to
New York for the finale, and they hover
ed around members of both teams at the
daily practices. Located in hotels some
where in the wilds of New Jersey, both
teams tried to avoid any of the gathering
masses, and concentrate on the game
ahead. Not that there weren't the light
moments, however.
As he walked through the lobby for
the team bus headed for the awards
banquet in Manhattan on Thursday night,
Lofty Parkes was splendidly attired in
his black tuxedo, . . . and a pair of white
shorts! Lurking behind was Wee Willie
carrying his trousers like his "man ser
vant". There were many sides to Soccer
Bowl week in New York, including the
now famous post-game hotel episode,
but it was all about the game. When the
Whitecaps arrived at the stadium early
Saturday afternoon, there was a defi-
nate feeling of quiet confidence.
Parkes led the team onto the field to
a huge chorus of boos from the partisan
Kent Kallberg
New Yorkers. They were pulling for the
Rowdies. The huge contingent of Van-
couverites went wild, and it was a stir
ring spectacle, considering they'd come
some 3,000 miles to support their heroes.
The game began with play cautious
and deliberate, as the two strangers
felt each other out and probed for a
weakness. The first shot came from
Whymark, wide to the right. With Ball
running the show in midfield, Whymark
was covering vast areas of territory up
front, and creating some problems for
the Tampa defenders.
Bursting out of midfield just 12 min
utes into the game, Whymark drove past
a startled back who clung desperately
to his shirt, and split the fullbacks. With
a quick left-footed shot the ball went low
past the helpless Zelko Bilecki and into
the far corner. The Whitecaps had drawn
first blood.
Though unable to achieve any kind of
advantage in the flow of play, the Row
dies did a little striking of their own
when Peter Anderson pushed a quick
pass to Jan Van Der Veen, who raced by
his defenders and slashed a low shot past
Parkes. As they went to the locker rooms
at the half, it was a dead heat.
Again through the early going in the
second half Vancouver pressed to the
advantage and controlled the play. A
disallowed goal by Whymark had offset
an earlier score by Fabbiani that was
called back, and the tension mounted.
As he [had done so may times already,
Ball applied the master stroke. Moving in
on the right, he controlled the play,
creating uncertainty in the defenders and
then, faking a shot, he slipped a neat
little pass to Whymark on his left. With
his right foot this time, Trevor first-
timed it into the gaping space on the
right side of the net. On its way, the ball
touched a defender and changed dir
ection slightly, but that really had little
bearing. It had goal written all over it!
With the lead back and 30 minutes to
go, the Whitecaps set out to control the
pace, and did so again with admirable
patience and steSL Bob Lenarduzzi had
marked the skillful Steve Wegerle out of
the game, and Marsh was so stifled that
he too was replaced. Bolitho came in for
Parsons to put fresh legs on the back-
line. In the dying minutes, both Fabbwrn
and substitute John Grnja came desper
ately close, but Parkes proved why he
is the best, with two sparkling saves.
That was all she wrote. Accepting the
Championship Trophy from Commisioner
Phil Woosnam and Chairman of the Board
Dr. Henry Kissinger, the Whitecaps parad
ed for their fans and then Waiters, trophy
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1979 Flashback
Whitecaps President and General Man
ager John Best was pleased with his
team's success in '78 but he was deter
mined to use it as a springboard for
new venue.
March 30 In keeping with tradition,
Vancouver disappointed an opening-day
crowd with a shootout loss to Dallas.

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September Alan Hinton vacated his
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October 15 - The Whitecaps announced
they were abandoning the red and white
colors they'd worn since coming into the
league, for new cyan and royal blue
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and a stylized logo that incorporated a
wave all of that to make the team
more representative of the city it was
playing in.
Recruiting began when Coach Tony
Waiters named Bob McNab, the former
Arsenal star, as his new assistant coach.
Together they scoured all of Britain
and came up with some of the Whitecaps'
biggest signings ever, including Ipswich
scoring ace Trevor Whymark, Everton's
Roger Kenyon, Chelsea's Ray Lewington
and Oldham's Carl Valentine.
February Training camp opened with
veterans like Hector, Parkes, Craven,
Sammels, Possee, Daniel, Lenarduzzi,
Parsons and Bolitho getting to know the
new additions. Along the way the White-
caps picked up a pair of wins and a pair
of losses in pre-season play.
March 27 Whitecaps announced the
signing of famed Scotland International
Willie Johnston, just three days before
the opening of Uie regular schedule. And
the little guy was an instant hit in his
rematch of the previous year's playoff.
It was Vancouver's third straight win.
May 5 With four wins in six starts,
the Whitecaps went into San Jose and
Wee Willie set up Daniel's winning goal
but only after preparing himself with a
swig of brew from a generous Earthquake
fan.
May 30 After a pair of wins over Ro
chester and Philadelphia, Vancouver
visited Edmonton's Commonwealth
Stadium where Hector scored all three
goals in the Caps' 3-1 win. Hector was in
the thick of the league scoring race with
his total of 10 goals in 10 games. It was
also Vancouver's fifth straight win, but
it would turn out to be the longest win
streak of the year.
June 7 A different sort of soccer record
was set in Tulsa as the Roughnecks and
the Whitecaps were 35 minutes into the
game when it was postponed because of
a steady downpour coupled with tornado
warnings. The next night Valentine and
Lewington scored early goals and the
Whitecaps held on for a belated 2-1 win.
June 16 With two more losses under
their belts, the Caps limped home with
Kenyon and Craven both hurt and the
New York Cosmos on their way in for
a Saturday night date that had been
sold-out for weeks. Hector, Sammels,
Valentine and Possee got Vancouver
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 1978 Whitecaps Flashback
Following the Whitecaps' disappoin Caps absorbed all season long. They the season as the Whitecaps won the
ting first round loss to Seattle in the 1977 did not lose by more than a goal again. 10th game in 13 starts, this time by a,!
playoffs, President and General Manager April 30 Vancouver celebrated its count over Tampa Bay.
John Best wasted little time in fanning 100th NASL game with a 2-0 win over June 4 New York beat Vancouver 3
the flicker of excitement that playoff California, with Hector scoring both at Giants Stadium the first time
involvement had produced in Vancouver. goals. That left him with a total of league play that the Cosmos defeatc
five goals after just six league games. the Whitecaps.
August 19 - With Tony Waiters sporting May 15 Minnesota quashed Van June 17 Toronto upset Vancouvi
a record of 11 wins and only four losses couver's bid to set a club record of six 1-0 in overtime before a good-sized crow
from his brief tenure as coach the pre straight wins by defeating the Caps 3-2 of 15,661 at Empire Stadium - but
vious season, Best's first move was to in front of 25,000 fans in soccer-crazy was the last loss of the season for tl
sign the personable, former goalkeeper Minnesota. local side.
to a new two-year contract with the May - The Whitecaps returned home for June 18 The signing of 'rough an
Whitecaps. Then he began signing others. an exhibition match against the Hibernian ready' Bobby Campbell, otherwise know
October 11 Alan Hinton joined the Football Club from Scotland but only as the "mad Irishman", was announce
Whitecaps as an assistant coach. 6,784 people came to watch the 2-2 with Waiters hoping that the big strikt
December 6 Phil Parks signed a two- tie, indicating that there was an increasing would help snap the Whitecaps out of tjh
year contract. local interest in NASL matchups rather slump that had seen them lose three c
January 3 - Scoring-ace Kevin Hector than in international contests. their last four games.
left England's Derby County and signed May 27 - Hinton came off the bench to July 8 Hinton tied the league recor
a two-year deal with the Whitecaps. replace the injured Mick Lambert on the for assists (18) enroute to a 2-1 Vai
February 10 Steve Kember agreed to left wing where he ended up staying for couver win in Dallas.
join the Whitecaps from Leicester City. the remainder of the season. July 12 The return match against Da
March - All the new signings including June 1 Hector scored his ninth goal of las drew 30,752 to Empire Stadium 2
the likes of John Craven, Jon Sammels
and Steve Harrison, gathered to work out
with all the old familiar faces, admidst
feelings of enthusiasm and optimism for
the coming season.
April 12 The Whitecaps announced
that Fred Whitacre was to become assis
tant general manager for the club, allow
ing him to bring the promotion and mar
keting skills he had developed in baseball,
and apply them in the soccer market.
April 2 Wearing new uniforms that
combined back stripes with their tra
ditional red and white colors, the Van
couver Whitecaps lost their third home-
opener in four years, this one by a
startling 4-1 count to the San Diego
Sockers. It was the worst beating the

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1977 Whitecaps Flashback
Whitecaps Chairman of the Board
Herb Capozzi announced that 36-year-old
John Best had been lured away from the
highly successful Seattle franchise and
would sign a three year contract as gen
eral manager of the Whitecaps. By the
time Best took over in December, the
image of the club was changing drastic
ally, as the man from Liverpool detailed
his plans for improving the club both on
and off the field.
February Echard Krautzun signed an-
odier contract to coach die Whitecaps,
with an agreement that he would con
tinue to coach Canada's national team
after the NASL season concluded.
March 29 Training camp got underway
with the Canadian contingent and a host
of new additions like Arnie Mauser, Tony
Funnell, Peter Stollwerk, Marko Vujkovic
and Mladen Stefanovic set to join the
team. Holger Osieck was also signed to
play in the midfield and help out as an
assistant coach. '
April 8 Vancouver lost another home-
opener, this time by a 1-0 score to the
Portland*Timbers before 10,519 fans.
May 15 Eckhard Krautzun resigned af
ter the Whitecaps had defeated Dallas
in a shootout. With Osieck as interim
coach, the Whitecaps lost three con
secutive road games before Best found
Tony Waiters to take over the coaching
duties.
June 14 In keeping with his love for
attacking, offensive soccer, Waiters
brought in mighty mites Derek Possee
and Gordon Taylor to add more punch
to the Cap's front line. They won five
games in a row, tieing a club record,
but only 7,822 fans were there to see
them do it with a 2-0 win over Ro
chester.
June 17 A crowd of 13,756 was treated
to a classic international match in which
Ipswich edged Vancouver 2-1. Best knew
any fan that saw that game would want
to come back.
June 30 - A record soccer crowd of
30,277 saw Derek Possee and Buzz
Parsons each score a pair of goals in Van
couver's surprising 5-3 upset of the Pele-
inspired New York Cosmos.
July 11 Vancouver chalked up its
third straight win by knocking off Hawaii
and suddenly the Whitecaps' record
was eight wins against two losses since
Waiters had assumed the coaching duties.
August 7 The Caps defeated Portland
in the final game of die season to finish
in second place in the Western Division
with 14 wins and 12 losses.
August 10 Wearing Seattle's green,
blue and white, Tommy Ord (who was
traded a month before to Seattle to
make room in Vancouver's midfield
for die return of Horst Koeppel) almost
singlehandedly eliminated Vancouver
from the playoffs as he scored one goal
and set up another in the Sounder's
2-0 win over the Whitecaps at Empire
Stadium before 21,915 fans.
1977, year number four, saw a record
crovwd, the club's highest finish in the
Western Division, the second year of play
off action and the advent of John Best
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1976 Whitecaps Flashback
This was the year of decision for
Herb Capozzi and his board of directors,
as they had committed themselves to
the Whitecaps and the NASL for at least
three years, after winch they were to
assess the feasibility and/or popularity of
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little time in letting it be know that he
was a highly quotable commodity.
February 18 Whitecaps announced
they would help form Canada's entry for
the World Cup in 1978 by loaning any
available players.
May 6 NASL All-star and scoring ace
Tommy Ord was signed by the Whitecaps.
May 17 While Krautzun complained
about die lack of money for purchasing
players, his Whitecaps found themselves
in first place in the West and leading the
league after five games. (Goalkeeper Phil
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Parkes made his first start since coming
from Wolverhampton, and he blanked
Dallas in Vancouver's 2-0 win before
6,170 fans.)
May Soon after, Capozzi called a
press conference and let it be known
that the Whitecap's future depended on
the attendance over the next four games.
He was hoping for a total of 50,000
people.
May 18 The Glasgow Rangers paid a
visit to Empire Stadium and they were
lucky to escape with a 2-2 draw in an
exciting match before 13,323 fans.
May 24 - Famed Manchester United
was next on the Whitecap's international
bill, bringing 16,000 fans to a match that
was ruined by a steady downpour that
produced a scoreless draw.
June 25 Artificial turf was replaced at
Empire Stadium and the Whitecaps
signed^ Horst Koeppel from Bourassia
Moenchengladbach the midfielder
Krautzun had wanted since the season
began. That night Vancouver beat Miami
2-0 before 10,715 fans a substantial
improvement in attendance.
July 5 Vancouver knocked off both
Dallas and San Diego on the road, moving
into first place in the Western Division
with nine wins and six losses.
July 10 Minnesota soundly defeated
die visiting Whitecaps 3-0, making it their
second consecutive loss, widi Krautzun
attributing his team's lacklustre perform
ance to too much sex die night before the
game. The media loved that quote.
July 23 - Whitecaps slipped by Los
Angeles 2-1 via the shootout, in front of
10,263 fans - proving die Caps were
beginning to attract and could expect
a core of about 10,000 people per game.
July 27 Buzz Parsons emerged as a star
by scoring three goals in the Whitecaps
stirring 4-3 win over touring Bourussia
Moenchengladbach in an exhibition mat
ch with a crowd of 11,533 looking on.
july 31 _ Vancouver Whitecaps clinched
their first-ever playoff spot by beating
St. Louis 5-0, with Parsons scoring two
more goals. The Caps finished third in
the Western Division with their first win
ning season - 14 wins and 10 losses.
August 18 - Although Uiey outshot
Seattle 25-14, the Whitecaps were elimin
ated by the Sounders in the sudden death
playoff by a 1-0 score.
It was back to the drawing board again
for Vancouver, but soccer had turned
the corner in year number three. O
 1975
Whitecaps
Flashback
An important off-season happening
was the appointment of the Whitecaps'
Les Wilson to the position of provincial
secretary to the B.C. Youth Soccer
Association, allowing the popular player
to contribute his professional and admin
istrative expertise to the development of
the province's minor soccer system.

February 21 - The Whitecaps fielded a

team for die first time in die NASL
Indoor Soccer Tournament in San Fran
cisco, and they won their first game 15-4
March 27 Sam Lenarduzzi gave up
his amateur status to turn pro and join
his brother Bob on the Whitecaps.
April 19 - The Whitecaps, with 10
Canadians and one Scot, won their home-
opener over Chicago and then went on to
win their next five games in a row, but
attendance hovered around 7,500 despite
the winning streak.
May 28 The New York Cosmos were
dumped for the second time by the
Whitecaps, this time by a 1-0 count wiUi
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1974 Whitecaps Flashback

Exhilarating success in an incredibly
short period of time. That's the story
of the Vancouver Whitecaps last
year's Cinderella side of the North
American Soccer League.
It's hard to believe that it took just
six years for the Whitecaps to transform
their struggling franchise into a high -
profile, championship club. This year,
as the team defends its first NASL
title, we'd like you to flashback to some
of the key happenings diat occured along
that road to Soccer Bowl '79.
December 11, 1973 - Herb Capozzi's
seemingly impossible dream of making
soccer a success in Vancouver, began to
take shape when he and six odier prom
inent Vancouver business people were
awarded a North American Soccer
League franchise for die 1974 season.
The directors committed themselves to
the league and to the team for a mini
mum of three years.
February 4, 1974 Jim Easton was hired
as die first coach of the Whitecaps, and
the amiable Scot promptly assembled a
largely-Canadian side that included Les
Wilson and Bob Lenarduzzi.
May 5 With the rain beating down on
17,343 fans, the Whitecaps dropped a
tough 2-1 decision to San Jose in their
first NASL game at Empire Stadium.
June 30 Brian Gant and Chris Bennett
each scored a goal in New York to lead
Vancouver to a 2-0 win over the boys
from the Big Apple. Incredibly, the
workman-like Bennett had three other
goals disallowed in the game, two for
offsides and one for a handball infrac
tion.
July 28 As the season wound down,
Brian Budd served notice that he was
seeking 'superstar status' as he scored
two goals and added an assist in Van
couver's 3-1 win over Los Angeles.
August 11 .In their final game of the
season the Caps were edged 2-1 by the
Seattle Sounders under the direction of
their rookie head coach, John Best.
Aldiough the Whitecaps .finished in last
place in their division with a record of
nine wins and 11 losses, they still man
aged to attract an average of 10,119 fans
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 and 32,372 frenzied fans with a 4-1 win
in the rain.
June 22 - Fiery England International
Alan Ball arrived in Vancouver, following
his purchase from Philadelphia by Best.
June 24 - Ball set up a goal and then
scored the winner himself on a penalty
kick as overtime expired in his Vancouver
debut - a 2-1 win over California.
July 7 - L.A.'s Johan Cruyff made his
first appearance at Empire Stadium a
memorable one by scoring the only goal
in the game, giving the Aztecs a 1-0 win
in their race for first place with the Caps.
July 15 - Vancouver went into New
York and got into a brawl, a weird goal,
three great markers and a well-deserved
4-2 win over die frustrated Cosmos.
July 16 - Ball scored his fourth goal
off a penalty kick but Washington won
2-1.
August 8 - Whymark scored in overtime
to enable the Caps to clinch their second
straight Western Division title and end
the dogfight with L.A. for the top spot.
August 11 Vancouver closed out with
a 2-1 win in Seattle, finishing widi a
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fans over the season.
August 15 - Parsons, Hector and Lew
ington scored to beat Dallas 3-1 in game
one of the opening round of playoffs.
August 18 - Craven scored two second-
half goals within seconds of each other
and Vancouver advanced to the second
playoff round with a dramatic 2-1 win.
August 22 - Two beautiful goals by
Valentine went up in smoke as L.A. came
from behind to beat Vancouver 3-2 in
the Rosebowl.
August 25 Vancouver responded with
two magnificent efforts to defeat L.A.
1-0 in both the regular and mini-games
before a sold out, delirious crowd of
32,375 at Empire Stadium.
August 27 - Fans lined up for blocks, and
waited up to seven hours for tickets
to the National Conference Final against
New York at Empire Stadium.
August 29 - Johnston and Whymark
provided goals in the Whitecaps' impres
sive 2-0 win over New York in a tense
game that was seen throughout B.C.
on television, thanks to Best's lifting
of the T.V. blackout for the first time.
September 1 - Vancouver Finally won
the National Conference title in the long
est game in NASL history - just under
four hours. After losing 3-2 in a shoot
out, the Whitecaps persevered and won
the mini-game 1-0.
September 8 - Whymark scored two
goals and almost managed two more, in
Vancouver's solid 2-1 win over Tampa
Bay in Soccer Bowl '79. Ball was named
Most Valuable Player in die playoffs,
Whymark was named Player of the Game
and the Whitecaps, after only six years,
had won their first North American
Soccer League Championship.
Following the championship the vil
lage of Vancouver welcomed its heroes
home, with 100,000 people cramming
the downtown streets to salute the city's
first championship team in 15 long years.
The Mayor of Vancouver presented the
Whitecaps with civic awards at a re
ception in City Hall and suddenly, it
was time for another winter of prepera-
tion for another season. O
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first place in the Western Division and
Hector set a team scoring record with his
12th goal of the year. And the whole
city was talking about the Whitecaps'
six-game unbeaten string - and the set
ting of Hinton's new league record
for assists (19) that was formerly held by
Pele and George Best.
July J7 - Vancouver increased its win
ning streak to eight games and clinched a
playoff spot with a 2-1 win over Oakland
and there were still five games to go.
July 27 - Hector scored two goals and
set up the odier two as the Whitecaps
hammered Los Angeles 4-1 and set a lea
gue record of 10 consecutive victories.
July 30 - The Caps beat Oakland 6-2 to
wrap up the Western Division title, but
the win proved costly because defender
John Craven broke his leg and was out
for the season. Dan Lenarduzzi later
came on to replace Craven in the next
game and, in doing so, gave the White-
caps yet another record for having three
brothers all playing in the same game and
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August 4 - Vancouver completed its
regular season home schedule by stoning
San Jose 6-0 before the season's largest
crowd of 24,216, and Hector became the
first Whitecaps player to score three
goals in a league game.
August 6 - With their 2-1 win in San
Diego in their last regular season game,
the Whitecaps set a league record (along
with the New York Cosmos) for the best
record (24-6) in a season and for the
most consecutive wins in the regular
season (13 between June 22 and August
6 - six home and seven away).
August 7 - Soccer fever gripped the en
tire city of Vancouver. Radio stations
were ^constantly blaring "White is die
color" sung by none other than the
players themselves and in the warm
summer atmosphere, everybody was
talking about the J3-game winning streak
and the upcoming playoffs.
August 9 - Vancouver got goals from
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the playoffs - for the first time!
August 12 - Big Clyde Best scored
the only goal Portland needed to defeat
Vancouver 1-0 in game one on a rain-
soaked field down in Portland.
August 16 - With 32,266 crammed into
sold-out Empire Stadium for the return
match, Portland ended the Whitecaps'
sensational season with a disciplined 2-1
win. Vancouver's consecutive win streak
had been snuffed out at 14 games
and once again, it was wait until next
year.
The Whitecaps tied or set 10 NASL
records and 13 team records in 1978,
with Craven and Hector named to the
league's second All-star team, Bob Len
arduzzi selected as North American
Player of the Year and Tony Waiters
chosen as Coach of the Year. All of
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win d* opener 1-0 before Hector's tally some
3:09 into the mini-game won the night
for Vancouver.
As usual with Vancouver, defense was
the difference. The winners' backhne per
formed so well that goalkeeper Phil Parkes
was called upon to register only one save
all night.
On the opposite coast, the Cosmos
were showing no signs that they were to
be dethroned.
With some 30,000 fans witnessing a
Thursday afternoon encounter in Toronto,
New York got a "hat trick" from their mid-
field. Goals by Johan Neeskens, Vladislav
Bogicevic and Rick Davis paced the Cosmos
to a 3-1 win. Colin Franks' header late in the
day averted a Blizzard whitewashing.
With Hubert Birkenmeier recording his
first NASL Playoff shutout, Toronto was
eliminated on goals by Giorgio Chinaglia
and Neeskens.
But while the Cosmos-Blizzard series
was proceeding on form, the Tulsa-Minnesota
confrontation was not.
Inspired by the prospect of facing his ex-
teammates, the Cosmos, goalkeeper Jack
Brand turned in a fine performance in the
ouster of the Central Division champs
Alan Woodward's second goal lot the
evening followed some 101 minutes of soccer
to give Tulsa a 2-1 win. The second game
proved to be even more dramatic.
Trailing 1-0 with 15 seconds remaining,
Minnesota evened the match on a score by
All-Star midfielder Ace Ntsoelengoe. But
the Kicks* hopes were dashed when David
Nish converted a free kick in the extra
Sieve Litt and Roge r Davies do battle at midfield for the Kicks and Roughnecks
62
session to advance Tulsa into the quarter
final round.
If the Cosmos expected to encounter an
awed underdog contingent of Roughnecks,
they were rudely surprised. Before a tremen
dously vocal capacity crowd at Skelly Stadi
um, Tulsa dominated the evening from start
to finish in recording a 3-0 conquest.
Two goals by Roger Davies followed a
Wayne Hughes score for the winners. The
middle goal was a thing of beauty as Davies
flicked home a header concluding his diagonal
nib through the box off a perfect cross
from Hughes.
In the rematch, the Cosmos twelfth
man," some 76,000 fans, greeted the under
dogs. A combination of the Giants Stadium
crowd and some near-perfect soccer by the
Cosmos proved to be too much for Tulsa
to overcome.
Dennis Tueart, Marinho and Chinaglia
all found the range in the first contest. In the
deciding game, Chinaglia volleyed home the
go-ahead tally after only 5:56 of action.
Sparked by the ceaseless running of
winger Seninho, the champions' offense
shifted into high gear. Twice Seninho broke
through the Roughnecks backhne. The first
time he beat Brand and only moments later
the beleagured goalie upended Seninho to
prevent a sure score. With Chinaglia con
verting the resulting penalty kick, the Cosmos
had put the game on ice.
A perfectly taken free kick by Don
O'Riordan at 29:46 was to be the lone bright
spot of the night for the visitors.
Thus the confrontation of destiny was to
occur. Again a full house of 32,875 was the
LA eliminated the Dips in first round action.
order of the day at Empire Stadium. With
scalpers having a field day, the Whitecaps
did nothing to disappoint the fans who were
lucky enough to find their way through
the turnstiles.
A diving header by Willie Johnston
proved to be the perfect conclusion to an
Alan Ball cross midway through the second
half. With the celebrated Cosmos offense all
but shut down for the evening, Trevor Why-
mark dashed New York hopes with a break
away goal at 84:16 to give Ball his second
assist of the night.
Once again the Cosmos returned home
with the prospect of needing twin vic
tories to avert elimination. Twice Chinaglia
was "Johnny-on-the-spot" but twice the
Caps equalized.
Craven notched his third playoff marker
by blasting home a shot after he snuck
between a pair of white shirts on a perfectly
executed free kick.
As time evaporated, the Caps again tied
the affair on a diving header by Willie
Johnston off a pass from Bob Lenarduzzi.
With another healthy gathering on its
collective feet, the Cosmos kept their hopes
alive with a Shootout win.
The teams retired to their locker rooms
before combining for 30 minutes of in
credible soccer.
Despite several good opportunities, the
Whitecaps were unable to best Birkenmeier.
Hector broke free down the right Hank only
to have a stubborn goalpost deny his efforts.
After the teams switched ends, a crossbar
proved to be the Cosmos' savior despite
Vancouver protestations that the ball had
crossed the line.
Finally it was the Cosmos" turn to attack.
Mark Liveric thought he recorded the win
ner but he was ruled against for pushing and
the coal was disallowed.
With a national television audience look
ing on some three and a half hours after it all
began. Parkes' work in the second Shootout
propelled Vancouver to a well-fought slot in
Soccer Bowl-79. "
Dan Herbst, Soccer Bowl KICK stall writer,
has followed the sport since boyhood, and
played in goal for his college learn
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layer Profiles
Vancouver Whitecaps
Phil Parkes
Goalkeeper
Considered by coach Wait
ers the best keeper in
NASL...Honored as 1979
Goajkecper of the Year
in player voting...Has led
League for two consecutive years in goals-
against average, posting 0.97 mark this sum
mer... His seven shutouts tied for League
lead...Owns career 1.02 mark over four
seasons...First played in North America for
the LA Wolves of the old United Soccer
Association in 1967, leading that team to
title...At age 32 he is just reaching his
peak...Continued improvement credited to
help of Waiters, himself a great keeper in
past years...Nicknamed "Lofty" for his
6'3" frame.
Bruce Grobbelaar
Goalkeeper
Discovered by Waiters
and Craven during '78
scouting tour of England
| . ...Called by Waiters "one
m V:;_:k:^-7 I of the most athletic na
tural goalkeepers I've seen"...Outstanding
baseball player as well...Turned down college
scholarship as a right handed hurler to con
centrate his efforts on soccer...In only NASL
action he played quite well, yielding a mere
two goals to vaunted Aztec offense in LA
despite the fact that Caps were missing 5
starters that outing...Slated to play in En
gland during off-season to polish his skills.
Alan Bal
Midfielder
Move to Vancouver res
urrected the fiery mid
fielder's skills...After only
registering 3 assists in first
half of season for Fury,
he registered 26 points in 15 appearances for
Vancouver...Third on Caps in goal scoring
with 8 and second in assists with 10...Began
career at age 16 with Blackpool as a team
mate of Waiters... Vancouver mentor recalls
Ball as a youngster who had "confidence and
the little bit of arrogance that was necessary...
he didn't stand in awe of any player"... Play
ing year-round, he led Southampton to League
Cup final this spring...Key member in En
gland's World Cup championship unit in
'66...Also played with Caps assistant coach
Bob McNab when both were with Arsenal.
'-
Bob Lenarduzzi
Midfielder/Defender
Born only a corner kick
away from Vancouver's
Empire Stadium...One of
three brothers playing in
the NASL... Trio set
unique record when all appeared together
for the Caps last season in contest vs. San
Diego...Only original Whitecap remaining...
Named North American of the Year in'78 as
a midfielder...Extremely versatile player...
Has played every position except in nets for
Whitecaps... May play there yet as he is
team's 3rd string nctminder and was almost
employed in goal in an emergency situation
last season...Member of the Canadian Na
tional Team...Scored in both Shootout
attempts last week to help Caps eliminate
Cosmos.
Buzz Parsons
Forward
Another extremely versa
tile and unselfish player...
After injuries decimated
Caps backline he moved
from forward to fullback
and became a big reason that team again
paced League in allowing fewest goals...
Product of Simon Frascr College's noted
soccer program...Drafted by Whitecaps in
76...Second on all-time list of international
appearances for Canada with 38 Caps...Has
45 career points in 61 NASL appearances.
John Craven
Defender
Veteran defender began
career playing for Black
pool where he guarded
net in front of a goal
keeper named Tony Wait
ers...Missed much of season with assortment
of injuries...Is a presence in both ends of the
park, having notched 8 goals in 78...Named
to the NASL's second team All-Star unit
that year...Very dangerous on set plays...
Scored twice in 74-second span to key Caps
2-1 win that eliminated Dallas from playoffs...
Also scored big goal against Cosmos in last
week's contest...Was coached by Waiters at
Plymouth Argyle in 77...A true leader, he
has captained three different teams during
his career.
Roger Kenyon
Defender
If rugged defender seems
unshaken by playing in
Soccer Bowl-79 it's for
several good reasons...
First, he has seen action
in FA and League Cup Finals for Everton...
More significantly, he won his greatest vic
tory of career by making a successful come
back after an extremely serious auto accident
in which he was actually left for dead...After
lengthy hospitalization he had second brush
with death when glass he swallowed in acci
dent severed a vein in his throat...One of the
League's toughest markers...Former member
of British National Team.
Alan Ball meels LA's Colin Boulton
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 Bob Bolitho
Willie Johnston Defender
Forward

Moved from right wing

One of the League's most
colorful performers...Ex
tremely talented dribbler,
, has the ability to turn
/ 111 B l f o e s " i n s i d c - o u t " . . . H i s
twelve assists led club this year...Left school
at age 15 to work in the mines in his native
Scotland...Signed as an apprentice by Glas-
cow Rangers soon thereafter... Within a year
he turned pro...Only three years after "re
tiring" from his underground profession he
became the youngest playerever to play for
Scotland's National Team...Has earned 21
Caps in international career... Purchased by
Caps just before start of season and im
mediately inked three-year pact.
Derek Possee
Forward
Tied ifor team scoring
honors in 77 when he
contributed 11 goals and
5 assists despite playing
in only 16 contests,..Very
unselfish player...Gives Whitecaps' great
depth up front.-.Notched winning Shootout
goal vs Cosmos in National Conference title
gamc.One of two players that Waiters
brought with him from England...Began
career in 1962 with Tottenham Hotspurs.
to fullback at start of 78
campaign and has been
there ever since...Member
of the Canadian National
Team...Listed in League record book for
having registered four assists in one match,
the only fullback ever to do so in NASL
annals...Performed feat vs. Dallas last sea
son Vancouver is the only professional
team that he has ever played for...Dangerous
on the overlap, he attempted 34 shots in 79.
Kevin Hector
Forward
Looking to win cham
pionships on both sides
of the ocean in the same
decade...Led Derby Coun-
L.1 1 ty to First Division crown
in 1971-72...When he left Rams to join Van
couver he was Britain's top career scorer
among active performers...Nicknamed "King
Kevin" by British fans for his often inspira
tional play...Second team All-Star last sum
mer with 21-goal, 8-assist season...Number
one on list of all-time Whitecaps scorers...
Led team again this year with 15 goals and 6
assists despite missing five matches due
to injuries.

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 Trevor Whymark
I * " - * Forward

Team's second leading

goal getter in 79 with
10 tallies...Very strong in
the air... Led Ipswich
Town in scoring four of
last six seasons...Purchased by Vancouver
just prior to beginning of season...Came into
international limelight when he scored four
goals vs. Italy's Lazio in UEFA Cup compe

^ C n O < * tition in 1977...Unlike most British players,

he was overlooked as a youth and had given
up the hope of playing professionally...While Jon Sammels against the Sur
enrolled in college he was "discovered" by
Ipswich and began career. Carl Valentine
Forward
Peter Daniel
Defender
Fastest man on Vancouv
er roster...One of the
Called by Waiters the team's most popular play
Whitecaps'"Mr. Depend ers...Teammates chipped
able"...The 78 Coach of in and presented him with
the Year lauds him for a gold chain on his 21st birthday that was
A H being "a quiet man who celebrated July 4th... Despite tender age he
gets on with his job...he's a very good had made over 100 appearances for Oldham
marker"...Brings 16 years of English League Athletic before leaving England...Whitecaps
experience with him...Spent entire British had to outbid several First Division sides to
career with Derby County where he teamed win his services...Nicknamed "Chalky"...Had
with Kevin Hector... Highlight of his NASL 4 goals, 7 assists as midfielder in first season
career occurred last season when he marked west of the Atlantic.
Trevor Francis literally out of the Vancouver-
Detroit match...When injuries to Craven Jon Sammels
and Kenyon handicapped club, it was partly Midfielder
his experience that kept the Whitecap de
fense the best in the League.
Brings wealth of experi
ence to Vancouver mid-
field... Utilized as distri
butor until Alan Ball's
arrival...Compliments Ball
very well...Key member of Arsenal team that
won the "double" in 70-71 season (League
title and FA Cup)...One of his teammates on
the Gunners was Whitecap assistant coach
Bob McNab...Made seven appearances for
England's Under-23 side...Commanded a
transfer fee of a quarter million dollars in 71
when Leicester City purchased his services.

Ray Lewington
Midfielder

Extremely hard working

midfielder, the type who
Paul Kovi wins balls in the center
of the park...Purchased
I by Caps from Chelsea of
the English First Division prior to start of
*-"i"V:VV-":i": the 79 season...Was a key cog in Chelsea
winning promotion to First Division in 76-
77 campaign...Celebrated his 23rd birthday
yesterday...Will continue celebrating after
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Date Opponents Score A t t endance Whitecaps Scoring
3/30 Dallas 2-1 L(SO) 24,850 Hector (Lewington)
4/6 Edmonton 2-0 W Craven (Bolitho); Hector (Lewington)
19,097
4/14 at Chicago 3-2W(S0) Sammels (Parsons); Hector (Sammels, Bolitho)
10,130
4/21 Portland 2-1 W 23,137 Whymark (Valentine, Bolitho); Whymark (Hector,
Sammels)
4/27 at San Diego 1-0 L 10,514
5/2 San Diego 3-1 W 16,985 Whymark (Hector, Johnston); Hector; Hector
5/5 at San Jose 2-1 W 14,107 Hector (Johnston, Bolitho); Daniel (Johnston)
5/11 Rochester 1-0W(OT) 22,078 Valentine (Bolitho)
5/18 Philadelphia 2-0 W 18,293 Hector (Johnston); Whymark (Johnston)
5/30 at Edmonton 3-1 W 10,529 Hector (Johnston, Sammels); Hector (Johnston,
Kenyon); Hector (Valentine)
6/2 Houston 1-0 L 26,013
6/7 at Tulsa 2-1 W 10,102 Lewington (Valentine); Valentine
6/10 at Minnesota 1-0 L 24,061
6/13 at California 3-2 L(SO) 7,182 Possee (Johnston, Hector); Hector (Sammels)
6/16 New York 4-1 W 32,372 Hector (Valentine); Sammels (Hector); Valentine
(Johnston, Lenarduzzi); Possee (Johnston, Lenarduzzi)
6/24 California 2-1 W(OT) 20,814 Johnston (Ball); Ball (Penalty Kick)
6/27 at Atlanta 3-1 W 5,152 Hector (Johnston); Ball (Penalty Kick); Hector (Ball,
Bolitho)
6/30 at Ft. Lauderdale 3-2 L(SO) 15,259 Whymark; Possee (Sammels, Ball)
7/4 at Toronto 2-1 L 13,754 Valentine (Ball, Possee)
7/7 Seattle 3-1 W 20,041 Ball (Penalty Kick); Whymark (Lewington, Hector)
Ball (Lenarduzzi, Hector)
7/11 Los Angeles 1-0 L 28,764
7/15 at New York 4-2 W 48,753 Own Goal; Hector (Whymark, Ball); Lewington;
Lenarduzzi (Valentine, Ball)
7/18 at Washington 2-1 L 12,321 Ball (Penalty Kick)
7/21 To r o n t o 3-0 W 21,409 Ball (Sammels, Parsons); Sammels (Ball, Bolitho)
Whymark (Valentine, Lewington)
7/25 Tulsa 1-0 W 21,196 Whymark (Bolitho, Valentine)
7/28 at Portland 3-2 W(OT) 12,727 Whymark (Ball); Lenarduzzi (Parsons, Ball); Ball
(Parsons)
8/1 Minnesota 1-0 W 24,656 Lenarduzzi (Sammels,Ball)
8/4 at Los Angeles 2-0 L 11,157
8/8 San Jose 1-0W(OT) 25,731 Whymark (Possee, Parsons)
8/11 at Seattle 2-1 W 24,196 Parsons (Nesin);Ball (Johnston)
8/15 at Dallas 3-2 W 8,819 Parsons (Ball, Hector); Hector (Ball, Bolitho); Lewington
(Hector)
8/18 Dallas 2-1 W 30,328 Craven (Hector); Craven (Ball)
8/22 at Los Angeles 3-2 L(SO) 21,213 Valentine (Bolitho); Valentine (Hector)
8/25 Los Angeles 1-0 W 32,375 (Own Goal)
MINI-GAME 1-0 W Hector (Valentine, Whymark)
8/29 New York 2-0 W 32,875 Johnston (Ball, Lenarduzzi); Whymark (Ball, Lewington)
9/1 at New York 3-2 L(SO) 44,109 Craven (Ball); Johnston (Valentine, Leparduzzi)
MINI-GAME l-OW(SO) Shootout: 3-2
9/8 Tampa Bay at N. Y. 2-1 W 66,843 Whymark;Whymark (Ball)

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Vancouver
Victorious in
Soccer Bowl - 7 9
By Jeff Cross
percentages. Vancouver Whitecaps'
When it Tonycomes down istolike
Waiters figures and
a human
computer. After taking over the helm of the
Vancouver club midway through the 1977
season. Waiters compiled a won-Iost record
of 63-28 in North American Soccer League
play. That works out to a 2.25 success
ratio and there are few coaches around the
professional leagues who can match that
kind of performance.
Now Waiters has moved up a notch on
the Whitecaps'corporate ladder with the title
of team manager and Bob McNab comes in
as head coach after a season as assistant.
Although the titles have changed and some
of the duties that go with them, Whitecaps'
strategic command has not.
McNab, the blunt Yorkshireman who is
not nearly as dour as first impressions might
indicate, has plenty of ideas of his own for
maintaining Vancouver's hard-won reputa
tion around the NASL. And he plans to
implement them.
As witness this thought, gleaned from a
February practice session at rainy Em
pire Stadium:
"Last season we did very well with our
fullbacks overlapping down the wings. But
we began to rely quite heavily on that
method of moving from defense to attack.
Our central defenders, because of injuries to
Vancouver defender Roger Kenyon. with support from John Craven and 'Buzz" Parsons.
6N
success. Everything is geared to a single
purposewinning the championship. And
when it's over, and you've won, you have to
face that awful 'morning after' feeling of
'where do we go from here?'
"Tony said right away after Soccer Bowl
that he expected to see three or four changes
in the lineup, and that's right about what
there will be. You simply can't stand still. So
some of the faces our fans grew to recognize
and appreciate won't be around in 1980.
key players and other problems, became Everyone is a year older. Some injuries
pure and simple stoppers and I expect to do which might not be important to a young
something about that. I want to work on player, become aggravating and longer-
methods of varying our approach, to give us lasting to a veteran. Promising new talent
a big new dimension, with the central de becomes available. Our Canadian youngsters
fenders having the ability to initiate quick have a winter of experience in Britain or
thrusts down the middle." Europe under their belts and are challenging
Like Waiters, McNab is determined to strongly for starting roles. All these things
play the percentage game in his first season mean changes.
as a head coach. "That happens to every team, every year.
"If the caliber of play in the League It's a growth pattern that never changes. And
improves around 20% as it Has done each we feel that the building we've done for 1980
year for the past few years, then we have to is at least as good as what we accomplished
improve by at least that much to stay ahead," in 1979.
he says. "So we base our planning on an "But," muses McNab with a faraway,
overall improvement of maybe 25%and if reflective smile, "last year was really some
it works, we stay right in the middle of the thing, wasn't it ... ?"
fight for the championship." And it really was.
As Waiters. McNab reflects on the Around the League, Whitecaps had been
championship season of 1979 as a tremen generally regarded as the team to beat in the
dous achievement, with both good and NASL's National Conference West, with a
bad repercussions. bit of a push from the Seattle Sounders. At
"For the club, and for the fans, it was just that time, no one knew that the Los Angeles
fantastic," he says. "All those hours and days Aztecs would introduce the incomparable
of hard, painstaking work in recruiting, Johan Cruyff to the North American scene
training, and molding the players into a unit, with such devastating effect.
paid off in the best possible way. The support And it was the Cruyff-propelled Aztecs
we got from our fans was unbelievable who snapped at Whitecaps' heels throughout
look at all those who flew 3000 miles to New the regular season, not conceding the divi
York for the weekend, to watch the cham sion title until the last week of competition.
pionship game. I agree with Tony that at But there' were few among the 24.850
home they were often worth a one-goal start fans at Empire Stadium on March 30, 1979
to us, during the season. when the Caps lost their opening game of the
"But there is also a sad part of that season to the Dallas Tornado in a shootout,
who would have dared predict the triumphs
of September.
The opening day defeat in itself was not
thai important. In fact it was normal pro
cedure for Vancouver. In only one of their
six season-openers since joining the League
in 1974, have the Whitecaps won their open
ing game. And every one has been at home.
But when mid-June rolled around and
the Whitecaps were sputtering along with a
9-5 record. Waiters and McNab decided
enough was enough. Injuries were taking
their toll of key personnel, but the team was
missing the one link that would pull every
thing together.
Enter Alan Ball.
The little redhead was "toiling," his own
word, with the Philadelphia Fury, but the
word was out that the Fury would be willing
to allow someone else to assume the remain
der of his season-long loan from Eng
land's Southampton.
Waiters, who had been the goalkeeper
for England's Blackpool club when Ball
began his brilliant career there as a 15-year-
old apprentice, needed no consultation with
 biography files or scouting reports. McNab
also knew all about the fiery little midfielder,
from the time they had played together for
Arsenal of the English First Division.
The deal was made. Ball would come to
Vancouver for the rest of the NASL season.
And, as if to celebrate the deal, while Ball
was on his way to the West Coast, the White-
caps joyously hammered the New York
Cosmos 4-1 with their most impressive dis
play of the season.
With Ball directing traffic, the Whitecaps
became a cohesive unit. They won 10 of their
last 15 games, including another victory (4-2)
over the Cosmos, this time at Giants Stadium.
It was good for a seasonal mark of 20-10,
more than adequate to retain their West
Division title. And it was bang on Waiters'
pre-season prediction for the team.
"Only the Cosmos, with their resources
and backing, have the capability of repeating
that 24-6 record of 1978," he had said in
March. And he was quite right.
But for Vancouver it was a fourth straight
year of playoff activity, something to be
approached with trepidation, since the White-
caps' record in post-season play was not a
thing to be admired.
Only once had they made it past the
opening round, and on that occasion (1978)
they had been unceremoniously bounced in
straight games by the Portland Timbers.
Whitecaps defense, led by Phil Parkes kept the potent Rowdies' offense at bay in Soccer Bowl-79
Bobby Lenarduzzi
He's known among the ladies as Van
couver's most eligible bachelor.
The handsome, boyish features with
the ever-present grin are not much different
on the soccer field tha n they are in the hectic
world of business and promotion. The
personality is as breezy and friendly as that
of any "best friend."
And it's hard to believe that Bobby
Lenarduzzi, still only 24, is the only original
member of the Vancouver Whitecaps re
maining from the team's humble beginnings
in 1974 and is, amazingly, a veteran of eight
years in the professional soccer wars.
He was 16 when Jack Mansell, then
manager of England's Reading Club, stop
ped off in Vancouver for a vacation, saw
young Lenarduzzi playing with a local Lenarduzzi challenges Tampa's Zeljko Bilecki.
team, and immediately offered him a trial.
Lenarduzzi stayed at Reading for four before his 21st birthday, he called a halt
to his British pro-career and came home
seasons, playing 67 games for the English
League club. When the Whitecaps began in for good.
1974, Bobby was commuting, spending Obviously he was a natural for the
his winters in Britain, his summers back fledgling Whitecaps. Not only was he now
home in Vancouver. an experienced professional, and a Cana
It was a hectic life for a teenager and dian citizen to boot (born within a stone's
eventually too much of a strain, even for a throw of Empire Stadium) but his older
6'I", 170-pounder. So in April 76, a month brother Sam was captain of the Caps and
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younger brother Danny was to become a
little later, the third in the Lenarduzzi trio
to play for the Vancouver Whitecaps.
(it's 11 uc iu say that had the Whitecaps
begun operations a coup/c of years earlier,
oldest brother Vanni, an excellent player
for local team Columbus, would have also
been a Whitecaps' player.)
Unlike his brothers, who have remained
happily ensconced in one slot for most of
their careersSam and Danny on defense,
Vanni on the forward line. Bob has had a
most varied life. With the versatility to play
anywhere, he has done just that, appearing
in every position including goal, which he
did on one momentous occasion with the
Canadian National Team. He is regarded as
the Caps' No. 3 goalkeeper and regularly
plays goal in practice sessions.
Since joining the Whitecaps he's been a
striker, a winger, a central defender, and a
fullback", all with telling effect.
For the 1978 season, he was employed
by coach Tony Waiters as a right-side
midfielder, moving up to the wing to
become a fourth forward as the Caps chang
ed gears smoothly from a 4-3-3 to a 4-2-4
formation. In that role he scored 10 goals
and added 17, assists to finish second in
The victorious Whitecaps celebrate after their dramatic shootout ouster of the Cosmos.
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team scoring. Nth in the entire League,
and the top North American on the NASL
scoring list.
For that the Professional Soccer Re
porters' Association elected him North
American Player of the Yearthe only
Canadian to have won the honor.
The following season he was a left
fullback.
That put a crimp in his scoring activities.
At the beginning of the 1979 season he had
played in 115 games for Vancouver and,
with 18 goals and 26 assists was the club's
all-time scoring leader. In his 1979 defen
sive role he managed three goals and three
assists, but was caught, and passed, by
striker Kevin Hector.
"Not to worry,"grins Lenarduzzi. "I've
got a few years left."
A few years is modest. At 24 years of
age, a first-team regular on ability rather
than nationality, a regular member of Can
ada's World Cup team as well as the North
American champion Whitecaps, a featured
performer on the talent-rich television
Super Stars show, and a much-in-demand
personality at civic and social gatherings.
Bobby Lenarduzzi might be forgiven for
believing he has the world by the tail.
But this time there was a definite feeling
around the club that the door was open.
Dallas was turned back in straight games,
3-2 and 2-1, to make amends for that opening-
day defeat. Los Angeles used all the ability of
Cruyff to come from behind a 2-0 deficit and
win the first leg of the second-round 3-2 at
the Rose Bowl. But the Aztecs fell before a
sellout crowd in Vancouver in the second leg,
losing by I-0 scores in both the regular game
and the mini-game.
That brought the classic confrontation
once again. New York, the defending cham
pion, odds-on favorite to win it all again, the
team of high-priced if unpredictable stars,
against Vancouver, the team of no stars but
with the intriguing record of having beaten
the Cosmos five out of six times since joining
the League.
There were many who said this National
Conference showdown would be, in effect,
the NASL championship, since whichever
team won, would go on to win the Soccer Bowl.
Franz Beckenbauer was one who be
lieved that, "the Whitecaps and Cosmos are
the two best teams in the League." New
York's West German star asserted, "Whoever
wins this will be the champion."
Vancouver fans believed it. Lineups began
the night before tickets went on sale for the
first leg at Empire Stadium and lasted through
the night. Every ticket was sold within a few
hours of the wickets opening, with thousands
of unlucky fans disappointed.
So club President-General Manager John
Best promptly agreed to lift the TV blackout
to allow everyone to sec the game, a master
stroke as it turned out, as British Columbia
viewers were treated to a brilliant exhibition
of soccer.
The Whitecaps won the game 2-0 on
spectacular goal's by Willie Johnston and
Trevor Whymark, but not just before the
capacity crowd of 32,875but before more
thousands at homeviewing the Caps out
play their renowned opponents.
Much of the tension and feeling of the
game however, boiled over into the second
leg. Giants Stadium was no place for the
faint-hearted.
Giorgio Chinaglia gave the Cosmos a 1-0
lead, but the Whitecaps refused to roll over
and die. John Craven bored in behind the
New York defense to get his head to a mar-
velously-fioated free-kick by Alan Balland
it was 1-1.
Chinaglia put the Cosmos in front again
before half-time, but little Johnston, never
noted for his aerial ability, somehow got his
head to a left-wing cross from Bobby Len
arduzzi late in the second half and forced
an overtime.
When that produced no goals, it was
shootout time once morea feature the
Whitecaps detest and have had little success
with, during the season. This time was no
different. The Cosmos won it 3-1, to tie the
scries at one game each and bring on the
mini-game decider.
It produced a wild 30 minutes of play, a
"goal" that was given to the Whitecaps, then
 taken away again, a threatened protest by
I he Rowdies were worthy opponents. After
Coach Waiters because of the official change I' was a moment to relish, to savor
the Conference final, the Whitecaps might
ol heart and no decision. through the cold winter months ahead. The
easily have suffered an emotional low. but
So another shootout was ordered. It may Caps began then career in 1974 with a gener
resolution remained.
have been exciting for the fans, but for the ously-padded average attendance of 10.000
The Rowdies were beaten 2-1 on a pair of
players it was nerve-racking. And more than people. Now they were outdrawing every other
g o a l s b y s t r i k e r Tr e v o r W h y m a r k . e a c h
a lew fans in the stadium and around the spori m town and their thousands of new
prompted by pin-poini passes from Alan I ans were lo\ ing it.
country were busily conceding the title to ihe
Ball, and the NASI championship was back
defending champion Cosmos who were 5-1 From where ihc\ were standing at the
m Canada I'orjusi the second time (Toronto's
m shoolouts on the season, to Vancouver's 1-5. summit, it had been a thrilling, heart
1976 victory being the first).
Inn it was not to be. Bobby Lenarduzzi warming experience to watch "the wave
Close to 100.000 fans mined out lo wel
gave the Whitecaps the lead on the first try and roll on." n
c o m e i I r W h i t e c a p s h o m e i o Va n c o u v e r,
thej never lost it. Carl Valentine and Derek
jamming the a upon and the motorcade Jeft Cross covers soccer lor the Vancouver
Possee also beat Hubert Birkenmeier and il
route into town.
was 3-2 when Nelsi Morais came up as the Daily Province
Cosmos' fifth shooter.
Perhaps burdened by the weight of re
sponsibility on his shoulders. Morais waited
too long. He got the ball into the net past
goalie Phil Parkes. but referee I oros Kibrit-
jian had already signalled expiration of the
five-second time allotment.
And some three hours and thirty-four
m i n u t e s a f t e r t h e i n i t i a l k i c k o ff , t h e Va n
couver Whitecaps had done it. For the
first time they would be in the Soccer Bowl.
A n d N e w Yo r k w o u l d h a v e t o w a i t u n t i l
next year.
I he ensuing victory over American Con
ference champion Tampa Bay Rowdies was
inevitably something of a let-down after the
on-field and off-field commotion of the pre
vious series. Not that it was less of a game.

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re in acute-care bed's when they should be
i some type of facility offering long-term
are.
The tax money is spent by the provincial
ealth department to reimburse general
ospttals for the long-term-care patients
acked up into acute-care beds.
"hitecop fans ch.eer their heroes from on unfinished building during Sunday porade.
January and results showed 1.212 people in
acute-care beds "when they should be in
other areas of care." The breakdown by
area is: Lower Mainland, 426; Vancouver
Island, 382; Fraser Valley. 206 plus 113 in
psychiatric facilities; Okanagan, 80; East
Kootenay. 33; North Eastern region, 18;
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nay, i.
The average government grant for an
extended-care bed in a public facility is $45
a day. (Private hospitals nave been offered
$35 a day), Intermediate care is less.
But the grant for an. acute-care bed is
around $125 on average. Hospital author
ities say they are reimbursed by the gov-
Pro vince Staff Reporters
The party was a little late getting started,
but no one noticed or cared amid the mas
sive heroes' welcome afforded the Vancou
ver Whitecaps, newly-crowned monarchs
of North American soccer.
The Cdyt,. fui those who spent die week-"
end in a cave, made 2-1 believers of the
Tampa Bay Rowdies Saturday, bringing
home Vancouver's first professional silver-.,
ware since the 1964 Lions' Grey Cup.
And the town turned out by the thousands
Sunday afternoon to shout out its pride and
demonstrate just how wound up it gets over
a winner.
A crowd eventually totalling about 500
began to cramp the confines of arrivals
- Gate-r~at Vancouver International Airport
shortly after-noon Sunday, to await the
Caps scheduled 1:35 p.m. flight. (It was
originally slated to arrive at noon, but a
delay in New York held up the flight for 1 Vt
hours.)
It finally happened at 1:50 p.m. A roar
erupted at the head of the logjam as John
Craven and Bob Lenarduzzi-appeared in
the doorway looking momentarily stunned
by the bright television lights and wall of
sound. %
The hero of Saturday's final, Trevor
Whymark. aU-curls and boyish-good looks,
made a bid for the door, but the try was
nullified by dozens of teenage girls scream
Province Sews Services
HAVANA Representatives of 95 na
tions prepared to go home today after reaf
firming their non-alignment with major
power blocs and "energetically condemn
ing" the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty and
the Camp David talks thai led to it.
The condemnation, part of an o'ver-all
finai declaration, capped six hours of de
bate on one of the most divisive issues at
the conference that ended<Sunday, 36 hours
behind schedule, in the Cuban capital
The declaration is to serve as a guideline
for the movement over the next three years
until the next summit, scheduled for 1982 in
Baghdad.
For six days i.400 delegates struggled lo
determine whether the movement should
remain non-aligned or take the anti-West
tack proposed by Cuban President Fidel
Castro, the conference host
In a closing speech. Castro said his stew
ardship of the movement over the next
t-are ttnu exienueu-eare payments.
When the total is multiplied by the $80 dif
ference, the sum for the whole of the prov
ince comes to $96,960 every day.
- "Very roughly speaking, that's a fair
estimate," said a IJCHA spokesman.
The $100,000-a-day loss to taxpayers is
probably on the low side. Of the 1,212
ing "Trev-or, Trev-or" beseeching him
for an autograph, or a touch.
Without what appeared to be a couple of
moves used in Saturday's triumph, he
might well have been in pieces on the floor.
Coach Tony Waiters told the crowd what
they came to near. We did our oifT* he
understated "But we could never have
done it without you."
Said Craven, named defensive player of
the final. "We've shown who the number-
one soccer team in North Ajnerica is and
you've shown who the number-onasupport-
ersare!" * a
Police estimate 10,000 fans lined the con
voy route along McConachie Way and down
Granville to the parade start at Davie.
The official part of the parade from
Granville and Nelson to the courthouse
complex took nearly an hour as masses of
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but not riotous
Pages A4, Dl, D17
three years is "not to benefit Cuba.'' This
evidently was a response to critics in the
group who fear Castro might try' to push the
non-aligned movement closer to the Soviet
camp.
After a night-long, closed-door session,
delegates approved the declaration con
taining a wide-ranging attack on U.S. for
eign policy, condemnation of the West for
its "collaboration" with the racist govern
ment of South Africa, and an oblique slap at
Canada over the Israel embassy issue.
The summit also called on oil-exporting
countries to end sales to South Africa and
Impose sanctions on companies which send
fuel there
On the embassy issue, ihe conference
adopted a Pakistani resolution calling "on
non-aligned members, who respresent a
third of the world's population, to take firm
measures, including breaking diplomatic
and economic relations, with countries
which formally or implicitly recognize Je
rusalem as the capital of Israel
seems to be increasing since the BCHA sur
vey. The Vancouver General Hospital, for
instance, reports over 200 acute- care beds
now tarken by extended oTlntermedtate:-
care patients. "This is the highest number
in the history of the hospital," _s,aid Faye
Cooper, director of communications.
fans overflowed into the streets, hampering
progress.
But if the scene at the airport and along
the motorcade route was jubilant chaos,
the reception awaiting the team downtown
was a downright mob.
An estimated 40,000 faUS Crowded into a''
few city blocks of downtown Vancouver.
30,000 of them in and around the Robson
Square complex.
The only incident occurred when revell
ers flocked into a building under construc
tion at Robson and Hornby, with some
climbing on the boom and frame of a con
struction crane perched on the roof.
Some of the estimated 700 people who
climbed into the building tore out insulation
panelling'and threw thejoam plastic pieces
into the street.
The mass greeting made the streets
around the complex almost impassable for
cars.
A spokesman for Vancouver Mayor Jack
Volrich said it was decided to hold the cere
mony downtown instead of at Empire
Stadium because it was more accessible
and it was thought there would be fewer
parking problems.
Volrich officially pronounced Sunday
Whitecaps Day. He also responded to
crowd chants of "Stadium, Stadium" by
promising that a new sports stadium will be
built in the city.
Canada is one of the few countries ever to
express an interest in moving its embassy
to" Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. Prime Minis
ter Joe Clark promised such a move in the
May federal election campaign, but backed
down after taking office following an outcry
by Arab countries. He has since appointed
Robert Stanfield. former Progressive Con
servative party leader, to study the impli
cations of such a move. Stanfield left Sun
day on a tour of Middle East countries.
The hard-line Arab bloc, which earlier
had proposed suspension of Egypt from the
non-aligned movement, settled for the reso
lution condemning.the peace treaty after it
ran into solid opposition from the
numerically-powerful African bloc. Confer
ence sources said there was acrimonious
debate between the Arabs and a group of 15
largely pro-Western African states led by-
Liberia and Senegal The Africans argued
that a member country should not be sus
pended for waging peace.

iifeve^all-lrie^iumbers -
iuhdrtfie aWefencevbe-.
iKayhe iVfust'goes to
iorVanebuveivia^beerj-
hese^sl5years
ihowjhat professional
tesigaiwm-town, just
yafrwheh-tire-Lions-re-'
'oronto on the soggy,
^fcmatter. It's the impact thattwunts.'
p.' About 5,000 bumber:~
'f In the past week, with their semi-final
od in the heaviestxain-
ir to greet their victori-
it turned out, a certain
le pelting rain and the_
_ sincere
5. They portended a fall
;race that has haunted
nee*. - "
lism really doe* mean
n4he-NortkAmerican- - talking about a new or reconstructed
jhampion-Whitecaps are
^rif food thing, After a
and rainy week, the Van-
jver parted just in time
fit a new set of heroes to
.sunshine.r77
the crowd along the pa-
:rom 100,000 to 150,000 fof
10b at Robson Square-to
il civic reception._Tfie
(djUdnlEgeltasee jnuch.
r. They got what they
on their TV sets'lrom
m Saturday lunehtimej
lonship win over Tampa
* with operating costs to match.
\
COLLECTION of Ameri-
swertog to such names as
le Fleming, Bill Munsey,
ick Fouts and Mike Mar-
ed the citjf 15 years ago,
nts are mbstly^English.
jets that such as Trevor '
1 Parkes, Alan Ball, John
1 Hector, Carl Valentine
Scot, WiUie Johnston,
equal proprietary rights
ilymore.
>e, their victory in New
ided national boundaries,
ust Canadian champions;
ionttoeumrkiflgs-oT their
iri-EnglandjQE-Gfirmany,
fling seeond division team. But in North
ATSertcansoccef; the comparison does-
win over the Cosmos and Saturday's
championship game victory, they likely
have given this city more, international
athletic publicity than it-has known
Barinister-Landy mile. Hope
fully, the.enthusiasm their success has
generated in the population at large wil
rub off on the politicians, both civic and
provincial; that they finally will stop
stadium, and start doing something.
ONE MAN WHO SPANS those 15"
years between championships is Herb
Capozzi. He was general manager of the
Lions in 1964. In 1979 he is board chair
man and the guy with the biggest piece
. of action in the Whitecaps", the team that
became his new ego outlet six years
ago.
He and his partners got the franchise
for $25,000 to1973. It wasa bargain
basement entree into continental pro
sport at a time when football, baseball
and hockey franchises cost millions,
At the post-game victory party Satur
day evening, in a roadhouse restaurant
and bar .off the Jersey Turnpike favored
by visiting NFL teams, Capozzi recalled
that it cost only $250,000 to operate the
team to thatjufirst
stended
season-of a
r974.
' the season was $2.5He
"misays
lion
proposition $1.5 million for.opera
tions; $1 million for. player acquisitions.
Receipts, he atjds, cohered the opera
tional costs", but did nothing to help
recover the lolly laid bat for talent.
Obviously .-these-figures-atfe part of
the pitch to get action on the stadium
front; as also was a recent decision by
the owners to give their venture just two
^mo^je^^rx.lS-SaBil^^djujnjlTJi
rrcft- if thMft'B na naw iflavpffl on
the way by then, the Whitecaps will
have to go homir-hunitog to soiiie'other
c i t y. ' * . -On-tiraVscbre, Vancouver .certainly
QUITE OBVIOUSLY, TOO, what
happeti0i-the"Stadium Teague In the
next few weeks and months wil decide
[ust how big a pitch the Whitecaps will
be' able to make to get Ball here as an
owned player to 1980.
He didn't come back to yesterday's
airport and downtown ovations: A pity,
for-he was the on-the-field architect of
this championship. Not just in Satur-
dayls^ameUmLeyjex^iacAhj^ajme_to_
the club in mid-season to create a revi
talized midfield arsenal, where the bul-
NEW-YORK While victory was
sweet for. the Whitecaps at Giants Stadi
um Saturday, the immediate aftermath
was sour. A bit much, the-players said
loudly and angrily to win the North
American Soccer League champion
'ship, thenbeen
they had return to their
turfed out ofhotel to find r
their rooms.
That's exactly what happened. While
they were beating Tampa Bay Rowdies,
2-1, to Soccer Bowl-79, members of the
management staff at the Marriott Hotel
to Saddle Brook, N.J., were busy to -
their rooms, packing their suitcases andv
moving them out to make room for
incoming customers. All the bags'were
removed to one room and locked up
there.
The hotel had been team headquar
ters stoce-the Whitecaps arrived to New
York Wednesday evening. The rooms
were booked last May by the NASL and
the Whitecaps were told by a league
official they would have them until Sun
day morning. On Friday coachT.ony
Waiters was toldTTy the" hoteFsmarket-
lets are manufactured for the torv/paj-. andon. Youwqnft^n.tittoendU?put 3
to fire. ""'. -"_ t~'"'- . . .and-enjoy every s^(^ji^K
iance(;
^jle iVa^oa&filayeF^omSouthamptonM^Mlym^^^^^'''' nh"""P
in tiie English League first division.He .again.'" ' .
fl e w h o m e f r o m N e w Yo r k S u n d a y * ' -'- :
W
morning and .will be in the firiaup-
Wednesday for a League Cup game. ; ALAN- pH> A BIT MORE thafe-pftfe.-.^
vide^^irtalfe^dlflrffsW^p^hO^
Nexf. spring he be'comfis a free agefii.
He says he'll sign with the team that fling, constructive J^e.WiyMH^
makes theibest offer, consistenEwith the whose dustmop hairstyle does hotfiin- _.
-offer-coming from a _>lace-wb.erehe, his ^air_^-prittyJgoo4-4ui3upf--5^edJiSas
wife and family would enjoy Using. telling reporters to the dressing roomV
"Kevin (Hector) and I were toULto run
the ball past Barry Kitchener (Tampa. t
qualifies. On the matter of what, the
Whitecaps can offer? Again, the stadi Ray fullback) whenever we go.t the
opportunity because he's a step slower
um situation. Ballisaguywhohasbeen
there and done it all, from the 1966 thanheusedtobe." " Jg
World Cup, on. Buzz Parsons, a product You will have noted, if you watched
of the Cliff Avenue minor soccer setup ..." l&tchener'for
the game on-TV>J&at
boMriiis. goals.
Whymar&beat
WhaFsoj--
to Burnaby and Saturday'6 starting
right back, was talking about Ball fol may not know-is that the Tampa Bay def~
fenderHausjrloan player jromSoufh^::
lowing the garbe; about his settling ef
fect oirthe team, especialy the younger ampton. So who would bejbest informed
on .'the matter of Ms speed? _Of eeur-ser-
players.
"He told us this morning: 'This And don'is t .you think Alan will be nee-
hen-4key=beth=
_^yaLMi^^^^-^^^^^^\ riling him4"
life. You're going to go to the park ana suit up for Southampton Wedn_e.s_rla.v_
win becauseyou.wanrthis day to go on evening?
ing director,Jefi JPlamondpn.the rooms "We did the only thing we could. We
would be needed on Saturday. - arranged alternative accommodation
He told Plamohdon the.teanrwould ^T-tcrrigfat. And because of Lhe urisurF-
not move on Saturday/that it.would re derstanding, we will paythebilL" -
One educated guess as "to what went
main until Sunday. There the matter
rested until the champions returned wrong* the NASL did, indeed, agree to a
Saturday departure, secure in the
.Saturday evening from their victory
partyvThey were out and the rooms had knowledge that the hometown Cosmos,
new occupants. and not the Whitecaps, would be the Na
The consequent'shouting and arguing tional Conference representative to the
to the hotel lobby eventually produced final. Inasmuch as the Cosmos players-
all live in the New York ar-ea, they
three policemen, a couple of threats of
punches on the nose and, an hour later, wouldn't need the accommodation fol
a team exodus to a nearby Holiday Inn, lowing the game. They would all be
. going to their homes. One other bit of'
where the Marriott people acquired 21
speculation: operation eover-your-
"rooms for the players and their wives,
who were flown to late Friday for the backside is going on at this moment in
game. league headquarters.
"There has been a lack of communi The sequel to this foulup occurred
cation somewhere," Plamondon said Sunday morning at Kennedy Airport
The Air Canada jet scheduled to take
later. "The NASL most definitely re
served the rooms only until Saturday. the team to Toronto and a connecting
We told them last May that we couldn't flight to Vancouver couldn't fly. A dam
aged door could not be properly closed.
give them rooms until Sunday. We had a
convention booking from 18 months ago The departure was delayed -nearly two"
hours while another plane was/itownin
coming-in this (Saturdayj_afternoon.
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MLENTINE (fist clenched), COACH TONY-WAITERS/. cheered by the. crowd in Robson Square
...... By EOIE AUSTIN ...,.
Sitting in the back of the bus that was
to transport the Whitecaps to a tumultu
ous Sunday afternoon welcome down
town, forward Trevor Whymark popped
a pen into his mouth and was about to
sign an autograph with his cigarette.
He stopped for a second and shook hie
head. ' '<
Scoring the team's two goals Satur
day, a sleepless night of celebration h>
New York City, Jet lag; and now this ->
1,500 cheering soccer fans welcoming no more than a brief glimpse of the
the team at the airport, crowding
around the bus, asking for his auto
graph.
^As the last of the North American
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through tfie crowd and carried their
own luggage on to the bus, Whymark
pushed the autograph and the pen
through the open bus Window to the
grateful fan.
He looked out at the crowd. "Fantas
tic," he said.
Forward Willie Johnston was absorb-
More stories, pages CI, C2
Denny Boyd, page B4
_________________
ed by Uje BritiBh soccer scores printed
in that day'8 edition.of Sunday Post, a
Scottish newspaper someone had given
him.
The mood in the bus tamed giddy as it
pulled away from the airport and the
players saw that the welcome was far
from over.
Attempting to describe the decadence
of Saturday night's celebraUon, defend
er Roger Kenyon wrapped his arms
around the Sun reporter sitting ne*t to
him. (He hadn't shaved in a long time.
There were other uses, it seemed, for
shaving cream. Bum Parsons nearly
got a faceful from a can wielded by cap
tain John Craven.) .-f""
Champagne was passed 'aroundT******"'
"We heard therewae going to be
some recepUon downtown, but we didn't
expect so many people along here. It':
really wonderful," Kenyon said.
A policeman holding back traffic at
70th gave a thumbs up sign. Dozens of
passengers and tbe-driver-of a- trolley
bus waved as the Whitecaps went by.
"She doesn't even get this many, the
Queen," Kenyon said, as he regally
waved his hand back and forth slowly
and smiled wanly.
Kenyon was probably right.
Older Vancouverites said the wel
come given Vancouver's first profes
sional championship team since the
B.C. Lions.won the Grey Cup in 1964 far
surpassed anything this city has ever
seen.
- At Granville and Helmcken the
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up trucks, riding above the crowd on the
crest of an ocean of pennant-waving,
cheering bodies. by marching bands; a
: They wereied
VANCOUVER'S BOB LENARDUZZI... homotow
sound truck blaring the Whitecaps
theme song brought up the rear.
There were people, standing on the
. street, hanging out windows and shout-
ing from rooftops, j
About (50,000 people were downtown to
welcome their team home, and most got
players through the press of the crowd. .
Robson Square, where the players
were presented and a brief speech-was
made by Mayor Jack Volrich, was pack-
near.it.. rr*.
A government spokesman-said today
the huge crowds-caused only minor
damage to the square complex as a
whole but landscaped areas were badly
trampled and.the replacement of
broken plants may cost about t5,000.
The soccer fans also ripped insulation
out of an adjacent high-rise building
under construction.
> As the team entered the square, a
trejnendous roar went up and>police-
me a, trying to make way for the White-
cars pushed photographers backward
off the makeshift: stage and Into the
c ro ,vd. But apparently no one was hurt.
Craven held the gleaming trophy on
his head, then the Whitecaps took turns
at the microphone to thank their fans.
"You are the number one fans and we
are the number one team," said for
ward Carl Valentine.
The cheers turned to boos as Volrich
approached the microphone. Then the
boos became chants of~**we want a
stadium."
'-Thte-iB a proud day for everyone in
Vancouver... and I want to tell you one
thing," Volrich said. "We are going to
_3_*Ye a new stadium and I giv _you that
promise."
Volrich departed at the crowd's re
quest and turned the microphone over
to the players again.
"I'd just like to say having been born
and raised In Vancouver, that this is the
proudest moment in my life, seeing all
you people here," defender Bob Lenar
duzzi said.
And from goalie Phil Parkes: "Yes
terday and today have been the greatest
moments In my soccer career and all I
can say Is I love you people."
-.Andthe peopleold soccer fans, new
soccer fans, and Just plain hangers on
returned the sentiment.
The Whitecaps did more than win the
Soccer BowL
They won Vancouver.
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I paid only 180 for the^rseys but I can-
help but feel a little sa
The 'end' actually afrae six weeks a go for the
.Whitecaps, who dejnared bankruptcy Jan. 31
with debts of $2.5 nfillion and assets of only $50,-
000. Their lifespan was 11 years and 57 days.
But for 16-ye_r-old Wallace Leung of Rich
mond, the ipemory of his favorite pro team will
never die.
"I dtfn't come with much money but I
wanted something to remember the Whitecaps
by^Leung said after successfully bidding $40
fjjra Paul Nelson jersey. "I lived for the White-
aps. This (the jersey) is just to remind me of
the team. I had to have something."
Jerseys were the best-selling items, but often
the heart overruled prudent economics. Top
price for a single jersey was $150. It once was
worn by Peter Beardsley. Bob Lenarduzzi tops
fetched anywhere from $80 to $110.
Alex Ross, 17, forked over a total of $160 for
three Mike Sweeney jerseys "simply because
he's from Squamish and so am I." Ross's
buddy, 16-year-old David James, paid $40 for a
jersey once worn by the all-but-forgotten Hans
Bongers, a walk-on with the 1982 indoor 'Caps.
"I can't believe it," said former Whitecaps
equipment manager Jock MacDonald. "You
can go into any department store in the city and
have a jersey made up with any player's name
on it for about 25 bucks. And they're paying $70
for used soccer balls. You can buy them brand
new for that price!"
The last word goes to the Whitecaps' greatest
fan, 19-year-old Kenny Cridge of Burnaby.
Cridge was at the 'Caps' very first game in 1974
and said he missed "only three or four" home
contests in 11 years.
"I loved them so much that I used to cut out
of school just to watch them practise," said
Cridge. "I never thought I'd see this day. The
players used to sign their old jerseys and give
them to me, but I bought two more tonight. Just
for old times'sake."

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in a public auction. There were jerseys.lsocks
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mories that went with them.
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game in and game out," 21-year-old Vince\Don
nelly said as he clutched 11 jerseysenough-tt
outfit an amateur team he's organizing in his
home town of Port Moody.
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Downtown Vancouver'was jam
med with an estimated 100,000 cheer
ing soccer fans on a bright Septem
ber afternoon back in 1979. They were
out in the sunshine to honor their con
quering heroes, the Vancouver
Whitecaps, who had won the city's
first major professional sports cham
pionship in 15 years.
But the Soccer Bowl victory pa
rade was the beginning of the end for
TETNorth American Soccer League
team. Five years later the Whitecaps
appear to be on death row, waiting
only for the executioner.
Ask 20 people what happened and
you'll likely get as many different an
swers. However, the predominant
theory among some former players
and coaches is that the club hastened
its demise because of the Soccer
BowlTwin; it started thinking too big.
too soon.
,jThe Whitecaps had modest begin
nings: Vancouver businessman Herb
Capozzi and a small group of inves
tors paid only $25,000 for the fran
chise in December, 1973, and operat
ed the club on a shoestring budget be
tween 1974-77. The players were
mostly recruited from the various
amateur leagues, and suddenly they
had:.the tag 'professional' pinned on
.them: In fact, the only established
pros were a sprinkling of over-the-hill
players from the U.K.
^>The fans were reluctant to pay pro
prifceS to watch players they used to
serfOr next to nothing and attend-
anee^at Empire Stadium was well
under the league average (12,000) of
theiime. -
::;,'tMy player budget for the first
seasqp (1974) was $48,000," recalls the
Whitecaps' first head coach, Jim
Ea_ton, an affable Scot who was fired
at theend of the '75 season.
"The players were so poorly paid
that, most of them had to have full-
irne^obs outside of soccer to support
.eriiselves. We used to train in the
vrly evening hours because the
iyers would be at work all day."
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sionals and good characters." His ve-\ to the club:
German Eckhard Krautzun, who also cruiting success was almost immedi-- one year ag<
came in as mentor of the Canadian ate. The 1978 Whitecaps blazed to thej agency bush
national teams. Although Krautzun NASL's best regular season record I "I think ci
piloted the 'Caps to their first playoff (24-6) and, of course, the team won it? happen here
berth in 1976, he came under, fire for all in'79.' . j the club wa
his almost paranoic emphasis on de "But that's when the club's think-'j Bowl. Th'ey
fence. Krautzun's game philosophy ing changed for the worse,";says! thinking big
was best summarized bV this John Craven, a stalwart Whitecap de-^went along w
memorable quote following a _\0 loss fender from 1978-80 and the man who;;, making those
to Seattle Sounders: "They destroyed captained the'79 championshjpsfde. j "Themajo
our game plan by scoring the tirst "Winning Soccer Bow>w1as great- '79 Soccer Be
goal!" for the fans and the.players, but it'j salary, incii
Attendances improved only m; totally changedjtjnrattitude of club} says. "If.a
ginally (8,000 paid in '76 and '77), fore managemej-t^says Craven; "The,'.; those kind of
ing Capozzi & Co. to keep pace with "^tife^tarfed spending a lot of money jy of crowds (v
their free-spending rivals, most nota over a short period of time; buying.. was about 2
bly the New York Cosmos. Capozzi players who had; little or no resale j wrong:"
hired Sounders' head coach John value. The question'then (after the'; / Bob Lenar
Best as the Whitecaps' general man Soccer Bowl win) should have been:; cap, says the
ager and promised to put a more
competitive and entertaining product
on the field. .
Best's first move was to fire Kraut
zun and replace him with English
man Tony Waiters, late from the Ply
mouth Argyle club. Waiters recruited
heavily in his native country, bring
ing in what he called "good profes-
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spend all this money should have come back. chased at the peak of the soccer mar
uccessful in the "All of a sudden club management ket. I won't try to absolve myself of
went out and spent a lot of money on that responsibility. But the fact was
'.waited 15 years be- players when we had the nucleus of a that no one could foresee the econom
ships, they had sup- good team here already," says ic situation developing in every facet
and '79 teams mag- Lenarduzzi, now playing for Tacoma of western civilization."
three months after Stars of the Major Indoor Soccer Waiters is now head coach of the
team was pulled out League. Canadian national teams.
t.
Waiters says the Whitecaps' prob Johnny Giles, 'Caps coach between
car salesman living lems "cannot be looked at in isola 1981-83 and now manager at Eng
/s the most success- t i o n . " . - . . land's West Bromwich Albion, dis
e world make few "If the league was healthy today, putes the popular theory that the
nning combination, the Whitecaps would be. healthy 'Caps have to return to local talent'in
at if the Whitecaps today. Everything we did following
king team changes, the Soccer Bowl win was based on the any restructured NASL.
"I can't see fan interest coming
e gone with more. premise that we were operating in a back to Vancouver without overseas
healthy soccer league
Id that the imports keep pace.with our rival teams. and had to players," says Giles. "I can't see the
, so they believe it. people coming to watch anything
"Themost significant thing tha't else. When I came to the Whitecaps
3 people here don't happened to the NASL_ame between we could never have fielded a team of
i how good the local 1978; when we had 18'teams, and 1979, all Canadians or all Americans} I
aven says. Z when we went to 24. The league look- don't think we would have won a
, another British re- ed as though it had a real chance of
rs, shares many of succeeding with 18 teams. Then six match, considering the quality of the
ons. Possee was a -were added and none of them sur other teams in the league."
Giles says the club's worst "blun
1977-79 and returned' vived. When we had 18 teams a few der" was when then majority owner
ach the indoor team clubs were having real difficulties, J. Bob Carter went on television on
e's now in. the travel but the majority of the clubs were Oct. 14, 1983, expressing "horror"
[ the worse things to doing alright. When we went to 24 over the club's finances and appeal
the people running teams,
struggling
at least half the clubs were ing to the fans for immediate sup
(financially)."
hen we won Soccer port.
of a sudden started generalWaiters, who was promoted to "Bob Carter went on television on
manager in 1981, defends the the Friday and said that the club
j,.... and the owners Whitecaps' player acquisitions, after would fold by the Monday if it didn't
the people who were the Soccer Bowl win.-"- . : sell so many new season tickets (12,-
-money decisions.' "We had to make a decision wheth 000). To me, that was the turning
of the players on the. er to.improve the club or stay put.
:eam were on $30,000 The other factor involved,was that I the point:as far as public confidence^
club went. I can't understand why
g bonuses," Possee : had an unhappy team on my hands he did that ... the club was coming
i can't survive with after Soccer. Bowl, because players off its best year ever in terms of
aries and those kind were demanding additional bonus losses ($150,000) and there was a solid
ge; attendance in'79V; money, that wasn't written, into their fan base of about 25,000.
)), then something's'' c o n t r a c t s . " ;; ; "The fans had been very loyaljo
"So we brought in a number of new the club, but they weren't foolish. '
zi, an original White- players who we "thought would help They could see right through Bob
cleus oi the '79 team the cl'ub'and, yes, they were pur C a r t e r. " " ' - '' - . "
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nk of Montreal.
IheWhitecVlLX 'SiSSS; nessman J/^Pruv shareholder
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scribed to the V'Jby the (54 per cent.But Caw
K a n d f o K o n Club.' The *JJ3 a?tracted
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By ,IEF CROSS them believed to be Tacoma Stars but
Staff Reporter Further coverage, page 74
his groin injury, which kept him out'of
CHICAGO Now (or the time ol reckon* Friday's game, could also be a major factor
"We have a number! of players we would in any decision to compete in the long win
ing-
The most traumatic season in the Van like to see gainfully employed this winter, ter grind of stop-and-start soccer.
couver Whitecaps' 11-year history ended either in Europe or in the M1SL (Major In The Canadian and American players on
door Soccer League).'' he said.
Friday night at chilly Comiskey Park as the "We have had preliminary discussions the roster face a slightly more uncertain fu
Caps' desperate, last-ditch bid to win a Soc ture. Some may find winter homes in the
cer Bowl berth came up agonizingly short. - with some M1SL owners and we have also MISL. All will be awaiting with some trepi
With a lineup decimated by injury, Caps been putting out inquiries in Britain to see
what opportunities exist over there. dation for this week's talks with manage
got their three goals (rom the unlikely scor "This is now a priority matter. Starting ment.
ing trio o( Bobby Lenarduzzi, Jeff Stock and next week, we will pursue it vigorously. The future of coach Alan Hinton, assist
Ralph Mazzucco. At the end, with 10,139 ant coach Terry Hennessey and members
"Most of our player contracts expire
Chicago fans holding their breath, it was
the Sting holding on. after having led 4-1 November 15 and we have already notified of the front-office staff will also be under
with less than 20 minutes to play. the players concerned that we'll be talking review.
Final score was 4-3 Chicago, giving the to them in the next two or three weeks." Hinton said Friday he had no idea what
Sting a 2-1 victory in the best-of-three Freely interpreted, that means players the future held, "but 1 don't expect to be
North American Soccer League semifinals. like Frans Thijssen, Colin Todd, David leaving this club.
First game of the best-of-three champion Cross, Paul Bradshaw and maybe Carl "Obviously the direction for the future
ship series, between the Sting and Toronto Valentine,will be
Mick Martin and Fran O'Brien has to come from the owners," he said.
heading for British or .European
Blizzard, will be played here tomorrow. "And it's clear that some long-term deci
For the Whitecaps. it's a time to ponder teams. sions will be made in the next few months.
what might have been and what happens Whether their contracts are sold out
"There's been some second-guessing of
now. right, or the players loaned for the winter decisions I've made this season but that-
Few players know what's ahead for them. season only, is the big question and one inevitable. I've had to put out a lot of fires,
But odds are that this situation will change that cannot yet be answered. but on the whole I think everyone has tried
quickly. , It depends how far current plans for a to be positive.
age Majority owner J. Bob Carter was giving ri'cw-style league next summer materialize
no clues about his intentions, other than also whether the Whitecaps can emerge "I'm confident in my ownmind that I've
from their own financially-dark situation to done my best, with the smalFroster we had.
* i 2 2 _ 3 _ i - = _ _ r " -- j r _ - 4 _ _ - - v _ _
_And I would certainly like to be part of
the future oTTlvfsctub.''J . rT"'
1 manager Colin Fleming, was more specific. Striker P-ter Ward is the object of alien-

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had the lead at the turn yesterday, but
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one round to play In golf's $350,000 La-
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 EStI 973-1985

Staff Reporter
They began in ominous fashion in 187$,,
rose in 1979 to heights of popularity rarely
"-witnessed in-Vartcouver and officially end
yesterdaywith barely a whimper.
Vancouver Whitecaps were born on Dec _ ly
1973, when Herb Capozzi told The Province:
"We're La for a minimum of three years. Flve.j
hundred thousand dollars of bank financing j
has been arranged and Capozzi Enterpriser.
witt_T-th_-prtarip_ls___ho__e__
'It is our belief that pro soccer has a great
future in Vancouver and we Intend to make
'cthe world's dominant sport a success here
with a thoroughly professional operation,"
said Capozzi. '
Then-mayor Art Phillips was optimistic
ab_uUhe_ltj_a__ew.team. ' ' _
"I'm happy to lend moral irapporLSoccerTs"
_ the greatest game in the world and Vancouver
should be a part of It," he said.
The Whitecaps' birth came five years after
the death of Vancouver Royals which had one
season of operation.
Jim Easton was the first of seven Whitecaps
coaches. He was followed two years later by
Eckhard Krautzun, then Holger Osieck, Tony
Walters, Bob McNab, Waiters again, John
Giles and finally Alan Hinton.
The Whitecaps' beginning coincided with a
resurgence of soccer across North America.
In a sense, their story was one of the North
American Soccer League. The Caps were part
of the league during Its great expansion year Th_.P_lPA.ha...theirshare of , but none was bigger than when 100,000 fans greeted the <
to the West Coast In 1974. , taking Soccer Bowl 79."....
The Caps grewfans
' of European-born slowly, building
in the Lowerfrom a base
Mainland
who knew soccer from the "old country."
Their greatest season came In 1979 when
they first eliminated the renowned New York
Cosmos and then defeated Tampa Bay
Rowdies 2-1 on Sept. 8 to win the Soccer Bowl
la New York.
An estimated 100,000 fans greeted the
players in a parade through the streets of Van
was a surpr
couver, prompting then-mayor Jack Volrich to Staff Reporters
promise "a brand new stadium for them to bling they i
The timing of Vancouver White- where past o>
play in." caps' bankruptcy announcement There's n<
It was a team that learn red several interna ca where th
tional stars from Great Britain, Including caught Give Toye by surprise.
But the acting president and chief harder to brii
Trevor Whymark, Alan Ball and Willie John- executive officer of the North Ameri
_ stoo. Other world-class players also to wear the right kini
can Soccer League wasn't surprised turn cartwhi
the Vancouver Jersey at one point included
Rudi Krol and Frans Thijssen. by the result of the terse announce back."
ment out of John Laxton's office. "Vancouve
Soon after the Whitecaps got the new stadi "It has been quite obvious for
um, attendance began to be a problem. straint." saic
sometime the Whitecaps were on the appropriate t
The lads continued to be a success on the
Held at least although they never again point of extinction," said Toye from ward public.)
New York last night. "I met with John
managed to reach a Soccer Bowl final. Laxton.two weeks ago today and we "Yes. it Is |
Oilman J. Bob Carter took over the team Id season but it
1983, providing funics to keep the team oper- agreed then there would be a joint ver or anywhi
announcement made.
-..-"_ln#> "I can only presume John Laxton year-won't tx
Id June of last year Carter launched a public had his own reasons for making the of June."
fund-raising drive as attendance dropped announcement without informing the But.'ltye i
dangerously low and creditors launched suits league and making it so late in the n't knowJiow
against the team. Carter said $1.2 million was day (about 7 pjn. EST). will be or wlu
Infused Into the operation. At that time Carter The league will now declare the "It's sad bu'
turned over the duties of public spokesman to franchise terminated and the Van said Bob Lea
lawyer John Laxton. couver market is open to people to play throu.
Mayor Mike Harcourt pitched In with a Rally interested In starting a new profes- team's existei
Around the Whitecaps campaign with an s .anal-soccer tcain.there." is that the i
objective of $500,000 In contributions. Fits photo
... But the worst was yet to come last year Toye. who has been attempting to come a lot so<
The drive was only partially successful. A hold a reluctant league together, says
r total of $143,000 was raised and the team fin when Vancouver Mayor Mike Harcourt, left, "If the leagi
he has received calls bom Vancouver ly be only an i
ished the season, but was doomed by a heavy teammed with John Laxton to form the
debt load and lack of Interest from the paying parties interested in resurrecting Lenarduzzi, \
" customers. Rally Around the Whitecaps campaign, soccer here. But he wouldn't reveal contract, plaj
whteh netted $143,000. names of those InterestetTln gam Tacoma Stars
 By JEFF CROSS
Staff Reporter ..__-..:.
Sting 3 Whitecaps 1
Brinkmanship is the Chicago style.
The Chicago Sting came to town yesterday.just one de
feat away from elimination in the North American Soccer
League playoffs.
Today they're still one game away but so are the
Vancouver Whitecaps.
Instead of wrapping up their best-of-three; semi-final
series in two straight games after winning. 1-0 in Chica
go Tuesday the Whitecaps went down 3-1 to the Sting
before 14,753 disappointed fans at B.C. Place Stadium.
And it was .the same bad habits that plagued the Caps
in the late stages of the regular season that cost them this
one failure to take advantage of good scoring oppor-
tunities-at one end, elementary defensive mistakes at the
other.
After a scoreless first half, Argentinian striker Pato
-Mapgetie-gave-he-Stmg-a 10 lead al 49:50; '
It followed a Vancouver barrage to open the second
half which saw. goalie Victor Nogueira make two superla
tive saves the first from an equally-brilliant David
Cross header, the second from his own teammate, de
fender Mark Simanton, whose attempted clearance al-
'-^j^_^.-tB____gga?<_
Straight from the double let-off, ThT_tihg~r_fnp_a
downfleld. Margetic was allowed too much space on the
right, and too much time to switch the ball from one foot
to the other, before beating Paul Bradshaw cjeanlyJrorn
T2 yards*
However the Whitecaps t*ot thai one back quickly.
Fran O'Brien, Caps' best player on the day, moved in
neatly to dispossess Manny Kojas coming out of his own
end, and went in alone on Nogueira.
O'Brien's attempted chip shot over the keeper was
stopped by Nogueira. but the Caps' midfielder followed
up smartly and headed the ball into the open net.
That looked like the signal for Whitecaps to take com
plete control, wait for the good chance and put the
game away.
Instead, after two more brilliant saves by Nogueira had
kept the Sting in the game, a long down field clearance by
the Chicago goalkeeper caught the Caps' defence playing
square.
Centre-back Ian Bridge, the lone man back, attempted
toJiea.d the ball clear, missed it and Chicago striker
Karl-Heinz Granitza was presented with a clear run at
goal. Granitza coolly chipped over the onrushing Brad-
shaw and the Sting was in front with 20 minutes left.
It was 20 minutes of intense Vancouver pressure wi|h
Chicago defenders happy to kick the ball anywhere.
But the nearest thing to an equalizer was a far-post
header by Cross with nine minutes remaining. Nogueira
was beaten, but the ball sailed over the cross-bar.
Final Chicago goal came with less than five minutes left
again with virtually all the Whitecaps upfield. Once
again it was Granitza. all alone in front of Bradshaw, who
only had to head neatly into the net oh a cross from
Rojas.
Third and deciding game in the semi-final series will be
played in Chicago Friday, with the winner moving on to
playToronto Blizzard in the best-of-three finals.
BRIEFLY Hinton said published weekend reports
about defender Colin Todd returning to England did nol 1 Up and at 'em. Caps' forward
upset the team. "Todd was always going back at the end duel in the air for the bailas Hayd
Of this _easo_n,"*he said- "Everyone knew thaL" Cross aitaftei1u^yi_6ir^^a3
More Op., JHytf]tii_H._._!__
fS 9 _ni_MiM
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