VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Whitecaps FC are set to take on Seattle Sounders FC at 7 p.m. PT in the club’s first-ever CONCACAF Champions League match. Here are some news and notes on Vancouver’s starting lineup.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
70.Paolo Tornaghi; 27.Ethen Sampson, 26.Tim Parker, 18.Diego RodrÃguez, 22.Christian Dean; 20.Deybi Flores, 31.Russell Teibert; 19.Erik Hurtado, 77.Pedro Morales, 38.Kianz Froese; 11.Darren Mattocks
Substitutes
1.David Ousted 2.Jordan Harvey, 3.Sam Adekugbe, 23.Kekuta Manneh, 28.Gershon Koffie, 32.Marco Bustos, 88.Robert Earnshaw
NOTES:
Whitecaps FC head coach Carl Robinson makes 11 roster changes to the side that defeated Seattle 3-0 over the weekend.
In 26 matches this year, including the Amway Canadian Championship and CONCACAF Champions League, Robinson has now used 25 different starting XIs. Today’s XI includes three Homegrown players, four SuperDraft selections, one free agent signing, one transfer acquisition, and two players currently on-loan with a transfer option.
Vancouver’s starting lineup today has an average age of 23-years, six months, and 20 days. That includes 19-year-olds Kianz Froese and Deybi Flores. Captain Pedro Morales, who makes his first start since June 6, is the oldest player in the XI at the age of 30.
In total, nine different birth countries are represented in the starters: Canada, Chile, Cuba, Honduras, Italy, Jamaica, South Africa, United States (x3), and Uruguay.
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