Soccer Team News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumors
ANALYSIS – The Vancouver Whitecaps’ poor start continued on Saturday evening, as they fell once more to a 2-1 scoreline, in a similar fashion to their opening day defeat. Alessandro Schopf opened the scoring for the Whitecaps, but two second-half goals from Jeremy Ebobisse and Carlos Akapo turned the match around for San Jose. And […] READ MORE
PREVIEW- The Vancouver Whitecaps will look to improve upon their opening match loss against Real Salt Lake on Saturday evening, as they take on San Jose Earthquakes away from home at PayPal Park. With a midweek game to consider for Head Coach Vanni Sartini, there might be some changes in the Whitecaps’ predicted lineup. Vancouver Whitecaps […] READ MORE
ANALYSIS – The Vancouver Whitecaps hosted their first home opener since 2021, falling to a 2-1 defeat to Real Salt Lake. The Whitecaps began brightly but fell away in the second half, conceding twice in two minutes, resulting in the first loss of the season. With high hopes before the match and good pre-season form going […] READ MORE
PREVIEW – With the regular season starting in just under a week, the Vancouver Whitecaps have finally announced their latest and most likely last signing of the off-season in Sergio Córdova. This final addition to the squad looks to be a final piece in the puzzle for Head Coach Vanni Sartini ahead of the 2023 […] READ MORE
ANALYSIS – The Vancouver Whitecaps started their earliest-ever preseason game a week ago, and played their first match of the new calendar year against 2. Bundesliga side Hamburger SV on Wednesday. It was a stern test to begin their preparation for the 2023 MLS season, losing 2-0 against a top-quality German side in sunny Marbella, […] READ MORE
Vancouver – The Los Angeles Galaxy miss out on three vital points and an opportunity to move back up the table into a playoff position in a tightly-packed Western Conference after their 3-0 loss away to Vancouver Whitecaps Wednesday night. After their Western neighbors like Real Salt Lake had done them favors by dropping points, […] READ MORE
VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Whitecaps FC hosted Colorado Rapids on Wednesday night. This was a true six-pointer with both teams just below the playoff line in the Western Conference. The Caps were motivated coming off a 5-2 loss over the weekend. Colorado were shorthanded, with Bryan Acosta and Lucas Esteves suspended. Steven Beitashour and Max […] READ MORE
ORLANDO – Orlando City SC hosted D.C. United on Saturday night at Exploria Stadium. The teams were headed in opposite directions in the MLS Eastern Conference table. United had won four of their last six games and were looking to make a run to playoff contention. The home side had drawn midweek against Nashville SC. […] READ MORE
WASHINGTON D.C. – Griffin Yow was the hero of the game for D.C. United in the teams’ second meeting this year. Like the first game, this game resulted in a draw between Toronto FC and D.C. United. And just like last time United was able to snatch away a win from Toronto FC. Griffin Yow […] READ MORE
Group C is now complete. There were no real surprises as Toronto FC and the New England Revolution are through to the MLS knockout stage as the top two teams. However, the games were close with three ties occurring between three of the four teams in Group C. The Montreal Impact despite having two losses […] READ MORE
Raheem Bashir started blogging on a Gmail site called Blogger and has covered sporting events in rugby union/league and soccer. Since then he has become the Last Word on Sports writer for rugby, soccer, and previously basketball. He is also a member of the North American Soccer Reporters and The Rugby Union Writers’ Club.
Raheem graduated from George Brown College with a Digital Media Marketing Post-Grad Certificate in 2019. From the same college, Raheem also did a post-grad certificate in Sport and Event Marketing in 2017. Lastly, he did an undergrad Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 2016.