Vancouver Whitecaps (NASL)
The Vancouver Whitecaps were a Canadian football club based in Vancouver, British Columbia.
History
The Whitecaps were founded on 11 December 1973, played in 1974 in the North American Soccer League.
In 1979 she won the " Soccer Bowl " of the NASL. In the finals, the Tampa Bay Rowdies were defeated 2-1. Overall, they were five times to win their respective conference or division.
When the NASL in 1984 dissolved, put the Whitecaps also their gaming operations.
Stadium
From 1974 to 1983, the team played at Empire Stadium. 1983 attracted the Whitecaps in the newly emerged BC Place Stadium to.
Achievements
- NASL Soccer Bowl: 1979
Known player
- England Alan Ball ( 1979-80 )
- England Peter Beardsley ( 1981-83 )
- Bruce Grobbelaar Zimbabwe ( 1979-81 )
- Scotland David Harvey ( 1980-83 )
- England Kevin Hector ( 1978-80 )
- Netherlands Ruud Krol (1980 )
- Scotland Peter Lorimer ( 1981-83 )
- Jon Sammels England ( 1978-79 )
- Netherlands Frans Thijssen (1983-1984)
- England David Watson ( 1983)
- Germany Horst Koppel (1976-1977)
- Canadian Football club
- Sport ( Vancouver )
- Organization (British Columbia)