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As a player, to be honest, it’s very tough, especially when we were going to the playoffs,” Jun Marques Davidson told MLSsoccer.com on Thursday after a training session at the University of British Columbia when asked about falling out of favour. “It’s a big stage as a player, and playing in MLS, you always want to play on a big stage…I was disappointed, but as soon as I found out I was on the bench or not starting, you just have to support the team, and when I have a chance to get in, do my best.

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Whitecaps FC defeat Columbus Crew 2-1 at BC Place

"Kobayashi stunner and Miller steal give 'Caps the win"

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He’s going to be out for quite a long time,” Whitecaps FC head coach Martin Rennie told reporters on Monday following Jay DeMerit's injury. “Just really disappointed about that. It was nice to win on Saturday, but we knew right away it was quite a big blow and just hope that he gets better soon. He’s such an important player for the club and such a good person to have in your team, and our thoughts are with him.

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We’ve got to remain strong," says Kenny Miller. "If you look at last season, in the last 10 minutes of the game, we dropped some points. You start thinking that today is another one of those days, but Nigel Reo-Coker came out, and in the end, we were very very happy.

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC defeat Toronto FC 1-0 to start 2013 MLS Season

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC announced today that the club has waived centre back Martín Bonjour. “We are thankful for the contributions Martín made to the club and wish him the best of luck,” said Whitecaps FC president Bob Lenarduzzi.

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Thank you to my teammates, coaches, staff, fans, and media for making my experience in Vancouver enjoyable," said Barry Robson. "I am now looking forward to returning home and beginning the next chapter in my career.

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Everyone is excited to return to Vancouver and kick off the new season," said Martin Rennie. "We have more than 20 returning players and during the short but busy off-season we have added some new faces and expect a very entraining and competitive training camp. We accomplished a lot of firsts in 2012, however we all recognize that was only the beginning.

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I’m an unknown quantity,” Matt Watson said. “If Martin Rennie lost faith in me, and I didn’t play and stuff like that – other coaches in the league don’t know me. I have no big CV to fall back on. It’s all or nothing for me.

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We are committed to creating not only an MLS club that competes every season for the playoffs, but also one that is sending players to the national program,” Whitecaps FC co-owner Jeff Mallett told reporters. “And there is only one way to go with the national program and that’s up.

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