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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

VoyageurscupVancouver Whitecaps fans (and organization): Be careful what you wish for.

Last year, it seemed that everyone connected to the Whitecaps was whining high and low about the Montreal Impact “bending over” for Toronto in last year’s final Nutrilite Canadian Championship match.

Montreal was, as you all well know, already eliminated from Voyageurs Cup contention heading into that match, and decided to rest some regulars ahead of a crucial league game against those same Vancouver Whitecaps only two days later.

The result was a right thrashing never before seen in either Montreal or Toronto’s respective histories, which sent ‘Caps fans into a tizzy as TFC needed to beat the Impact by four goals in order to win the Cup. Toronto won by five, and Vancouver – though tied with the Reds on point total and actually holding an advantage in the head-to-head record – were left to watch Toronto celebrate its first ever bit of hardware.

As a result of that match, Vancouver demanded that all three teams enter into a “gentleman’s agreement” for this year’s tournament, in which the teams agreed to play a better calibre side even if eliminated.

So of course, that set up tonight’s showdown between Vancouver and Montreal at Stade Saputo, site of last year’s “disgrace.”  The ‘Caps absolutely needed a win tonight to simply have a chance at remaining in contention next week, and they were facing an already-eliminated Montreal side that had agreed long before to not roll out the reserves should they be in this situation again.

Predictably, Montreal played tonight’s match with far more fire in their bellies than last year’s final match, and Vancouver – lacking any sort of identifiable desire to actually win the match – limped through the 90 minutes en route to a 1-1 draw.

Upon the final whistle, the ‘Caps were eliminated and TFC started looking ahead to old friend Amado Guevara and his Motagua side, the first opponent in this year’s CONCACAF Champions League.

Vancouver got its just desserts after spending the better part of 2009 complaining about that year’s Voyageurs Cup tournament. They wanted Montreal to take it more seriously, and the Impact did just that.

Regardless, Vancouver’s fate was still in their own hands, and they did nothing throughout the competition to step up and grab that brass ring that they claim is so important to them.

Posted by Rudi Schuller

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