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Whitecaps ready to lift off 2016 campaign

Vancouver set to embark on the most anticipated of seasons in their young history as a Major League Soccer club.

VANCOUVER – The wait for a new Vancouver Whitecaps season is nearly over, as Sunday will see the curtain raised at BC Place on arguably the most anticipated of MLS seasons on Canada’s west coast.

The Blue and White will again host Canadian opposition to begin the new campaign, with Montreal Impact travelling west to face Carl Robinson’s side and without the services of their Designated Player signing Didier Drogba.

Nursing a knee problem, the former Chelsea star is set to miss much of the first month of the new season as a precaution, with Montreal playing four of its first five league games on artificial turf.