The first major off-season deadline for Vancouver Whitecaps fans passed on Monday. Likewise, the Caps elected to pass on some contract options.
Over the weekend, Andrew Bahl gave you his take on which contracts the Whitecaps should pick up and which ones they should decline. As is typically the case with Major League Soccer, many more contracts needed to be decided on than we had originally anticipated. In total, seven options were picked up with 14 being declined; and Fredy Montero’s loan coming to an end.
It is no surprise that the options that were exercised were heavily defensive focused, with defenders Sam Adekugbe, Marcel de Jong, Brett Levis, Jake Nerwinski, Tim Parker, and Kendall Waston, and ‘defensive’ midfielder Tony Tchani all being picked up.