This year, Vancouver Whitecaps FC celebrate 10 years of the Whitecaps FC Residency program, which began in 2007. In conjunction with the announcements of new players entering the program, whitecapsfc.com are diving deeper into the state of development in Canada as part of Development Week.
Growing up in Richmond, BC, and playing soccer, Patrick Metcalfe naturally cheered on his hometown pro soccer team, Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
“I remember back in 2005 when the first team was still in the USL,” tells the now 18-year-old, who would have been six-years-old at the time.