OTTAWA, ONT. – As a young kid, Ben McKendry used to stand amongst the Southsiders with his dad as they cheered on the hometown Vancouver Whitecaps at Swangard Stadium.
“I thought that was the coolest thing,” he said.
He remembers idolizing the likes of Martin Nash and Jason Jordan – and attending Whitecaps summer camps run by the Lenarduzzi family. Heck, McKendry was even a stretcher-bearer for the ‘Caps back in the day, an opportunity he snatched up because it helped him get closer to the field.
