VANCOUVER, BC – For the first time in club history, Vancouver Whitecaps FC’s U-16 Residency boys are off to the semifinals of the 73-team Development Academy thanks to a convincing 3-0 win over Seattle Sounders FC U-16s on Thursday evening at UBC’s Ken Woods Field.
Midfielder Alessandro Hojabrpour (Burnaby, BC), Jose Hernandez (Edmonton, AB) and Jefferson Alade (Edmonton, AB) provided the scoring for Vancouver in the all-Cascadia quarterfinal, while goalkeeper Evan Ince (North Vancouver, BC) stopped a penalty in the second half to preserve the clean sheet.
More to come.