Saturday’s match between the Vancouver Whitecaps and D.C. United was a showcase of missed chances and poor officiating, with the home team getting the worst of the result.

On Friday the Whitecaps set foot on their new grass pitch, adjacent to the soon-to-be-complete National Soccer Development Centre, for the first time where they prepared for an upcoming three-game homestand starting Saturday against D.C. United.

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Having not played at home since Apr. 14, the Vancouver Whitecaps are excited to play at home and will be hoping to continue building momentum against the Western Conference's best.

On Friday, in their next test on the path to redemption, the Vancouver Whitecaps will face the Houston Dynamo, a team in the midst of their own turnaround.

Baseball America has released an updated list of the top 100 prospects in the game. The Toronto Blue Jays have six players on the list, including Anthony Alford, who climbed from 59th on the list to 34th.

Watching Vancouver Whitecaps goalkeeper David Ousted work can sometimes feel like watching one of those stuntmen who scale skyscrapers without a harness. There’s a lot of tension, but also a lot of oohing and aahing and wondering, “How did he do that?”