It was November 2018, and the race for the hottest young coach in Major League Soccer was on. Both the Vancouver Whitecaps and San Jose Earthquakes had their eyes on peeling Marc Dos Santos away from Los Angeles FC to helm their respective reconstructions.
The Quakes are right back where they were after 2018, last in MLS. The Caps are where they seem to always be, scraping for points to grab one of the final playoff berths.
The Whitecaps made the playoffs for the first time in three years last season, but have the task of Augeas at hand. Win five of their last six games, or win four and draw two, to hit their target of 48 points — the historical playoff benchmark.Article contentNow it’s up to new head coach Vanni Sartini to duplicate the magical run to the post-season of 2021.
“I think we have this fire in us,” he said. “I think that is what’s missing, but the capacity of reacting, the capacity of being there in important moments, I think we showed the more than one time this season.”Article content Two more tough away games await, at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park against the Colorado Rapids, where they have lost seven of the past eight games, and away to Minnesota United, who’ve lost just three times in 14 home games.
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