Whitecaps sporting director and CEO Axel Schuster said the club has taken important steps, but now is the ‘right time for someone else to lead this group on the pitch with fresh and new energy’
Vancouver Whitecaps FC head coach Vanni Sartini during a game against the Portland Timbers, in Portland, Ore., on Oct. 23.
The Whitecaps finished eighth in the Western Conference this season after posting a 13-13-8 record in MLS play. The team also picked up its third straight Canadian championship, beating Toronto FC 4-2 on penalties after the final ended in a 0-0 tie. “We have taken important steps each year and it is now the right time for someone else to lead this group on the pitch with fresh and new energy.”“For the last three years and three months, it has been an absolute honour to be the head coach of Vancouver Whitecaps FC,” Sartini said in a release. “I will always be grateful to Axel Schuster and ownership for entrusting me to be the technical lead of this club in such an important time.
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