Whitecaps, Morales Celebrace Good Times
The Whitecaps came away with a valuable trifecta of points this weekend but it was far from a perfect performance. After a remarkable first half, Carl Robinson’s squad continued searching for that...
View ArticleOfficially Embarrassing
The Whitecaps put together one heck of a performance over the weekend. They were the better team over the course of the game and even dominated for long stretches. It was a wonderful display over the...
View ArticleUps & Downs & Smiles & Frowns
A 1-0 result over the Seattle Sounders this weekend was just what the good doctor ordered for the Whitecaps. Perhaps more importantly, the game had moments that were actually entertaining. It remains...
View ArticleThe Summertime Slide
The Whitecaps AD (After DeMerit) found themselves in familiar territory prior to their game versus FC Dallas. Some strong performances in the first half of the season had led to all sorts of good feels...
View ArticleOusted Oh So Steady
Keeper David Ousted is playing his best football as a Vancouver Whitecap. Photo by Jason Kurylo for Pucked in the Head. When David Ousted arrived in Vancouver a little over a year ago, it was difficult...
View ArticleCalifornia Drought
After back-to-back, less-than-stellar outings in the City of Angels, questions abound regarding the Vancouver Whitecaps’ futility in the great state of California. Too much Disneyland? Too much Rodeo...
View ArticleGoal of the Week #1 – The Cascadia Cracker
Over the last couple of weeks there hasn’t been much to cheer about in Whitecaps-land. Another defeat at the hands of the LA Galaxy, followed by what was simply the worst performance this season at...
View ArticleHold Your Applause, Not Your Breath
On most other nights, the effort put forth on Saturday evening at BC Place by the Vancouver Whitecaps would have been viewed as positive. But with their current run of form, it was enough to ignite a...
View ArticleFernandez Does Dallas
Preamble: Please note that the title of this article has little to do with the actual contents found within. It was simply a title that needed using. During the Whitecaps pre-game show on TSN1040,...
View ArticleOne More Must-Win
You’re sitting back in your moderately comfy computer chair right now, smug as can be. You think you’ve been let off the hook. Everything is good in your world – the Whitecaps are in the playoffs. The...
View ArticleWhitecaps 2014 Season Sendoff
The Whitecaps handed out their club-sanctioned end of season awards on October 22, and it was pretty much what you’d expect. The suspense of just who exactly would go home with the Domenic Mobilio...
View ArticleThe March to March – Part 2
I know you’ve been waiting with bated breath for today. Can you believe it’s finally here? I know I can’t. And I bet you missed me. But don’t fret, I’ve missed you too. And now with formalities aside,...
View ArticleThe March to March – Part 3
Welcome once again to Whitecaps Wednesday – and the 3rd installment of Pucked in the Head’s “March to March” series. If you’ve been following along, you’ll know that the Whitecaps have managed to pull...
View ArticlePucked in the Head Podcast – Episode 55
Now with more fibre! Pucked in the Head rises from the dead, groans uncomfortably and attempts to bite your brain to death before you deliver the all-important head shot takedown. The NHL watched...
View ArticleThe March to March – Part 4
The international offices of Pucked in the Head were unceremoniously attacked last week by an audiophilic zombie, leading to chaos and turmoil throughout the agency. The confrontation eventually led...
View ArticleEpisode 56 – Torts, Milos, French girls & grapefruit
Russell & I trade semi-researched factoids for the second time in short order, getting into John Tortorella’s recent soul searching on Tampa radio. In an attempt to show something reminiscent of...
View ArticleThe March to March – Part 5
Whitecaps Wednesday spent last week in Harrison Hot Springs, dodging village-wide gas leaks and a hearty collection of bed bugs (thanks Ramada Hotels). Luckily, the Caps just officially released what...
View ArticleEpisode 57 — The peanut butter mullet, a do as old as time
A podcast episode in which Rusell and Jason ride the peanut butter mullet wave of Jaromir Jagr’s career into a discussion of the Canucks, ex-Canucks and Canucks that never were. • Introduction • Sofa...
View ArticleThe March to March – Part 6
Another Wednesday, another Whitecaps. Put those two things together and you have a sentence that makes editors break out into cold sweats, and Whitecaps Wednesday. So welcome, and please, make...
View ArticleToo Much, Too Soon
The Whitecaps started their 2015 season off with a bang. And ended their first game with a resounding thud. It was a tale of two halves, at least I think that’s how soccer games work, and on this day,...
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