Worth the Wait: Vancouver Whitecaps finally move into new training facility
VANCOUVER — Jordan Harvey could barely hide his smile when the conversation turned to the slick structure beyond the lush soccer pitch over his right shoulder.
Carl Robinson, meanwhile, spoke of the hard work coupled with years of disappointment on the road to getting the facility built.
The Vancouver Whitecaps finally moved into their glistening new training centre at the University of British Columbia on Wednesday, more than a decade after the club first started plans for a permanent home.
“Words can’t describe how meaningful this is to the players, to the staff, to the whole organization,” Harvey said earlier this week. “It just raises the expectations, it raises the professionalism. I think you’ll see higher quality because of it.