The Whitecaps were set to host RSL today at 4 PM Eastern. It didn't happen. The Whitecaps had installed a temporary grass pitch at Empire Field in advance of their friendly this week against Man City.
Well, turns out it rains a lot in the northwest. Which is why they have that crappy turf in the first place. It's been raining the last few days at Empire, and unfortunately for the fans of both RSL and the Caps that had tickets to today's match. MLS deemed the field unsafe for play due to poor drainage conditions. So the match has been postponed.
A lot of people are speculating it was postponed so they could save the pitch for the Man City match.
Now if this pitch really is unsafe for play today, it surely will still be unsafe Monday, and I'm sure Roberto Mancini won't want to let his high priced players anywhere near it. However, if the City match goes ahead, I think we'll all know why today's match was really cancelled.
This is just another lame example of MLS putting stupid, meaningless friendlies ahead of their league play, or the enrichment of their league by allowing teams to compete in the Super Liga. It's all about money. Americans (or Canadians in this case) willing to shell out the cash to see Euro Soccer stars play for 20 minutes and then to watch their local team get their asses kicked by a reserve squad. It's enough to make a fan think MLS really doesn't have a lot of confidence in their own product.
That being said, several Whitecaps supporters groups took to twitter and social media and invited RSL fans who made the trip into their bars, pubs, and restaurants to hang out and have a good time. That's really first class by them. After all, their fans got the shaft today too.
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