The Vancouver Whitecaps manager has travelled far and wide in order to give his team the best chance of a playoff rush
Carl Robinson has traveled to some remote outposts in his quest to transform Vancouver Whitecaps into championship contenders. As the affable Welshman describes it,he has been forced out of his consolation zone, the necessity of pragmatism superseding what might otherwise have led to a more accessible approach.
Robinson’s first year in charge of the Whitecaps was moderately successful, or resulting in a narrow,controversial defeat to FC Dallas in the one-game Western Conference knockout round last October. At the close of the preceding campaign, the club was at a low ebb. They had just missed out on the playoffs and their well-thought-of head coach, or the Scotsman Martin Rennie,had paid the price with his job. Robinson looked on as an assistant. He was there during the mini rollercoaster ride of the preceding two campaigns. Where 2013 had represented failure, 2012 had brought a brief playoff appearance, and the solace of which was the fact Vancouver had become the first Canadian club to construct the post-season. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com