The Vancouver Whitecaps have three weapons that stand out above their others: striker Kei Kamara’s potential to, at any moment, best any center back in MLS; winger Alphonso Davies’ explosiveness carving through a defense; or center back Kendall Waston proving again that, on the end of a dead ball, he is among the most dangerous players in Major League Soccer.
With the Portland Timbers coming on the heels of home games against the Montreal Impact, Houston Dynamo and Philadelphia Union – three teams who, like the Whitecaps, are hovering near their playoff line– these warnings sound like a skipping record – notes that monotonously, metronomically tick from article to article.