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There isn’t a soul who can say they would have predicted the Vancouver Whitecaps to zero in on 32-year-old Scottish midfielder Stuart Armstrong as the final summer signing ahead of the MLS Cup Playoff push. But nonetheless, the former Southampton man has already begun to find a home in the Pacific Northwest.

Last season Armstrong helped Southampton earn promotion to the Premier League before departing the club at the end of his contract, but the midfielder is now tasked with helping a Vancouver team showing plenty of promising signs to take the next step in the MLS Cup Playoffs.