If Octavio Rivero Leaves, the Whitecaps Must Make a Move

If the rumors about Octavio Rivero are true and his time as a Vancouver Whitecap is coming to an end, the pressure will be on Whitecaps skipper Carl Robinson to go out and find a new goal scorer, and one that can score at a more consistent rate than Rivero.

The Whitecaps have a lot of talent on their roster, but they don’t have anyone that could be considered a long-term solution at the striker position currently signed, and if Rivero is on his way out, they need to go find one.

The Whitecaps have a lot of players that could potentially fill the void for a little bit, but the club has been relying on potential with Rivero for the last season and a half and that’s only brought them stagnancy…