VANCOUVER, BC – For the first time since suffering a season-ending torn ACL back in August, Matias Laba was in the house on Wednesday night at BC Place.
And while he didn’t have a part to play on the pitch, he did have something to say off it.
Prior to the match, Whitecaps FC head coach Carl Robinson delivered his team talk in the locker room as he always does. But this time, he had some help.
Towards the end of his speech, Robinson asked Laba to stand up. Then, with Laba by his side, Robinson said: “We’ve all been together from the first preseason day and we make sure this is not going to be our last day today,” before asking Laba to say a few words of his own.