By most fans expectations, the Vancouver Whitecaps offseason has gone slowly, with little (positive) news. Despite missing the playoffs and having glaring holes in the lineup, rumors and actual roster moves were minimal. Most importantly, until the end of January the subtractions (Aird, Kudo, Morales, Perez, Smith, and Carducci) outweighed the additions (Greig, Richey, and Williams). However, one of the most destressing subtractions did not happen at the Vancouver Whitecaps level. It happened with the Vancouver Whitecaps II (ThunderCaps).
On December 14th, the Vancouver Whitecaps announced that ThunderCaps manager Alan Koch had left the club to become the director of scouting and analytics, and assistant coach, with FC Cincinnati.