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Whitecaps FC and BC Soccer announce expanded girls development program

VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Whitecaps FC and BC Soccer announced on Monday that the Girls Elite BC REX program has been expanded into a full-time school based program.

As part of the Canada Soccer pathway, the Girls Elite REX program in partnership with BC Soccer will begin recruiting and billeting top talent from across Western Canada. All players will now attend Burnaby Secondary School and have a custom daily training schedule, akin to the boys Residency program.

“We’re ecstatic to announce this next phase of progression in our girls development pathway,” said Whitecaps FC president Bob Lenarduzzi.