VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Whitecaps FC announced today the appointment of Paul Thompson as the club’s Mainland Academy Centre associate head coach and technical programs manager.
As part of his role, Thompson will provide support for the technical operations of the club’s regional and provincial academy centre programs. This includes strategic planning, program building and on-field coaching support across the academy centre network with a focus on centralized programming in the mainland centres as well as lead on projects and events hosted in Vancouver. Prior to coming to Vancouver, Thompson will be in Alberta to support the launch of programming with the Whitecaps FC Alberta academy centre.