Sporting Madness

For a while, it looked like the Wesley Charles - Charles Gbeke incident had been completely settled. The Whitecaps' long break helped, and the two even took a pre-game lap of the stadium together before the team's next home match. Today, though, another incident happened and the Whitecaps immediately released Charles. Here's the press release sent out this morning by Nathan Vanstone , the Whitecaps' manager, broadcast and communications: "WHITECAPS RELEASE WESLEY CHARLES VANCOUVER, BC - Vancouver Whitecaps FC announced today that defender Wesley Charles has been released by the club. During Tuesday’s training session, Charles took exception to a tackle by fellow defender Jeff Parke and attempted to strike Parke. Charles was immediately dismissed from the grounds and training resumed. 'This is the second incident between Wesley Charles and a teammate in just over a month, and as a result, we have decided to release Charles outright,' explained Whitecaps p...

I'll be live-blogging tonight's USL-1 contest between the Vancouver Whitecaps and the Cleveland City Stars. It should be an interesting one, as the Whitecaps seek to rebound from both watching the Voyageurs Cup slip away in front of their eyes and then throwing away their chance at revenge on a revitalized Montreal Impact side. The Whitecaps enter tonight's with a 4-5-2 record through 11 games, putting them eighth out of the 11 teams in the USL-1 table . They do have a couple games in hand on many of the clubs above them, but they'll need to start making a run soon if they hope to defend their USL-1 title this season. Of course, it's not going to be easy. Key striker Charles Gbeke and central defender Wesley Charles will sit out this one thanks to the suspensions [ Simon Fudge , whitecapsfc.com ] they received following their punch-up a while back. Defenders Jeff Parke and Geordie Lyall and wingers Ansu Toure and Justin Moose will also miss this one thanks...

Tonight's USL action features the 1-1-2 Vancouver Whitecaps against the 0-2-2 Minnesota Thunder. Both teams haven't gotten off to a great start this year, so they'll be looking to improve. Central defender Jeff Parke is expected to make his debut for the Whitecaps after serving his suspension. It should be a good one. Join me in the live blog below! Whitecaps - Thunder live blog