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A thread of all my reports from the CONCACAF U-17 tournament for @targetscouting.bsky.social

Sweep the leg.

Honestly it's BS that if you kick the ball into the jumbotron you get possession back. Should be a contested drop ball at minimum. #vwfc

Jayden Nelson, what a ball. #vwfc

Were I the coach, I would move Berhalter back to the 6 and bring Ngando on for Priso. I would also be thinking very hard about Ocampo for Laborda. I assume you're resting Gauld until at least the 60th. If it's going to be attack against defense then load up that attack. #vwfc

Definitely won that round on the judge's scorecards but you need a finish to win. #vwfc

I'm gonna keep it real with you, G. Unless Nelson's last performance is just what he does now I don't think this is going to work. #vwfc

Dominick Fitz, currently being rumoured as a #VWFC on the other site was also on one of my lists! But because he has played further forward I had him classified as a "wide forward"

Whitecaps clearly run a much tighter ship these days because it sounds like they are pretty confident of making a signing soon and there hasn't been any leak. Back in the day we would have known who it was for 2 months already. #VWFC

You watch Inter Miami play on the back foot and you think "god, this team blows." Then they go the other way and there's Messi and Suarez and you think "oh, yeah, right."

Watching this Galaxy performance ahead of next week. #vwfc

Ah, yes, the big three

The first one was so nice, they had to do it twice. #VWFC thethirdsub.ca/2025/02/23/p...

@benwright.bsky.social 14th?

Love NFC and Badwal both having tangible positive contributions in their cameos. If you're getting something out of them it makes things a lot simpler. #vwfc

All it took for Jayden Nelson was 137 minutes of tactical schooling in the 2.Bundesliga and he's and decoded this league in no time.

In an incredibly prescient preseason preview @wilkinscaleb.bsky.social talked about how good Nelson could be if he started to consistently generate shots… looks like that happened www.americansocceranalysis.com/home/2025/2/...

Does Portland not know this isn't the second leg of last year's playoff match?

Whitecaps should trade for DeAndre Kerr, I reckon Ryan Gauld could give him a 15 goal season #vwfc

Hilarious stuff on that third @whitecapsfc.com goal. The in-stadium screen showed the alleged handball while VAR check was still on-going (which I didn't think they were meant to do). Was clearly to get the crowd into it to sway the officials. Didn't work! 3-0 #VWFC #PORvVAN

Commentary team absolutely glazing Da Costa every time he plays a backwards pass.

The absolute mad man. #vwfc

No-hitter watch for the second half. #vwfc

That's pretty comprehensive. Let's see if they can keep it up for the second half. #VWFC

If he is involved in one more goal, Jayden Nelson will have the same number of career goal contributions for Toronto F.C and the Vancouver Whitecaps. #vwfc

"he played in the AFL in Australia" Uhhh... No he did not 😅