- Eighty Six Forever
Canada Talk: Feelin' Familiar
It would be difficult to choose between these two, but I think St. Clair will probably find himself between the sticks come March. Defenders (16) Diyaeddine Abzi, York United FC (Canada) Michael Baldisimo, Vancouver Whitecaps FC (Canada) Zorhan Bassong, CF Montreal (Canada) Zachary Brault-Guillard, CF Montreal (Canada) Kadin Chung,Pacific FC (Canada) Derek Cornelius, Vancouver Whitecaps FC (Canada) Julian Dunn, Valour FC (Canada) Mohamed Farsi, Cavalry FC (Canada) Marcus Godinho, Heart of ...
- MLSsoccer.com
How Vancouver Whitecaps FC's recruitment set to be overhauled by an analytics innovator
A year in the making, the hiring of Nikos Overheul as their new director of recruitment caps a significant buildout of VWFC’s scouting department – and a commitment, perhaps, to some of the sport’s most innovative ideas. Just don’t box him in as “the data guy,” even if the Dutchman’s resume does feature analytics heavyweights like Opta, StatsBomb and two of Europe’s more progressive clubs in this department, English Championship side Brentford FC and Denmark’s FC Midtjylland.
- MLSsoccer.com
Vancouver Whitecaps appoint ex-Brentford, Midtjylland analyst as director of recruitment
The Vancouver Whitecaps have confirmed a move in their front office, with the club announcing Friday that Nikos Overheul has been hired as their director of recruitment. Overheul first joined the club as a consultant last October with an extensive background working in soccer analytics. He most recently worked at analytics company StatsBomb as the head of technical scouting and previously spent time as a team analyst and first-team scout with English Championship side Brentford FC and Danish Sup...
