Soren Elsay

Many people expected a wide open affair when Colorado Springs Switchbacks visited Whitecaps FC2. Instead, they got a back and forth tempo that delighted.

With the Whitecaps playoff hopes hanging by a thread, WFC2 put on one of their worst displays of the season in a 4-0 home loss to the Tulsa Roughnecks.

Following a home loss, the ‘Caps headed out on a month long, four game road trip that had all the makings of a colossal disaster. But it was no disaster.

After a month on the road, Whitecaps FC2 finally returned home to Thunderbird Stadium where they dropped a hard, 2-1 decision to Sacramento Republic FC.

Fittingly, after having an up and down first season in the USL, WFC2 fell 3-2 to the Austin Aztecs in a roller coaster of a game closing out the year.

It may be time to hold off on the parade planning for the UBC Thunderbirds. After a flying start to the year that saw them beat the powerful Laval in the preseason and open up the regular season 2-1, the sixth ranked ‘Birds were dealt a sobering 45-29 defeat at the hand of the visiting Saskatchewan Huskies.

Coming off a year in which the Thunderbirds’ failed to claim any hardware, UBC returned to their trophy winning ways by defeating the University of Victoria Vikes 2-1 in extra time to claim the 2015 CanWest Championship.

Professional scouts descended on Thunderbird Stadium on Wednesday as football standouts Quinn van Gylswyk and Terrell Davis worked out for representatives from the Seattle Seahawks, Oakland Raiders, Toronto Argonauts and BC Lions.