The Vancouver Whitecaps are going abroad to beef up their roster for the house stretch of the MLS season.
Extremely adorned defenders Sebastian Schonlau and Joedrick Pupe are headed to British Columbia forward of Saturday evening’s dwelling recreation in opposition to St. Louis Metropolis SC, though each would require issues like medicals, visas, work permits and a switch certificates to go well with up.
Schonlau has amassed 19 objectives and 18 assists in 327 profession matches in Germany, in response to the Whitecaps. Most not too long ago, he captained Hamburg into promotion to the Bundesliga for the upcoming season. Pupe, who captained Dender to promotion in Belgium’s prime league, recorded 5 assists in 58 fixtures for his membership.
Together with German star Thomas Muller, who performed his first match for Vancouver on Sunday in a 1-1 draw with Houston, these additions come on the proper time. The Whitecaps (13-6-7, 46 factors) have misplaced two key defenders, Ranko Veselinovic and Sam Adekugbe, to season-ending accidents.
“We’re ready to compete for trophies this season, so our purpose this window was to offer extra choices to educate (Jesper Sorensen) and the staff,” Vancouver sporting director Axel Schuster mentioned in a press release.
Whereas Vancouver builds towards the postseason, St. Louis (5-15-6, 21 factors) stays caught in 14th place within the West desk. It is coming off a 3-2 loss on Aug. 16 in Chicago, conceding the successful purpose within the 87th minute.
Regardless of one other forgettable consequence, St. Louis interim coach David Critchley discovered positives from the evening.
“I assumed the fellows’ togetherness and the mentality was the very best I’ve seen since I’ve stepped in,” Critchley mentioned. “The way in which we pressed, the way in which we defended in opposition to a extremely good staff on the ball, was most likely for me one of many higher video games.”
St. Louis has proven extra offensive punch in its final six matches, scoring 10 objectives, however has misplaced a number of the defensive form that obtained it off to a 2-0-2 begin earlier than a brutal skid value coach Olof Mellberg his job.
Joao Klauss leads St. Louis with eight objectives on the season. Brian White has racked up 13 to tempo Vancouver.
This would be the groups’ second assembly this 12 months. They performed to a scoreless draw on April 19 in St. Louis.
–Discipline Degree Media
