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Rolling Vancouver Whitecaps buoyed by return of Ali Ahmed and Sam Adekugbe
VANCOUVER — Ali Ahmed wasn’t about to let distance and time zones keep him from cheering for his teammates.
While the 23-year-old wingback spent the past several weeks with the Canadian men’s soccer team at the Copa America, the Vancouver Whitecaps were never far from his mind.
“I was on the East Coast sometimes, so (I was) staying up, just watching the games, seeing the guys fight and stay together,” Ahmed said.
What he saw was a Whitecaps (10-7-5) team in solid form. Vancouver is unbeaten in its last five games across all competitions (4-0-1), including a 1-0 victory over Canadian Premier League side Pacific FC in the first leg of the Canadian Championship semifinal last week.