As Major League Soccer clubs deal with a transformation to the league’s schedule format, the Vancouver Whitecaps are one of those who can mostly shrug. Article content

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Ho hum, say the Whitecaps.

MLS announced Thursday that starting in 2027 it’s going to align with how most of the world’s leagues run, although with a caveat: this is a league that has teams in wintry places, where snow will be a problem in the dead of winter, so they will be taking a break for December and January.

And instead of risking having the league’s final in frigid, sub-zero temperatures as they did in Toronto, it will be in much nicer conditions in May. (Format to come, one hopes it might be a fun one.)

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