After a hectic, but “fun” soccer weekend I have to share some photos and say THANK YOU to Marjorie and the Microsoft Vancouver Development Centre (VDC) for enabling my family to watch the Whitecaps game in style.

Never thought I would say this, but THANKS to Seattle Sounders for beating FC Dallas, the Vancouver Whitecaps became the first Canadian team to make the playoffs :)

It all started on Saturday with the youngest Schaub Thorsten battling it out in the Metro league …
 … glorious da, no rain, no wind Always on the move!

… followed by the second-youngest Schaub Jacques battling it out in Division 1 on Sunday and scoring a phenomenal goal with a header, that will make his Neurologist shake his head for days …
… a fresh and humid, but rainless-day. The Rhino on the go in style

Sunday afternoon at 15:00 we arrived at the BC Stadium and were astonished when we were nudged to the club area, where the chairs are comfortable and the view spectacular. What a surprise

Here are a few pictures to get a snap of the atmosphere of a phenomenal game, which the Whitecaps unfortunately lost 0:1 after Portland shot a phenomenal goal from nowhere.

	Take a look at these seats and the smiles. Jacques was in another area with his team, after taking a tour of the stadium behind the scenes … he will be grumbling for a long time for missing this opportunity.
	Warm-up time and Jacques soccer team standing on the field enjoying the warm-up action.
	Opening ceremony … always a great event.
	The goalie from Portland Timbers was phenomenal, saving quite a few cracking shots at the goal. His bright orange gear was probably very distracting
	Come on Whitecaps … “shot the ball”!
	Game in progress …
	Intermission time … grab food and drinks. Sorry after the break I forgot to make any more photos, waiting for the equalizer.

Now it’s back to the bits and bytes world, at least until the Whitecaps are back in Vancouver.