Ryan Raposo: The Vancouver Whitecaps' sage old veteran of 23

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Raposo is one of the few remaining holdovers from the Whitecaps\u0027 2020 team.

It was the Vancouver Whitecaps’ era of Ali Adnan, Hwang In-Beom, David Milinkovic and a braided-up Jasser Khmiri. It was the team’s final game before COVID-19 shut down the world.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.

It was the first of many positional experiments for the Hamilton native, who played as a No. 8, as a 10, last season as a wingback in Vanni Sartini’s demanding 3-5-2-1 formation, and this year will likely make his debut as a fullback in a back four.Article content And with wingbacks being likely relegated to a secondary formation, he’ll have to test his mettle against Tristan Thompson and Javain Brown — two natural right backs — to carve out playing time. But it’s a situation he’s been in before.Article content

“So if that’s what I’m going to have to do this year — preferably not — but if it’s what’s gotta happen, then it’s got to happen.”

 

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