Whitecaps talk importance of ‘big brother’ Ricketts in national player signings

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Former Vancouver Whitecaps player Tosaint Ricketts helping to recruit new players

When the Vancouver Whitecaps approached Canadian internationals Sam Adekugbe, Junior Hoillett and Richie Laryea about signing, the trio turned to a friend for advice.Ricketts, a former Canadian international, played for Toronto FC as well as the Vancouver Whitecaps during his 13-year career in professional soccer.“I’m going to be honest with them to a default, trust is a big part of it,” Ricketts said.

He acted as a mentor to the pair during his time on the Canadian national team and had an insider’s perspective when they asked him about joining the Whitecaps, describing the club as “family first” and where they could play with little stress off the field. Both Adekugbe and Laryea cited their mutual respect for Ricketts’s views and feedback as factors in asking him about what the Whitecaps were like as a team under head coach Vanni Sartini.“For him to give his vote of confidence to come back to the club was something that made me go with the decision to come back,” Adekugbe said.

 

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