Vancouver Whitecaps head educate Vanni Sartini is backing goalkeeper Thomas Hasal to step up and take the opportunity to play following the sale of Maxime Crepeau.
Crepeau has arguably been one of the best goalkeepers in MLS over the past few years however turned into traded to LAFC remaining week in change for $1m in General Allocation Money (GAM) - a league document in his function.
Theat departure leaves a hollow to fill. Just remaining season, Crepeau averaged 3.6 saves consistent with ninety minutes - the fifth-highest of any MLS goalkeeper with 15 or more appearances. But at the same time as Sartini is involved approximately the lack of Crepeau's leadership, he has no problem with Hasal moving into the No.1 function.
“Someone needs to step up, and in soccer as in any other industry, we want to evolve to the state of affairs, and the group will adapt to the state of affairs,” Sartini said (through the Vancouver Sun).
He endured: “This factor of promoting Maxime is some thing that may bring a bit sense of unbalance within the group. He’s a player that turned into very essential, however on the same moment, every…trouble... Gives an possibility. Thomas is someone that is superb, he deserves to play and I’m actually excited that he’s going to have the possibility to reveal himself.
“The closing factor for me is set the leadership. It’s a season where we misplaced Maxime, we misplaced Andy [Rose], the ones were of the maximum experienced men, and we've a totally young team. There’s lots of guys which are 22, 23 years old, 21. But we say every time that the organization is the chief.”
To date, Hasal has 17 senior appearances under his belt for the Whitecaps, maintaining 4 clean sheets, and has been capped 5 times for Canada at young people global level.
