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Axel Schuster: Whitecaps future on and off the pitch. And an update on where that pitch might be located.

Ep. 1758

Whitecaps CEO Axel Schuster drops in live to discuss the future of the team on and off the pitch, and the details of the MOU signed with the City of Vancouver. 


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