Whitecaps release four more players... and quit the USL?

The team just announced that they have released four more players: defenders Marco Reda and Michael Unpronounceable Lastname (Ndubuisi Onwatuegwu), their back-up keeper Diego, and young striker Aaron Wheeler.

In a recent post re: the squad, I was right about Reda, and I guess no one paid heed to my words on Michael. With only one chance to play in the first team, a friend and I both thought he did well. It was against Cleveland, second to last in the league, but he acquitted himself well. If I recall correctly, Cleveland scored in the second half after he had been subbed off for Reda, and they scored on his side of the field, with Reda doing particularly poorly on the play.

Wheeler just joined the team at the end of August, so no great loss there. I don't have a clue how he was as a player. The 'Caps strike force is pretty strong even with the departure of Charles Gbeke: Haber and James to start, and Edwini-Bonsu off the bench. Dever Orgill and Alex Semenets are their two other forwards listed. Orgill looks promising. Semenets has scored three goals in four games for the Canadian U-20 team.

Behind the usually effective and highly popular Jay Nolly, Diego didn't get a chance in the first team this season. Simon Thomas is 19 and is 6'2" and played in Oak Bay.

Oh, and the team might not have a league next year. What I would give for a multi-tiered system in North America.