Vancouver Magazine

Greg Kerfoot

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( NEW) OWNER, VANCOUVER WHITECAPS

Mr. Football Not many people know much about Greg Kerfoot, and he’d like to keep it that way —though it takes a pretty powerful person to turn soccer into a thing in North America. West Vancouver dwellers might know “Greg” as the guy from their beer-league hockey team, but they won’t likely know him as the millionair­e who saved the Vancouver Whitecaps’ ego from extinction. Kerfoot took over the team in 2002, including their $100,000 worth of debt and their three full-time sta‘ members. Now the team has an active fan base —due largely in part to tickets that are substantia­lly more a‘ordable than their Canuck neighbours—and MLS title aspiration­s that seem within reach.

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