“The Whitecaps Residency Program provides elite players with the opportunity to train in a professional environment like no other in North America. Billet families play a vital role in enhancing the player’s experience in Vancouver, and helping them reach their full potential.”
– Bob Lenarduzzi, President, Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Help us develop the players of the future. The Whitecaps are looking for community volunteers to billet Whitecaps Residency players.
As a billet family you will become an integral part of the Whitecaps organization by providing the player with an environment essential for them to succeed in the program. Host families will be asked to provide room, board and additional support.
Billeting can be a very exciting and rewarding experience. Becoming a host family will lead to an increased connection to the Whitecaps organization and the sport of soccer. In addition, Residency players provide an ideal role model for a host family’s younger children and most families keep in contact with their player as they grow toward a career in professional soccer.
If you would be interested in billeting an elite athlete in September 2007 and learning more about host family benefits, please contact Angela Whitfield at 604-669-WAVE (9283), ext 2280 or email awhitfield@whitecapsfc.com.
We would be more than happy to discuss the billeting program in greater detail with you and look forward to welcoming you to the Whitecaps family.
About the Whitecaps Residency Program
The Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency program is a new Burnaby based full-time program dedicated to providing elite youth players U-17 to U-19 with a development gateway through to professional opportunities with the Whitecaps men’s team and European clubs. The program includes daily education (with Burnaby Central High School) and soccer training at the Whitecaps Training Centre at SFU in Burnaby.
