Whitecaps deal star goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau to LAFC for general allocation money
The Vancouver Whitecaps have dealt Canadian goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau to Los Angeles FC for US$1 million in general allocation money.
Crepeau was not in Vancouver as the club began pre-season training this week. The Whitecaps said he was away for “personal reasons.”
The 27-year-old from Greenfield Park, Que., has been among the 'Caps best players since coming to Vancouver from the then-Montreal Impact in December 2018 and was awarded the team's most valuable player award last season.
He played 26 games for the Whitecaps in 2021, stopping 75.8 per cent of the shots he faced and earning six clean sheets as the club clinched its first playoff spot in four years.
Crepeau was held to four appearances the previous season after fracturing his left thumb during the MLS is Back tournament. A four-hour-long surgery was required to remove the shattered pieces and insert wires to hold the bones together, but the 'keeper stayed with the team as they finished the campaign based out of Portland, Ore., due to pandemic border restrictions.
Crepeau has also become a dependable netminder for the Canadian men's team, making four appearances, including 13 starts, and collecting three clean sheets.
The move to California could see Crepeau reunited with former Whitecaps head coach Marc Dos Santos, who is rumoured to be taking a position with LAFC. The pair have known each other since Crepeau was 12 years old and part of the Montreal Impact academy.
Dos Santos was dismissed as Vancouver's coach in August midway through his third season with the team.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 19, 2022.
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