Finally, I was initially up in arms over Kendall Waston rating only 3 stars in both current and potential ability but his individual ratings for heading, jumping and fitness are all at a near-godly 16, so, that seems pretty legit. Methinks I'll be signing him back to the 'Caps in FM15 after the winter transfer patch goes through. Sam Adekugbe's not a bad prospect at all (assuming he hits his 3.5-to-4.5-star potential) nor is Bryce Alderson, who eventually became my captain and a CanMNT staple in FM14. That said, his star rating reflects his play as an attacking winger, so take his 3-star current ability with a few grains of salt. Oh, and no, that's not a coding error - because of Russell Teibert's incredible versatility, he shows up as a legitimate fullback option according to FM15. Again, not bad.Īll the AI staff recommend running the 4-2-3-1 much as the 'Caps do in real life, so let's go down the rest of the roster by each line in the formation. This allowed me to sign Simon Thomas ( remember him?) as a reserve goalkeeper, promote Marco Carducci to the game-day eighteen and save some salary cap space in one fell swoop. Milan Borjan proved me right in FM14.) Incidentally, I ran a test file and immediately waived Paolo Tornaghi. (I have a long-standing rule in FM that international goalkeepers are a waste. No shockers here, as David Ousted is a 3.5-star goalkeeper worthy of not just starting but taking up a precious international spot. This is depressing let's move on to see how the players themselves are rated, according to the AI representation of Martyn Pert (who boasts a questionably low "Judging Player Ability" score of 8). More importantly, how is Toronto FC - they of the "T'rawna Gonna T'rawna" - predicted to finish in 4th with 8:1 odds of winning the Shield? A bit too heavy on the Jermain Defoe hype, don't you think, FM15? The only team worse is the 50:1 Chicago Fire, which, fine, is not that far off. Well, we're off to a flying start here, aren't we? 17th place?! What kind of bull is this?! Apparently, the AI (as informed by the "learned" scouts of Sports Interactive's North American division) has the 'Caps on par with Chivas USA and the New England Revolution as 40:1 longshots to win the Supporters' Shield. Will the Canadian treble of Voyageurs Cup, MLS Cup and CONCACAF Champions League still be an attainable goal or just a fevered pipe dream? So, inspired in part by Jon Szekeres' examination of the 'Caps in FIFA 15, I decided to find out how the Vancouver Whitecaps of Football Manager 2015 (or FM15 for short) turned out. What will be fixed? What will be new? Will MLS get a respectable treatment? What lower-league club can I take to unimaginable heights? The hype for the 2015 edition was no exception, especially after my long-running VWFC-focused series from the previous edition, Football Manager 2014, got me super-energized to try and replicate my feat of multiple trophies in multiple competitions. Every year, my gaming hype meter goes up to 11 as the release date for Football Manager gets closer and closer.
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