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Whitecaps aware of attention ahead of tilt with Wrexham, popularized by Ryan Reynolds
VANCOUVER — Vanni Sartini has only seen a handful of episodes of “Welcome to Wrexham.”
But the head coach of Vancouver Whitecaps FC said that was enough for him to understand the value of the platform that is being offered when his squad squares off against the Welsh side from the FX docu-series in an international friendly on Saturday at BC Place.
“A lot of the fans that (will be) here are Whitecaps fans that come regularly,” Sartini said Friday. “But maybe some of them are coming because they’re fans of the documentary, or they hope to see if Ryan Reynolds is coming.
“We have a big chance to appeal to a group of people that maybe aren’t following the Whitecaps closely every week. I think we have a responsibility to put on the best show possible.”