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Enrique Esqueda, the Pachuca striker on loan to Veracruz, is in Vancouver and expected to train with the Whitecaps and discuss a move to MLS.

The 28-year-old from Queretaro, Mexico, posted an Instagram photo from downtown Vancouveron Tuesday night and has been active on Twitter, retweeting many of the club’s messages in recent weeks.

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Esqueda has nine caps for his national team, the last one coming in June, 2015, in a friendly against Peru. In his club career at America and Pachuca, and on loan to Atlas, Tigres and Veracruz, Esqueda has scored about once every five games, so this doesn’t scream designated player signing by any means.

The Caps (7-8-4) have a DP spot free after transferring Octavio Rivero to Colo-Colo in Chile. Vancouver hosts Real Salt Lake (8-5-5) at B.C. Place on Wednesday (7:30 p.m., TSN1, TSN 1040).