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The Vancouver Whitecaps were, at times, dogged with the reputation of having a “country club” mentality last season.

Well, adios, La Banda. Indolence has no place in a Marc Dos Santos-run clubhouse.

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“We don’t have the luxury of having … ‘luxury players.’ We have to be a club that our work ethic from everyone is very high,” the Caps coach said Tuesday after practice.

“Luxury players don’t have space here.”

Dos Santos is honest — occasionally to the point of brutally — and public about his feelings. He’s not afraid to publicly call out a player if he has to, as he did Tuesday when he tore a strip off of striker Joaquin Ardaiz’s training deficiencies.

“He needs to learn how to train; he doesn’t have good habits there. If it doesn’t change, it could be very difficult for him in his career,” he told mlssoccer.com.

“It’s not somebody who always trains in the right manner, but it’s someone with a high level of quality in explosiveness and attacking space. But it’s a player that has a lot to work in and grow a lot.