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Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber got a true taste of the player’s experience on Thursday, when his flight into Vancouver was delayed until the middle of the night, throwing off his personal and professional schedule for the following day.

His league’s players — especially the well-travelled Vancouver Whitecaps — are used to the delays that plague the commercial carriers, as league rules dictate a cap on charter flights. But in a league that covers more kilometres of travel than any of its international peers, it’s an issue that has simmered for years.

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“We’ve been very mindful of managing our league and our expenses, in accordance with our revenues,” Garber said Friday at UBC, where he was touring the Whitecaps’ training facility.

“But I think the time is coming where we do need to start having to look at charters, specifically for clubs that are geographically further away from their regular competitors. But it needs to happen in the right way.