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More than once as players, Carl Robinson and Pa-Modou Kah banged heads with Kei Kamara.

“Everytime I say it, it makes me sound old,” laughed Kamara, the 33-year-old striker who joined the Whitecaps this off-season.

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“It was always a battle.”

There was always respect between them, and while they clashed skulls one or twice in the past, it’s on a decidedly more friendly nature now that his former nemeses are his coaches.

“Now we’re all bringing our brains together and trying to build something,” Kamara said. “Really, I can’t emphasize just how excited I am to be part of this group. Things are building really well.”

It started with this week’s pre-season in Hawaii, culminating in Saturday night’s 1-0 loss in the Pacific Rim final against Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo. Kamara had scored against Sapporo in their friendly at the start of the week, but didn’t make the scoresheet on Saturday.

As he had all week, Robinson fielded completely different teams in each half. In the opening 45 minutes, Sapporo dominated possession, never giving the Caps a chance to feature Kamara in the offence.