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So, you’re excited about Alphonso Davies.

He’s 16 years old and an emerging star in his sport and his sport is soccer.

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In Canada, that gets you unicorn status.

The kicker, and this is a fortuitous turn for this city, he plays his Major League Soccer home games in Vancouver and will likely do it for a couple more years.

But there’s a catch. In Vancouver, there always seems to be a catch.

Because if you’re expecting to see Davies do the same things here he did playing rock star for Canada’s promising Gold Cup team you’re going to be out of luck. At least, for now.

“He did OK,” said Whitecaps’ head coach Carl Robinson, hosing down the lingering smoke from Davies’ Gold Cup fireworks.

“He put himself in the shot window. I know people will build him up and rightfully so based on his performance.

“But it’s important to be patient with him as well. Because people keep telling me I should play him every single minute of every game, like Canada did for the first two games.