‘His talent was evident’: Whitecaps’ teenage soccer phenom turning heads
VANCOUVER — Veteran defender Pa-Modou Kah was on the practice field with the Vancouver Whitecaps one morning last season when a lanky 15-year-old joined training.
Alphonso Davies had been promoted to the club’s first team and found himself matched up against Kendall Waston, a hulking six-foot-five centre back.
With Waston bearing down on Davies, the teenager took one touch of the ball and cooly scooted away.
“I’m like: ‘Wow,’” recalled the now-retired Kah. “When Kendall is coming a lot of people get afraid of him, but he was just composed and calm.