The Vancouver Whitecaps FC have a new goalkeeper in town. They have received Evan Bush, 34, from the Montreal Impact and in exchange, the Impact will be receiving Vancouver’s third round draft pick in the 2021 Major League Soccer SuperDraft.

The Whitecaps have had many injuries with their goalkeeper this season. Maxime Crepeu is back to training after fracturing his thumb back in July. The Whitecaps called Thomas Hasal who played nine games with them this season before suffering a concussion and a stress fracture to his left tibia.

The Whitecaps posted to Twitter, “can confirm that Thomas Hasal is set to miss an indefinite period of time with a left tibia and concussion.”

Bryan Meredith has been in net for the past two games but has not been able to pull out a win for the Caps.

Axel Schuster, Whitecaps sporting director, says, “due to the uncertainty around our goalkeeper position, this is a move we needed to make.” After a lot considerations, the Caps decided it was best to have another option for net.

Marc Dos Santos was the one who brought Bus initially to Montreal back in 2011 and he has already played seven years for their goalkeeper coach, Youseef Dahha. It’s like Bush is back to his roots.

Bush has spent the past 10 years goalkeeping for the Impact but has not played a match for them this season as Montreal’s head coach, Theirry Henry, has been relying on Clement Diop.

Bush has played a total of 225 matches in his 12 year professional career.

Evan Bush (@WhitecapsFC / Twitter)

His experience in net will be a great change for the Whitecaps. He is the fifth goalkeeper on the Caps roster this season, joining 18-year-old Issac Boehmer.

Montreal Impact’s sporting director, Olivier Renard, said Montreal made the trade because they are happy with the performance from their other goalkeepers. He also said, “we want to thank Evan for the ten seasons he played in Montreal and for his great professionalism.”