Brothers Daniel and Henrik Sedin marked the sporting imagination of the city of Vancouver by leading the Canucks, and their offspring will try to do the same. One of the young Sedins did not choose to follow in his father’s footsteps.
Valter Sedin, one of Henrik’s sons, turned to soccer quite early. Fairly promising, he was recruited by the Vancouver Whitecaps academy at the age of 13. Three years later, the young man cultivates the dream of playing for professionals.
“Growing up with a father who is a star athlete in Vancouver, that doesn’t seem normal to a lot of people. For me it was. Some of my fondest memories were attending practice and seeing my dad play,” the midfielder said in a video posted Monday on Whitecaps social media.
Valter never really seems to have had in mind to succeed on the ice to his illustrious father, who was captain of the Canucks for eight years. With his twin Daniel, the two forwards wrote the history of the National Hockey League during the 2000s and 2010s.
“I’ve been playing soccer for as long as I can remember,” said young Sedin. I’ve always loved the sport, but I remember becoming obsessed with it after the 2018 World Cup when I saw Sweden reach the quarter-finals.
The Vancouverite’s short-term goal is to join a national team and eventually play pro with the “Caps.”
The Whitecaps will defend their Canadian championship title against CF Montreal on June 7th.