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Former Pacific FC top scorer now heading to Vancouver

Alejandro Diaz signs with Vancouver FC
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High-scoring forward Alejandro Diaz has returned to B.C. to play for Vancouver FC, the team announced Tuesday, July 11. (Beau Chevalier/Vancouver FC)

Now that he has returned to B.C. to play for Vancouver FC, Alejandro Diaz is in the market for a two-bedroom residence, somewhere in the Lower Mainland, that can accommodate his active seven-month-old son.

B次元官网网址淗eB次元官网网址檚 growing so fast,B次元官网网址 Diaz laughed.

His return comes less than a year after the high-scoring 27-year-old Mexican-born striker was transferred, from Victoria Canadian Premier League franchise Pacific FC, to Norwegian second tier first-dvision club Sogndal, in August of 2022.

On Tuesday, July 11, Vancouver FC announced a deal has been struck that will see Diaz play for the Langley-based CPL expansion team.

When Diaz was playing for VictoriaB次元官网网址檚 Pacific FC in 2021, he led the club to their first-ever championship.

In 2022, he had another outstanding season with Victoria, scoring 13 goals in 18 league matches to become became the clubB次元官网网址檚 all-time top goal scorer before moving to the Norwegian team, for what said at the time to be the second-largest transfer fee in CPL history.

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High-scoring forward Alejandro Diaz has returned to B.C. to play for Vancouver FC, the team announced Tuesday, July 11. (Beau Chevalier/Vancouver FC)

Now that he is back in B.C., on the roster of a Langley-based expansion team that is half-way through its first season, Diaz described himself as B次元官网网址渟uper happy and excited.B次元官网网址

B次元官网网址淚 came here to do my best, to work hard,B次元官网网址 Diaz told the Langley Advance Times.

B次元官网网址淎nd also, hopefully, I can score a lot of points for them, and hopefully this year we can we can make it to the championship,B次元官网网址 Diaz added.

He said his tour with the Norway team sharpened his skills.

B次元官网网址淭actically, I think I improved a lot,B次元官网网址 Diaz commented.

B次元官网网址淥ver there, it was a little bit faster. The football is like a little bit quicker. So I think I can I can bring that here.B次元官网网址

D铆az is the only player to register two hat tricks in league history and is one of just five CPL players to score three goals in one match.

A 2022 analysis posted to football tactics and analysis website described Diaz as B次元官网网址渙ne of the most exciting, flamboyant, energetic, tactically intelligent, heroic figures of the Canadian Premier League B次元官网网址 with an incredibly vast skill set that extends to all phases of the game.B次元官网网址

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