What's love got to do with keeping MLS soccer in Vancouver? Whitecaps fans hope a lot

With the Vancouver Whitecaps for sale and rumours swirling about a U.S. buyer possibly snapping up the MLS club at a bargain basement price and moving it to a more profitable locale, the club's longest running supporters group – the Vancouver Southsiders — want it shouted from the rooftops that they are not OK with the team leaving the city.

That's why on Saturday evening, the Southsiders are asking anyone and everyone to show their love of the team by joining the Save The Caps pre-game march down Robson Street.

Southsiders president Ciaran Nicoll said the Whitecaps' 7-1 record to start the season should help swell the ranks to more than 1,000 marchers. 

"This is a really good opportunity to show whoever it might be that is going to be putting up money, that we really do love our club in Vancouver, and … show the league, the world, the city that we are a club that cannot be moved," Nicoll said.

The march will end at B.C. Place where the 'Caps host the Colorado Rapids. It will be Vancouver's final appearance in their home stadium before hitting the road for two months and nine consecutive matches to accommodate the FIFA World Cup.

Save The Caps was inspired by Columbus Crew fans, who organized against the MLS club being moved to Austin, Texas almost 10 years ago. The Save The Crew campaign came together after then-owner Anthony Precourt claimed the team was not financially viable in Columbus.

Whitecaps sporting director Axel Schuster had a similar message in February when he stated that despite the on-field success, the club is "in a lot of trouble," citing a $40-million revenue shortfall while appealing for more public and private investment.

The Whitecaps private ownership group, led by billionaire Greg Kerfoot, put the