Orgill ... things have gone well, it looks good so far. - file

Former national youth standout Dever Orgill is optimistic about claiming a spot on the roster of Canadian Major League Soccer (MLS) team Vancouver Whitecaps for 2013-2014 season.

The 22-year-old, along with a handful of trialists, will look to use the MLS preseason as an opportunity to impress Whitecaps coach manager Martin Rennie. If successful, the move could place him back on the long road to redemption.

The speedy forward has already made a handful of appearances for the club and while admitting to being generally pleased with how things have progressed, Orgill is looking to take things slowly. Two goals against Trinity Western University, in a friendly a week ago, coupled with trademark forward flips, must have brought back memories of more prosperous times, but there is a long way to go yet.

"Things have gone well, it looks good so far, I just have to keep focusing on the simple things," Orgill told STAR Sports.

Rennie was equally guarded as it related to the striker's future.

"I think right now we just monitor it. You don't judge it on one game against Trinity Western, which is kind of second string, so we'll judge it over a little bit longer.

But he definitely deserves the chance."

A standout at the schoolboy and Under-17 level and earning two national caps by the age of 20, the Portland native seemed destined for great things, it is a journey, however, that has so far not gone quite according to plan.

A return to the Whitecaps, the team of current national player Darren Mattocks, would be a second stint. The player signed a contract in 2008, after making a solid impression in the youth reserves. But after a spell on the sidelines and plagued by injury and a chequered disciplinary record, he was released by the club in 2010 despite several good performances.

However, following a heart-to-heart talk with the club manager, the player has been given another chance to prove his worth and he is anxious to do so.

"Sometimes you end up just wanting to do too much and you end up trying too hard," Orgill said. "But, I continue to tell myself to keep my head down and stay focussed and keep going."