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Vancouver Whitecaps FC Football team season

The 2019 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season was the club’s ninth season in Major League Soccer, the top division of soccer in the United States and Canada. Including previous iterations of the franchise, this was 42nd season of professional soccer played in Vancouver under a variation of the “Whitecaps” name.

On November 7, 2018, the Whitecaps named Marc Dos Santos as their fourth head coach since joining MLS.[1]

Outside of the MLS, the Whitecaps participated in the 2019 Canadian Championship. They lost 2–1 on aggregate to Cavalry FC in the third round.

Current roster[edit]

As of September 3, 2019[2]
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Previous club
Goalkeepers
16 Maxime Crépeau Canada GK (1994-04-11) April 11, 1994 (age 29) Canada Montreal Impact
18 Zac MacMath United States GK (1991-08-07) August 7, 1991 (age 31) United States Colorado Rapids
39 Sean Melvin Canada GK (1994-07-09) July 9, 1994 (age 28) United States Fresno FC
51 Thomas Hasal Canada GK (1999-07-09) July 9, 1999 (age 23) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23
Defenders
2 Doneil Henry Canada DF (1993-04-20) April 20, 1993 (age 30) England West Ham United
13 Derek Cornelius Canada DF (1997-11-25) November 25, 1997 (age 25) Serbia Javor Ivanjica
20 Jasser Khmiri Tunisia DF (1997-07-27) July 27, 1997 (age 25) Tunisia Stade Tunisien
22 Érik Godoy Argentina DF (1993-08-16) August 16, 1993 (age 29) Argentina Colón
23 Scott Sutter Switzerland DF (1986-05-13) May 13, 1986 (age 36) United States Orlando City
26 Brendan McDonough (on loan at Charlotte Independence.) United States DF (1996-12-27) December 27, 1996 (age 26) United States Georgetown Hoyas
28 Jake Nerwinski United States DF (1994-10-17) October 17, 1994 (age 28) United States Connecticut Huskies
46 Brett Levis Canada DF (1993-05-29) May 29, 1993 (age 29) Canada Whitecaps FC 2
53 Ali Adnan Iraq DF (1993-12-19) December 19, 1993 (age 29) Italy Udinese
56 Georges Mukumbilwa Canada DF (1999-09-23) September 23, 1999 (age 23) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
94 Victor “PC” Giro Brazil DF (1994-03-10) March 10, 1994 (age 29) United States Orlando City
Midfielders
4 Hwang In-beom South Korea MF (1996-09-20) September 20, 1996 (age 26) South Korea Daejeon Citizen
6 Jon Erice Spain MF (1986-11-03) November 3, 1986 (age 36) Spain Albacete
15 Andy Rose England MF (1990-02-13) February 13, 1990 (age 33) Scotland Motherwell
19 Lass Bangoura Guinea MF (1992-03-30) March 30, 1992 (age 31) Spain Rayo Vallecano
24 David Norman Jr. (on loan at Pacific FC.) Canada MF (1998-05-31) May 31, 1998 (age 24) Canada Whitecaps FC 2
29 Yordy Reyna Peru MF (1993-09-16) September 16, 1993 (age 29) Austria Red Bull Salzburg
31 Russell Teibert Canada MF (1992-12-22) December 22, 1992 (age 30) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps (USSF-D2)
33 Michaell Chirinos Honduras MF (1995-06-17) June 17, 1995 (age 27) Honduras Olimpia
54 Simon Colyn Canada MF (2002-03-23) March 23, 2002 (age 21) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
55 Michael Baldisimo Canada MF (2000-04-13) April 13, 2000 (age 23) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
Forwards
– Anthony Blondell (on loan at Huachipato.) Venezuela FW (1994-05-17) May 17, 1994 (age 28) Venezuela Monagas SC
9 Joaquín Ardaiz Uruguay FW (1999-01-11) January 11, 1999 (age 24) Switzerland Chiasso
12 Fredy Montero Colombia FW (1987-07-26) July 26, 1987 (age 35) Portugal Sporting CP
50 Theo Bair Canada FW (1999-08-27) August 27, 1999 (age 23) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
87 Tosaint Ricketts Canada FW (1987-08-06) August 6, 1987 (age 35) Lithuania Sūduva

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/notes Date Ref.
FW New Zealand Myer Bevan United States Fresno FC Loan Return November 26, 2018 [3]
GK United States Spencer Richey United States FC Cincinnati [4]
94 DF Brazil Victor “PC” Giro United States Orlando City Acquired in exchange for 3rd round pick in MLS SuperDraft December 9, 2018 [5]
18 GK United States Zac MacMath United States Colorado Rapids Acquired in exchange for $100,000 in TAM and Nicolas Mezquida [6]
16 GK Canada Maxime Crépeau Canada Montreal Impact Acquired in exchange for $50,000 in TAM and a 3rd round pick in MLS SuperDraft [7]
15 MF England Andy Rose Scotland Motherwell MLS rights acquired from Seattle Sounders in exchange for $50,000 in GAM [8]
24 MF Canada David Norman Jr. Scotland Queen of the South Loan Return December 31, 2018 [9]
13 DF Canada Derek Cornelius Serbia Javor Ivanjica Undisclosed January 18, 2019 [10]
6 MF Spain Jon Erice Spain Albacete Undisclosed January 22, 2019 [11]
19 MF Guinea Lass Bangoura Spain Rayo Vallecano One year Loan, Option to buy January 23, 2019 [12]
7 MF Brazil Lucas Venuto Austria Austria Wien Undisclosed Fee, MLS first right of refusal acquired from New York City FC for $150,000 GAM January 25, 2019 [13]
23 DF Switzerland Scott Sutter United States Orlando City Free January 30, 2019 [14]
4 MF South Korea Hwang In-beom South Korea Daejeon Citizen Undisclosed, Designated Player [15]
20 DF Tunisia Jasser Khmiri Tunisia Stade Tunisien Undisclosed February 1, 2019 [16]
22 DF Argentina Érik Godoy Argentina Colón One year Loan, Option to buy February 8, 2019 [17]
9 FW Uruguay Joaquín Ardaiz Switzerland Chiasso [18]
12 FW Colombia Fredy Montero Portugal Sporting CP Free February 15, 2019 [19]
26 DF United States Brendan McDonough United States Georgetown Hoyas 2019 MLS SuperDraft March 6, 2019 [20]
51 GK Canada Thomas Hasal Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 Homegrown player March 7, 2019 [21]
53 DF Iraq Ali Adnan Italy Udinese Loan March 9, 2019 [22]
Undisclosed, Designated Player July 5, 2019 [23]
GK United States Chituru Odunze Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency Homegrown player August 1, 2019 [24]
33 MF Honduras Michaell Chirinos Honduras Olimpia Loan, Option to buy August 6, 2019 [25]
87 FW Canada Tosaint Ricketts Lithuania Sūduva Free August 9, 2019 [26]
56 DF Canada Georges Mukumbilwa Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency Homegrown player August 23, 2019 [27]

Out[edit]

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee/notes Date Ref.
MF England Jordon Mutch England Crystal Palace Loan Return November 26, 2018 [28]
DF Uruguay José Aja Chile Unión Española Option Declined
FW New Zealand Myer Bevan New Zealand Western Springs AFC
DF El Salvador Roberto Domínguez El Salvador FAS
FW Netherlands Marvin Emnes
MF Egypt Ali Ghazal Portugal C.D. Feirense
GK New Zealand Stefan Marinovic England Bristol City F.C.
DF United States Aaron Maund United States Charlotte Independence
GK United States Spencer Richey[a]
MF United States Brek Shea[b] United States Atlanta United
DF United States Sean Franklin Out of Contract
FW Sierra Leone Kei Kamara[c]
GK United States Brian Rowe United States Orlando City
MF Uruguay Cristian Techera Argentina Belgrano
MF Uruguay Nicolás Mezquida United States Colorado Rapids Traded along with $100,000 in TAM in exchange for Zac MacMath December 9, 2018 [6]
DF Costa Rica Kendall Waston United States FC Cincinnati Traded in exchange for $450,000 in GAM, $300,000 in TAM and an international roster spot December 11, 2018 [29]
FW United States Erik Hurtado United States Sporting Kansas City Traded in exchange for a second round pick in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft and a first round pick in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft December 14, 2018 [30]
MF Canada Alphonso Davies Germany Bayern Munich Undisclosed fee January 1, 2019 [31]
FW Venezuela Anthony Blondell Chile Huachipato One year loan, Option to buy January 28, 2019 [32]
MF Mexico Efraín Juárez Norway Valerenga Mutual Contract Termination February 1, 2019 [33]
DF Canada Marcel de Jong Canada Pacific FC February 4, 2019 [34]
MF Iraq Ali Adnan Italy Udinese Loan Return June 30, 2019 [22]
GK United States Chituru Odunze England Leicester City Undisclosed August 1, 2019 [24]
MF Brazil Lucas Venuto Mutual contract termination [35]
MF Brazil Felipe United States D.C. United Traded in exchange for $75,000 in TAM and an international roster spot August 6, 2019 [36]
DF United States Brendan McDonough United States Charlotte Independence Loan August 7, 2019 [37]
MF Canada David Norman Jr. Canada Pacific FC September 3, 2019 [38]

Major League Soccer[edit]

Preseason[edit]

Regular season[edit]

League tables[edit]

Western Conference[edit]
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots
Notes:
Overall[edit]
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) coin toss or drawing of lots

Results[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld Pts W L D GF GA GD W L D GF GA GD W L D GF GA GD
34 34 8 16 10 37 59  −22 5 7 5 16 23  −7 3 9 5 21 36  −15

Last updated: October 6, 2019
Source:[citation needed]
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
Ground H A A H H A H A H A H H A A H H H A A A H A H A A A H A A H H H A H
Result L L L D L D W L D W W L D D W D D D L L L L L D W L W L L L W D W L
Updated to match(es) played on August 3, 2019. Source: [39]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

Canadian Championship[edit]

Playing statistics[edit]

As of October 6, 2019

Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances
Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.

Source: (for players and positions) First Team Squad
00(for squad numbers) [1]00(for actual stats.)

  1. ^ a b Sent on loan for the remainder of the season.
  2. ^ a b No longer with team.

References[edit]

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  2. ^ “Players + Vancouver Whitecaps FC”. Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
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  4. ^ “Whitecaps FC loan out goalkeeper Spencer Richey to USL side FC Cincinnati”. Vancouver Whitecaps. November 22, 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2018.
  5. ^ “Orlando City acquires 2019 MLS SuperDraft third round pick from Vancouver in exchange for defender Victor “PC” Giro”. Orlando City. December 9, 2018. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
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  11. ^ “Whitecaps FC acquire experienced Spanish midfielder Jon Erice”. Vancouver Whitecaps FC. January 22, 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  12. ^ “Whitecaps FC acquire winger Lass Bangoura on loan from Spanish La Liga club Rayo Vallecano”. Vancouver Whitecaps FC. January 23, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
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  24. ^ a b “Whitecaps FC transfer goalkeeper Chituru Odunze to Leicester City FC”. Vancouver Whitecaps FC. August 1, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  25. ^ “Whitecaps FC acquire winger Michaell Chirinos on loan from C.D. Olimpia”. Vancouver Whitecaps FC. August 6, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
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