2016 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

2016 season
Chairman	John Furlong
Head coach	Carl Robinson
Stadium	BC Place (Capacity: 22,120)
Major League Soccer	Conference: 8th Overall: 16th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Did not qualify
Canadian Championship	Runner-up
CONCACAF Champions League	Quarterfinals
Cascadia Cup	1st
Top goalscorer	League: Pedro Morales (8) All: Pedro Morales (9)
Highest home attendance	27,038 (April 2 vs. LA Galaxy)
Lowest home attendance	18,836 (April 27 vs. Sporting KC)
Average home league attendance	22,220 (13 games)
Home colours Away colours
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The 2016 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season was the Whitecaps' sixth season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of soccer in the United States and Canada.

Competition	Starting round	Final position	Record
			Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Major League Soccer	Matchday 1	8th, west; 16th, overall	34	10	9	15	45	52	−7	029.41
Canadian Championship	Semifinals	Runner-up	4	2	0	2	5	4	+1	050.00
CONCACAF Champions League	Group stage	Semi-finals	8	5	1	2	17	7	+10	062.50
Total			46	17	10	19	67	63	+4	036.96

As of July 11, 2016^[1]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	David Ousted	DEN	GK	(1985-02-01) February 1, 1985 (age 39)	Randers FC
24	Marco Carducci	CAN	GK	(1996-09-26) September 26, 1996 (age 28)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
70	Paolo Tornaghi	Italy	GK	(1988-06-21) June 21, 1988 (age 36)	Chicago Fire
Defenders
2	Jordan Harvey	United States	DF	(1984-01-28) January 28, 1984 (age 40)	Philadelphia Union
4	Kendall Waston	CRC	DF	(1988-01-01) January 1, 1988 (age 36)	Deportivo Saprissa
6	Jordan Smith	CRC	DF	(1991-04-23) April 23, 1991 (age 33)	Deportivo Saprissa
8	Fraser Aird	CAN	DF	(1995-02-02) February 2, 1995 (age 29)	Rangers
14	Cole Seiler	United States	DF	(1994-02-05) February 5, 1994 (age 30)	Georgetown Hoyas
18	David Edgar	CAN	DF	(1987-05-19) May 19, 1987 (age 37)	Birmingham City
22	Christian Dean	United States	DF	(1993-03-14) March 14, 1993 (age 31)	California Golden Bears
26	Tim Parker	United States	DF	(1993-02-23) February 23, 1993 (age 31)	St. John's Red Storm
33	Marcel de Jong	CAN	DF	(1986-10-15) October 15, 1986 (age 38)	Ottawa Fury
44	Pa Modou Kah	NOR	DF	(1980-07-30) July 30, 1980 (age 44)	Portland Timbers
46	Brett Levis	CAN	DF	(1993-05-29) May 29, 1993 (age 31)	Whitecaps FC 2
Midfielders
7	Christian Bolaños	CRC	MF	(1984-05-17) May 17, 1984 (age 40)	Deportivo Saprissa
11	Nicolás Mezquida	URU	MF	(1992-01-21) January 21, 1992 (age 32)	Fénix
13	Cristian Techera	URU	MF	(1992-05-31) May 31, 1992 (age 32)	River Plate Montevideo
15	Matias Laba	ARG	MF	(1991-12-11) December 11, 1991 (age 32)	Toronto FC
17	Andrew Jacobson	United States	MF	(1985-09-25) September 25, 1985 (age 39)	New York City FC
30	Ben McKendry	CAN	MF	(1993-03-25) March 25, 1993 (age 31)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
31	Russell Teibert	CAN	MF	(1992-12-22) December 22, 1992 (age 31)	Vancouver Whitecaps (USSF-D2)
32	Marco Bustos	CAN	MF	(1996-04-22) April 22, 1996 (age 28)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
38	Kianz Froese	CAN	MF	(1996-04-16) April 16, 1996 (age 28)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
67	Alphonso Davies	CAN	MF	(2000-11-02) November 2, 2000 (age 24)	Whitecaps FC 2
77	Pedro Morales	CHI	MF	(1985-05-25) May 25, 1985 (age 39)	Málaga CF
Forwards
9	Masato Kudo	JPN	FW	(1990-05-06) May 6, 1990 (age 34)	Kashiwa Reysol
19	Erik Hurtado	United States	FW	(1990-05-11) May 11, 1990 (age 34)	Santa Clara
23	Kekuta Manneh	GAM	FW	(1994-12-30) December 30, 1994 (age 29)	Austin Aztex
27	Blas Pérez	PAN	FW	(1981-03-13) March 13, 1981 (age 43)	FC Dallas
28	Giles Barnes	JAM	FW	(1988-08-05) August 5, 1988 (age 36)	Houston Dynamo

• See also: List of Vancouver Whitecaps FC players

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Ref.
19	FW	Erik Hurtado	Mjøndalen	Loan Return	December 1, 2015	[2]
9	FW	Masato Kudo	Kashiwa Reysol	Free Transfer	December 29, 2015	[3]
13	MF	Cristian Techera	River Plate Montevideo	Undisclosed fee after successful loan spell	January 6, 2016	[4]
20	MF	Deybi Flores	C.D. Motagua	Undisclosed fee after successful loan spell	January 18, 2016	[5]
7	MF	Christian Bolaños	Deportivo Saprissa	Undisclosed Fee	January 20, 2016	[6]
8	DF	Fraser Aird	Rangers	Loan	January 29, 2016	[7]
14	DF	Cole Seiler	Georgetown Hoyas	Selected in 2016 MLS SuperDraft	February 8, 2016	[8]
27	FW	Blas Pérez	FC Dallas	Traded in exchange for Mauro Rosales	February 16, 2016	[9]
17	MF	Andrew Jacobson	New York City FC	Traded in exchange for targeted allocation money	March 11, 2016	[10]
18	DF	David Edgar	Birmingham City	Free Transfer	July 11, 2016	[11]
33	MF	Marcel De Jong	Ottawa Fury FC	Free Transfer	July 11, 2016	[12]
67	MF	Alphonso Davies	Whitecaps FC 2	Signed as a Homegrown Player	July 15, 2016	[13]
	FW	Fabián Espíndola	D.C. United	Acquired in exchange for General Allocation Money	July 20, 2016	[14]
28	FW	Giles Barnes	Houston Dynamo	Acquired in exchange for General Allocation Money and right of refusal for Keyner Brown	July 30, 2016	[15]
46	DF	Brett Levis	Whitecaps FC 2	Free Transfer	August 23, 2016	[16]

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Ref.
DF	Diego Rodríguez	Juventud	Loan return	December 1, 2015
FW	Caleb Clarke	SpVgg Unterhaching	Option declined	December 1, 2015
MF	Andre Lewis	Portland Timbers 2	Option declined	December 1, 2015
DF	Ethen Sampson		Option declined	December 1, 2015
FW	Robert Earnshaw	Retired	Out of contract, later retired	December 1, 2015
MF	Mauro Rosales	FC Dallas	Out of contract, later traded to FC Dallas for Blas Pérez	December 1, 2015
DF	Steven Beitashour	Toronto FC	Traded to Toronto FC for second-highest 2016 second round Superdraft pick	December 18, 2015
MF	Gershon Koffie	New England Revolution	Traded to New England for general and targeted allocation money	February 11, 2016
FW	Darren Mattocks	Portland Timbers	Traded to Portland for general and targeted allocation money and a 2017 International Roster Spot	March 14, 2016
FW	Octavio Rivero	Colo-Colo	Undisclosed Fee	July 6, 2016
DF	Sam Adekugbe	Brighton and Hove Albion	Year long Loan	July 15, 2016	[17]
FW	Fabián Espíndola	Club Necaxa	Undisclosed Fee	July 26, 2016	[18]
MF	Deybi Flores	C.D. Motagua	Loan	August 9, 2016

Role	Name	Nation
Head coach	Carl Robinson	WAL
Assistant coach	Gordon Forest	SCO
Assistant Coach	Martyn Pert	ENG
Head of scouting and analysis	Daniel Stenz	Germany
Goalkeeper coach	Marius Røvde	NOR
Physiotherapist	Graeme Poole	CAN

Role	Name	Nation
Executive chair	John Furlong	IRE
President	Bob Lenarduzzi	CAN
Chief operating officer	Rachel Lewis	CAN
Vice-president of finance and administration	Don Ford	CAN

Simple Invitational

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Chicago Fire	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9
2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	6
3	Portland Timbers	3	1	2	0	4	4	0	3
4	Minnesota United FC	3	0	3	0	1	11	-10	0

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
6	Real Salt Lake	34	12	12	10	44	46	−2	46	MLS Cup Knockout Round
7	Portland Timbers	34	12	14	8	48	53	−5	44
8	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	10	15	9	45	52	−7	39
9	San Jose Earthquakes	34	8	12	14	32	40	−8	38
10	Houston Dynamo	34	7	14	13	39	45	−6	34

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	New England Revolution	34	11	14	9	44	54	−10	42
15	Orlando City SC	34	9	11	14	55	60	−5	41
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	10	15	9	45	52	−7	39
17	San Jose Earthquakes	34	8	12	14	32	40	−8	38
18	Columbus Crew SC	34	8	14	12	50	58	−8	36

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD
34	39	10	15	9	45	52	−7	6	5	6	28	22	+6	4	10	3	17	30	−13

Last updated: October 23, 2016
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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VAN	SKC	CEN
1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	4	4	0	0	10	2	+8	12	Quarter-finals		—	3–0	4–1
2	Sporting Kansas City	4	1	1	2	6	8	−2	4			1–2	—	3–1
3	Central	4	0	1	3	4	10	−6	1			0–1	2–2	—

The 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League used a fall-spring schedule in contrast to Major League Soccer's spring-fall format, so the knockout stages were played by Vancouver in the beginning of their 2017 season.

Cascadia Cup standings

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	6	3	3	0	11	10	+1	9
Portland Timbers	6	3	3	0	14	14	0	9
Seattle Sounders FC (M)	6	3	3	0	10	11	−1	9

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
6	9	3	3	0	11	10	+1	2	1	0	7	4	+3	1	2	0	4	6	−2

Last updated: 23 October 2016
Source: Standings
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

As of 22 October 2016

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.

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	MLS				Canadian Championship				Champions League				Total
				Apps				Apps				Apps				Apps
1		David Ousted	GK	32				1								33
2		Jordan Harvey	DF	27	2	2		2								29	2	2
4		Kendall Waston	DF	25	3	7	3	2		1		3		1		30	3	9	3
6		Jordan Smith	DF	17		2	1	1				2				20		2	1
7		Christian Bolaños	MF	26	5	2		2		1						28	5	3
8		Fraser Aird	DF	17		4	1	2				4		2		23		6	1
9		Masato Kudo	FW	17	2							2	1			19	3
11		Nicolás Mezquida	MF	27	3	1		3	2			3				33	5	1
13		Cristian Techera	MF	29	2	3		1				3	5			33	7	3
14		Cole Seiler	DF	2				1				1				4
15		Matías Laba	MF	31		5	1	2				1				34		5	1
17		Andrew Jacobson	MF	25	2	4		2				3		1		30	2	5
18		David Edgar	DF	8		2						1				9		2
19		Erik Hurtado	FW	23	2	2		4				3	2	1		30	4	3
20		Deybi Flores	MF	1												1
22		Christian Dean	DF
23		Kekuta Manneh	MF	17	5	1		4		1						21	5	2
24		Marco Carducci	GK
26		Tim Parker	DF	28		1		3	1	1		3				34	1	2
27		Blas Pérez	FW	21	2	5		2				3	1			26	3	5
28		Giles Barnes	FW	9		1										9		1
30		Ben McKendry	MF					2				2				4
31		Russell Teibert	MF	11		1		4				2		1		17		2
32		Marco Bustos	MF	3				1				1				5
33		Marcel de Jong	MF	7		1						2				9		1
38		Kianz Froese	MF	5		1		1				1				7		1
44		Pa Modou Kah	DF	5		3		1				1		1		7		4
46		Brett Levis	DF									4				4
67		Alphonso Davies	MF	8				4				3	1			15	1
70		Paolo Tornaghi	GK	1				3				2				6
77		Pedro Morales	MF	26	8	3	2	3	1			1				30	9	3	2
		Darren Mattocks*	FW
3		Sam Adekugbe*	DF	2				2								4
29		Octavio Rivero*	FW	12	2	4		3	1							15	3	4
39		Spencer Richey*	GK									2				2
47		Kyle Greig*	FW									3				3
Own goals					3				0				0				3
Totals					41	55	8		5	4	0		10	7	0		56	66	8

*No longer with team 

• 2016 Whitecaps FC 2 season