2022 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC
ChairmanJeff Mallett
ManagerVanni Sartini
StadiumBC Place
(Vancouver, BC)
Major League SoccerConference:
Overall:
TBD
Canadian ChampionshipTBD
Average home league attendance18,643
Biggest defeatCLB 4–0 VAN (2/26)
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The 2022 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season will be the club's twelfth season in Major League Soccer, the top division of soccer in the United States and Canada. Including previous iterations of the franchise, this was the 45th season of professional soccer being played in Vancouver under a variation of the "Whitecaps" name.

On November 30, 2021, Vanni Sartini was named the permanent manager after taking over as the acting manager during the 2021 season.[1]

Current roster[]

As of March 3, 2022[2]
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Previous club
Goalkeepers
1 Thomas Hasal Canada GK (1999-07-02) July 2, 1999 (age 22) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23
55 Cody Cropper United States GK (1993-02-16) February 16, 1993 (age 29) United States FC Cincinnati
60 Isaac Boehmer Canada GK (2001-11-20) November 20, 2001 (age 20) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps Development Squad
Defenders
2 Marcus Godinho Canada DF (1997-06-28) June 28, 1997 (age 24) Germany FSV Zwickau
3 Cristián Gutiérrez Canada DF (1997-02-18) February 18, 1997 (age 25) Chile Colo-Colo
4 Ranko Veselinović Serbia DF (1999-03-24) March 24, 1999 (age 22) Serbia Vojvodina
6 Tristan Blackmon United States DF (1996-08-12) August 12, 1996 (age 25) United States Charlotte FC
22 Érik Godoy Argentina DF (1993-08-16) August 16, 1993 (age 28) Argentina Colón
23 Javain Brown Jamaica DF (1999-03-19) March 19, 1999 (age 23) United States South Florida Bulls
26 Florian Jungwirth Germany DF (1989-01-27) January 27, 1989 (age 33) United States San Jose Earthquakes
28 Jake Nerwinski United States DF (1994-10-17) October 17, 1994 (age 27) United States Connecticut Huskies
Midfielders
8 Caio Alexandre Brazil MF (1999-02-24) February 24, 1999 (age 23) Brazil Botafogo
16 Sebastian Berhalter United States MF (2001-05-10) May 10, 2001 (age 20) United States Columbus Crew
17 Leonard Owusu Ghana MF (1997-06-03) June 3, 1997 (age 24) Israel Ashdod
25 Ryan Gauld Scotland MF (1995-12-16) December 16, 1995 (age 26) Portugal Farense
27 Ryan Raposo Canada MF (1999-03-05) March 5, 1999 (age 23) United States Syracuse Orange
31 Russell Teibert Canada MF (1992-12-22) December 22, 1992 (age 29) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps (USSF-D2)
33 Michael Baldisimo Canada MF (2000-04-13) April 13, 2000 (age 21) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
45 Pedro Vite Ecuador MF (2002-03-09) March 9, 2002 (age 20) Ecuador Independiente del Valle
61 Matteo Campagna Canada MF (2004-06-27) June 27, 2004 (age 17) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23
Forwards
7 Déiber Caicedo Colombia FW (2000-03-25) March 25, 2000 (age 21) Colombia Deportivo Cali
9 Lucas Cavallini Canada FW (1992-12-28) December 28, 1992 (age 29) Mexico Club Puebla
11 Cristian Dájome Colombia FW (1994-01-03) January 3, 1994 (age 28) Colombia Atlético Nacional
24 Brian White United States FW (1996-02-03) February 3, 1996 (age 26) United States New York Red Bulls
49 Emiliano Brienza Mexico FW (2002-05-09) May 9, 2002 (age 19) Canada Whitecaps FC 2
87 Tosaint Ricketts Canada FW (1987-08-06) August 6, 1987 (age 34) Lithuania Sūduva
Out on Loan
12 Evan Newton United States GK (1988-04-01) April 1, 1988 (age 33) United States Indy Eleven
13 Derek Cornelius Canada DF (1997-11-25) November 25, 1997 (age 24) Serbia Javor Ivanjica
18 David Egbo Nigeria FW (1998-10-31) October 31, 1998 (age 23) United States Akron Zips
19 Janio Bikel Portugal MF (1995-06-28) June 28, 1995 (age 26) Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
30 Kamron Habibullah Canada MF (2003-10-03) October 3, 2003 (age 18) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23
54 Simon Colyn Canada MF (2002-03-23) March 23, 2002 (age 20) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
62 Damiano Pecile Canada MF (2002-04-11) April 11, 2002 (age 19) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps Development Squad

Transfers[]

In[]

Transferred in[]

# Position Player Transferred from Fee/notes Date Source
6 DF United States Tristan Blackmon United States Charlotte FC Acquired in exchange for $475,000 GAM over two years December 14, 2021 [3]
16 MF United States Sebastian Berhalter United States Columbus Crew Acquired in exchange for $50,000 GAM February 4, 2022 [4]
55 GK United States Cody Cropper Unattached Free March 15, 2022 [5]

Loans In[]

# Position Player Loaned from Date Loan expires Source

Out[]

Transferred out[]

# Position Player Transferred to Fee/notes Date Source
15 MF England Andy Rose Out of contract December 2, 2021 [6]
20 DF Tunisia Jasser Khmiri Option declined
32 MF Canada Patrick Metcalfe Option declined
16 GK Canada Maxime Crépeau United States Los Angeles FC Traded for $1 million GAM over three years and a first-round pick January 20, 2022 [7]
14 FW Canada Theo Bair Scotland St Johnstone Undisclosed January 31, 2022 [8]
34 DF Canada Gianfranco Facchineri Contract buyout February 25, 2022 [9]

Loans out[]

# Position Player Loaned to Date Loan expires Source
62 MF Canada Damiano Pecile Italy Venezia June 1, 2021 June 30, 2022 [10]
13 DF Canada Derek Cornelius Greece Panetolikos July 12, 2021 December 31, 2022 [11]
54 MF Canada Simon Colyn Netherlands Jong PSV August 27, 2021 June 30, 2022 [12]
19 MF Portugal Janio Bikel Italy Vicenza January 21, 2022 June 30, 2022 [13]
12 GK United States Evan Newton United States El Paso Locomotive January 25, 2022 November 30, 2022 [14]
18 FW Nigeria David Egbo United States Memphis 901 February 24, 2022 November 30, 2022 [15]
30 MF Canada Kamron Habibullah Canada Pacific FC March 11, 2022 November 30, 2022 [16]

Preseason[]

February 6 Whitecaps FC Canada 2–2 Mexico Club Tijuana San Diego, California
1:00 PM (PST)
  • Owusu 5'
  • Ricketts 78'
Report
Stadium: Triton Soccer Stadium
February 9 Whitecaps FC 0–0 New Mexico United San Diego, California
1:00 PM (PST) Report Yellow card 53' Stadium: Triton Soccer Stadium
February 12 San Diego Loyal 0–1 Whitecaps FC San Diego, California
7:00 PM (PST) Report 83' Stadium: Torero Stadium
February 16 LA Galaxy 2–4 Whitecaps FC Carson, California
1:30 PM (PST) Grandsir 54' (Araujo)
74'
Report White 9' (Gauld), 41' (Brown), 88'
85' (White)
Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park

Major League Soccer[]

Regular season[]

League tables[]

Western Conference[]
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
10 Seattle Sounders FC 4 1 2 1 4 5 −1 4
11 Nashville SC 4 1 2 1 3 5 −2 4
12 Sporting Kansas City 4 1 3 0 3 8 −5 3
13 San Jose Earthquakes 4 0 3 1 4 9 −5 1
14 Vancouver Whitecaps FC[a] 4 0 3 1 2 9 −7 1
Updated to match(es) played on March 20, 2022. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)
Notes:
  1. ^ Canadian clubs cannot qualify for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League through the MLS regular season or playoffs.
Overall[]
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts
24 Sporting Kansas City 4 1 3 0 3 8 −5 3
25 San Jose Earthquakes 4 0 3 1 4 9 −5 1
26 CF Montréal 4 0 3 1 5 11 −6 1
27 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4 0 3 1 2 9 −7 1
28 Inter Miami 4 0 3 1 2 10 −8 1
Updated to match(es) played on March 20, 2022. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Results[]

Overall Home Away
Pld Pts W L D GF GA GD W L D GF GA GD W L D GF GA GD
4 1 0 3 1 2 9  −7 0 0 1 0 0  0 0 3 0 2 9  −7

Last updated: March 20, 2022
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

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAAH
ResultLDLL
Updated to match(es) played on March 20, 2022. Source: [17]
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

February 26 1 Columbus Crew 4–0 Whitecaps FC Columbus, Ohio
12:30 PM (PST)
Report
Stadium: Lower.com Field
Attendance: 18,939
Referee: Nima Saghafi
March 5 2 Whitecaps FC 0–0 New York City FC Vancouver, British Columbia
3:00 PM (PST)
Report
Stadium: BC Place
Attendance: 18,643
Referee: Marcos de Oliveira
March 12 3 Houston Dynamo FC 2–1 Whitecaps FC Houston, Texas
3:30 PM (PST) Quintero 33', 51'
Úlfarsson Yellow card 87'
Report Cavallini 14'
Brown Yellow card 28'
Veselinović Yellow card 80'
Stadium: PNC Stadium
Attendance: 13,028
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere
March 20 4 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Whitecaps FC Los Angeles, California
7:00 PM (PDT)
Report
Stadium: Banc of California Stadium
Attendance: 22,065
Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.
April 2 5 Whitecaps FC v Sporting Kansas City Vancouver, British Columbia
5:00 PM (PDT) Stadium: BC Place
April 9 6 Cascadia Cup Whitecaps FC v Portland Timbers Vancouver, British Columbia
7:00 PM (PDT) Stadium: BC Place
April 16 7 CF Montréal v Whitecaps FC Montreal, Quebec
12:00 PM (PDT) Stadium: Saputo Stadium
April 23 8 Austin FC v Whitecaps FC Austin, Texas
5:30 PM (PDT) Stadium: Q2 Stadium
April 30 9 Cascadia Cup Seattle Sounders FC v Whitecaps FC Seattle, Washington
7:00 PM (PDT) Stadium: Lumen Field
May 5 10 Whitecaps FC v Toronto FC Vancouver, British Columbia
1:00 PM (PDT) Stadium: BC Place
May 14 11 Whitecaps FC v San Jose Earthquakes Vancouver, British Columbia
4:00 PM (PDT) Stadium: BC Place
May 18 12 Whitecaps FC v FC Dallas Vancouver, British Columbia
7:00 PM (PDT) Stadium: BC Place
May 22 13 Charlotte FC v Whitecaps FC Charlotte, North Carolina
2:00 PM (PDT) Stadium: Bank of America Stadium
May 28 14 Sporting KC v Whitecaps FC Kansas City, Kansas
6:00 PM (PDT) Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
June 4 15 Whitecaps FC v Real Salt Lake Vancouver, British Columbia
4:00 PM (PDT) Stadium: BC Place
June 18 16 FC Dallas v Whitecaps FC Frisco, Texas
4:00 PM (PDT) Stadium: Toyota Stadium
June 26 17 Whitecaps FC v NE Revolution Vancouver, British Columbia
5:00 PM (PDT) Stadium: BC Place
July 2 18 Whitecaps FC v Los Angeles FC Vancouver, British Columbia
7:00 PM (PDT) Stadium: BC Place
July 8 19 Whitecaps FC v Minnesota United FC Vancouver, British Columbia
7:30 PM (PDT) Stadium: BC Place
July 13 20 FC Cincinnati v Whitecaps FC Cincinnati, Ohio
5:00 PM (PDT) Stadium: TQL Stadium

Canadian Championship[]

May 11 Preliminary round Whitecaps FC v Valour FC Vancouver, British Columbia
7:00 PM (PDT) Stadium: BC Place

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

As of March 20, 2022
No. Pos Nat Player Total MLS Canadian Championship
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Canada CAN Thomas Hasal 4 0 4 0 0 0
55 GK United States USA Cody Cropper 0 0 0 0 0 0
60 GK Canada CAN Isaac Boehmer 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Canada CAN Marcus Godinho 2 0 1+1 0 0 0
3 DF Canada CAN Cristián Gutiérrez 4 0 2+2 0 0 0
4 DF Serbia SRB Ranko Veselinović 4 0 4 0 0 0
6 DF United States USA Tristan Blackmon 4 1 4 1 0 0
22 DF Argentina ARG Érik Godoy 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF Jamaica JAM Javain Brown 4 0 2+2 0 0 0
26 DF Germany GER Florian Jungwirth 2 0 2 0 0 0
28 DF United States USA Jake Nerwinski 2 0 2 0 0 0
Midfielders
8 MF Brazil BRA Caio Alexandre 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF United States USA Sebastian Berhalter 3 0 1+2 0 0 0
17 MF Ghana GHA Leonard Owusu 3 0 2+1 0 0 0
25 MF Scotland SCO Ryan Gauld 3 0 3 0 0 0
27 MF Canada CAN Ryan Raposo 3 0 0+3 0 0 0
31 MF Canada CAN Russell Teibert 4 0 4 0 0 0
33 MF Canada CAN Michael Baldisimo 1 0 1 0 0 0
45 MF Ecuador ECU Pedro Vite 4 0 2+2 0 0 0
61 MF Canada CAN Matteo Campagna 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
7 FW Colombia COL Déiber Caicedo 4 0 2+2 0 0 0
9 FW Canada CAN Lucas Cavallini 4 1 4 1 0 0
11 FW Colombia COL Cristian Dájome 4 0 4 0 0 0
24 FW United States USA Brian White 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
49 FW Mexico MEX Emiliano Brienza 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
87 FW Canada CAN Tosaint Ricketts 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
30 MF Canada CAN Kamron Habibullah 0 0 0 0 0 0

Source: Competitions

Goalscorers[]

As of March 20, 2022
Rank No. Pos Nat Name MLS Canadian Championship Total
1 6 DF United States Tristan Blackmon 1 0 1
9 FW Canada Lucas Cavallini 1 0 1
Own goals 0 0 0
Totals 2 0 2

Clean sheets[]

As of March 6, 2022
Rank No. Pos Nat Name MLS Canadian Championship Total
1 1 GK Canada Thomas Hasal 1 0 1
Totals 1 0 1

Disciplinary record[]

As of March 20, 2022
No. Pos Nat Player MLS Canadian Championship Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
1 GK Canada Thomas Hasal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Canada Marcus Godinho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Canada Cristián Gutiérrez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Serbia Ranko Veselinović 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
6 DF United States Tristan Blackmon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FW Colombia Déiber Caicedo 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
8 MF Brazil Caio Alexandre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Canada Lucas Cavallini 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
11 FW Colombia Cristian Dájome 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF United States Sebastian Berhalter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF Ghana Leonard Owusu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 DF Argentina Érik Godoy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF Jamaica Javain Brown 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
24 FW United States Brian White 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF Scotland Ryan Gauld 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF Germany Florian Jungwirth 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
27 MF Canada Ryan Raposo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF United States Jake Nerwinski 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
31 MF Canada Russell Teibert 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
33 MF Canada Michael Baldisimo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 MF Ecuador Pedro Vite 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 FW Mexico Emiliano Brienza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
55 GK United States Cody Cropper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
60 GK Canada Isaac Boehmer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
61 MF Canada Matteo Campagna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
87 FW Canada Tosaint Ricketts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Canada Kamron Habibullah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 7 1 0 0 0 0 7 1 0

References[]

  1. ^ "Sartini named 'Caps MLS head coach". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. November 30, 2021. Retrieved December 4, 2021.
  2. ^ "Players + Vancouver Whitecaps FC". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  3. ^ "Whitecaps FC acquire defender Tristan Blackmon in trade with Charlotte FC". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. December 14, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  4. ^ "Whitecaps FC acquire defensive midfielder Sebastian Berhalter in trade with Columbus Crew". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. February 4, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  5. ^ "Whitecaps FC sign experienced goalkeeper Cody Cropper". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. March 15, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  6. ^ "Whitecaps FC announce end of season roster decisions". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. December 2, 2021. Retrieved December 4, 2021.
  7. ^ "Whitecaps FC acquire $1 million in GAM plus additional incentives from LAFC in exchange for goalkeeper Maxime Crépeau". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. January 20, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  8. ^ "Whitecaps FC transfer forward Theo Bair to Scottish side St Johnstone FC". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. January 31, 2022. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  9. ^ "Whitecaps FC exercise offseason buyout on centre back Gianfranco Facchineri". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. February 25, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  10. ^ "Pecile set for a one-year loan with Venezia FC youth team". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. May 2, 2021. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  11. ^ "Whitecaps FC sign centre back Derek Cornelius to contract extension, loan him to Greek Super League side Panetolikos through 2022". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. July 12, 2021. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  12. ^ "Whitecaps FC loan Homegrown midfielder Simon Colyn to Jong PSV". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. August 27, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  13. ^ "Whitecaps FC loan midfielder Janio Bikel to LR Vicenza". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  14. ^ "Whitecaps FC loan goalkeeper Evan Newton to El Paso Locomotive FC". Vancovuer Whitecaps FC. January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  15. ^ "Whitecaps FC loan forward David Egbo to USL Championship side Memphis 901 FC". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. February 24, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  16. ^ "Whitecaps FC loan Kamron Habibullah to Pacific FC". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. March 11, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  17. ^ "Vancouver Whitecaps Schedule". Retrieved September 23, 2018.


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