Whitecaps FC Academy

Whitecaps FC Academy
Full name	Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club Academy
Founded	2007
Stadium	National Soccer Development Centre
Manager	Dan Lenarduzzi
League	MLS Next; League1 British Columbia

Whitecaps FC Academy is a Canadian soccer team, the academy of professional team Vancouver Whitecaps FC. They were originally known as the Whitecaps Residency program.

About[]

Whitecaps FC Academy is a full-time, fully funded, player development program.^[1] Originally known as the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency programs, they changed their name in 2018 to the Whitecaps FC Academy.^[2] They have affiliations with youth soccer clubs across Ontario, forming part of the Whitecaps FC BMO Academy.^[3]

Professional players from the Whitecaps FC Academy[]

As of October 28, 2021^[4]

Name	Most recent pro club	Birth year	First team appearances
Cornelius Stewart	Maziya	1989	21
Evan Taylor	Mount Pleasant FA	1989	0
Philippe Davies (HG)	Ottawa Fury FC	1990	34
Randy Edwini-Bonsu	FC Edmonton	1990	36
Dever Orgill	Antalyaspor	1990	16
Kyle Porter	FC Edmonton	1990	5
Alex Semenets	FC Edmonton	1990	3
Keithy Simpson	Dunbeholden F.C.	1990	0
Adam Straith	Hansa Rostock	1990	0
Simon Thomas	Sarpsborg 08 FF	1990	1
La'Vere Corbin-Ong	Johor Darul Ta'zim	1991	0
Ethan Gage	Caroline Springs George Cross FC	1991	42
	BSG Chemie Leipzig	1991	0
Sahil Sandhu	Whitecaps FC 2	1991	0
Joseph Gyau	FC Cincinnati	1992	0
Kemar Lawrence	Toronto FC	1992	0
Brian Sylvestre (HG)	Miami FC	1992	0
Russell Teibert (HG)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1992	250
Charlie Trafford	Wrexham A.F.C.	1992	0
Caleb Clarke (HG)	FC Amberg	1993	2
Ben Fisk	Cavalry FC	1993	0
Callum Irving	Pacific FC	1993	0
Ben McKendry (HG)	Atlético Ottawa	1993	7
Charles Renken	Seattle Sounders 2	1993	0
Bryce Alderson (HG)	Fortuna Düsseldorf II	1994	2
	Hetman Zamosc	1994	0
Paris Gee	FC Edmonton	1994	0
Sean Melvin (HG)	Colorado Springs Switchbacks	1994	0
Daniel Stanese	VfR Aalen	1994	0
Sam Adekugbe (HG)	Hatayspor	1995	23
Jackson Farmer	Whitecaps FC 2	1995	0
Carlos Patiño	Cavalry FC	1995	0
Mitch Piraux	Whitecaps FC 2	1995	0
Nicholas Prasad	Bischofswerdaer FV 08	1995	0
Chris Serban	Cavalry FC	1995	0
Nolan Wirth	Pacific FC	1995	0
Elijah Adekugbe	Cavalry FC	1996	0
Marco Bustos (HG)	Pacific FC	1996	13
Marco Carducci (HG)	Cavalry FC	1996	2
Alex Comsia	North Carolina FC	1996	0
Kianz Froese (HG)	TSV Havelse	1996	24
Jordan Haynes	Pacific FC	1996	0
Ali Musse	Cavalry FC	1996	0
Marcello Polisi	HFX Wanderers FC	1997	0
		1997	0
Dario Zanatta	Raith Rovers FC	1997	0
Gloire Amanda	SK Austria Klagenfurt	1998	0
Matthew Baldisimo	Pacific FC	1998	0
Terran Campbell	Pacific FC	1998	0
Kadin Chung	Pacific FC	1998	0
Duwayne Ewart	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	1998	0
	Viljandi Tulevik	1998	0
Liam Fraser	Columbus Crew (on loan from Toronto FC)	1998	0
Thomas Gardner	FC Edmonton	1998	0
Ndzemdzela Langwa	HFX Wanderers FC	1998	0
Patrick Metcalfe (HG)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1998	21
David Norman Jr. (HG)	Cavalry FC	1998	1
Matteo Polisi	Pacific FC	1998	0
	York9 FC	1998	0
Zach Verhoven	Atlético Ottawa	1998	0
Nicolas Apostol	Cavalry FC	1999	0
Theo Bair (HG)	HamKam (on loan from Vancouver Whitecaps FC)	1999	38
Jonas Häkkinen	Cork City FC	1999	0
Thomas Hasal (HG)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1999	18
Georges Mukumbilwa (HG)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1999	1
Noah Verhoeven	York United FC	1999	0
Michael Baldisimo (HG)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2000	34
Antony Caceres	FC Edmonton	2000	0
Alphonso Davies (HG)	Bayern Munich	2000	81
José Hernandez	Cavalry FC	2000	0
Alessandro Hojabrpour	Pacific FC	2000	0
Daniel Kaiser	Cavalry FC	2000	0
Jake Ruby	HFX Wanderers FC	2000	0
		2001	0
Isaac Boehmer (HG)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2001	0
Chance Carter	FC Edmonton	2001	0
T-Boy Fayia	FC Edmonton	2001	0
Darlington Murasiranwa	FC Edmonton	2001	0
Chris Lee	Pacific FC	2001	0
	FC Zürich (on loan from Viljandi Tulevik)	2002	0
Simon Colyn (HG)	Jong PSV (on loan from Vancouver Whitecaps FC)	2002	1
Gianfranco Facchineri (HG)	San Diego Loyal (on loan from Vancouver Whitecaps FC)	2002	0
	Atlético Ottawa	2002	0
Chituru Odunze (HG)	Leicester City	2002	0
Damiano Pecile (HG)	Venezia (on loan from Vancouver Whitecaps FC)	2002	1
Paul Amedume	Pacific FC	2003	0
	1.FC Nürnberg (on loan from Pacific FC)	2003	0
Kamron Habibullah (HG)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2003	3
Muslim Umar	York United FC	2003	0
Matteo Campagna (HG)	York United FC (on loan from Vancouver Whitecaps FC)	2004	0