Max Anchor

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Max Anchor
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-07-21) July 21, 2004 (age 19)
Place of birth Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Number 50
Youth career
Coquitlam Metro-Ford SC
Mountain United FC
2016– Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022 Whitecaps FC 2 5 (0)
2022 → Vancouver Whitecaps FC (loan) 1 (0)
2023– Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 (0)
2023– → Whitecaps FC 2 (loan) 21 (0)
International career‡
2019 Canada U15 1 (0)
2022 Canada U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 12, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of January 23, 2024

Max Anchor (born July 21, 2004) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Vancouver Whitecaps FC in Major League Soccer.

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Early life

Anchor began playing youth soccer at age 4 with Coquitlam Metro-Ford SC. [1] He later played with Mountain United FC, before joining the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy in 2016 as a 12 year old. [2] He was named the Whitecaps 2021 Male Academy Player of the Year. [3]

Club career

Ahead of the 2022 season, Anchor attended the full pre-season with Major League Soccer club Vancouver Whitecaps FC. [4] On May 21, 2022, Anchor signed a professional contract with the second team Whitecaps FC 2 of MLS Next Pro. [4] On the same day, he was signed to a short-term loan with the first team, as the team's goalkeepers were all unavailable due to injury and health-and-safety protocols. [5] In addition, he also signed a pre-contract to join the first team for the 2023 season as a homegrown player. [4] He made his professional debut the next day against Charlotte FC, [6] [7] becoming the second-youngest goalkeeper to start an MLS game. [8] After the match, he joined the second team, going on to make five appearances that season in MLS Next Pro. [9]

International career

In July 2019, Anchor was called up to the Canada U15 team for the 2019 CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship. [10] [11]

In April 2022, Anchor was called to a camp for the Canada U20 team. [12]

Career statistics

As of match played May 12, 2024 [13]
ClubSeasonLeaguePlayoffsNational CupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Whitecaps FC 2 2022 MLS Next Pro 50—––50
Vancouver Whitecaps FC (loan) 2022 MLS 100000–10
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2023 000000–00
Whitecaps FC 2 (loan) 2023 MLS Next Pro 140—––140
2024 70—––70
Total210000000210
Career total270000000270

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References

  1. ↑ Max Anchor at the Canadian Soccer Association
  2. ↑ "Max Anchor Vancouver Whitecaps profile". Vancouver Whitecaps FC .
  3. ↑ "Whitecaps FC announce 2021 BMO Player Awards". Vancouver Whitecaps FC . November 7, 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 "Whitecaps FC sign BMO Academy goalkeeper Max Anchor to MLS pre-contract and MLS short term agreement". Vancouver Whitecaps FC . May 21, 2022.
  5. ↑ Bogert, Tom (May 21, 2022). "Latest on Vancouver Whitecaps situation with no first-team goalkeepers". Major League Soccer .
  6. ↑ Kennedy, Paul (May 23, 2022). "MLS: Academy teen Max Anchor gets emergency start in Vancouver goal -- and hears it from Charlotte fans". Soccer America.
  7. ↑ "de Guzman: 'This was a growing moment' for young Whitecaps keeper". TSN . May 22, 2022.
  8. ↑ Andrejev, Alex (May 23, 2022). "Charlotte FC gets late goal to beat Vancouver and its teenage goalie. What we learned". The Charlotte Observer .
  9. ↑ Pereira, Sebastian (January 5, 2023). ""The best experience": Max Anchor revisits his debut against Charlotte FC". Vancouver Whitecaps FC .
  10. ↑ "Three 'Caps called up to Canada for Concacaf U-15 Championship". Vancouver Whitecaps FC . July 18, 2019.
  11. ↑ Olson, Dan (July 25, 2019). "Big stops lead to big start for Burnaby 'keeper". Burnaby Now .
  12. ↑ "Five 'Caps called up to Canada U-20 national team camp in Costa Rica". Vancouver Whitecaps FC . April 5, 2022.
  13. ↑ Max Anchor at Soccerway
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