2008 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season

Vancouver Whitecaps
2008 season
Owner	Greg Kerfoot, Jeff Mallet, Steve Luczo, Steve Nash
Head coach	Teitur Thordarson
USL-1	2nd
USL-1 Playoffs	Champions
Canadian Championship	3rd
Highest home attendance	5,822 ; Oct 12 vs Puerto Rico Islanders
Lowest home attendance	4,412 ; June 25 vs Montreal Impact
Average home league attendance	4,999
Home colours	Away colours
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Last updated May 06, 2024

The 2008 Vancouver Whitecaps season was the club's 23rd year of existence (or 33rd if counting the NASL Whitecaps), as well as their 16th as a Division 2 club in the franchise model of US-based soccer leagues. With games against well supported MLS side Toronto FC in the Voyageurs Cup and local rival Seattle Sounders selling 22,000 season tickets for MLS in 2009, the Vancouver Whitecaps were marketed as one of the leading markets for a 2011 MLS expansion side. This included expanding the ownership to include Victoria, BC raised NBA star Steve Nash in July.^[1] The Division 1 MLS speculation along with the higher profile that came with public negotiations with Vancouver City Council and the Port of Metro Vancouver to develop the Whitecaps Waterfront Stadium gave a boost to media coverage and game attendances. The privately financed stadium, first proposed in 2006, appeared to be reaching its final government land use approvals in 2008.^[2]^[3]

The 2008 season started in a strong fashion with two losses in their first ten games as new coach Teitur Thordarson maintained the defensive style of previous coach Bob Lilley to grind out results. The USL-1 league was a closely contested affair with eleven points separating 11th and third in the standings. However, the top two teams, the Whitecaps and Puerto Rico were a further ten points clear of third place. The Commissioner's Cup was a contest between the Whitecaps, who finished runner-up by one point, and the Puerto Rico Islanders. The Whitecaps almost squandered a 5-1 aggregate league by letting the Minnesota Thunder back into the second leg of the USL-1 play in round, but held on for a 5-4 aggregate win. In the semi-final series against Montreal Impact they ground out a first leg 1-0 loss after their goal keeper was ejected. The Whitecaps deservedly won the second leg 2-0 at home to go through 2-1 on aggregate to the final against Puerto Rico Islanders. The playoff final was a back and forth game in which the Whitecaps prevailed 2-1 in front of 5,822 at their long time home of Swangard Stadium.^[4]

This was the first year of the official tournament for the Voyageurs Cup also known as the Canadian Championship as CONCACAF designated a Canadian spot in the new champions league structure of the CONCACAF Champions Cup. The Whitecaps finished third in the 2008 Voyaguers Cup with two losses to Montreal and a draw and a win over Division 1 MLS side Toronto FC.

Schedule and results

Tables

Commissioner's Cup, bye to semifinal round of playoffs
First round of playoffs

Pos	Club	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	H2H Pts
1	Puerto Rico Islanders	54	30	15	9	6	43	23	+20
2	Vancouver Whitecaps	53	30	15	8	7	34	28	+6
3	Montreal Impact	42	30	12	6	12	33	28	+5
4	Rochester Rhinos	41^†	30	11	9	10	35	32	+3
5	Charleston Battery	40	30	11	7	12	34	36	−2	CHA: 4 pts SEA: 4 pts
6	Seattle Sounders	40	30	10	10	10	37	36	+1	CHA: 4 pts SEA: 4 pts
7	Minnesota Thunder	39	30	10	9	11	40	38	+2
8	Carolina RailHawks	37	30	9	10	11	34	43	−9
9	Miami FC	34	30	8	10	12	28	34	−6	MIA: 7 pts ATL: 1 pt
10	Atlanta Silverbacks	34	30	8	10	12	37	50	−13	MIA: 7 pts ATL: 1 pt
11	Portland Timbers	31	30	7	10	13	26	33	−7

Tie-breaker order: 1. Head-to-head points; 2. Total wins; 3. Goal difference; 4. Goals for; 5. Lottery
^†Rochester deducted 1 point for use of an ineligible player on August 10, 2008^[5]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
30	53	15	7	8	34	28	+6	8	2	5	17	10	+7	7	5	3	17	18	−1

Last updated: April 26, 2010
Source: uslsoccer.com
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Pre-season

Win Draw Loss

March 9, 2008	UVic Vikes	0–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Victoria, British Columbia
15:00 PST		Report		Stadium: Centennial Stadium, Attendance: 500

March 20, 2008	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	4–0	Portland Timbers	Seattle, WA
	Steve Kindel Nicholas Addlery Own Goal Stefan Leslie	Report		Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex

March 22, 2008	Seattle Sounders FC	1–2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Seattle, WA
19:00 PST	Roger Levesque 44'	Report	Jason Jordan 15' Eduardo Sebrango 64'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 752

March 29, 2008	Simon Fraser University	0–3	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	New Westminster, BC
10:00 PST		Report	Eduardo Sebrango 6' Nick Webb 19' Jason Jordan 85'	Stadium: Mercer Stadium

April 2, 2008	Trinity Western University	0–3	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Langley, BC
19:00 PST		Report	Alfredo Valente 38', 69' Eduardo Sebrango 50'	Stadium: Spartans Sports Complex Attendance: 2,276 Referee: Phil Barrington

USL-1

Results by round

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
Ground	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	D	W	W

Source: uslsoccer.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

April 12, 20081	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–0	Montreal Impact	Burnaby, BC
22:00 ET	Eduardo Sebrango 33'	Report		Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 5,288

April 26, 20082	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0–1	Minnesota Thunder	Burnaby, BC
22:00 ET		report	Ricardo Sánchez 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 4,989 Referee: Fabrizio Romano

May 10, 20083	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–0	Rochester Rhinos	Burnaby, BC
22:00 ET	Eduardo Sebrango 77'	report		Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 4,762 Referee: Geoff Gamble

May 16, 20084	Miami FC Blues	0–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Miami
17:30 ET		report	Eduardo Sebrango 18'	Stadium: Tropical Park Stadium Attendance: 3,125 Referee: Shane Moody

May 19, 20085	Montreal Impact	0–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Montreal
15:00 ET		report		Stadium: Stade Saputo Attendance: 13,034 Referee: Dave Gantar

May 23, 20086	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0–2	Seattle Sounders	Burnaby, BC
23:00 ET		report	Josh Gardner 3' Sebastien Le Toux 7'	Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 5,146 Referee: Justin Tasev

May 24, 20087	Portland Timbers	0–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Portland, Oregon
22:00 ET		report	Chris Nurse 17' Johnny Menyongar 37'	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 8,688 Referee: Yader Reyes

May 28, 20088	Charleston Battery	0–2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Charleston, South Carolina
19:30 ET		report	Jason Jordan 64' Nicholas Addlery 75'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 2,763 Referee: Alan Schechtman

May 31, 20089	Minnesota Thunder	0–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Minneapolis
20:05 ET		report	Jason Jordan 41'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 2,369 Referee: Edwom Jureievic

June 7, 200810	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	3–1	Portland Timbers	Burnaby, BC
22:00 ET	Eduardo Sebrango 54' Martin Nash 66' Alfredo Valente 90'	report	Scot Thompson 9'	Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 5,288 Referee: Jonathan Lavergne

June 13, 200811	Rochester Rhinos	3–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Rochester, New York
20:00 ET	Mauricio Salles 32' (62) Johnny Menyongar 46'	report		Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium Attendance: 7,471 Referee: Joe Caroccio

June 22, 200812	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–1	Miami FC Blues	Burnaby, BC
22:00 ET	Juan Pablo Galavis 20'	report	Chris Pozniak 51'	Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 5,288 Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau

July 5, 200813	Rochester Rhinos	1–3	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Rochester, New York
19:35 ET	Lyle Martin 7' Martin Nash 71' Charles Gbeke 79' Marcus Haber 81'	report		Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium Attendance: 7,356 Referee: Fernando Iturriaga

July 13, 200814	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–1	Carolina RailHawks FC	Burnaby, BC
22:00 ET	Eduardo Sebrango 75'	report	Dan Antoniuk 74'	Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 4,989 Referee: Mathieu Bourdea

July 23, 200815	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–1	Charleston Battery	Burnaby, BC
22:00 ET	Charles Gbeke 81'	report	Randi Patterson	Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 5,038 Referee: Jonathan Lavergne

July 26, 200816	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–0	Carolina RailHawks FC	Burnaby, BC
22:00 ET	Eduardo Sebrango 12'	report		Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 4,991 Referee: Geoff Gamble

July 29, 200817	Miami FC Blues	1–2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Miami
19:30 ET	Alex Afonso 61'	report	Eduardo Sebrango 57' Alfredo Valente 81'	Stadium: Tropical Park Stadium Attendance: 958 Referee: Ben Chouaf

August 1, 200818	Carolina RailHawks FC	3–2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Cary, North Carolina
20:00 ET	Santiago Fusilier 18' Martin Nunez 83'	report	Charles Gbeke 2' Omar Jarun 10' Eduardo Sebrango 35'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,856 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

August 3, 200819	Charleston Battery	2–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Charleston, South Carolina
18:00 ET	Osvaldo Alonso 10', 61' (pen.)	report		Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 3,769

August 5, 200820	Atlanta Silverbacks	2–3	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Atlanta
19:55 ET	Tony McManus 37' Macoumba Kandji 53' Jerson Monteiro 65'	report	Luca Bellisomo 31' Admir Salihovic 79'	Stadium: RE/MAX Greater Atlanta Stadium Attendance: 1,941

August 10, 200821	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	3–2	Atlanta Silverbacks	Burnaby, BC
19:00 ET	Jeff Clarke 25' Eduardo Sebrango 72' (88)	report	Ansu Toure 20' (39)	Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 4,689 Referee: Carol Anne Chenard

August 17, 200822	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0–0	Carolina RailHawks FC	Burnaby, BC
22:00 ET		report		Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 4,563 Referee: Geoff Gamble

August 20, 200823	Seattle Sounders	0–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Tukwila, Washington
19:30 ET		report		Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 3,203 Referee: Ben Chouaf

August 22, 200824	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–1	Portland Timbers	Burnaby, BC
23:00 ET	Nick Addlery 3' (43)	report	Lawrence Olum 12'	Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 4,761 Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau

August 27, 200825	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–0	Atlanta Silverbacks	Burnaby, BC
22:00 ET	Lyle Martin 35' Eduardo Sebrango 69'	report		Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 4,621 Referee: Dave Gantar

August 31, 200826	Puerto Rico Islanders	1–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Bayamón, Puerto Rico
18:00 ET	Kendall Jagdeosingh 67'	report	Takashi Hirano 86'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 3,227 Referee: Lee Suckle

September 5, 200827	Puerto Rico Islanders	1–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Bayamón, Puerto Rico
20:00 ET	Noah Delgado 89'	report		Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 5,255 Referee: Ben Chouaf

September 7, 200828	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0–0	Minnesota Thunder	Burnaby, BC
22:00 ET		report		Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 5,288 Referee: Fabrizio Romano

September 13, 200829	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–0	Montreal Impact	Burnaby, BC
22:00 ET	Charles Gbeke 45'	report		Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 5,288 Referee: Dave Gantar

September 20, 200830	Seattle Sounders	2–3	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Tukwila, Washington
22:00 ET	Sebastien Le Toux 10' Kevin Sakuda 69'	report	Eduardo Sebrango 54' Justin Moose 57' Jeff Clarke 67'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 4,401 Referee: Landis Wiley

Post-season

Play-in Round

September 26, 2008Leg 1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–0	Minnesota Thunder	Burnaby, BC
22:00 ET	Jon Greenfield 27' (o.g.) Eduardo Sebrango 58' Takashi Hirano 73' Justin Moose 89'	report	Mark Schulte 31' Brian Cvilikas 76'	Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 4,943 Referee: Carol Anne Chenard

September 28, 2008Leg 2	Minnesota Thunder	4–3 (4–5 agg.)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Minneapolis
18:05 ET	Luchi Gonzalez 23' Melvin Tarley 64', 73' Ricardo Sánchez 77' Stephen deRoux 78' Frederico Moojen 90' (pen.) Mark Schulte 90'	report	Alfredo Valente 3' Martin Nash 44' Eduardo Sebrango 55'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 3,811

Semi-finals

October 3, 2008Leg 1	Montreal Impact	1–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Montreal
20:00 ET	Antonio Ribeiro 52', 61' Pato Aguilera 88'	report	Wesley Charles 29' Jay Nolly 52'	Stadium: Stade Saputo Attendance: 12,002 Referee: Steve DePiero

October 5, 2008Leg 2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	Montreal Impact	Burnaby, BC
18:30 ET	Justin Moose 10' Jeff Clarke 37' Eduardo Sebrango 41' Wesley Charles 56' Nicholas Addlery 81'	report	David Testo 40' Nevio Pizzolitto 48' Simon Gatti 64' Adam Braz 80'	Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 4,992 Referee: Dave Gantar

Final

October 12, 2008	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–1	Puerto Rico Islanders	Burnaby, BC
19:00 ET	Charles Gbeke 55', 74' Steve Kindel 71'	report	Sandy Gbandi 68'	Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 5,822 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

Canadian Championship

Canadian Championship standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Montreal Impact (C)	4	2	1	1	5	2	+3	7
2	Toronto FC	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	5
3	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	4	1	1	2	3	6	−3	4

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal differential; 3) number of goals scored; 4) drawing of lots.^[6]
(C) Champion and qualification for the Champions League qualifying round

Canadian Championship results

June 17, 20081	Montreal Impact	2–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Saputo Stadium, Montreal
19:30 EDT	Severino Jefferson 25' Joey Gjertsen 35'	Report		Attendance: 10,054 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

June 25, 20082	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0–2	Montreal Impact	Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, British Columbia
23:00 EDT		Report	Roberto Brown 30' David Testo 66'	Attendance: 4,412 Referee: Domenic Scali

July 1, 20083	Toronto FC	0–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario
16:00 EDT		Report	Martin Nash 36' (pen.)	Attendance: 18,938 Referee: Steve Depiero

July 9, 20084	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–2	Toronto FC	Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, British Columbia
19:30 PDT	Eduardo Sebrango 43', 87'	Report	Maurice Edu 61' Rohan Ricketts 76'	Attendance: 5,228 Referee: Carol-Ann Chénard

Cascadia Cup

2008 Cascadia Cup
Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Vancouver Whitecaps (U)	6	4	1	1	9	6	+3	13
Seattle Sounders	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8
Portland Timbers	6	1	4	1	4	7	−3	4

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(U) USL–1 Champions

Friendlies

May 13, 20081	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–1	Los Angeles Galaxy	Edmonton, Alberta
19:00 ET	Nicholas Addlery 4' Eduardo Sebrango	Report	Alan Gordon 43'	Stadium: Commonwealth Stadium Attendance: 37,104

Current roster

After the 2007 season, the Whitecaps and coach Bob Lilley parted ways with the Whitecaps hiring Teitur Thordarson. Many local long time stalwart veteran players such as Jeff Clarke, Jason Jordan, Steve Kindel, Geordie Lyall, Martin Nash, and Alfredo Valente remained on the roster. Leading striker Eduardo Sebrango also was back for another year with the new coach.

The Whitecaps signed Jamaican striker Nicholas Addlery, US keeper Jay Nolly, Omar Jarun, Japanese international Takashi Hirano, and Bolivian youth international Vicente Arze.^[7]

Staff

Head coach – Teitur Thordarson
Assistant coach – Todd Wawrousek
Manager communications – Nathan Vanstone
Director of professional teams – Greg Anderson
Office manager – Lindsay Pucklik
President – Bob Lenarduzzi

All stats as of the end of the season.^[8]

Goalkeeper stats

No.	Nat.	Player	Total					USL-1					Playoffs
No.	Nat.	Player	MIN	SV	GA	GAA	SO	MIN	SV	GA	GAA	SO	MIN	SV	GA	GAA	SO
1		Jay Nolly	2070	81	24	1.043	9	2070	81	24	1.043	9	325	19	5	1.38	1
29		Srdjan Djekanovic	630	23	4'	0.57	4	630	23	4	0.57	4	0	0	0	0	0
0		Tyler Baldock	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	125	6	1	0.72	1

|} Updated to match played February 20, 2014
Source:

Player statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Shots	Fouls
No.	Pos.	Name	0	GK	Tyler Baldock	1(1)	125	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	GK	Jay Nolly	27	2395	0	0	0	0	3	1
2	DF	Jeff Clarke	20(1)	1743	3	2	9	16	4	0
3	MF	Nick Webb	0(4)	40	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	DF	Adrian Cann	8	720	0	0	1	14	1	0
4	DF	Wesley Charles	15(1)	1321	0	1	1	14	3	0
6	DF	Luca Bellisomo	9(2)	807	1	1	3	11	2	0
7	MF	Martin Nash	33	2896	1	3	25	28	4	0
8	DF	Steve Kindel	27(3)	2445	0	2	17	37	6	0
9	MF	Alfredo Valente	25(6)	2046	2	2	33	26	5	1
11	FW	Nicholas Addlery	16(12)	1440	4	1	44	32	8	1
12	FW	Eduardo Sebrango	31	2548	13	3	76	33	4	1
13	DF	Geordie Lyall	5(1)	312	0	0	1	6	0	0
13	MF	Mason Webb	0(2)	23	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Tony Donatelli	6(4)	480	0	1	10	8	1	0
15	DF	Omar Jarun	21(4)	1945	1	1	13	43	8	1
17	FW	Randy Edwini-Bonsu	0(4)	36	0	0	2	1	0	0
18	DF	Mason Trafford	5(10)	570	0	0	3	8	0	0
19	MF	Chris Pozniak	6(1)	570	1	1	4	11	1	0
20	MF	Ethan Gage	2(6)	445	0	0	5	12	0	0
20	FW	Charles Gbeke	10(7)	783	5	3	26	28	2	0
20	FW	Dever Orgill	(1)	38	0	0	1	1	0	0
20	MF	Navid Mashinchi	(1)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	Takashi Hirano	16(7)	1762	1	0	6	24	4	0
23	MF	Vicente Arze	8(18)	1097	1	2	25	24	3	0
24	DF	Lyle Martin	25(2)	2283	1	5	8	27	1	0
25	MF	Tyrell Burgess	11(14)	1047	1	2	28	15	2	0
25	MF	Justin Moose	16(8)	1564	2	4	15	26	7	0
26	FW	Jason Jordan	5(20)	897	2	3	18	9	1	0
27	MF	Stefan Leslie	0(6)	70	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	Diaz Kambere	8(2)	684	0	0	4	6	0	0
29	GK	Srdjan Djekanovic	7	630	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	GK	Richard Goddard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	Admir Salihovic	1(3)	88	1	0	2	2	0	0
31	GK	Simon Thomas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	–	Opponent Own goals	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–

Updated February 28, 2014 [9] ^[10]

Note this list includes only players that have dressed in the eighteen.
Note brackets indicate substitute appearances.
Note statistics are for league and playoffs (not preseason). Voyageurs Cup statistics appear to no longer be available.

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The 2006 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season was the club's 21st year of existence, as well as their 14th as a Division 2 club in the franchise model of US-based soccer leagues. 2006 was Bob Lilley's second season as head coach, and they started the season with many draws while the team sorted itself out. In the last ten games after some player additions, the Whitecaps lost only two of their last ten games. In the playoffs Vancouver went on a run as the fourth seed. They first had a play-in round series against Miami FC Blues and Romário before upsetting regular season champion or Commissioner's Cup winner and Canadian rival Montreal Impact with two second half of overtime goals in the second leg away in La belle province. The first goal scorer was Eduardo Sebrango, a striker out of favour in Montreal in 2005 that Vancouver signed in the off season. In the single championship game at the regular season runner-up Rochester Rhinos' new home, PAETEC Park, the Whitecaps scored via an own goal just before half time and then put the game out of reach with two more goals to win 0 – 3.

The 2005 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season was the club's 19th year of play, as well as their 13th as a Division 2 club in the franchise model of US-based soccer leagues. They played in the now defunct USL First Division which in 2005 was rebranded from A-League and was the highest level of Canadian club soccer. 2005 was Bob Lilley's first season as head coach after Tony Fonseca was released to take on the new District Development Centre Technical Director position with the BCSA. Under Tony Fonseca the Whitecaps had playoffs qualifications three straight years and advanced to the semifinals once. Part of the re-organization of BC youth soccer involved the Whitecaps expanding their youth program to ten Super Y League teams. The Whitecaps were one of only a few US or Canadian clubs with a complete youth system. MLS teams in 2005 did not have as extensive a club structure.

References

↑ Chapman, Paul (July 25, 2008). "Nash Cache". The Province Newspaper – Back of the Net. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
↑ Demosphere International. "Whitecaps unveil stadium plans". uslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
↑ Spencer, Kent (October 13, 2008). "Waterfront Stadium could be dramatic, beautiful, spectacular". The Province Newspaper. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
↑ Demosphere International. "Schedule". uslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on December 15, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
↑ "Rhinos penalized for infraction". United Soccer Leagues. August 15, 2008. Archived from the original on March 26, 2012. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
↑ "Canadian qualification for CONCACAF Champions League". canadasoccer.com. March 26, 2008. Archived from the original on April 7, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2008.
↑ Nukester (April 10, 2008). "2008 Season Preview: Vancouver Whitecaps" . Retrieved March 3, 2014.
↑ Demosphere International. "2008 Statistics". uslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
↑ "2008 Statistics". Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
↑ "Full Schedule". Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2014.

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[1] Chapman, Paul (July 25, 2008). "Nash Cache". The Province Newspaper – Back of the Net. Retrieved March 4, 2014.

[2] Demosphere International. "Whitecaps unveil stadium plans". uslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.

[3] Spencer, Kent (October 13, 2008). "Waterfront Stadium could be dramatic, beautiful, spectacular". The Province Newspaper. Retrieved March 4, 2014.

[4] Demosphere International. "Schedule". uslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on December 15, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2014.

[5] "Rhinos penalized for infraction". United Soccer Leagues. August 15, 2008. Archived from the original on March 26, 2012. Retrieved June 28, 2011.

[6] "Canadian qualification for CONCACAF Champions League". canadasoccer.com. March 26, 2008. Archived from the original on April 7, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2008.

[7] Nukester (April 10, 2008). "2008 Season Preview: Vancouver Whitecaps" . Retrieved March 3, 2014.

[8] Demosphere International. "2008 Statistics". uslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2014.

[9] "2008 Statistics". Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2014.

[10] "Full Schedule". Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2014.

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