| 2015 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitecaps FC celebrating the 2015 Canadian Championship. | |||
| Chairman | John Furlong | ||
| Head coach | Carl Robinson | ||
| Stadium | BC Place (Capacity: 21,000) | ||
| Major League Soccer | Conference: 2nd Overall: 3rd | ||
| MLS Cup Playoffs | Conference Semifinals | ||
| Canadian Championship | Winners | ||
| Cascadia Cup | Runners-Up | ||
| Top goalscorer | Octavio Rivero (10) | ||
The 2015 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season was the Whitecaps' fifth 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 | Conference semifinals | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 44.44 |
| Canadian Championship | Semifinals | Winners | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 50.00 |
| CONCACAF Champions League | Group stage | Group stage (3rd) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 25.00 |
| Total | 44 | 19 | 9 | 16 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 43.18 | ||
Last updated: 8 November 2015
Source: Competitions
| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | ST | | | Undisclosed / Designated Player | December 25, 2014 | [2] |
| 18 | DF | | | Loan | January 14, 2015 | [3] |
| 26 | DF | | | Selected in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft | January 15, 2015 | [4] |
| 44 | DF | | | Free | January 21, 2015 | [5] |
| 20 | MF | | | Loan | February 24, 2015 | [6] |
| 88 | ST | | | Free | March 25, 2015 | [7] |
| 13 | FW | | | Loan | April 9, 2015 | [8] |
| 6 | DF | | | Loan | August 6, 2015 | [9] |
| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF | | Released | November 14, 2014 | [10] | |
| DF | | Out of Contract | November 14, 2014 | [11] | |
| DF | | | Released | November 14, 2014 | [12] |
| FW | | Option Declined | December 8, 2014 | [13] | |
| MF | | | Loan Return / Option Declined | December 8, 2014 | [13] |
| DF | | | Option Declined | December 8, 2014 | [13] |
| FW | | | Trade | December 8, 2014 | [14] |
| MF | | | Selected in 2014 MLS Expansion Draft | December 10, 2014 | [15] |
| FW | | | Loan | August 7, 2015 | [16] |
| Role | Name | Nation |
|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Carl Robinson | |
| Assistant coach | Gordon Forest | |
| Assistant coach | Martyn Pert | |
| Head of Scouting & Analysis | Daniel Stenz | |
| Goalkeeper coach | Marius Røvde | |
| Physiotherapist | Graeme Poole |
| Role | Name | Nation |
|---|---|---|
| Executive Chair | John Furlong | |
| President | Bob Lenarduzzi | |
| chief operating officer | Rachel Lewis | |
| Vice-President of Finance & Administration | Don Ford |
| February 4Desert Friendlies 1 | Whitecaps FC | 2–0 | New England Revolution | Tucson, Arizona |
| 10:00 am PST | Rivero Harvey | Report | Bunbury | Stadium: Kino North Stadium |
| February 7Desert Friendlies 2 | San Jose Earthquakes | 1–1 | Whitecaps FC | Tucson, Arizona |
| 4:00 pm PST | Renato Barklage | Report | Waston Manneh | Stadium: Kino North Stadium |
| February 10Desert Friendlies 3 | Houston Dynamo | 1–0 | Whitecaps FC | Tucson, Arizona |
| 9:00 am PST | Rodríguez Horst Taylor | Report | Stadium: Kino North Stadium |
| February 15Friendly | Victoria Vikes | 0–6 | Whitecaps FC | Victoria, British Columbia |
| 2:00 pm PST | Alex Redpath | Report | Morales Teibert Bustos Rivero Rodríguez Froese | Stadium: Centennial Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Alain Ruch |
| February 22Simple Invitational 1 | Portland Timbers | 0–1 | Whitecaps FC | Portland, Oregon |
| 5:00 pm PST | Wallace Ridgewell Borchers | Report | Kah Waston Mezquida | Stadium: Providence Park |
| February 25Simple Invitational 2 | Whitecaps FC | 3–2 | Stabæk Fotball | Portland, Oregon |
| 5:00 pm PST | Mezquida Mattocks Hurtado Sampson | Report | Kassi Trondsen Gómez | Stadium: Providence Park |
| February 28Simple Invitational 3 | Whitecaps FC | 1–1 | Chicago Fire | Portland, Oregon |
| 2:30 pm PST | Kah Waston | Report | Winchester | Stadium: Providence Park |
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| 34 | 53 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 45 | 36 | +9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 15 | +12 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 21 | −3 |
Last updated: October 25, 2015
Source: [17]
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference
| March 7MLS 1 | Whitecaps FC | 1–3 | Toronto FC | Vancouver, BC |
| 3:00 pm PST | Rivero Koffie Kah | Report | Altidore Findley Creavalle | Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 21,000 |
| March 14MLS 2 | Chicago Fire | 0–1 | Whitecaps FC | Bridgeview, Illinois |
| 3:00 pm PDT | Polster Igboananike | Report | Waston Morales Mezquida Rivero | Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 15,731 |
| March 21MLS 3 | Orlando City SC | 0–1 | Whitecaps FC | Orlando, Florida |
| 4:30 pm PDT | Okugo | Report | Koffie Adekugbe Rivero Manneh Harvey Rivero | Stadium: Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium Attendance: 31,072 |
| March 28MLS 4 | Whitecaps FC | 2–1 | Portland Timbers | Vancouver, BC |
| 5:00 pm PDT | Koffie Mezquida Beitashour Waston Earnshaw | Report | Powell Adi | Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 22,500 |
| April 4MLS 5 | Whitecaps FC | 2–0 | LA Galaxy | Vancouver, BC |
| 7:00 pm PDT | Kah Manneh Adekugbe Rivero | Report | Zardes | Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 21,000 |
| April 8MLS 6 | Whitecaps FC | 2–2 | Columbus Crew SC | Vancouver, BC |
| 7:00 pm PDT | Waston Rivero Mattocks | Report | Kamara Jiménez Wahl | Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 18,083 Referee: Drew Fischer |
| April 11MLS 7 | San Jose Earthquakes | 1–0 | Whitecaps FC | San Jose, California |
| 7:30 pm PDT | Bingham Nyassi Jahn | Report | Mattocks Manneh Kah Flores Morales Waston | Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic |
| April 18MLS 8 | Real Salt Lake | 0–1 | Whitecaps FC | Sandy, Utah |
| 6:30 pm PDT | Olave Saucedo Beckerman | Report | Teibert Mattocks Adekugbe | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 20,414 Referee: Ted Unkel |
| April 25MLS 9 | Whitecaps FC | 1–2 | D.C. United | Vancouver, BC |
| 7:30 pm PDT | Report | Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 21,000 Referee: David Gantar |
| May 2MLS 10 | Portland Timbers | 0–0 | Whitecaps FC | Portland, Oregon |
| 7:30 pm PDT | Wallace | Report | Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Allen Chapman |
| May 9MLS 11 | Whitecaps FC | 3–0 | Philadelphia Union | Vancouver, BC |
| 4:00 pm PDT | Report | Marquez | Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 20,183 Referee: Ismail Elfath |
| May 16MLS 12 | Whitecaps FC | 0–2 | Seattle Sounders FC | Vancouver, BC |
| 4:00 pm PDT | Laba | Summary | Barrett | Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Mark Geiger |
| May 23MLS 13 | Colorado Rapids | 1–0 | Whitecaps FC | Commerce City, Colorado |
| 6:00 pm PDT | Cronin Pittinari Doyle | Summary | Froese Koffie Waston | Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 17,791 Referee: José Carlos Rivero |
| May 30MLS 14 | Whitecaps FC | 2–1 | Real Salt Lake | Vancouver, BC |
| 3:00 pm PDT | Koffie Kah Techera | Summary | Stertzer Glad Morales Mansally | Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Jair Marrufo |
| June 3MLS 15 | Montreal Impact | 2–1 | Whitecaps FC | Montreal, Quebec |
| 5:00 pm PDT | McInerney Piatti | Summary | Rodríguez Parker Morales Harvey | Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 10,035 Referee: Armando Villarreal |
| June 6MLS 16 | LA Galaxy | 0–1 | Whitecaps FC | Carson, California |
| 7:30 pm PDT | Leonardo | Summary | Beitashour Manneh | Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 20,219 Referee: Ricardo Salazar |
| June 20MLS 17 | New York Red Bulls | 1–2 | Whitecaps FC | Harrison, New Jersey |
| 4:00 pm PDT | Kljestan Abang | Report | Manneh Koffie Laba Froese Waston | Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 20,053 |
| June 27MLS 18 | New England Revolution | 1–2 | Whitecaps FC | Foxborough, Massachusetts |
| 4:30 pm PDT | Farrell Fagúndez Bunbury | Report | Techera Rivero Harvey Mattocks Beitashour Mezquida | Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 16,017 |
| July 4MLS 19 | Colorado Rapids | 2–1 | Whitecaps FC | Commerce City, Colorado |
| 6:00 pm PDT | Sánchez Doyle Watts Pittinari Moor | Report | Manneh Techera Rodríguez | Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 18,356 |
| July 12MLS 20 | Whitecaps FC | 0–1 | Sporting Kansas City | Vancouver, BC |
| 6:00 pm PDT | Waston | Report | Feilhaber Ellis Mustivar Németh Dwyer | Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 21,000 |
| July 18MLS 21 | Portland Timbers | 1–1 | Whitecaps FC | Portland, Oregon |
| 7:30 pm PDT | Valeri Ridgewell Chará Wallace Johnson | Summary | Parker Laba Harvey | Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: |
| July 26MLS 22 | Whitecaps FC | 3–1 | San Jose Earthquakes | Vancouver, BC |
| 4:00 pm PDT | Rosales Waston Koffie Rivero Mezquida Teibert | Summary | Amarikwa | Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 20,298 Referee: |
| August 1MLS 23 | Seattle Sounders FC | 0–3 | Whitecaps FC | Seattle, Washington |
| 7:00 pm PDT | Dempsey Alonso | Report | Kah Waston Morales | Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 53,125 |
| August 8MLS 24 | Whitecaps FC | 4–0 | Real Salt Lake | Vancouver, BC |
| 7:00 pm PDT | Rivero Kah Techera Waston | Summary | Kavita Mansally | Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 20,638 Referee: |
| August 15MLS 25 | Sporting Kansas City | 4–3 | Whitecaps FC | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 6:00 pm PDT | Ellis Dia Dwyer Nagamura | Report | Manneh Laba Morales | Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 19,969 |
| August 22MLS 26 | Whitecaps FC | 1–0 | FC Dallas | Vancouver, BC |
| 7:00 pm PDT | Techera Dean | Report | Harris | Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 21,000 |
| August 29MLS 27 | Houston Dynamo | 2–0 | Whitecaps FC | Houston, Texas |
| 6:00 pm PDT | Clark Rodríguez | Report | Laba Waston | Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 21,257 Referee: Kevin Stott |
| September 9MLS 28 | Whitecaps FC | 2–0 | Colorado Rapids | Vancouver, BC |
| 7:00 pm PDT | Koffie Beitashour Rivero Techera Froese | Report | Burch Riley | Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 17,583 |
| September 19MLS 29 | Whitecaps FC | 0–3 | Seattle Sounders FC | Vancouver, BC |
| 4:00 pm PDT | Teibert Smith Waston | Report | Evans Ivanschitz Pineda Martins | Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 21,000 |
| September 26MLS 30 | Whitecaps FC | 1–2 | New York City FC | Vancouver, BC |
| 7:00 pm PDT | Morales Techera | Report | Facey Lampard Villa | Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 21,000 |
| October 3MLS 31 | San Jose Earthquakes | 1–1 | Whitecaps FC | San Jose, California |
| 7:30 pm PDT | Goodson Godoy Wondolowski Bernárdez | Report | Tehcera Beitashour Laba | Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 |
| October 7MLS 32 | Whitecaps FC | 0–0 | FC Dallas | Vancouver, BC |
| 7:00 pm PDT | Report | Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 19,339 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Dallas | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 60 | MLS Cup Conference Semifinals |
| 2 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 45 | 36 | +9 | 53 | |
| 3 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 53 | MLS Cup Knockout Round |
| 4 | Seattle Sounders FC | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 51 | |
| 5 | LA Galaxy | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 56 | 46 | +10 | 51 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Red Bulls (S) | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 62 | 43 | +19 | 60 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 2 | FC Dallas | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 60 | |
| 3 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 45 | 36 | +9 | 53 | |
| 4 | Columbus Crew | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 58 | 53 | +5 | 53 | |
| 5 | Portland Timbers (C) | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 53 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| November 1 | Portland Timbers | 0–0 | Whitecaps FC | Portland, Oregon |
| 2:00 pm PST | Melano | Report | Koffie | Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 |
| November 8 | Whitecaps FC | 0–2 (0–2 agg.) | Portland Timbers | Vancouver, BC |
| 7:00 pm PST | Rivero Beitashour | Report | Adi Wallace Valeri Chara | Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 27,837 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SEA | OLI | VAN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | Knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — |
| August 5, 2015 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1–1 | | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| 7:00 PDT | Parker | Report | Barrett Neagle Azira | Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 19,683 Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas Castillo (Mexico) |
| September 16, 2015 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1–0 | | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| 7:00 PDT | Froese Laba | Report | Palacios Johnson | Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 15,491 Referee: Jeffrey Solís (Costa Rica) |
| September 23, 2015 | Seattle Sounders FC | 3–0 | | Seattle, United States |
| 7:00 PDT | Neagle Barrett | Report | Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 37,624 Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico) |
| May 13, 2015 | Whitecaps FC | 1–1 | FC Edmonton | BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 19:00 PDT (UTC-07) [18] | Flores Koffie | Report | Ameobi Smith | Attendance: 15,183[ citation needed ] Referee: Dave Gantar |
| August 12, 2015 [21] | Montreal Impact | 2–2 | Whitecaps FC | Saputo Stadium, Montreal, Quebec |
| 19:30 EDT (UTC-04) | Ciman Jackson-Hamel | Report | Waston Mattocks Morales Tornaghi | Attendance: 12,395 Referee: Dave Gantar |
The 2015 Cascadia Cup will feature nine matches total, six of which feature the Whitecaps, three of which will be hosted at BC Place: two against Seattle Sounders FC, and one versus the Portland Timbers. Portland will host two matches at Providence Park, and Seattle will host one at CenturyLink Field.
| March 28, 2015 Cascadia Cup 1 | Whitecaps FC | 2–1 | Portland Timbers | Vancouver, BC |
| 5:00pm (PDT) |
| Report | Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Allen Chapman [22] |
| May 2, 2015 Cascadia Cup 3 | Portland Timbers | 0–0 | Whitecaps FC | Portland, OR |
| 7:30pm (PDT) | Wallace | report | Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Allen Chapman |
| May 16, 2015 Cascadia Cup 4 | Whitecaps FC | 0–2 | Seattle Sounders FC | Vancouver, BC |
| 4:00pm (PDT) | Laba | report | Barrett | Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Mark Geiger |
| July 18, 2015 Cascadia Cup 6 | Portland Timbers | 1–1 | Whitecaps FC | Portland, OR |
| 7:30pm (PDT) | Report | Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Juan Guzman |
| August 1, 2015 Cascadia Cup 7 | Seattle Sounders FC | 0–3 | Whitecaps FC | Seattle, WA |
| 7:00pm (PDT) | Report | Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 53125 Referee: Mark Geiger |
| September 19 Cascadia Cup 9 | Whitecaps FC | 0–3 | Seattle Sounders FC | Vancouver, BC |
| 4:00 pm PDT | Teibert Smith Waston | Report | Evans Ivanschitz Pineda Martins | Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 21,000 |