2020 Pacific FC season

Pacific FC

2020 season
Chairman	Dean Shillington
Head coach	Pa-Modou Kah
Stadium	Westhills Stadium
Canadian Premier League	4th
Canadian Championship	Did not qualify
Top goalscorer	Marco Bustos (5 goals)
Home colours Away colours
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The 2020 Pacific FC season was the second in the club's history, as well as second in the Canadian Premier League. In 2019, Pacific finished 5th overall, failing to qualify for the CPL Finals.

On March 20, 2020, the league announced a postponement of the start of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[1]

Current squad

As of August 14, 2020.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Nolan Wirth		GK	(1995-01-24)January 24, 1995 (aged 25)	Victoria Highlanders
13	Callum Irving		GK	(1993-03-16)March 16, 1993 (aged 27)	Ottawa Fury
	Emil Gazdov		GK	(2003-09-11)September 11, 2003 (aged 17)	Vancouver Whitecaps
Defenders
2	Kadin Chung		RB	(1998-09-05)September 5, 1998 (aged 22)	Kaiserslautern II
3	Jordan Haynes		LB / LW	(1996-01-17)January 17, 1996 (aged 24)	Vancouver TSS Rovers
5	Abdou Samake		CB	(1996-10-07)October 7, 1996 (aged 24)	University of Michigan
6	Lukas MacNaughton		CB	(1995-03-08)March 8, 1995 (aged 25)	Alliance United
17	Marcel de Jong		LB	(1986-10-15)October 15, 1986 (aged 34)	Vancouver Whitecaps
26	Thomas Meilleur-Giguère		CB	(1997-11-13)November 13, 1997 (aged 23)	Montreal Impact
Midfielders
7	Víctor Blasco		MF	(1994-07-01)July 1, 1994 (aged 26)	VIU Mariners
8	Matthew Baldisimo		DM / CM	(1998-01-20)January 20, 1998 (aged 22)	Fresno FC
10	Marco Bustos		AM	(1996-04-22)April 22, 1996 (aged 24)	Valour FC
11	Josh Heard		AM	(1994-11-29)November 29, 1994 (aged 26)	Real Monarchs
16	Zach Verhoven		RW / LW	(1998-08-17)August 17, 1998 (aged 22)	UBC Thunderbirds
19	Noah Verhoeven		CM	(1999-06-15)June 15, 1999 (aged 21)	Fresno FC
20	Sean Young		CM	(2001-04-20)April 20, 2001 (aged 19)	Victoria Highlanders
21	Alessandro Hojabrpour		AM	(2000-01-10)January 10, 2000 (aged 20)	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
22	Jamar Dixon		CM	(1989-06-05)June 5, 1989 (aged 31)	Ottawa Fury
Forwards
9	Alejandro Díaz		FW	(1996-01-27)January 27, 1996 (aged 24)	Club América
14	Terran Campbell		LW / ST	(1998-10-10)October 10, 1998 (aged 22)	Fresno FC

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
26	DF	Thomas Meilleur-Giguère	Montreal Impact	Free transfer	January 21, 2020	[2]
22	MF	Jamar Dixon	Ottawa Fury	Free transfer	January 21, 2020	[2]
10	MF	Marco Bustos	Valour FC	Free transfer	January 30, 2020	[3]
9	FW	Alejandro Díaz	Club América	Free transfer	February 6, 2020	[4]
13	GK	Callum Irving	Ottawa Fury	Free transfer	February 19, 2020	[5]
5	DF	Abdou Samake	University of Michigan	Free transfer	February 21, 2020	[6]
	GK	Emil Gazdov	Vancouver Whitecaps	Free transfer	June 30, 2020	[7]
3	DF	Jordan Haynes	Vancouver TSS Rovers	Free transfer	July 15, 2020	[8]
20	MF	Sean Young	Victoria Highlanders	Free transfer	July 23, 2020	[9]
11	MF	Josh Heard	Real Monarchs	Free transfer	July 31, 2020	[10]

Draft picks

Pacific FC selected the following players in the 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft on November 11, 2019. ^[11] Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.

Round	Selection	Pos.	Player	Nationality	University
1	3	DF	Jan Pirretas Glasmacher	Spain	TRU WolfPack
2	12	MF	Thomas Gardner	Canada	UBC Thunderbirds

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
26	GK	Mark Village	Retired	Contract expired	November 4, 2019	[12]
5	DF	Hendrik Starostzik	Næstved BK	Contract expired	November 4, 2019	[12]
3	DF	Ryan McCurdy		Contract expired	November 4, 2019	[12]
20	DF	Émile Legault	Rio Grande Valley FC	Contract expired	November 4, 2019	[12]
15	FW	José Hernández	Cavalry FC	Contract expired	November 4, 2019	[12]
13	MF	Ahmed Alghamdi	Al-Ettifaq	Contract expired	January 23, 2020	[13]
28	MF	Alexander González	Sporting San Miguelito	Contract expired	January 29, 2020	[14]
10	MF	Ben Fisk	Atlético Ottawa	Contract expired	February 25, 2020	[15]
9	FW	Marcus Haber	Cavalry FC	Contract expired	July 31, 2020	[16]
11	MF	Issey Nakajima-Farran		Contract expired	August 10, 2020	[17]

Loans Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
	GK	Emil Gazdov	FC Nürnberg	Loaned until June 2022	October 7, 2020	[18]

Canadian Premier League

Main article: 2020 Canadian Premier League

Match times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−7).

First stage

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cavalry	7	4	1	2	10	7	+3	13	Advance to group stage
2	HFX Wanderers	7	3	3	1	12	7	+5	12 [a]
3	Forge	7	3	3	1	13	9	+4	12 [a]
4	Pacific	7	3	2	2	10	8	+2	11
5	York9	7	2	4	1	8	7	+1	10
6	Valour	7	2	2	3	8	9	−1	8 [b]
7	Atlético Ottawa	7	2	2	3	7	12	−5	8 [b]
8	FC Edmonton	7	0	1	6	5	14	−9	1

Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) total wins; 6) U-21 minutes; 7) coin toss or drawing of lots. ^[19]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: HFX Wanderers 1, Forge 1. Goal differential: HFX Wanderers +5, Forge +4
2. Head-to-head points: Valour 3, Atlético Ottawa 0.

Results by match

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Result	D	D	L	W	W	L	W
Position	1	3	6	3	3	6	4

Updated to match(es) played on September 6, 2020. Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

HFX Wanderers FC v Pacific FC

August 151	HFX Wanderers FC	2–2	Pacific FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
12:00pm	Morelli 12' (pen.) Béland-Goyette  65' Sanoh 86' (pen.)	Report	Haynes  44' Baldisimo  66' Verhoven 68' Bustos 75'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Myriam Marcotte

Pacific FC v York9 FC

August 182	Pacific FC	1–1	York9 FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
5:00pm	Blasco  10' Bustos  84' McNaughton 90+2'	Report	Rivero 70' Di Chiara  83'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

Forge FC v Pacific FC

August 223	Forge FC	2–1	Pacific FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1:00pm	Nanco 18' Edgar  37' Bekker 90+7'	Report	Dixon 26',  73' Bustos  45' Verhoven  71'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Mathieu Souaré

Pacific FC v Valour FC

August 254	Pacific FC	2–0	Valour FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
5:00pm	Díaz 4' Dixon  33' Blasco 83'	Report	Ricci  68'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: David Barrie

Cavalry FC v Pacific FC

August 305	Cavalry FC	1–2	Pacific FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
9:00am	Haber  20' Mavila 55' (pen.) Boskovic  72' Farsi  90+5'	Report	Bustos 22' Díaz 26' Haynes  55'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Juan Marquez

Pacific FC v Atlético Ottawa

September 26	Pacific FC	0–1	Atlético Ottawa	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
5:00pm	Blasco  85' Bustos  90+2'	Report	McKendry  47' Kapor  49' Acuña  55' Viti  63', 90'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Mathieu Souaré

Pacific FC v FC Edmonton

September 67	Pacific FC	2–1	FC Edmonton	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
12:00pm	Heard 64' Bustos 85'	Report	Soria  54' Ongaro 59' Mohammed  92'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Juan Marquez

Group stage

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Forge	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Advance to final
2	HFX Wanderers	3	1	1	1	3	7	−4	4
3	Cavalry	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3 [a]
4	Pacific	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1	3 [a]

Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) total wins; 6) U-21 minutes; 7) coin toss or drawing of lots. ^[20]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Cavalry 3, Pacific 0.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3
Result	L	L	W
Position	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on September 15, 2020. Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Cavalry FC v Pacific FC

September 91	Cavalry FC	3–1	Pacific FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
5:00pm	Nikolas Ledgerwood 15' Adekugbe 49' Farsi  66'75' Simmons  70'	Report	Zator 53' (o.g.) Heard  64'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: David Barrie

Forge FC v Pacific FC

September 122	Forge FC	2–0	Pacific FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
9:00am	Krutzen 35' (pen.) Balbinotti  43' Novak 71' Achinioti-Jönsson  84'	Report	Chung  34' Young  36'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Juan Marquez

HFX Wanderers FC v Pacific FC

September 153	HFX Wanderers FC	0–5	Pacific FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
5:00pm		Report	Campbell 8' Bustos 29' Díaz 44' Bustos 45+1' Blasco 81' Meilleur-Giguère  90'	Stadium: Alumni Field Referee: Myriam Marcotte

Statistics

Squad and statistics

As of September 16,2020 ^[update]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Canadian Premier League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	CAN	Nolan Wirth	4	0	4+0	0
2	DF	CAN	Kadin Chung	9	0	9+0	0
3	DF	CAN	Jordan Haynes	8	0	4+4	0
5	DF	MLI	Abdou Samake	3	0	2+1	0
6	DF	USA	Lukas MacNaughton	8	1	8+0	1
7	MF	ESP	Víctor Blasco	10	2	8+2	2
8	MF	CAN	Matthew Baldisimo	10	0	10+0	0
9	FW	MEX	Alejandro Díaz	10	3	7+3	3
10	MF	CAN	Marco Bustos	10	5	10+0	5
11	MF	WAL	Josh Heard	5	1	2+3	1
13	GK	CAN	Callum Irving	6	0	6+0	0
14	FW	CAN	Terran Campbell	10	1	4+6	1
16	MF	CAN	Zach Verhoven	9	1	2+7	1
17	DF	CAN	Marcel de Jong	7	0	6+1	0
19	MF	CAN	Noah Verhoeven	3	0	2+1	0
20	MF	CAN	Sean Young	9	0	6+3	0
21	MF	CAN	Alessandro Hojabrpour	10	0	2+8	0
22	MF	CAN	Jamar Dixon	9	1	8+1	1
26	DF	CAN	Thomas Meilleur-Giguère	10	0	10+0	0

Top scorers

Rank	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Canadian Premier League	TOTAL
1		Marco Bustos	MF	5	5
2		Alejandro Díaz	FW	3	3
3		Victor Blasco	MF	2	2
4		Lukas MacNaughton	DF	1	1
		Zach Verhoven	MF	1	1
		Jamar Dixon	MF	1	1
		Josh Heard	MF	1	1
		Terran Campbell	FW	1	1
Totals				15	15

Updated to match played September 16, 2020
Source:  Canadian Premier League

Top assists

Rank	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Canadian Premier League	TOTAL
1		Marco Bustos	MF	3	3
2		Víctor Blasco	MF	2	2
		Alejandro Díaz	FW	2	2
4		Zach Verhoven	MF	1	1
		Matthew Baldisimo	MF	1	1
		Jamar Dixon	MF	1	1
		Kadin Chung	DF	1	1
		Terran Campbell	FW	1	1
		Josh Heard	MF	1	1
Totals				12	12

Updated to match played September 16, 2020
Source:  Canadian Premier League

Clean sheets

Rank	Nat.	Player	Canadian Premier League	TOTAL
1		Callum Irving	1	1
		Nolan Wirth	1	1
Totals			2	2

Updated to match played September 16, 2020
Source:  Canadian Premier League

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Canadian Premier League		TOTAL
2	DF		Kadin Chung	1	0	1	0
3	DF		Jordan Haynes	2	0	2	0
7	MF		Víctor Blasco	2	0	2	0
8	MF		Matthew Baldisimo	1	0	1	0
10	MF		Marco Bustos	3	0	3	0
16	MF		Zach Verhoven	1	0	1	0
20	MF		Sean Young	1	0	1	0
22	MF		Jamar Dixon	2	0	2	0
26	DF		Thomas Meilleur-Giguère	1	0	1	0
Totals				14	0	14	0

Updated to match played September 16, 2020
Source:  Canadian Premier League

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External links

• Official site