# 2022 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season

The 2022 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season was the club's twelfth season in Major League Soccer, the top division of soccer in the United States and Canada. Including previous iterations of the franchise, this was the 45th season of professional soccer being played in Vancouver under a variation of the "Whitecaps" name.
On November 30, 2021, Vanni Sartini was named the permanent manager after taking over as the acting manager during the 2021 season.

## Current roster

    As of August 15, 2022
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) | Previous club |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Thomas Hasal | GK | (1999-07-02) July 2, 1999 (age 25) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 |
| 55 | Cody Cropper | GK | (1993-02-16) February 16, 1993 (age 31) | FC Cincinnati |
| 60 | Isaac Boehmer | GK | (2001-11-20) November 20, 2001 (age 23) | Vancouver Whitecaps Development Squad |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Marcus Godinho | DF | (1997-06-28) June 28, 1997 (age 27) | FSV Zwickau |
| 3 | Cristián Gutiérrez | DF | (1997-02-18) February 18, 1997 (age 27) | Colo-Colo |
| 4 | Ranko Veselinović | DF | (1999-03-24) March 24, 1999 (age 25) | Vojvodina |
| 6 | Tristan Blackmon | DF | (1996-08-12) August 12, 1996 (age 28) | Charlotte FC |
| 14 | Luís Martins | DF | (1992-06-10) June 10, 1992 (age 32) | Sporting Kansas City |
| 19 | Julian Gressel | DF | (1993-12-16) December 16, 1993 (age 31) | D.C. United |
| 23 | Javain Brown | DF | (1999-03-19) March 19, 1999 (age 25) | South Florida Bulls |
| 26 | Florian Jungwirth | DF | (1989-01-27) January 27, 1989 (age 35) | San Jose Earthquakes |
| 28 | Jake Nerwinski | DF | (1994-10-17) October 17, 1994 (age 30) | Connecticut Huskies |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 15 | Janio Bikel | MF | (1995-06-28) June 28, 1995 (age 29) | CSKA Sofia |
| 16 | Sebastian Berhalter | MF | (2001-05-10) May 10, 2001 (age 23) | Columbus Crew |
| 17 | Leonard Owusu | MF | (1997-06-03) June 3, 1997 (age 27) | Ashdod |
| 18 | Alessandro Schöpf | MF | (1994-02-07) February 7, 1994 (age 30) | Arminia Bielefeld |
| 20 | Andrés Cubas | MF | (1996-05-22) May 22, 1996 (age 28) | Nîmes |
| 25 | Ryan Gauld | MF | (1995-12-16) December 16, 1995 (age 29) | Farense |
| 27 | Ryan Raposo | MF | (1999-03-05) March 5, 1999 (age 25) | Syracuse Orange |
| 31 | Russell Teibert | MF | (1992-12-22) December 22, 1992 (age 32) | Vancouver Whitecaps (USSF-D2) |
| 33 | Michael Baldisimo | MF | (2000-04-13) April 13, 2000 (age 24) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency |
| 45 | Pedro Vite | MF | (2002-03-09) March 9, 2002 (age 22) | Independiente del Valle |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | Déiber Caicedo | FW | (2000-03-25) March 25, 2000 (age 24) | Deportivo Cali |
| 9 | Lucas Cavallini | FW | (1992-12-28) December 28, 1992 (age 32) | Club Puebla |
| 11 | Cristian Dájome | FW | (1994-01-03) January 3, 1994 (age 31) | Atlético Nacional |
| 24 | Brian White | FW | (1996-02-03) February 3, 1996 (age 28) | New York Red Bulls |
| 49 | Emiliano Brienza | FW | (2002-05-09) May 9, 2002 (age 22) | Whitecaps FC 2 |
| 87 | Tosaint Ricketts | FW | (1987-08-06) August 6, 1987 (age 37) | Sūduva |
| Out on Loan ||||||
| 8 | Caio Alexandre | MF | (1999-02-24) February 24, 1999 (age 25) | Botafogo |
| 12 | Evan Newton | GK | (1988-04-01) April 1, 1988 (age 36) | Indy Eleven |
| 13 | Derek Cornelius | DF | (1997-11-25) November 25, 1997 (age 27) | Javor Ivanjica |
| 18 | David Egbo | FW | (1998-10-31) October 31, 1998 (age 26) | Akron Zips |
| 30 | Kamron Habibullah | MF | (2003-10-03) October 3, 2003 (age 21) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 |
| 61 | Matteo Campagna | MF | (2004-06-27) June 27, 2004 (age 20) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 |
* See also: List of Vancouver Whitecaps FC players

## Transfers
### In
#### Transferred in

| # | Position | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date |
| 6 | DF | Tristan Blackmon | Charlotte FC | Acquired in exchange for $475,000 GAM over two years | December 14, 2021 |
| 16 | MF | Sebastian Berhalter | Columbus Crew | Acquired in exchange for $50,000 GAM | February 4, 2022 |
| 55 | GK | Cody Cropper | Memphis 901 | Free | March 15, 2022 |
| 20 | MF | Andrés Cubas | Nîmes | Undisclosed/Designated Player | April 28, 2022 |
| 14 | DF | Luís Martins | Sporting Kansas City | Free | May 4, 2022 |
| 19 | DF | Julian Gressel | D.C. United | Acquired in exchange for up to $900,000 GAM over three years | July 15, 2022 |
| 18 | MF | Alessandro Schöpf | Arminia Bielefeld | Free | August 3, 2022 |

#### Loans in

| # | Position | Player | Loaned from | Date | Loan expires | Notes | Source |
| 32 | GK | Niko Giantsopoulos | York United FC | May 20, 2022 | May 23, 2022 | Emergency hardship loan | |
| 50 | GK | Max Anchor | Whitecaps FC Academy | May 21, 2022 | May 24, 2022 | Emergency hardship loan, signed 2023 pre-contract | |

### Out
#### Transferred out

| # | Position | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date |
| 15 | MF | Andy Rose | | Out of contract | December 2, 2021 |
| 20 | DF | Jasser Khmiri | | Option declined | December 2, 2021 |
| 32 | MF | Patrick Metcalfe | Stabæk | Option declined | December 2, 2021 |
| 16 | GK | Maxime Crépeau | Los Angeles FC | Traded for $1 million GAM over three years and a 2025 MLS SuperDraft first-round pick | January 20, 2022 |
| 14 | FW | Theo Bair | St Johnstone | Undisclosed | January 31, 2022 |
| 34 | DF | Gianfranco Facchineri | | Contract buyout | February 25, 2022 |
| 62 | MF | Damiano Pecile | Venezia | Undisclosed | July 9, 2022 |
| 54 | MF | Simon Colyn | Jong PSV | Undisclosed | July 20, 2022 |
| 22 | DF | Érik Godoy | | Waived | August 4, 2022 |

#### Loans out

| # | Position | Player | Loaned to | Date | Loan expires |
| 62 | MF | Damiano Pecile | Venezia | June 1, 2021 | June 30, 2022 |
| 13 | DF | Derek Cornelius | Panetolikos | July 12, 2021 | December 31, 2022 |
| 54 | MF | Simon Colyn | Jong PSV | August 27, 2021 | June 30, 2022 |
| 19 | MF | Janio Bikel | Vicenza | January 21, 2022 | June 30, 2022 |
| 12 | GK | Evan Newton | El Paso Locomotive | January 25, 2022 | November 30, 2022 |
| 18 | FW | David Egbo | Memphis 901 | February 24, 2022 | November 30, 2022 |
| 30 | MF | Kamron Habibullah | Pacific FC | March 11, 2022 | November 30, 2022 |
| 60 | GK | Isaac Boehmer | Whitecaps FC 2 | March 25, 2022 | November 30, 2022 |
| 61 | MF | Matteo Campagna | Whitecaps FC 2 | March 25, 2022 | November 30, 2022 |
| 8 | MF | Caio Alexandre | Fortaleza | August 15, 2022 | December 31, 2022 |

## Competition overview

| Competition | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Major League Soccer | Matchday 1 | 9th west, 17th overall | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 40 | 57 | −17 | 035.29 |
| Canadian Championship | Preliminary round | Winners | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 46 | 60 | −14 | 036.84 |
Last updated: 9 October 2022 Source: Competitions

## Major League Soccer
### Regular season
#### League tables
##### Western Conference

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 47 | Qualification for the first round |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 46 | |
| 9 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 34 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 40 | 57 | −17 | 43 | Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions League |
| 10 | Colorado Rapids | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 43 | |
| 11 | Seattle Sounders FC | 34 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 41 | |
* ↑ Canadian clubs cannot qualify for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League through the MLS regular season or playoffs.
* ↑ as 2022 Canadian Championship winners.

##### Overall

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 15 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 46 | |
| 16 | Columbus Crew | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 46 | |
| 17 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC (V) | 34 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 40 | 57 | −17 | 43 | Qualification for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 18 | Colorado Rapids | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 43 | |
| 19 | Charlotte FC | 34 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 42 | |
* ↑ Canadian clubs cannot qualify for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League through the MLS regular season or playoffs.
* ↑ As 2022 Canadian Championship winners (CAN1)

#### Results

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | Pts | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD |
| 34 | 43 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 40 | 57 | −17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 37 | −22 |
Last updated: October 9, 2022 Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference
Match record by conference (W–L–D) :
| Conference | Home | Away | Total |
| Western | 8–3–2 | 2–8–3 | 10–11–5 |
| Eastern | 2–1–1 | 0–3–1 | 2–4–2 |
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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A |
| Result | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | D | L | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | W | L |

#### Matches
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of October 9, 2022
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | MLS | MLS | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | CAN | Thomas Hasal | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | CAN | Max Anchor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | GK | USA | Cody Cropper | 19 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 60 | GK | CAN | Isaac Boehmer | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | CAN | Marcus Godinho | 26 | 0 | 12+11 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CAN | Cristián Gutiérrez | 12 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SRB | Ranko Veselinović | 34 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | USA | Tristan Blackmon | 29 | 1 | 23+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | POR | Luís Martins | 13 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | GER | Julian Gressel | 14 | 2 | 11+2 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | JAM | Javain Brown | 29 | 1 | 22+5 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | GER | Florian Jungwirth | 15 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | USA | Jake Nerwinski | 27 | 0 | 20+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 15 | MF | GNB | Janio Bikel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | USA | Sebastian Berhalter | 20 | 0 | 11+7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GHA | Leonard Owusu | 21 | 0 | 10+9 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | AUT | Alessandro Schöpf | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | PAR | Andrés Cubas | 20 | 1 | 17+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | SCO | Ryan Gauld | 32 | 8 | 25+3 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | CAN | Ryan Raposo | 34 | 3 | 17+13 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 31 | MF | CAN | Russell Teibert | 33 | 1 | 24+5 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 33 | MF | CAN | Michael Baldisimo | 16 | 0 | 4+9 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | ECU | Pedro Vite | 25 | 2 | 14+10 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | COL | Déiber Caicedo | 19 | 1 | 12+4 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CAN | Lucas Cavallini | 29 | 9 | 16+9 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | COL | Cristian Dájome | 30 | 2 | 17+9 | 2 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | USA | Brian White | 30 | 7 | 20+7 | 4 | 2+1 | 3 |
| 29 | FW | USA | Simon Becher | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | FW | CAN | Easton Ongaro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | FW | MEX | Emiliano Brienza | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | FW | CAN | Ali Ahmed | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | FW | CAN | Tosaint Ricketts | 26 | 4 | 2+21 | 4 | 0+3 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | BRA | Caio Alexandre | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ARG | Érik Godoy | 8 | 2 | 5+1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | CAN | Kamron Habibullah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | MF | CAN | Matteo Campagna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of October 9, 2022
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | MLS | Canadian Championship | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Lucas Cavallini | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 25 | MF | | Ryan Gauld | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 24 | FW | | Brian White | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 87 | FW | | Tosaint Ricketts | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 27 | MF | | Ryan Raposo | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 11 | FW | | Cristian Dájome | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 19 | DF | | Julian Gressel | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 22 | DF | | Érik Godoy | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 45 | MF | | Pedro Vite | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 4 | DF | | Ranko Veselinović | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 6 | DF | | Tristan Blackmon | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 7 | FW | | Déiber Caicedo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 20 | MF | | Andrés Cubas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 23 | DF | | Javain Brown | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 29 | FW | | Simon Becher | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 31 | MF | | Russell Teibert | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 40 | 6 | 46 |

### Clean sheets

    As of October 9, 2022
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | MLS | Canadian Championship | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Thomas Hasal | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | 55 | GK | | Cody Cropper | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 9 | 1 | 10 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of October 9, 2022
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | MLS | MLS | MLS | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Thomas Hasal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Marcus Godinho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Cristián Gutiérrez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Ranko Veselinović | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Tristan Blackmon | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Déiber Caicedo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Caio Alexandre | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Lucas Cavallini | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | | Cristian Dájome | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Luís Martins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Sebastian Berhalter | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Leonard Owusu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Alessandro Schöpf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Julian Gressel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Andrés Cubas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Érik Godoy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Javain Brown | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | | Brian White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Ryan Gauld | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Florian Jungwirth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Ryan Raposo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | | Jake Nerwinski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | | Russell Teibert | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | | Michael Baldisimo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | | Pedro Vite | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | FW | | Emiliano Brienza | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | GK | | Cody Cropper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | GK | | Isaac Boehmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | FW | | Tosaint Ricketts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | | Matteo Campagna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | | Kamron Habibullah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 65 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 2 | 1 |