# 2019 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season

The 2019 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season was the club's ninth season in Major League Soccer, the top division of soccer in the United States and Canada. Including previous iterations of the franchise, this was 42nd season of professional soccer played in Vancouver under a variation of the "Whitecaps" name.
On November 7, 2018, the Whitecaps named Marc Dos Santos as their fourth head coach since joining MLS.
Outside of the MLS, the Whitecaps participated in the 2019 Canadian Championship. They lost 2–1 on aggregate to Cavalry FC in the third round.

## Current roster

    As of September 3, 2019
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) | Previous club |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 16 | Maxime Crépeau | GK | (1994-04-11) April 11, 1994 (age 30) | Montreal Impact |
| 18 | Zac MacMath | GK | (1991-08-07) August 7, 1991 (age 33) | Colorado Rapids |
| 39 | Sean Melvin | GK | (1994-07-09) July 9, 1994 (age 30) | Fresno FC |
| 51 | Thomas Hasal | GK | (1999-07-09) July 9, 1999 (age 25) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Doneil Henry | DF | (1993-04-20) April 20, 1993 (age 31) | West Ham United |
| 13 | Derek Cornelius | DF | (1997-11-25) November 25, 1997 (age 27) | Javor Ivanjica |
| 20 | Jasser Khmiri | DF | (1997-07-27) July 27, 1997 (age 27) | Stade Tunisien |
| 22 | Érik Godoy | DF | (1993-08-16) August 16, 1993 (age 31) | Colón |
| 23 | Scott Sutter | DF | (1986-05-13) May 13, 1986 (age 38) | Orlando City SC |
| 26 | Brendan McDonough (on loan at Charlotte Independence.) | DF | (1996-12-27) December 27, 1996 (age 28) | Georgetown Hoyas |
| 28 | Jake Nerwinski | DF | (1994-10-17) October 17, 1994 (age 30) | Connecticut Huskies |
| 46 | Brett Levis | DF | (1993-05-29) May 29, 1993 (age 31) | Whitecaps FC 2 |
| 53 | Ali Adnan | DF | (1993-12-19) December 19, 1993 (age 31) | Udinese |
| 56 | Georges Mukumbilwa | DF | (1999-09-23) September 23, 1999 (age 25) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency |
| 94 | Victor "PC" Giro | DF | (1994-03-10) March 10, 1994 (age 30) | Orlando City SC |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 4 | Hwang In-beom | MF | (1996-09-20) September 20, 1996 (age 28) | Daejeon Citizen |
| 6 | Jon Erice | MF | (1986-11-03) November 3, 1986 (age 38) | Albacete |
| 15 | Andy Rose | MF | (1990-02-13) February 13, 1990 (age 34) | Motherwell |
| 19 | Lass Bangoura | MF | (1992-03-30) March 30, 1992 (age 32) | Rayo Vallecano |
| 24 | David Norman Jr. (on loan at Pacific FC.) | MF | (1998-05-31) May 31, 1998 (age 26) | Whitecaps FC 2 |
| 29 | Yordy Reyna | MF | (1993-09-16) September 16, 1993 (age 31) | Red Bull Salzburg |
| 31 | Russell Teibert | MF | (1992-12-22) December 22, 1992 (age 32) | Vancouver Whitecaps (USSF-D2) |
| 33 | Michaell Chirinos | MF | (1995-06-17) June 17, 1995 (age 29) | Olimpia |
| 54 | Simon Colyn | MF | (2002-03-23) March 23, 2002 (age 22) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency |
| 55 | Michael Baldisimo | MF | (2000-04-13) April 13, 2000 (age 24) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency |
| Forwards ||||||
| – | Anthony Blondell (on loan at Huachipato.) | FW | (1994-05-17) May 17, 1994 (age 30) | Monagas SC |
| 9 | Joaquín Ardaiz | FW | (1999-01-11) January 11, 1999 (age 26) | Chiasso |
| 12 | Fredy Montero | FW | (1987-07-26) July 26, 1987 (age 37) | Sporting CP |
| 50 | Theo Bair | FW | (1999-08-27) August 27, 1999 (age 25) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency |
| 87 | Tosaint Ricketts | FW | (1987-08-06) August 6, 1987 (age 37) | Sūduva |
* See also: List of Vancouver Whitecaps FC players

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date |
| | FW | Myer Bevan | Fresno FC | Loan Return | November 26, 2018 |
| | GK | Spencer Richey | FC Cincinnati | Loan Return | November 26, 2018 |
| 94 | DF | Victor "PC" Giro | Orlando City SC | Acquired in exchange for 3rd round pick in MLS SuperDraft | December 9, 2018 |
| 18 | GK | Zac MacMath | Colorado Rapids | Acquired in exchange for $100,000 in TAM and Nicolas Mezquida | December 9, 2018 |
| 16 | GK | Maxime Crépeau | Montreal Impact | Acquired in exchange for $50,000 in TAM and a 3rd round pick in MLS SuperDraft | December 9, 2018 |
| 15 | MF | Andy Rose | Motherwell | MLS rights acquired from Seattle Sounders FC in exchange for $50,000 in GAM | December 9, 2018 |
| 24 | MF | David Norman Jr. | Queen of the South | Loan Return | December 31, 2018 |
| 13 | DF | Derek Cornelius | Javor Ivanjica | Undisclosed | January 18, 2019 |
| 6 | MF | Jon Erice | Albacete | Undisclosed | January 22, 2019 |
| 19 | MF | Lass Bangoura | Rayo Vallecano | One year Loan, Option to buy | January 23, 2019 |
| 7 | MF | Lucas Venuto | Austria Wien | Undisclosed Fee, MLS first right of refusal acquired from New York City FC for $150,000 GAM | January 25, 2019 |
| 23 | DF | Scott Sutter | Orlando City SC | Free | January 30, 2019 |
| 4 | MF | Hwang In-beom | Daejeon Citizen | Undisclosed, Designated Player | January 30, 2019 |
| 20 | DF | Jasser Khmiri | Stade Tunisien | Undisclosed | February 1, 2019 |
| 22 | DF | Érik Godoy | Colón | One year Loan, Option to buy | February 8, 2019 |
| 9 | FW | Joaquín Ardaiz | Chiasso | One year Loan, Option to buy | February 8, 2019 |
| 12 | FW | Fredy Montero | Sporting CP | Free | February 15, 2019 |
| 26 | DF | Brendan McDonough | Georgetown Hoyas | 2019 MLS SuperDraft | March 6, 2019 |
| 51 | GK | Thomas Hasal | Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 | Homegrown player | March 7, 2019 |
| 53 | DF | Ali Adnan | Udinese | Loan | March 9, 2019 |
| 53 | DF | Ali Adnan | Udinese | Undisclosed, Designated Player | July 5, 2019 |
| | GK | Chituru Odunze | Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency | Homegrown player | August 1, 2019 |
| 33 | MF | Michaell Chirinos | Olimpia | Loan, Option to buy | August 6, 2019 |
| 87 | FW | Tosaint Ricketts | Sūduva | Free | August 9, 2019 |
| 56 | DF | Georges Mukumbilwa | Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency | Homegrown player | August 23, 2019 |

#### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date |
| MF | Jordon Mutch | Crystal Palace | Loan Return | November 26, 2018 |
| DF | José Aja | Unión Española | Option Declined | November 26, 2018 |
| FW | Myer Bevan | Western Springs AFC | Option Declined | November 26, 2018 |
| DF | Roberto Domínguez | FAS | Option Declined | November 26, 2018 |
| FW | Marvin Emnes | | Option Declined | November 26, 2018 |
| MF | Ali Ghazal | C.D. Feirense | Option Declined | November 26, 2018 |
| GK | Stefan Marinovic | Bristol City F.C. | Option Declined | November 26, 2018 |
| DF | Aaron Maund | Charlotte Independence | Option Declined | November 26, 2018 |
| GK | Spencer Richey | | Option Declined | November 26, 2018 |
| MF | Brek Shea | Atlanta United FC | Option Declined | November 26, 2018 |
| DF | Sean Franklin | | Out of Contract | November 26, 2018 |
| FW | Kei Kamara | | Out of Contract | November 26, 2018 |
| GK | Brian Rowe | Orlando City SC | Out of Contract | November 26, 2018 |
| MF | Cristian Techera | Belgrano | Out of Contract | November 26, 2018 |
| MF | Nicolás Mezquida | Colorado Rapids | Traded along with $100,000 in TAM in exchange for Zac MacMath | December 9, 2018 |
| DF | Kendall Waston | FC Cincinnati | Traded in exchange for $450,000 in GAM, $300,000 in TAM and an international roster spot | December 11, 2018 |
| FW | Erik Hurtado | Sporting Kansas City | Traded in exchange for a second round pick in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft and a first round pick in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft | December 14, 2018 |
| MF | Alphonso Davies | Bayern Munich | Undisclosed fee | January 1, 2019 |
| FW | Anthony Blondell | Huachipato | One year loan, Option to buy | January 28, 2019 |
| MF | Efraín Juárez | Valerenga | Mutual Contract Termination | February 1, 2019 |
| DF | Marcel de Jong | Pacific FC | Mutual Contract Termination | February 4, 2019 |
| MF | Ali Adnan | Udinese | Loan Return | June 30, 2019 |
| GK | Chituru Odunze | Leicester City | Undisclosed | August 1, 2019 |
| MF | Lucas Venuto | | Mutual contract termination | August 1, 2019 |
| MF | Felipe | D.C. United | Traded in exchange for $75,000 in TAM and an international roster spot | August 6, 2019 |
| DF | Brendan McDonough | Charlotte Independence | Loan | August 7, 2019 |
| MF | David Norman Jr. | Pacific FC | Loan | September 3, 2019 |
* ↑ After his option was declined, Richey's rights were traded to FC Cincinnati in exchange for a third-round pick in 2020.
* ↑ After his option was declined, Shea signed with Atlanta United FC.
* ↑ Kamara was selected by FC Cincinnati in the Expansion Draft and subsequently traded to the Colorado Rapids.

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

2019 MLS Western Conference standings :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | San Jose Earthquakes | 34 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 51 | 52 | −1 | 44 |
| 9 | Colorado Rapids | 34 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 57 | 60 | −3 | 42 |
| 10 | Houston Dynamo | 34 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 45 | 57 | −12 | 40 |
| 11 | Sporting Kansas City | 34 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 49 | 67 | −18 | 38 |
| 12 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 34 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 37 | 58 | −21 | 34 |
* ↑ Canadian clubs could not qualify for the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League through MLS play.

##### Overall

2019 MLS regular season standings :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 20 | Columbus Crew SC | 34 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 38 |
| 21 | Sporting Kansas City | 34 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 49 | 67 | −18 | 38 |
| 22 | Orlando City SC | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 37 |
| 23 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 34 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 37 | 59 | −22 | 34 |
| 24 | FC Cincinnati | 34 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 31 | 75 | −44 | 24 |

#### 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 | 34 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 37 | 59 | −22 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 23 | −7 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 36 | −15 |
Last updated: October 6, 2019 Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference
| 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 | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | L |

#### Matches
## Playing statistics

    As of October 6, 2019
Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | MLS | MLS | MLS | MLS | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | |
| 2 | | Doneil Henry | DF | 25 | 4 | 3 | | 2 | | | | 27 | 4 | 3 | |
| 4 | | Hwang In-beom | MF | 33 | 3 | 6 | | 1 | 1 | | | 34 | 4 | 6 | |
| 6 | | Jon Erice | MF | 21 | | 2 | | | | | | 21 | | 2 | |
| 9 | | Joaquín Ardaiz | FW | 16 | | 1 | | 2 | | | | 18 | | 1 | |
| 12 | | Fredy Montero | FW | 32 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | 33 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | | Derek Cornelius | DF | 17 | 1 | 4 | | 1 | | | | 18 | 1 | 4 | |
| 15 | | Andy Rose | MF | 24 | 1 | 2 | | 2 | | | | 26 | 1 | 2 | |
| 16 | | Maxime Crépeau | GK | 26 | | 2 | | 2 | | | | 28 | | 2 | |
| 18 | | Zac MacMath | GK | 8 | | 2 | | | | | | 8 | | 2 | |
| 19 | | Lass Bangoura | MF | 17 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | | 18 | 1 | 1 | |
| 20 | | Jasser Khmiri | DF | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 22 | | Érik Godoy | DF | 29 | 1 | 6 | | 2 | | | | 31 | 1 | 6 | |
| 23 | | Scott Sutter | DF | 16 | | 1 | | 2 | | | | 16 | | 1 | |
| 28 | | Jake Nerwinski | DF | 26 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | | 27 | 1 | 1 | |
| 29 | | Yordy Reyna | MF | 25 | 7 | 5 | | 2 | | | | 27 | 7 | 5 | |
| 31 | | Russell Teibert | MF | 26 | | 1 | | 1 | | | | 27 | | 1 | |
| 33 | | Michaell Chirinos | MF | 7 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | 7 | 1 | 2 | |
| 39 | | Sean Melvin | GK | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 46 | | Brett Levis | DF | 9 | | 1 | | | | | | 9 | | 1 | |
| 50 | | Theo Bair | FW | 17 | 2 | 1 | | 1 | | | | 18 | 2 | 1 | |
| 51 | | Thomas Hasal | GK | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 53 | | Ali Adnan | DF | 28 | 1 | 6 | | 2 | | 1 | | 30 | 1 | 7 | |
| 54 | | Simon Colyn | MF | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 55 | | Michael Baldisimo | MF | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 56 | | Georges Mukumbilwa | DF | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 87 | | Tosaint Ricketts | FW | 8 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 8 | 1 | | |
| 94 | | PC | DF | 18 | | 4 | | 1 | | | | 19 | | 4 | |
| 24 | | David Norman Jr. | MF | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 26 | | Brendan McDonough | DF | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| | | Felipe | MF | 18 | 1 | 5 | | 2 | | | | 20 | 1 | 5 | |
| | | Lucas Venuto | MF | 23 | 3 | 3 | | 2 | | 1 | | 25 | 3 | 4 | |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 33 | 59 | 1 | | 1 | 2 | 0 | | 34 | 61 | 1 |
Source: (for players and positions) First Team Squad 00(for squad numbers) 00(for actual stats.)
* 1 2 Sent on loan for the remainder of the season.
* 1 2 No longer with team.