# 2017 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season

The 2017 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season was the club's seventh season in Major League Soccer, the top division of soccer in the United States and Canada. Including previous iterations of the franchise, it was the 40th season of professional soccer being played in Vancouver under a variation of the "Whitecaps" name.
Outside of MLS, the Whitecaps played in the knockout rounds of the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League, where they faced fellow MLS team the New York Red Bulls in the quarterfinals. Additionally, the team played in the 2017 Canadian Championship.

## Current roster

    As of September 8, 2017
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Previous club |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | David Ousted | GK | (1985-02-01) February 1, 1985 (age 40) | Randers FC |
| 18 | Spencer Richey | GK | (1992-05-30) May 30, 1992 (age 32) | Whitecaps FC 2 |
| 24 | Stefan Marinovic | GK | (1991-10-07) October 7, 1991 (age 33) | SpVgg Unterhaching |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Jordan Harvey | DF | (1984-01-28) January 28, 1984 (age 41) | Philadelphia Union |
| 3 | Sam Adekugbe (on loan at IFK Göteborg) | DF | (1995-01-16) January 16, 1995 (age 30) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 |
| 4 | Kendall Waston | DF | (1988-01-01) January 1, 1988 (age 37) | Deportivo Saprissa |
| 6 | David Edgar | DF | (1987-05-19) May 19, 1987 (age 37) | Birmingham City |
| 14 | Cole Seiler | DF | (1994-02-05) February 5, 1994 (age 31) | Georgetown Hoyas |
| 22 | Aaron Maund | DF | (1990-09-19) September 19, 1990 (age 34) | Real Salt Lake |
| 25 | Sheanon Williams | DF | (1990-03-17) March 17, 1990 (age 34) | Houston Dynamo |
| 26 | Tim Parker | DF | (1993-02-23) February 23, 1993 (age 32) | St. John's Red Storm |
| 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 |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 7 | Christian Bolaños | MF | (1984-05-17) May 17, 1984 (age 40) | Deportivo Saprissa |
| 8 | Andrew Jacobson | MF | (1985-09-25) September 25, 1985 (age 39) | New York City FC |
| 11 | Nicolás Mezquida | MF | (1992-01-21) January 21, 1992 (age 33) | Fénix |
| 13 | Cristian Techera | MF | (1992-05-31) May 31, 1992 (age 32) | River Plate Montevideo |
| 15 | Matías Laba | MF | (1991-12-11) December 11, 1991 (age 33) | Toronto FC |
| 16 | Tony Tchani | MF | (1989-04-13) April 13, 1989 (age 35) | Columbus Crew SC |
| 17 | Marcel de Jong | DF | (1986-10-15) October 15, 1986 (age 38) | Ottawa Fury |
| 20 | Brek Shea | MF | (1990-02-28) February 28, 1990 (age 35) | Orlando City SC |
| 27 | Deybi Flores (on loan at C.D. Motagua) | MF | (1996-06-16) June 16, 1996 (age 28) | C.D. Motagua |
| 29 | Yordy Reyna | MF | (1993-09-16) September 16, 1993 (age 31) | Red Bull Salzburg |
| 30 | Ben McKendry (on loan at FC Edmonton) | MF | (1993-03-25) March 25, 1993 (age 31) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency |
| 31 | Russell Teibert | MF | (1992-12-22) December 22, 1992 (age 32) | Vancouver Whitecaps (USSF-D2) |
| 32 | Marco Bustos | MF | (1996-04-22) April 22, 1996 (age 28) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency |
| 50 | Nosa Igiebor | MF | (1990-11-09) November 9, 1990 (age 34) | Çaykur Rizespor |
| 66 | Ali Ghazal | MF | (1992-02-01) February 1, 1992 (age 33) | Guizhou Zhicheng |
| 67 | Alphonso Davies | MF | (2000-11-02) November 2, 2000 (age 24) | Whitecaps FC 2 |
| 77 | Mauro Rosales | MF | (1981-02-24) February 24, 1981 (age 44) | FC Dallas |
| Forwards ||||||
| 12 | Fredy Montero | FW | (1987-07-26) July 26, 1987 (age 37) | Tianjin TEDA |
| 19 | Erik Hurtado | FW | (1990-05-11) May 11, 1990 (age 34) | Santa Clara |
| 23 | Bernie Ibini-Isei | FW | (1992-09-12) September 12, 1992 (age 32) | Club Brugge |
| 47 | Kyle Greig (on loan at FC Cincinnati) | FW | (1990-02-22) February 22, 1990 (age 35) | Whitecaps FC 2 |
* See also: List of Vancouver Whitecaps FC players

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date |
| 27 | MF | Deybi Flores | C.D. Motagua | Loan Return | December 8, 2017 |
| 25 | DF | Sheanon Williams | Houston Dynamo | Traded in exchange for general allocation money | December 13, 2016 |
| 39 | GK | Spencer Richey | Whitecaps FC 2 | Free | December 19, 2016 |
| 47 | FW | Kyle Greig | Whitecaps FC 2 | Free | December 19, 2016 |
| 29 | MF | Yordy Reyna | Red Bull Salzburg | Undisclosed | January 23, 2017 |
| 28 | DF | Jake Nerwinski | Connecticut Huskies | 2017 MLS SuperDraft | February 9, 2017 |
| 12 | FW | Fredy Montero | Tianjin TEDA | One Year Loan/Designated Player | February 15, 2017 |
| 20 | MF | Brek Shea | Orlando City SC | Trade in exchange for Giles Barnes | February 25, 2017 |
| 77 | MF | Mauro Rosales | FC Dallas | Free | February 27, 2017 |
| 16 | MF | Tony Tchani | Columbus Crew SC | Traded with allocation money in exchange for Kekuta Manneh | March 30, 2017 |
| 23 | FW | Bernie Ibini-Isei | Club Brugge | Undisclosed | May 9, 2017 |
| 3 | DF | Sam Adekugbe | Brighton and Hove Albion | Loan Return | July 10, 2017 |
| 24 | GK | Stefan Marinovic | SpVgg Unterhaching | Free | July 21, 2017 |
| 22 | DF | Aaron Maund | Real Salt Lake | Traded in exchange for a 2018 third round pick | August 9, 2017 |
| 66 | MF | Ali Ghazal | Guizhou Zhicheng | Free | August 10, 2017 |
| 50 | MF | Nosa Igiebor | Çaykur Rizespor | Free | September 8, 2017 |

#### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date |
| MF | Pedro Morales | | Option Declined | December 7, 2016 |
| DF | Fraser Aird | Rangers | Option Declined/Loan Return | December 8, 2016 |
| GK | Marco Carducci | | Option Declined | December 8, 2016 |
| DF | Jordan Smith | Deportivo Saprissa | Option Declined/Loan Return | December 8, 2016 |
| FW | Blas Pérez | | Out of Contract | December 8, 2016 |
| FW | Masato Kudo | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Mutual Contract Termination | December 30, 2016 |
| MF | Kianz Froese | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Undisclosed | February 1, 2017 |
| FW | Giles Barnes | Orlando City SC | Traded in exchange for Brek Shea | February 25, 2017 |
| FW | Kekuta Manneh | Columbus Crew SC | Traded in exchange for Tony Tchani and allocation money | March 30, 2017 |
| MF | Deybi Flores | C.D. Motagua | Loan | June 26, 2017 |
| FW | Kyle Greig | FC Cincinnati | Loan | July 11, 2017 |
| GK | Paolo Tornaghi | | Mutual Contract Termination | July 18, 2017 |
| DF | Sam Adekugbe | IFK Göteborg | Loan | July 25, 2017 |
| MF | Ben McKendry | FC Edmonton | Loan | July 26, 2017 |
| DF | Christian Dean | Chicago Fire | Traded in exchange for allocation money | August 9, 2017 |
* ↑ Following his release, Morales signed for Colo-Colo.
* ↑ Following his release, Carducci signed for Rio Grande Valley FC Toros.
* ↑ As a free agent, Pérez signed with Árabe Unido.

## Major League Soccer
### Preseason

Simple Invitational
| Pos | Team | GP | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Portland Timbers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 |
| 2 | Real Salt Lake | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Minnesota United FC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 |

### Regular season
#### League tables
##### Western Conference

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 60 | 50 | +10 | 53 | MLS Cup Conference Semifinals |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders FC | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 53 | MLS Cup Conference Semifinals |
| 3 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 52 | MLS Cup Knockout Round |
| 4 | Houston Dynamo | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 57 | 45 | +12 | 50 | MLS Cup Knockout Round |
| 5 | Sporting Kansas City | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 49 | MLS Cup Knockout Round |

##### Overall

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 60 | 50 | +10 | 53 |
| 7 | Seattle Sounders FC | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 53 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 52 |
| 9 | New York Red Bulls | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 50 |
| 10 | Houston Dynamo | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 57 | 45 | +12 | 50 |

#### 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 | 52 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 20 | +10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 29 | −9 |
Last updated: October 22, 2017 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 | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | L |

### Playoffs
#### Conference Semifinals
## CONCACAF Champions League
### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VAN | SKC | CEN |
| 1 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 12 | Quarter-finals | — | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Sporting Kansas City | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 | | 1–2 | — | 3–1 |
| 3 | Central | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 1 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | — |

### Knockout stage
#### Semifinals
## Canadian Championship
## Playing statistics

    As of November 2, 2017
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 | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | |
| 1 | | David Ousted | GK | 28 | | 2 | 1 | | | | | 4 | | | | 32 | | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | | Jordan Harvey | DF | 29 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | 4 | | | | 33 | 1 | 3 | |
| 4 | | Kendall Waston | DF | 28 | 5 | 8 | | | | | | 4 | | 1 | | 32 | 5 | 9 | |
| 6 | | David Edgar | DF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | | Christian Bolaños | MF | 23 | | | 1 | | | | | 2 | | | | 25 | | | 1 |
| 8 | | Andrew Jacobson | MF | 22 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | 3 | | | | 25 | 2 | 2 | |
| 11 | | Nicolás Mezquida | MF | 22 | 4 | 1 | | 2 | 1 | | | 1 | | | | 25 | 5 | 1 | |
| 12 | | Fredy Montero | FW | 36 | 14 | 7 | | | | | | 3 | 1 | | | 39 | 15 | 7 | |
| 13 | | Cristian Techera | MF | 32 | 7 | 2 | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | 1 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | | Cole Seiler | DF | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | 2 | | | |
| 15 | | Matías Laba | MF | 19 | 2 | 6 | 1 | | | | | 4 | | 2 | | 23 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| 16 | | Tony Tchani | MF | 29 | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | 1 | | | | 30 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 17 | | Marcel de Jong | MF | 16 | | 1 | | 2 | | | | 2 | | 1 | | 20 | | 2 | |
| 18 | | Spencer Richey | GK | 1 | | | | 2 | | 1 | | | | | | 3 | | 1 | |
| 19 | | Erik Hurtado | FW | 15 | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | 16 | 3 | 1 | |
| 20 | | Brek Shea | MF | 28 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | | | | 3 | 1 | 1 | | 33 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 22 | | Aaron Maund | DF | 2 | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | 1 | |
| 23 | | Bernie Ibini-Isei | FW | 17 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | 1 | | |
| 24 | | Stefan Marinovic | GK | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | | | |
| 25 | | Sheanon Williams | DF | 15 | | 3 | | | | | | 3 | | 1 | | 18 | | 4 | |
| 26 | | Tim Parker | DF | 35 | 1 | 4 | | 1 | | | | 4 | | 1 | | 40 | 1 | 5 | |
| 28 | | Jake Nerwinski | DF | 22 | | 2 | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | 26 | | 2 | |
| 29 | | Yordy Reyna | MF | 22 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 22 | 6 | 3 | |
| 31 | | Russell Teibert | MF | 12 | | 1 | | 2 | | | | 2 | | 1 | | 16 | | 2 | |
| 32 | | Marco Bustos | MF | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | 2 | | | |
| 46 | | Brett Levis | DF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 50 | | Nosa Igiebor | MF | 3 | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | 2 | |
| 66 | | Ali Ghazal | MF | 10 | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 10 | | 1 | |
| 67 | | Alphonso Davies | MF | 27 | | 1 | | 2 | 2 | | | 4 | 1 | 1 | | 33 | 3 | 2 | |
| 77 | | Mauro Rosales | MF | 5 | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | 7 | | | |
| 3 | | Sam Adekugbe | DF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 27 | | Deybi Flores | MF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 30 | | Ben McKendry | MF | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | 3 | | | |
| 47 | | Kyle Greig | FW | 1 | | | | 2 | 1 | | | 2 | | | | 5 | 1 | | |
| -- | | Sem de Wit | DF | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| -- | | Deklan Wynne | DF | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| -- | | Giles Barnes | FW | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | |
| -- | | Christian Dean | DF | 3 | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | | 1 | |
| -- | | Kekuta Manneh | MF | 3 | | | | | | | | 2 | 1 | | | 5 | 1 | | |
| -- | | Paolo Tornaghi | GK | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | | 1 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 1 | | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 53 | 60 | 6 | | 4 | 1 | 0 | | 4 | 10 | 1 | | 61 | 71 | 7 |
Source: (for players and positions) First Team Squad 00(for squad numbers) 00(for actual stats.)

### Notes

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