# 2016 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season

The 2016 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season was the Whitecaps' sixth season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of soccer in the United States and Canada.

## Season 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 | 8th, west; 16th, overall | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 029.41 |
| Canadian Championship | Semifinals | Runner-up | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 050.00 |
| CONCACAF Champions League | Group stage | Semi-finals | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 062.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 67 | 63 | +4 | 036.96 |
Source: Competitions

### December
## Roster

    As of July 11, 2016
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Previous club |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | David Ousted | DEN | GK | (1985-02-01) February 1, 1985 (age 40) | Randers FC |
| 24 | Marco Carducci | CAN | GK | (1996-09-26) September 26, 1996 (age 28) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency |
| 70 | Paolo Tornaghi | Italy | GK | (1988-06-21) June 21, 1988 (age 36) | Chicago Fire |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Jordan Harvey | United States | DF | (1984-01-28) January 28, 1984 (age 41) | Philadelphia Union |
| 4 | Kendall Waston | CRC | DF | (1988-01-01) January 1, 1988 (age 37) | Deportivo Saprissa |
| 6 | Jordan Smith | CRC | DF | (1991-04-23) April 23, 1991 (age 33) | Deportivo Saprissa |
| 8 | Fraser Aird | CAN | DF | (1995-02-02) February 2, 1995 (age 30) | Rangers |
| 14 | Cole Seiler | United States | DF | (1994-02-05) February 5, 1994 (age 31) | Georgetown Hoyas |
| 18 | David Edgar | CAN | DF | (1987-05-19) May 19, 1987 (age 37) | Birmingham City |
| 22 | Christian Dean | United States | DF | (1993-03-14) March 14, 1993 (age 31) | California Golden Bears |
| 26 | Tim Parker | United States | DF | (1993-02-23) February 23, 1993 (age 32) | St. John's Red Storm |
| 33 | Marcel de Jong | CAN | DF | (1986-10-15) October 15, 1986 (age 38) | Ottawa Fury |
| 44 | Pa Modou Kah | NOR | DF | (1980-07-30) July 30, 1980 (age 44) | Portland Timbers |
| 46 | Brett Levis | CAN | DF | (1993-05-29) May 29, 1993 (age 31) | Whitecaps FC 2 |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 7 | Christian Bolaños | CRC | MF | (1984-05-17) May 17, 1984 (age 40) | Deportivo Saprissa |
| 11 | Nicolás Mezquida | URU | MF | (1992-01-21) January 21, 1992 (age 33) | Fénix |
| 13 | Cristian Techera | URU | MF | (1992-05-31) May 31, 1992 (age 32) | River Plate Montevideo |
| 15 | Matias Laba | ARG | MF | (1991-12-11) December 11, 1991 (age 33) | Toronto FC |
| 17 | Andrew Jacobson | United States | MF | (1985-09-25) September 25, 1985 (age 39) | New York City FC |
| 30 | Ben McKendry | CAN | MF | (1993-03-25) March 25, 1993 (age 31) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency |
| 31 | Russell Teibert | CAN | MF | (1992-12-22) December 22, 1992 (age 32) | Vancouver Whitecaps (USSF-D2) |
| 32 | Marco Bustos | CAN | MF | (1996-04-22) April 22, 1996 (age 28) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency |
| 38 | Kianz Froese | CAN | MF | (1996-04-16) April 16, 1996 (age 28) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency |
| 67 | Alphonso Davies | CAN | MF | (2000-11-02) November 2, 2000 (age 24) | Whitecaps FC 2 |
| 77 | Pedro Morales | CHI | MF | (1985-05-25) May 25, 1985 (age 39) | Málaga CF |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | Masato Kudo | JPN | FW | (1990-05-06) May 6, 1990 (age 34) | Kashiwa Reysol |
| 19 | Erik Hurtado | United States | FW | (1990-05-11) May 11, 1990 (age 34) | Santa Clara |
| 23 | Kekuta Manneh | GAM | FW | (1994-12-30) December 30, 1994 (age 30) | Austin Aztex |
| 27 | Blas Pérez | PAN | FW | (1981-03-13) March 13, 1981 (age 43) | FC Dallas |
| 28 | Giles Barnes | JAM | FW | (1988-08-05) August 5, 1988 (age 36) | Houston Dynamo |
* See also: List of Vancouver Whitecaps FC players

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date |
| 19 | FW | Erik Hurtado | Mjøndalen | Loan Return | December 1, 2015 |
| 9 | FW | Masato Kudo | Kashiwa Reysol | Free Transfer | December 29, 2015 |
| 13 | MF | Cristian Techera | River Plate Montevideo | Undisclosed fee after successful loan spell | January 6, 2016 |
| 20 | MF | Deybi Flores | C.D. Motagua | Undisclosed fee after successful loan spell | January 18, 2016 |
| 7 | MF | Christian Bolaños | Deportivo Saprissa | Undisclosed Fee | January 20, 2016 |
| 8 | DF | Fraser Aird | Rangers | Loan | January 29, 2016 |
| 14 | DF | Cole Seiler | Georgetown Hoyas | Selected in 2016 MLS SuperDraft | February 8, 2016 |
| 27 | FW | Blas Pérez | FC Dallas | Traded in exchange for Mauro Rosales | February 16, 2016 |
| 17 | MF | Andrew Jacobson | New York City FC | Traded in exchange for targeted allocation money | March 11, 2016 |
| 18 | DF | David Edgar | Birmingham City | Free Transfer | July 11, 2016 |
| 33 | MF | Marcel De Jong | Ottawa Fury FC | Free Transfer | July 11, 2016 |
| 67 | MF | Alphonso Davies | Whitecaps FC 2 | Signed as a Homegrown Player | July 15, 2016 |
| | FW | Fabián Espíndola | D.C. United | Acquired in exchange for General Allocation Money | July 20, 2016 |
| 28 | FW | Giles Barnes | Houston Dynamo | Acquired in exchange for General Allocation Money and right of refusal for Keyner Brown | July 30, 2016 |
| 46 | DF | Brett Levis | Whitecaps FC 2 | Free Transfer | August 23, 2016 |

#### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date |
| DF | Diego Rodríguez | Juventud | Loan return | December 1, 2015 |
| FW | Caleb Clarke | SpVgg Unterhaching | Option declined | December 1, 2015 |
| MF | Andre Lewis | Portland Timbers 2 | Option declined | December 1, 2015 |
| DF | Ethen Sampson | | Option declined | December 1, 2015 |
| FW | Robert Earnshaw | Retired | Out of contract, later retired | December 1, 2015 |
| MF | Mauro Rosales | FC Dallas | Out of contract, later traded to FC Dallas for Blas Pérez | December 1, 2015 |
| DF | Steven Beitashour | Toronto FC | Traded to Toronto FC for second-highest 2016 second round Superdraft pick | December 18, 2015 |
| MF | Gershon Koffie | New England Revolution | Traded to New England for general and targeted allocation money | February 11, 2016 |
| FW | Darren Mattocks | Portland Timbers | Traded to Portland for general and targeted allocation money and a 2017 International Roster Spot | March 14, 2016 |
| FW | Octavio Rivero | Colo-Colo | Undisclosed Fee | July 6, 2016 |
| DF | Sam Adekugbe | Brighton and Hove Albion | Year long Loan | July 15, 2016 |
| FW | Fabián Espíndola | Club Necaxa | Undisclosed Fee | July 26, 2016 |
| MF | Deybi Flores | C.D. Motagua | Loan | August 9, 2016 |

### Technical staff

| Role | Name | Nation |
| Head coach | Carl Robinson | WAL |
| Assistant coach | Gordon Forest | SCO |
| Assistant Coach | Martyn Pert | ENG |
| Head of scouting and analysis | Daniel Stenz | Germany |
| Goalkeeper coach | Marius Røvde | NOR |
| Physiotherapist | Graeme Poole | CAN |

### Management

| Role | Name | Nation |
| Executive chair | John Furlong | IRE |
| President | Bob Lenarduzzi | CAN |
| Chief operating officer | Rachel Lewis | CAN |
| Vice-president of finance and administration | Don Ford | CAN |

## Major League Soccer
### Preseason

Simple Invitational
| Pos | Team | GP | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Chicago Fire | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 |
| 2 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 |
| 3 | Portland Timbers | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Minnesota United FC | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | -10 | 0 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 6 | Real Salt Lake | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 46 | MLS Cup Knockout Round |
| 7 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 44 | |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 39 | |
| 9 | San Jose Earthquakes | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 38 | |
| 10 | Houston Dynamo | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 34 | |

##### Overall

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 14 | New England Revolution | 34 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 42 |
| 15 | Orlando City SC | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 55 | 60 | −5 | 41 |
| 16 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 39 |
| 17 | San Jose Earthquakes | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 38 |
| 18 | Columbus Crew SC | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 50 | 58 | −8 | 36 |

#### 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 | 39 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 30 | −13 |
Last updated: October 23, 2016 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 | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | D | W |

## 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

The 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League used a fall-spring schedule in contrast to Major League Soccer's spring-fall format, so the knockout stages were played by Vancouver in the beginning of their 2017 season.

## Cascadia Cup

Cascadia Cup standings :
| Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 9 |
| Portland Timbers | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 9 |
| Seattle Sounders FC (M) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 9 |
| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | −2 |
Last updated: 23 October 2016 Source: Standings Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

## Playing statistics

    As of 22 October 2016
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 | 32 | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 33 | | | |
| 2 | | Jordan Harvey | DF | 27 | 2 | 2 | | 2 | | | | | | | | 29 | 2 | 2 | |
| 4 | | Kendall Waston | DF | 25 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | | 1 | | 3 | | 1 | | 30 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
| 6 | | Jordan Smith | DF | 17 | | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | 20 | | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | | Christian Bolaños | MF | 26 | 5 | 2 | | 2 | | 1 | | | | | | 28 | 5 | 3 | |
| 8 | | Fraser Aird | DF | 17 | | 4 | 1 | 2 | | | | 4 | | 2 | | 23 | | 6 | 1 |
| 9 | | Masato Kudo | FW | 17 | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | 1 | | | 19 | 3 | | |
| 11 | | Nicolás Mezquida | MF | 27 | 3 | 1 | | 3 | 2 | | | 3 | | | | 33 | 5 | 1 | |
| 13 | | Cristian Techera | MF | 29 | 2 | 3 | | 1 | | | | 3 | 5 | | | 33 | 7 | 3 | |
| 14 | | Cole Seiler | DF | 2 | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 4 | | | |
| 15 | | Matías Laba | MF | 31 | | 5 | 1 | 2 | | | | 1 | | | | 34 | | 5 | 1 |
| 17 | | Andrew Jacobson | MF | 25 | 2 | 4 | | 2 | | | | 3 | | 1 | | 30 | 2 | 5 | |
| 18 | | David Edgar | DF | 8 | | 2 | | | | | | 1 | | | | 9 | | 2 | |
| 19 | | Erik Hurtado | FW | 23 | 2 | 2 | | 4 | | | | 3 | 2 | 1 | | 30 | 4 | 3 | |
| 20 | | Deybi Flores | MF | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 22 | | Christian Dean | DF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 23 | | Kekuta Manneh | MF | 17 | 5 | 1 | | 4 | | 1 | | | | | | 21 | 5 | 2 | |
| 24 | | Marco Carducci | GK | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 26 | | Tim Parker | DF | 28 | | 1 | | 3 | 1 | 1 | | 3 | | | | 34 | 1 | 2 | |
| 27 | | Blas Pérez | FW | 21 | 2 | 5 | | 2 | | | | 3 | 1 | | | 26 | 3 | 5 | |
| 28 | | Giles Barnes | FW | 9 | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 9 | | 1 | |
| 30 | | Ben McKendry | MF | | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | 4 | | | |
| 31 | | Russell Teibert | MF | 11 | | 1 | | 4 | | | | 2 | | 1 | | 17 | | 2 | |
| 32 | | Marco Bustos | MF | 3 | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 5 | | | |
| 33 | | Marcel de Jong | MF | 7 | | 1 | | | | | | 2 | | | | 9 | | 1 | |
| 38 | | Kianz Froese | MF | 5 | | 1 | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 7 | | 1 | |
| 44 | | Pa Modou Kah | DF | 5 | | 3 | | 1 | | | | 1 | | 1 | | 7 | | 4 | |
| 46 | | Brett Levis | DF | | | | | | | | | 4 | | | | 4 | | | |
| 67 | | Alphonso Davies | MF | 8 | | | | 4 | | | | 3 | 1 | | | 15 | 1 | | |
| 70 | | Paolo Tornaghi | GK | 1 | | | | 3 | | | | 2 | | | | 6 | | | |
| 77 | | Pedro Morales | MF | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | | | 1 | | | | 30 | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| | | Darren Mattocks* | FW | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | | Sam Adekugbe* | DF | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | 4 | | | |
| 29 | | Octavio Rivero* | FW | 12 | 2 | 4 | | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | 15 | 3 | 4 | |
| 39 | | Spencer Richey* | GK | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | |
| 47 | | Kyle Greig* | FW | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | 3 | | | |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | | 3 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 3 | | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 41 | 55 | 8 | | 5 | 4 | 0 | | 10 | 7 | 0 | | 56 | 66 | 8 |
Source: (for players and positions) First Team Squad 00(for squad numbers) 00(for actual stats.)