# Whitecaps FC Academy

Vancouver Whitecaps FC teams :
| ♂ Vancouver Whitecaps FC | MLS |
| ♀ Vancouver Rise FC | NSL |
| ♂ Whitecaps FC 2 | MLSNP |
| ♂ MLS Academy | L1BC |
| ♀ Vancouver Rise FC Academy | L1BC |
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Whitecaps FC Academy (sponsor name Whitecaps FC BMO Academy) is the youth system of the professional soccer club Vancouver Whitecaps FC, based in Vancouver, British Columbia. It fields a men's and women's team in the semi-professional League1 British Columbia.

## Men's

The men's academy is officially named the Vancouver Whitecaps FC MLS Academy. It is a full-time, fully funded, player development program. Originally known as the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency programs, they changed their name in 2018 to the Whitecaps FC Academy. They have affiliations with youth soccer clubs across Canada, forming part of the Whitecaps FC BMO Academy.

### Seasons

| Season | League | Teams | Record | Rank | Playoffs | Top scorer |
| 2022 | League1 British Columbia | 7 | 4–4–4 | 3rd | did not qualify | Gurman Sangha (6) |
| 2023 | League1 British Columbia | 8 | 5–7–2 | 3rd | Champions | Michael Hennessy (7) |
| 2024 | League1 British Columbia | 7 | 5–4–3 | 3rd | Semi-finals | 3 players (4) |

## Women's

The women's academy is officially named the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Girls Elite Academy. In 2015, the Canadian Soccer Association partnered with the BC Soccer Association and the Vancouver Whitecaps FC to launch its regional EXCEL program which will be run as part of the Whitecaps FC Academy.
In 2021, it was announced that the program would join the semi-professional League1 British Columbia as a founding franchise for the 2022 season. Their home games will take place at Ken Woods Field at the National Soccer Development Centre. They played their debut match on May 22, defeating the Victoria Highlanders 5-1.
During the 2022 regular season, the Whitecaps managed to finish second in the regular season standings and qualified for the Championship final, despite many of their university age players having to depart the team before the end of the season, leaving them with a roster composed of 14-17 year old players. In the Championship Final, the Whitecaps Girls defeated Varsity FC to win the inaugural women's League1 British Columbia title. In May 2023, the team participated in the 2023 Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup, winning the title. In the 2023 L1BC season, they won the league double, capturing the regular season title and the playoff championship, advancing to the Women's Inter-Provincial Championship, which they also won to become the overall League1 Canada champions. In 2024, they once again won the League1 BC title to advance to the Inter-Provincial Championship again, winning the overall League1 Canada title for the second consecutive year.

### Seasons

| Season | League | Teams | Record | Rank | Playoffs | National / continental | National / continental |
| 2022 | League1 British Columbia | 7 | 8–1–3 | 2nd | Champions | withdrew | withdrew |
| 2023 | League1 British Columbia | 8 | 11–1–2 | 1st | Champions | Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup | Champions |
| 2023 | League1 British Columbia | 8 | 11–1–2 | 1st | Champions | Inter-Provincial Championship | Champions |
| 2024 | League1 British Columbia | 7 | 10–2–0 | 1st | Champions | Inter-Provincial Championship | Champions |
| 2024 | League1 British Columbia | 7 | 10–2–0 | 1st | Champions | CONCACAF W Champions Cup | Group stage |

## Professional players from the Whitecaps FC Academy

    As of March 15, 2023
| Name | Most recent pro club | Birth year | First team appearances |
| Cornelius Stewart | Abahani Limited Dhaka | 1989 | 21 |
| Evan Taylor | Chapelton Maroons | 1989 | - |
| Philippe Davies$^{RET}$ (HG) | Ottawa Fury FC | 1990 | 34 |
| Randy Edwini-Bonsu$^{RET}$ | FC Edmonton | 1990 | 36 |
| Dever Orgill | Bodrumspor | 1990 | 16 |
| Kyle Porter | FC Edmonton | 1990 | 5 |
| Alex Semenets$^{RET}$ | FC Edmonton | 1990 | 3 |
| Keithy Simpson$^{RET}$ | Dunbeholden F.C. | 1990 | - |
| Adam Straith$^{RET}$ | Hansa Rostock | 1990 | - |
| Simon Thomas | Tromsø IL | 1990 | 1 |
| La'Vere Corbin-Ong | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 1991 | 0 |
| Ethan Gage | Caroline Springs George Cross FC | 1991 | 42 |
| Julien Latendresse-Levessque | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 1991 | - |
| Sahil Sandhu$^{RET}$ | Whitecaps FC 2 | 1991 | - |
| Joseph Gyau | Las Vegas Lights FC | 1992 | - |
| Kemar Lawrence | Westchester SC | 1992 | - |
| Brian Sylvestre (HG) | Miami FC | 1992 | 0 |
| Russell Teibert$^{RET}$ (HG) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1992 | 301 |
| Charlie Trafford | Cavalry FC | 1992 | - |
| Caleb Clarke$^{RET}$ (HG) | FC Amberg | 1993 | 2 |
| Ben Fisk$^{RET}$ | Vancouver FC | 1993 | - |
| Callum Irving | Vancouver FC | 1993 | - |
| Ben McKendry$^{RET}$ (HG) | Atlético Ottawa | 1993 | 7 |
| Charles Renken$^{RET}$ | Seattle Sounders 2 | 1993 | - |
| Ethen Sampson (HG) | Black Leopards F.C. | 1993 | 7 |
| Bryce Alderson$^{RET}$ (HG) | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | 1994 | 2 |
| Paris Gee | Vancouver FC | 1994 | - |
| Sean Melvin (HG) | Pacific FC | 1994 | 0 |
| Daniel Stanese | VfR Aalen | 1994 | - |
| Sam Adekugbe (HG) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1995 | 61 |
| Jackson Farmer$^{RET}$ | Whitecaps FC 2 | 1995 | - |
| Carlos Patiño$^{RET}$ | Cavalry FC | 1995 | - |
| Mitch Piraux$^{RET}$ | Whitecaps FC 2 | 1995 | - |
| Nicholas Prasad$^{RET}$ | Bischofswerdaer FV 08 | 1995 | - |
| Chris Serban$^{RET}$ | Cavalry FC | 1995 | - |
| Nolan Wirth$^{RET}$ | Pacific FC | 1995 | - |
| Elijah Adekugbe | York United FC | 1996 | - |
| Marco Bustos (HG) | Pacific FC | 1996 | 13 |
| Marco Carducci (HG) | Cavalry FC | 1996 | 2 |
| Alex Comsia$^{RET}$ | North Carolina FC | 1996 | - |
| Kianz Froese (HG) | Wehen Wiesbaden | 1996 | 24 |
| Jordan Haynes | Valour FC | 1996 | 0 |
| Ali Musse | Cavalry FC | 1996 | - |
| Marcello Polisi | Detroit City FC | 1997 | - |
| Dario Zanatta | Pacific FC | 1997 | - |
| Gloire Amanda | Whitecaps FC 2 | 1998 | 0 |
| Matthew Baldisimo | York United FC | 1998 | 0 |
| Terran Campbell | Forge FC | 1998 | - |
| Kadin Chung | Pacific FC | 1998 | - |
| Duwayne Ewart | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 1998 | - |
| Tomi Fagbongbe | Viljandi Tulevik | 1998 | - |
| Liam Fraser | Crawley Town FC | 1998 | - |
| Thomas Gardner | FC Edmonton | 1998 | - |
| Ndzemdzela Langwa | HFX Wanderers FC | 1998 | - |
| Patrick Metcalfe (HG) | Fredrikstad FK | 1998 | 21 |
| David Norman Jr. (HG) | Vancouver FC | 1998 | 1 |
| Matteo Polisi | Anagennisi Epanomi | 1998 | - |
| Daniel Sagno | Glenorchy Knights FC | 1998 | - |
| Munir Saleh$^{RET}$ | York9 FC | 1998 | - |
| Zach Verhoven | Vancouver FC | 1998 | - |
| Nicolas Apostol | Anagennisi Epanomi | 1999 | - |
| Theo Bair (HG) | AJ Auxerre | 1999 | 39 |
| Alan Camacho | Whitecaps FC 2 | 1999 | - |
| Jonas Häkkinen | Cobh Ramblers FC | 1999 | - |
| Joel Harrison$^{RET}$ | Whitecaps FC 2 | 1999 | - |
| Thomas Hasal (HG) | Los Angeles FC | 1999 | 36 |
| Georges Mukumbilwa (HG) | Pacific FC | 1999 | 1 |
| Noah Verhoeven | Atlético Ottawa | 1999 | - |
| Michael Baldisimo (HG) | San Jose Earthquakes | 2000 | 50 |
| Antony Caceres | FC Edmonton | 2000 | - |
| Alphonso Davies (HG) | Bayern Munich | 2000 | 81 |
| Gabriel Escobar | HFX Wanderers FC | 2000 | - |
| Vasco Fry | Vancouver FC | 2000 | 1 |
| José Hernandez | Cavalry FC | 2000 | - |
| Alessandro Hojabrpour | Forge FC | 2000 | - |
| Daniel Kaiser | Cavalry FC | 2000 | - |
| Devin O'Hea | Pacific FC | 2000 | - |
| Filip Rakic | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2000 | - |
| Jake Ruby | HFX Wanderers FC | 2000 | - |
| Gurman Sangha | Crown Legacy FC | 2000 | - |
| Jalen Watson | Toronto FC II | 2000 | - |
| Isaac Boehmer (HG) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2001 | 12 |
| Cristian Campagna | JK Narva Trans | 2001 | - |
| Chance Carter | FC Edmonton | 2001 | - |
| T-Boy Fayia | FC Edmonton | 2001 | - |
| Eryk Kobza | Cavalry FC | 2001 | - |
| Ivan Mejia | Vancouver FC | 2001 | - |
| Darlington Murasiranwa | Valour FC | 2001 | - |
| Chris Lee | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2001 | 0 |
| Owen Antoniuk | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2002 | - |
| Amir Batyrev | PFC Sochi | 2002 | - |
| Emiliano Brienza | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2002 | 1 |
| Carson Buschman-Dormond | Balzan F.C. | 2002 | - |
| Brandon Cambridge | Charlotte FC | 2002 | - |
| Simon Colyn (HG) | De Graafschap | 2002 | 1 |
| Lucas Dasovic | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2002 | - |
| Matteo de Brienne | GAIS | 2002 | - |
| Gianfranco Facchineri (HG) | Valour FC | 2002 | 0 |
| Eric Lajeunesse | Pacific FC | 2002 | - |
| Simone Masi | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2002 | - |
| Chituru Odunze (HG) | Charlotte FC | 2002 | 0 |
| Damiano Pecile (HG) | SC Covilhã | 2002 | 1 |
| Junior Agyekum | Atlético Ottawa | 2003 | - |
| Ben Alexander | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2003 | 0 |
| Paul Amedume | Pacific FC | 2003 | - |
| Emil Gazdov | CF Montréal | 2003 | - |
| Kamron Habibullah (HG) | Sandvikens IF | 2003 | 3 |
| Joe Hanson | Treaty United FC | 2003 | - |
| Niko Sigur | HNK Hajduk Split | 2003 | - |
| Muslim Umar | York United FC | 2003 | - |
| Eric White | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2003 | - |
| Theo Afework | York United FC | 2004 | - |
| Max Anchor (HG) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2004 | 1 |
| Elage Bah | Vancouver FC | 2004 | - |
| Matteo Campagna (HG) | Vancouver FC | 2004 | 1 |
| Alesandro Comita | ND Gorica | 2004 | - |
| Brennen Fuerst | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2004 | - |
| Amir Ghasemi | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2004 | - |
| Jay Herdman | Cavalry FC | 2004 | 1 |
| Finn Linder | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2004 | 1 |
| Joshué Ndakala | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2004 | - |
| Sydney Wathuta | Colorado Rapids 2 | 2004 | - |
| Edwin Espinal | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2005 | - |
| Mihail Gherasimencov | Cavalry FC (on loan from Whitecaps FC 2) | 2005 | 0 |
| Christian Greco-Taylor | Pacific FC | 2005 | - |
| Niko Myroniuk | Cavalry FC | 2005 | - |
| Cohen Park | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2005 | - |
| David Ajagbe | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2006 | - |
| Jeevan Badwal (HG) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2006 | 2 |
| Elijah Bean | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2006 | - |
| Cristiano Da Silva | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2006 | - |
| Aidan Fong | Liaoning Tieren FC | 2006 | - |
| Benjamin Lee | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2006 | - |
| Immanuel Mathe | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2006 | - |
| Alexander Milošević | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2006 | - |
| Amoni Thomas | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2006 | - |
| Kyler Vojvodic | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2006 | - |
| Sahai Williams | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2006 | - |
| Luka Banovic | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2007 | - |
| Mateo Clark | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2007 | - |
| Luca Chen | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2007 | - |
| Rayan Elloumi | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2007 | - |
| Liam Mackenzie | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2007 | 0 |
| Anyole Peter | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2007 | - |
| Valter Sedin | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2007 | - |
| Johnny Selemani | Whitecaps FC 2 | 2007 | - |
| Grady McDonnell | Club NXT | 2008 | - |