# 2021 Pacific FC season

The 2021 Pacific FC season was the third season in the history of Pacific FC, as well as third in the Canadian Premier League. In addition to the domestic league, the club competed in the Canadian Championship.
On December 5, Pacific defeated two-time defending league champions Forge FC 1–0 in the 2021 Canadian Premier League Final to win their first league title. As champions, they qualified for the 2022 CONCACAF League.

## Overview

Coming off of a 4th place finish in the shortened 2020 Canadian Premier League season, Pacific FC was able to retain most of the club's core players, while also bringing in new talent such as international attackers Ollie Bassett and Gianni dos Santos. Expectations were relatively high for the side in Pa-Modou Kah's second year leading the team.
The season began with an eight game bubble tournament in Winnipeg, dubbed "The Kickoff", before the teams moved back to their home stadiums to play out the rest of the season. The first half of the season was a huge success for Pacific, as it saw them at the top of the table and also being the highest-scoring team in the league. In the first round of the Canadian Championship, the Tridents were given a tough draw against fellow British Columbian side Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer, but Pacific managed to defeat them 4-3 at home in front of a sold-out crowd to advance to the next round.
Pacific qualified for the playoffs, by finishing in third place, and face 2nd place team Cavalry FC in the semifinals. They managed to defeat Cavalry 2-1 in extra time, and advanced to the final against defending champions Forge FC. In the final game in Hamilton, midfielder Alessandro Hojabrpour scored the lone goal of the game while goalkeeper Callum Irving kept a clean sheet, and Pacific won their first ever trophy.

## Current squad

As of June 10, 2021.
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Previous club |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Nolan Wirth | GK | (1995-01-24)January 24, 1995 (aged 26) | Victoria Highlanders |
| 13 | Callum Irving | GK | (1993-03-16)March 16, 1993 (aged 28) | Ottawa Fury |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Kadin Chung | RB | (1998-09-05)September 5, 1998 (aged 23) | Kaiserslautern II |
| 3 | Jordan Haynes | LB / LW | (1996-01-17)January 17, 1996 (aged 25) | Vancouver TSS Rovers |
| 5 | Abdou Samake | CB | (1996-10-07)October 7, 1996 (aged 25) | University of Michigan |
| 6 | Lukas MacNaughton | CB | (1995-03-08)March 8, 1995 (aged 26) | Alliance United |
| 6 | Robert Boskovic | CB | (1998-07-01)July 1, 1998 (aged 23) | Toronto FC II |
| 12 | Kunle Dada-Luke | FB / RW | (2000-01-12)January 12, 2000 (aged 21) | Atlético Ottawa |
| 17 | Chris Lee | LB | (2001-12-14)December 14, 2001 (aged 20) | UBC Thunderbirds |
| 26 | Thomas Meilleur-Giguère | CB | (1997-11-13)November 13, 1997 (aged 24) | Montreal Impact |
| | Duran Lee | CB | (1995-05-09)May 9, 1995 (aged 26) | FC Edmonton |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 7 | Víctor Blasco | MF | (1994-07-01)July 1, 1994 (aged 27) | VIU Mariners |
| 8 | Matthew Baldisimo | DM / CM | (1998-01-20)January 20, 1998 (aged 23) | Fresno FC |
| 11 | Josh Heard | AM | (1994-11-29)November 29, 1994 (aged 27) | Real Monarchs |
| 19 | Matteo Polisi | AM / FW | (1998-04-15)April 15, 1998 (aged 23) | SFU Athletics |
| 20 | Sean Young | CM | (2001-04-20)April 20, 2001 (aged 20) | Victoria Highlanders |
| 21 | Alessandro Hojabrpour | AM | (2000-01-10)January 10, 2000 (aged 21) | Lokomotiv Plovdiv |
| 22 | Jamar Dixon | CM | (1989-06-05)June 5, 1989 (aged 32) | Ottawa Fury |
| 23 | Ollie Bassett | AM | (1998-03-06)March 6, 1998 (aged 23) | Nuneaton Borough |
| 34 | Manny Aparicio | CM | (1995-09-17)September 17, 1995 (aged 26) | York9 FC |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | Alejandro Díaz | FW | (1996-01-27)January 27, 1996 (aged 25) | Club América |
| 10 | Marco Bustos | RW / AM | (1996-04-22)April 22, 1996 (aged 25) | Valour FC |
| 14 | Terran Campbell | LW / ST | (1998-10-10)October 10, 1998 (aged 23) | Fresno FC |
| 24 | Gianni dos Santos | CF | (1998-11-21)November 21, 1998 (aged 23) | FC Dordrecht |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | From club | Fee/notes | Date |
| 34 | MF | Manny Aparicio | York9 FC | Free transfer | November 6, 2020 |
| 19 | MF | Matteo Polisi | SFU Athletics | Free transfer | February 25, 2021 |
| 12 | DF | Kunle Dada-Luke | Atlético Ottawa | Free transfer | March 11, 2021 |
| | DF | Duran Lee | FC Edmonton | Free transfer | March 18, 2021 |
| 23 | MF | Ollie Bassett | Nuneaton Borough | Free transfer | April 29, 2021 |
| 24 | FW | Gianni dos Santos | FC Dordrecht | Free transfer | May 20, 2021 |
| 17 | DF | Chris Lee | UBC Thunderbirds | Selected 5th overall in the 2021 CPL–U Sports Draft | June 10, 2021 |

#### Draft picks

Pacific FC selected the following players in the 2021 CPL–U Sports Draft on January 29, 2021. Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.
| Round | Selection | Pos. | Player | Nationality | University |
| 1 | 5 | DF | Chris Lee | Canada | UBC Thunderbirds |
| 2 | 12 | FW | Victory Shumbusho | DR Congo | UBC Thunderbirds |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | To club | Fee/notes | Date |
| 16 | MF | Zach Verhoven | Atlético Ottawa | Contract expired | October 29, 2020 |
| 19 | MF | Noah Verhoeven | York United | Contract expired | February 4, 2021 |
| 17 | DF | Marcel de Jong | Retired | | March 5, 2021 |

#### Loans Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned to | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
| | GK | Emil Gazdov | FC Nürnberg | Loaned until June 2022 | October 7, 2020 | |

## Competitions
### Canadian Premier League
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Forge (S) | 28 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 39 | 24 | +15 | 50 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | Cavalry | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 50 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | Pacific (C) | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 45 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | York United | 28 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 36 | Advance to playoffs |
| 5 | Valour | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 35 | |
| 6 | HFX Wanderers | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 35 | |
| 7 | FC Edmonton | 28 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 28 | |
| 8 | Atlético Ottawa | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 47 | −17 | 26 | |

#### Results by match

| Match | 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 |
| Result | W | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |

#### Playoff matches
### Canadian Championship
## Statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Total | Total | Total | Canadian Premier League | Canadian Premier League | Canadian Premier League | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists |
| 2 | DF | | Kadin Chung | 29 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | | Jordan Haynes | 29 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Abdou Samake | 28 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | Lukas MacNaughton | 29 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Víctor Blasco | 17 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Matthew Baldisimo | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Alejandro Díaz | 31 | 12 | 4 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Marco Bustos | 18 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Josh Heard | 29 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | | Kunle Dada-Luke | 23 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Terran Campbell | 30 | 13 | 6 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | | Chris Lee | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Robert Boskovic | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Matteo Polisi | 22 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Sean Young | 28 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Alessandro Hojabrpour | 29 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Jamar Dixon | 29 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | | Ollie Bassett | 20 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | | Gianni dos Santos | 20 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Thomas Meilleur-Giguère | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | Paul Amedume | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | | Manny Aparicio | 25 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalkeepers

| No. | Nat | Name | Total | Total | Total | Canadian Premier League | Canadian Premier League | Canadian Premier League | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship |
| No. | Nat | Name | Apps | Conceded | Shutouts | Apps | Conceded | Shutouts | Apps | Conceded | Shutouts |
| 1 | | Nolan Wirth | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | | Callum Irving | 30 | 34 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 31 | | Isaac Boehmer | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |