# Whitecaps FC 2

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 2 is a professional soccer team based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada that serves as the reserve team of the Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer.

## History

Prior to the MLS Next Pro iteration the team played its home games at UBC's Thunderbird Stadium and competed in the United Soccer League.
On November 17, 2017, the Whitecaps announced they were disbanding WFC2 and entering an affiliation agreement with USL expansion team Fresno FC.
On December 6, 2021, the Vancouver Whitecaps FC were named as one of 21 clubs that would field a team in the new MLS Next Pro league beginning in the 2022 season. The team moved to Swangard Stadium and would continue to play under the Whitecaps FC 2 name, with a rebrand scheduled for 2023. They retained the name and logo for the 2023 season.

## Players and staff
### Roster

    As of March 8, 2025
| No. | Pos. | Player | Nation |
| 27 | DF | Giuseppe Bovalina | Australia |
| 30 | GK | Adrian Zendejas | United States |
| 42 | FW | Nelson Pierre (on loan from Philadelphia Union) | United States |
| 43 | MF | Antoine Coupland | Canada |
| 44 | MF | Jackson Castro | United States |
| 46 | DF | Deylen Vellios | Canada |
| 50 | GK | Max Anchor | Canada |
| 51 | DF | Dembo Saidykhan | Gambia |
| 53 | DF | Mark O'Neill | United States |
| 55 | FW | Cyprian Kachwele | Tanzania |
| 56 | DF | Maksim Kalina | Canada |
| 59 | MF | Jeevan Badwal | Canada |
| 60 | GK | Alexander Milosevic | Canada |
| 61 | FW | Kyler Vojvodic | Canada |
| 62 | DF | Luca Chen | Canada |
| 63 | FW | Johnny Selemani | Canada |
| 64 | FW | Mateo Clark | Canada |
| 65 | DF | Francesco Troisi | Canada |
| 66 | DF | Sahil Deo | Canada |
| 68 | MF | Yuma Tsuji | Canada |
| 72 | DF | Ben Nash | Canada |
| 83 | DF | Finn Linder | New Zealand |
| 97 | MF | Liam McKenzie | Canada |
| — | MF | Nikola Djordjevic | United States |

### Out on loan

| No. | Pos. | Player | Nation |
| 54 | DF | Mihail Gherasimencov (at Cavalry FC) | Moldova |

### Head coaches

* Includes regular season and playoffs
| Coach | Nationality | Start | End | Games | Win | Loss | Draw | Win % |
| Alan Koch | South Africa | January 30, 2015 | December 14, 2016 | 61 | 22 | 24 | 15 | 036.07 |
| Rich Fagan | Scotland | February 20, 2017 | November 17, 2017 | 32 | 5 | 18 | 9 | 015.63 |
| Nick Dasovic | Canada | March 26, 2022 | February 9, 2023 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 029.17 |
| Ricardo Clark | United States | February 9, 2023 | present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | !— |

### Club captains

| Years | Name | Nation |
| 2015 | Tyler Rosenlund | Canada |
| 2016 | Kyle Greig | United States |
| 2022 | Simon Becher Issac Boehmer | United States Canada |
| 2023 | Giovanni Aguilar | United States |

### Notable former players

Players who made at least 1 senior international appearance before or after joining Whitecaps FC 2.
* Sam Adekugbe
* Ali Ahmed (soccer)
* Theo Bair
* Myer Bevan
* Marco Bustos
* Lucas Cavallini
* Caleb Clarke
* Alphonso Davies
* Francis de Vries
* Robert Earnshaw
* David Edgar
* Jackson Farmer
* Deybi Flores
* Kianz Froese
* Daniel Haber
* Belal Halbouni
* Cyprian Kachwele
* Pa-Modou Kah
* Andre Lewis (footballer)
* Ben McKendry
* Sean Melvin
* Tim Parker
* Pedro Vite
* Deklan Wynne
* Dominick Zator

## Year-by-year

As of September 24, 2023
| Year | Division | League | Record (W–D–L) | Position | Playoffs | Avg. attendance |
| 2015 | 3 | United Soccer League | 8–6–14 | 11th (Western) | Did not qualify | 1,682 |
| 2016 | 3 | United Soccer League | 12–9–9 | 6th (Western) | Conference Finals | 1,779 |
| 2017 | 2 | United Soccer League | 5–9–18 | 14th (Western) | Did not qualify | 869 |
| 2018–2021 | WFC2 disbanded | WFC2 disbanded | WFC2 disbanded | WFC2 disbanded | WFC2 disbanded | WFC2 disbanded |
| 2022 | 3 | MLS Next Pro | 7–8–9 | 7th (Western) | Did not qualify | N/A |
| 2023 | 3 | MLS Next Pro | 8–7–13 | 11th (Western) | Did not qualify | N/A |
* ↑ 2022: 3 shootout wins, 5 shootout losses.
* ↑ 2023: 3 shootout wins, 4 shootout losses.