2008 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season

The 2008 Vancouver Whitecaps season was the club's 23rd year of existence (or 33rd if counting the NASL Whitecaps), as well as their 16th as a Division 2 club in the franchise model of US-based soccer leagues. With games against well supported MLS side Toronto FC in the Voyageurs Cup and local rival Seattle Sounders selling 22,000 season tickets for MLS in 2009, the Vancouver Whitecaps were marketed as one of the leading markets for a 2011 MLS expansion side. This included expanding the ownership to include Victoria, BC raised NBA star Steve Nash in July.[1] The Division 1 MLS speculation along with the higher profile that came with public negotiations with Vancouver City Council and the Port of Metro Vancouver to develop the Whitecaps Waterfront Stadium gave a boost to media coverage and game attendances. The privately financed stadium, first proposed in 2006, appeared to be reaching its final government land use approvals in 2008.[2][3]

Vancouver Whitecaps
2008 season
ManagerTeitur Thordarson
USL-12nd
USL-1 PlayoffsRunners-Up
Voyageurs Cup3rd
Highest home attendance5,822
Oct 12 vs Puerto Rico Islanders
Lowest home attendance4,412
June 25 vs Montreal Impact
Average home league attendance4,999

The 2008 season started in a strong fashion with two losses in their first ten games as new coach Teitur Thordarson maintained the defensive style of previous coach Bob Lilley to grind out results. The USL-1 league was a closely contested affair with eleven points separating 11th and third in the standings. However, the top two teams, the Whitecaps and Puerto Rico were a further ten points clear of third place. The Commissioner's Cup was a contest between the Whitecaps, who finished runner-up by one point, and the Puerto Rico Islanders. The Whitecaps almost squandered a 5-1 aggregate league by letting the Minnesota Thunder back into the second leg of the USL-1 play in round, but held on for a 5-4 aggregate win. In the semi-final series against Montreal Impact they ground out a first leg 1-0 loss after their goal keeper was ejected. The Whitecaps deservedly won the second leg 2-0 at home to go through 2-1 on aggregate to the final against Puerto Rico Islanders. The playoff final was a back and forth game in which the Whitecaps prevailed 2-1 in front of 5,822 at their long time home of Swangard Stadium.[4]

This was the first year of the official tournament for the Voyageurs Cup also known as the Canadian Championship as CONCACAF designated a Canadian spot in the new champions league structure of the CONCACAF Champions Cup. The Whitecaps finished third in the 2008 Voyaguers Cup with two losses to Montreal and a draw and a win over Division 1 MLS side Toronto FC.

Schedule and results

Tables

  Commissioner's Cup, bye to semifinal round of playoffs
  First round of playoffs

Pos Club Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD H2H Pts
1Puerto Rico Islanders 543015964323+20
2Vancouver Whitecaps 533015873428+6
3Montreal Impact 4230126123328+5
4Rochester Rhinos 41†30119103532+3
5Charleston Battery 4030117123436−2CHA: 4 pts
SEA: 4 pts
6Seattle Sounders 40301010103736+1
7Minnesota Thunder 3930109114038+2
8Carolina RailHawks 3730910113443−9
9Miami FC 3430810122834−6MIA: 7 pts
ATL: 1 pt
10Atlanta Silverbacks 3430810123750−13
11Portland Timbers 3130710132633−7

Tie-breaker order: 1. Head-to-head points; 2. Total wins; 3. Goal difference; 4. Goals for; 5. Lottery
† Rochester deducted 1 point for use of an ineligible player on August 10, 2008[5]

OverallHomeAway
PldPtsWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGD
30 53 15 7 8 34 28  +6 8 2 5 17 10  +7 7 5 3 17 18  −1

Last updated: April 26, 2010
Source: uslsoccer.com
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss

March 9, 2008 UVic Vikes0 – 0Vancouver Whitecaps FCVictoria, British Columbia
15:00 PST Report Stadium: Centennial Stadium,
Attendance: 500
March 20, 2008 Vancouver Whitecaps FC4 – 0Portland TimbersSeattle, WA
Steve Kindel
Nicholas Addlery
Own Goal
Stefan Leslie 		Report Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex
March 22, 2008 Seattle Sounders FC1 – 2Vancouver Whitecaps FCSeattle, WA
19:00 PST Roger Levesque  44' Report Jason Jordan  15'
Eduardo Sebrango  64'		 Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex
Attendance: 752
March 29, 2008 Simon Fraser University0 – 3Vancouver Whitecaps FCNew Westminster, BC
10:00 PST Report Eduardo Sebrango  6'
Nick Webb  19'
Jason Jordan  85'		 Stadium: Mercer Stadium
April 2, 2008 Trinity Western University0 – 3Vancouver Whitecaps FCLangley, BC
19:00 PST Report Alfredo Valente  38' (69)
Eduardo Sebrango  50'		 Stadium: Spartans Sports Complex
Attendance: 2,276
Referee: Phil Barrington

USL-1
See also: 2008 United Soccer Leagues

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHHHAAHAAAHAHAHHAAAAAHHAHHAAHHA
ResultWLWWDLWWWWLDLDDWWWLLWDDWWDLDWW
Source: uslsoccer.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
April 12, 2008 1Vancouver Whitecaps FC1 – 0Montreal ImpactBurnaby, BC
22:00 ET Eduardo Sebrango  33' Report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,288
April 26, 2008 2Vancouver Whitecaps FC0 – 1Minnesota ThunderBurnaby, BC
22:00 ET report Ricardo Sánchez  68' ((Pen.)) Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4,989
Referee: Fabrizio Romano
May 10, 2008 3Vancouver Whitecaps FC1 – 0Rochester RhinosBurnaby, BC
22:00 ET Eduardo Sebrango  77' report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4,762
Referee: Geoff Gamble
May 16, 2008 4Miami FC Blues0 – 1Vancouver Whitecaps FCMiami
17:30 ET report Eduardo Sebrango  18' Stadium: Tropical Park Stadium
Attendance: 3,125
Referee: Shane Moody
May 19, 2008 5Montreal Impact0 – 0Vancouver Whitecaps FCMontreal
15:00 ET report Stadium: Stade Saputo
Attendance: 13,034
Referee: Dave Gantar
May 23, 2008 6Vancouver Whitecaps FC0 – 2Seattle SoundersBurnaby, BC
23:00 ET report Josh Gardner 3'
Sebastien Le Toux 7'		 Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,146
Referee: Justin Tasev
May 24, 2008 7Portland Timbers0 – 1Vancouver Whitecaps FCPortland, Oregon
22:00 ET report Chris Nurse  17'
Johnny Menyongar  37'		 Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 8,688
Referee: Yader Reyes
May 28, 2008 8Charleston Battery0 – 2Vancouver Whitecaps FCCharleston, South Carolina
19:30 ET report Jason Jordan  64'
Nicholas Addlery  75'		 Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Attendance: 2,763
Referee: Alan Schechtman
May 31, 2008 9Minnesota Thunder0 – 1Vancouver Whitecaps FCMinneapolis
20:05 ET report Jason Jordan  41' Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 2,369
Referee: Edwom Jureievic
June 7, 2008 10Vancouver Whitecaps FC1 – 3Portland TimbersBurnaby, BC
22:00 ET Scot Thompson  9' report Eduardo Sebrango  54'
Martin Nash  66'
Alfredo Valente  90'		 Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,288
Referee: Jonathan Lavergne
June 13, 2008 11Rochester Rhinos3 – 0Vancouver Whitecaps FCRochester, New York
20:00 ET Mauricio Salles  32' (62)
Johnny Menyongar  46'		 report Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium
Attendance: 7,471
Referee: Joe Caroccio
June 22, 2008 12Vancouver Whitecaps FC1 – 1Miami FC BluesBurnaby, BC
22:00 ET Juan Pablo Galavis  20' report Chris Pozniak  51' Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,288
Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau
July 5, 2008 13Rochester Rhinos1 – 3Vancouver Whitecaps FCRochester, New York
19:35 ET Lyle Martin  7'
Martin Nash  71'
Charles Gbeke  79'
Marcus Haber  81'		 report Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium
Attendance: 7,356
Referee: Fernando Iturriaga
July 13, 2008 14Vancouver Whitecaps FC2 – 1Carolina RailHawks FCBurnaby, BC
22:00 ET Eduardo Sebrango  75' report Dan Antoniuk  74' Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4,989
Referee: Mathieu Bourdea
July 23, 2008 15Vancouver Whitecaps FC1 – 1Charleston BatteryBurnaby, BC
22:00 ET Charles Gbeke  81' report Randi Patterson Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,038
Referee: Jonathan Lavergne
July 26, 2008 16Vancouver Whitecaps FC1 – 0Carolina RailHawks FCBurnaby, BC
22:00 ET Eduardo Sebrango  12' report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4,991
Referee: Geoff Gamble
July 29, 2008 17Miami FC Blues1 – 2Vancouver Whitecaps FCMiami
19:30 ET Alex Afonso  61' report Eduardo Sebrango  57'
Alfredo Valente  81'		 Stadium: Tropical Park Stadium
Attendance: 958
Referee: Ben Chouaf
August 1, 2008 18Carolina RailHawks FC3 – 2Vancouver Whitecaps FCCary, North Carolina
20:00 ET Santiago Fusilier  18'
Martin Nunez  83'		 report Charles Gbeke  2'
Omar Jarun  10'
Eduardo Sebrango  35'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,856
Referee: Mark Kadlecik
August 3, 2008 19Charleston Battery2-0Vancouver Whitecaps FCCharleston, South Carolina
18:00 ET Osvaldo Alonso  10' (61), (Pen.)' report Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Attendance: 3,769
August 5, 2008 20Atlanta Silverbacks2 – 3Vancouver Whitecaps FCAtlanta
19:55 ET Tony McManus  37'
Macoumba Kandji  53'
Jerson Monteiro  65'		 report Luca Bellisomo  31'
Admir Salihovic  79'		 Stadium: RE/MAX Greater Atlanta Stadium
Attendance: 1,941
August 10, 2008 21Vancouver Whitecaps FC3 – 2Atlanta SilverbacksBurnaby, BC
19:00 ET Jeff Clarke  25'
Eduardo Sebrango  72' (88)		 report Ansu Toure  20' (39) Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4,689
Referee: Carol Anne Chenard
August 17, 2008 22Vancouver Whitecaps FC0 – 0Carolina RailHawks FCBurnaby, BC
22:00 ET report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4,563
Referee: Geoff Gamble
August 20, 2008 23Seattle Sounders0 – 0Vancouver Whitecaps FCTukwila, Washington
19:30 ET report Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex
Attendance: 3,203
Referee: Ben Chouaf
August 22, 2008 24Vancouver Whitecaps FC2 – 1Portland TimbersBurnaby, BC
23:00 ET Nick Addlery  3' (43) report Lawrence Olum  12' Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4,761
Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau
August 27, 2008 25Vancouver Whitecaps FC2 – 0Atlanta SilverbacksBurnaby, BC
22:00 ET Lyle Martin  35'
Eduardo Sebrango  69'		 report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4,621
Referee: Dave Gantar
August 31, 2008 26Puerto Rico Islanders1 – 1Vancouver Whitecaps FCBayamón, Puerto Rico
18:00 ET Kendall Jagdeosingh  67' report Takashi Hirano 86' Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Attendance: 3,227
Referee: Lee Suckle
September 5, 2008 27Puerto Rico Islanders1 – 0Vancouver Whitecaps FCBayamón, Puerto Rico
20:00 ET Noah Delgado  89' report Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Attendance: 5,255
Referee: Ben Chouaf
September 7, 2008 28Vancouver Whitecaps FC0 – 0Minnesota ThunderBurnaby, BC
22:00 ET report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,288
Referee: Fabrizio Romano
September 13, 2008 29Vancouver Whitecaps FC1 – 0Montreal ImpactBurnaby, BC
22:00 ET Charles Gbeke  45' report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,288
Referee: Dave Gantar
September 20, 2008 30Seattle Sounders2 – 3Vancouver Whitecaps FCTukwila, Washington
22:00 ET Sebastien Le Toux  10'
Kevin Sakuda  69'		 report Eduardo Sebrango  54'
Justin Moose  57'
Jeff Clarke  67'		 Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex
Attendance: 4,401
Referee: Landis Wiley

Post-season
September 26, 2008 Play-In Round Leg 1Vancouver Whitecaps FC2 – 0Minnesota ThunderBurnaby, BC
22:00 ET Own goal  27'
Justin Moose  89'		 report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4,943
Referee: Carol Anne Chenard
September 28, 2008 Play-In Round Leg 2Minnesota Thunder4 – 3Vancouver Whitecaps FCMinneapolis
18:05 ET Luchi Gonzalez  23'
Melvin Tarley  64'
Stephen deRoux  78'
Frederico Moojen  90' (Pen.)		 report Alfredo Valente  3'
Martin Nash  44'
Eduardo Sebrango  55'		 Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 3,811
October 3, 2008 Semi-Final Leg 1Montreal Impact1 – 0Vancouver Whitecaps FCMontreal
20:00 ET Antonio Ribeiro  61' report Stadium: Stade Saputo
Attendance: 12,002
Referee: Steve DePiero
October 5, 2008 Semi-Final Leg 2Vancouver Whitecaps FC2- 0Montreal ImpactBurnaby, BC
18:30 ET Jeff Clarke  37'
Eduardo Sebrango  41'		 report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4,992
Referee: Dave Gantar
October 12, 2008 FinalVancouver Whitecaps FC2–1Puerto Rico IslandersBurnaby, BC
19:00 ET Charles Gbeke  55' (74) report Sandy Gbandi  68' Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,822
Referee: Mark Kadlecik

Canadian Championship

Canadian Championship standings
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Montreal Impact 7421152+3
Toronto FC 54121440
Vancouver Whitecaps 4411236-3
Team qualified for Champions League qualifying round.

Canadian Championship results
See also: 2008 Canadian Championship
June 17, 2008 1Montreal Impact2–0Vancouver WhitecapsSaputo Stadium, Montreal
19:30 EDT Severino Jefferson  25'
Joey Gjertsen  35'		 Report Attendance: 10,054
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
June 25, 2008 2Vancouver Whitecaps0–2Montreal ImpactSwangard Stadium, Burnaby, British Columbia
23:00 EDT Report Roberto Brown  30'
David Testo  66'		 Attendance: 4,412
Referee: Domenic Scali
July 1, 2008 3Toronto FC0–1Vancouver WhitecapsBMO Field, Toronto, Ontario
16:00 EDT Report Martin Nash  36' (pen.) Attendance: 18,938
Referee: Steve Depiero
July 9, 2008 4Vancouver Whitecaps2–2Toronto FCSwangard Stadium, Burnaby, British Columbia
19:30 PDT Eduardo Sebrango 43'  87' Report Maurice Edu  61'
Rohan Ricketts 76'		 Attendance: 5,228
Referee: Carol-Ann Chénard

Cascadia Cup
See also: Cascadia Cup
2008
Team Pts Pld W L D GF GA GD
Vancouver Whitecaps 13641196+3
Seattle Sounders 86222550
Portland Timbers 4614147-3

Friendlies
May 13, 2008 1Vancouver Whitecaps2 – 1Los Angeles GalaxyEdmonton, Alberta
19:00 ET Nick Adderly  4'
Eduardo Sebrango		 Report Alan Gordon  43' Stadium: Commonwealth Stadium
Attendance: 37,104

Current roster

After the 2007 season, the Whitecaps and coach Bob Lilley parted ways with the Whitecaps hiring Teitur Thordarson. Many local long time stalwart veteran players such as Jeff Clarke, Jason Jordan, Steve Kindel, Geordie Lyall, Martin Nash, and Alfredo Valente remained on the roster. Leading striker Eduardo Sebrango also was back for another year with the new coach.

The Whitecaps signed Jamaican striker Nicholas Addlery, US keeper Jay Nolly, Omar Jarun, Japanese international Takashi Hirano, and Bolivian youth international Vicente Arze.[6]

Staff
  • Head Coach – Teitur Thordarson
  • Assistant Coach – Todd Wawrousek
  • Manager Communications – Nathan Vanstone
  • Director of Professional Teams – Greg Anderson
  • Office Manager – Lindsay Pucklik
  • President – Bob Lenarduzzi

All stats as of the end of the season.[7]

Goalkeeper stats
No. Nat. Player Total USL-1 Playoffs
MIN SV GA GAA SO MIN SV GA GAA SO MIN SV GA GAA SO
1 Jay Nolly 207081241.0439207081241.04393251951.381
29Srdjan Djekanovic 630234'0.5746302340.57400000
0Tyler Baldock 0000.0000000.000125610.721

|} Updated to match played February 20, 2014
Source: 

Player statistics
No. Pos. Name Apps Minutes Goals Assists Shots Fouls
0GK Tyler Baldock 1(1)125000000
1GK Jay Nolly 272395000031
2DF Jeff Clarke 20(1)17433291640
3MF Nick Webb 0(4)40000100
4DF Adrian Cann 87200011410
4DF Wesley Charles 15(1)13210111430
6DF Luca Bellisomo 9(2)8071131120
7MF Martin Nash 33289613252840
8DF Steve Kindel 27(3)244502173760
9MF Alfredo Valente 25(6)204622332651
11FW Nicholas Addlery 16(12)144041443281
12FW Eduardo Sebrango 312548133763341
13DF Geordie Lyall 5(1)312001600
13MF Mason Webb 0(2)23000000
14MF Tony Donatelli 6(4)4800110810
15DF Omar Jarun 21(4)194511134381
17FW Randy Edwini-Bonsu 0(4)36002100
18DF Mason Trafford 5(10)570003800
19MF Chris Pozniak 6(1)5701141110
20MF Ethan Gage 2(6)4450051200
20FW Charles Gbeke 10(7)78353262820
20FW Dever Orgill (1)38001100
20MF Navid Mashinchi (1)6000000
22DF Takashi Hirano 16(7)17621062440
23MF Vicente Arze 8(18)109712252430
24DF Lyle Martin 25(2)22831582710
25MF Tyrell Burgess 11(14)104712281520
25MF Justin Moose 16(8)156424152670
26FW Jason Jordan 5(20)8972318910
27MF Stefan Leslie 0(6)70000000
28DF Diaz Kambere 8(2)684004600
29GK Srdjan Djekanovic 7630000000
29GK Richard Goddard 00000000
29MF Admir Salihovic 1(3)88102200
31MF Simon Thomas 00000000
—–Opponent Own goals ––1–––––

Updated February 28, 2014[8][9]

  • Note this list includes only players that have dressed in the eighteen.
  • Note brackets indicate substitute appearances.
  • Note statistics are for league and playoffs (not preseason). Voyageurs Cup statistics appear to no longer be available.

References
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  2. Demosphere International. "Whitecaps unveil stadium plans". uslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  3. Spencer, Kent (October 13, 2008). "Waterfront Stadium could be dramatic, beautiful, spectacular". The Province Newspaper. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  4. Demosphere International. "Schedule". uslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on December 15, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  5. "Rhinos penalized for infraction". United Soccer Leagues. August 15, 2008. Archived from the original on March 26, 2012. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
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