2009 Vancouver Whitecaps season

The 2009 Vancouver Whitecaps season was the club's 24th year of existence (or 34th if counting the NASL Whitecaps), as well as their 17th and 2nd last year as a Division 2 club in the franchise model of US-based soccer leagues. Vancouver was officially named an MLS expansion city on March 18, 2009.[1] Following the end of the 2010 season, the Whitecaps FC joined MLS, becoming the second Canadian club and 19th overall (counting contracted franchises) to enter the league.[2][3]

Vancouver Whitecaps FC
2009 season
ManagerTeitur Thordarson
USL-17th
USL-1 PlayoffsRunners-Up
Voyageurs CupRunners-Up
Highest home attendance5,886
Oct 10 vs MI
Lowest home attendance4,516
Oct 1 vs PT
Average home league attendance5,312

The 2009 season started in an up and down fashion including three game winning and losing streaks before ending the season with only one loss in their last ten games. The USL-1 league was a closely contested affair with the Whitecaps a member of an intermediate trifecta in the standings separated by less than three points.[4] The Whitecaps overcame the Railhawks and Timbers in tight, hard won playoff series before finishing as runners-up to the Montreal Impact in a dramatic playoff final series.[5][6]

The Whitecaps also finished second in the 2009 Voyaguers Cup in a controversial fashion after Montreal rested important players for their following USL-1 league match against the Whitecaps.

2009 Montreal controversy
The Southsiders, a Whitecaps supporters group, with a Je me souviens banner referencing the events of June 18, 2009 during a match against the Impact on October 10, 2009.
  • June 18, 2009: After losing any chance to win the round robin, the Impact lose 1–6 to TFC giving the Voyageurs Cup to TFC over Vancouver on goal difference while coach Marc Dos Santos rests key players for the league match against Vancouver two days later. The Vancouver Whitecaps team attended the TFC-Impact game.[7]
  • June 20, 2009: Two days later Montreal Impact win their USL-1 league game 2–1 against Vancouver. The Montreal Ultras protest against Impact management's unsportsmanlike behaviour two days earlier during the first half.[8]
  • September 18, 2009: The extra three points Montreal got against Vancouver is also the difference between fifth and seventh place in the end-of-season league standings putting the Whitecaps at a lower seed in the USL season ending playoff tournament.
  • October 17, 2009: Montreal Impact win the league playoff final's second leg 3–1 at home with the Whitecaps playing shorthanded due to a second sending off in a row, and Montreal wins the USL-1 Championship 6–3 on aggregate.[9]

Schedule and results

Tables

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

Pos Club Pts GP W D L GF GA GD H2H Pts
1Portland Timbers 5830161044519+26
2Carolina RailHawks 553016774319+24
3Puerto Rico Islanders 533015874431+13PUE: 6 pts
CHA: 3 pts
4Charleston Battery 5330141153321+12
5Montreal Impact 4330127113231+1
6Rochester Rhinos 4330111093432+2
7Vancouver Whitecaps 4230119104236+6
8Minnesota Thunder 3130710133944−5
9Miami FC 293085172652−26
10Austin Aztex 21†3058172851−23
11Cleveland City Stars 193047192252−30

† Austin deducted two points for fielding an ineligible player on July 25, 2009[10]

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldPtsWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGDWLTGFGAGD
30 42 11 10 9 42 36  +6 9 3 3 26 15  +11 2 7 6 16 21  −5

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

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pre-season
2009-02-13 Vancouver Whitecaps FC3–1Trinity Western UniversityBurnaby, BC
15:00 PST Marcus Haber
Marlon James
Alex Semenets 		Stadium: Burnaby Lakes West
2009-02-21 Seattle Sounders FC4–0Vancouver Whitecaps FCSeattle, WA
12:00 PST Nate Jaqua  37' (39)
Freddy Montero  66' (67)		 report Stadium: Qwest Field
Attendance: 0
2009-02-28 UVic Vikes0–3Vancouver Whitecaps FCVictoria, British Columbia
15:00 PST Lyle Martin Stadium: Centennial Stadium,
2009-03-09 Young Africans S.C.3–0Vancouver Whitecaps FCDar es Salaam, Tanzania
06:00 PST Jerson Tegete  39', 40 '
Michael Baraza  65'		 Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
2009-03-12 Simba SC1–2Vancouver Whitecaps FCDar es Salaam, Tanzania
06:30 PST Haruna Moshi  24' Marlon James  3', 45' Stadium: National Stadium
2009-03-14 Tanzania Nationals0–0Vancouver Whitecaps FCDar es Salaam, Tanzania
06:30 PST Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
2009-03-24 University of BC2–5Vancouver Whitecaps FCVancouver, BC
18:00 PST Tyson Keam
Scott Barling 		report Marlon James
Vicente Arze
Tyrell Burgess
Gordon Chin 		Stadium: UBC Thunderbird Park
2009-03-29 Vancouver Whitecaps FC4–0Seattle UniversityTsawwassen, British Columbia
17:00 PST Charles Gbeke  11', 82 '
Marlon James  50'
Tyler Rosenlund  72'		 Stadium: Winskill Park
2009-04-03 Vancouver Whitecaps FC1–1Portland TimbersBurnaby, BC
13:00 PST Wesley Charles  68 ' Johan Claesson  82' Stadium: Burnaby Lakes West

USL-1
See also: 2009 United Soccer Leagues

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAAHAHHAHHAAHAAHAAAHHAAHHHAAHH
ResultDLDWWWLLLWLDWLLWWDLLDDDWDWDLWW
Source: uslsoccer.com[11]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
April 11, 2009 1Vancouver Whitecaps FC0–0Charleston BatteryBurnaby, BC
22:00 ET Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5037
Referee: Fabrizio Romano
April 18, 2009 2Puerto Rico Islanders2–1Vancouver Whitecaps FCBayamón, Puerto Rico
19:00 ET Nicholas Adderly  6', 38' report Marcus Haber  2' Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Attendance: 5250
Referee: Bryan Roslund
May 21, 2009 3Austin Aztex FC1–1Vancouver Whitecaps FCAustin, Texas
20:30 ET Gifton Noel-Williams  67' report Marco Reda  18' Stadium: Nelson Field
Attendance: 1549
Referee: Elias Bazakos
April 25, 2009 4Portland Timbers0–1Vancouver Whitecaps FCPortland, Oregon
22:00 ET report Martin Nash  63' Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 5,102
Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau
May 2, 2009 5Minnesota Thunder2–3Vancouver WhitecapsMinneapolis
20:05 ET Ricardo Sánchez  48', 69' report Marlon James  35' (61), 90' Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 3,298
Referee: Niko Bratsis
May 10, 2009 6Vancouver Whitecaps FC1–0Puerto Rico IslandersBurnaby, BC
22:00 ET Charles Gbeke  82' report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5023
Referee: John Oliva
May 16, 2009 7Vancouver Whitecaps FC1–2Rochester RhinosBurnaby, BC
22:00 ET Dever Orgill  90' report Chris Nurse  17'
Johnny Menyongar  37'		 Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5288
Referee: Justin Tasev
May 30, 2009 8Portland Timbers2–0Vancouver Whitecaps FCPortland, Oregon
22:00 ET Ryan Pore  6'
George Josten  41'		 report Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 9081
Referee: Hidajet Tica
June 7, 2009 9Vancouver Whitecaps FC1–2Montreal ImpactBurnaby, BC
22:00 ET Marcus Haber  42' report Eduardo Sebrango  20'
Daniel Testo  44'		 Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5288
Referee: Domenic Scali
June 12, 2009 10Vancouver Whitecaps FC3–2Miami FC BluesBurnaby, BC
23:00 ET Charles Gbeke  16', 34'
Marco Reda  76'		 report Zourab Tsiskaridze  10'
Richard Perdomo  78'		 Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5288
Referee: John Oliva
June 20, 2009 11Montreal Impact1–2Vancouver Whitecaps FCMontreal
13:30 ET Rocco Placentino  34'
Roberto Brown  39'		 report Marlon James  63' Stadium: Stade Saputo
Attendance: 12,287
Referee: Justin Tasev
June 23, 2009 12Cleveland City Stars2–2Vancouver Whitecaps FCBedford, Ohio
19:00 ET Leo Gibson  28'
Pato Aguilera  45' ( (Pen.))		 report Marcus Haber  18'
Martin Nash  90'		 Stadium: Middlefield Cheese Stadium
Attendance: 1,066
Referee: Niko Bratsis
July 9, 2009 13Vancouver Whitecaps FC4–0Minnesota ThunderBurnaby, BC
22:30 ET Lyle Martin  7'
Martin Nash  71'
Charles Gbeke  79'
Marcus Haber  81'		 report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,568
Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau
July 12, 2008 14Miami FC Blues2–1Vancouver Whitecaps FCMiami
18:00 ET Alen Marcina  5'
Leo Inacio Nunes  23'		 report Dever Orgill  89' Stadium: FIU Stadium
Attendance: 405
Referee: Lee Suckle
July 17, 2009 15Carolina RailHawks2–1Vancouver Whitecaps FCCary, North Carolina
20:00 ET Own Goal  44'
Sallieu Bundu  65'		 report Charles Gbeke  90' Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,018
Referee: Tony Russo
July 25, 2009 16Vancouver Whitecaps FC4–2Puerto Rico IslandersBurnaby, BC
22:00 ET Marcus Haber  4'
Own Goal  51'
Marlon James  64', 82'		 report Josh Hansen  76', 90' Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,725
Referee: John Oliva
July 31, 2009 17Rochester Rhinos1–3Vancouver Whitecaps FCRochester, New York
20:00 ET Tiger Fitzpatrick  63' report Marlon James  43 ' ((Pen.))
Tyler Burgess  69'		 Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium
Attendance: 6,411
Referee: Jan Halaska
August 1, 2009 18Cleveland City Stars0–0Vancouver Whitecaps FCBedford, Ohio
19:00 ET report Stadium: Middlefield Cheese Stadium
Attendance: 1,363
Referee: Rizal Milliken
August 6, 2009 19Portland Timbers1- 0Vancouver Whitecaps FCPortland, Oregon
22:00 ET Ryan Pore  30' report Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 10,786
August 7, 2009 20Charleston Battery1–2Vancouver Whitecaps FCBurnaby, BC
23:00 ET Martin Nash  80' report Darren Spicer  24'
Randi Patterson  35'		 Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,288
August 15, 2009 21Vancouver Whitecaps FC0–0Carolina RailHawks FCBurnaby, BC
22:00 ET report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,484
Referee: Dave Gantar
August 18, 2009 22Carolina RailHawks1–1Vancouver Whitecaps FCCary, North Carolina
19:00 ET Andriy Budnyy  87' report Marcus Haber  66' Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 2,377
Referee: Jeff Gontarek
August 20, 2009 23Charleston Battery1–1Vancouver Whitecaps FCCharleston, South Carolina
19:30 ET Ian Fuller  47' report Charles Gbeke  5' Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Attendance: 2,746
Referee: Carlos Sandoval
August 23, 2009 24Vancouver Whitecaps FC2–0Miami FC BluesBurnaby, BC
19:00 ET Charles Gbeke  80', 90' report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,288
Referee: Michael Edmunds
August 29, 2009 25Vancouver Whitecaps FC1–1Rochester RhinosBurnaby, BC
22:00 ET Charles Gbeke  66' report Ze Roberto  80' Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5288
Referee: Carol Anne Chenard
September 2, 2009 26Vancouver Whitecaps FC3–2Austin Aztex FCBurnaby, BC
22:30 ET Kenold Versailles  11'
Charles Gbeke  23' (65)		 report Jean Alexandre  34', 76' Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,081
Referee: Dave Gantar
September 4, 2009 27Minnesota Thunder1–1Vancouver Whitecaps FCMinneapolis
20:00 ET Melvin Tarley  87' report Marcus Haber  38' Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 3,429
Referee: Ben Chouaf
September 4, 2009 28Montreal Impact0–1Vancouver Whitecaps FCMontreal
20:00 ET Peter Byers  90' report Stadium: Stade Saputo
Attendance: 11,867
Referee: Silvio Petrescu
September 13, 2009 29Vancouver Whitecaps FC2–1Austin Aztex FCBurnaby, BC
19:00 ET Marcus Haber  80'
Gordon Chin  86'		 report Jarius Holmes  51' Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,288
Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau
September 18, 2009 30Vancouver Whitecaps FC2–1Cleveland City StarsBurnaby, BC
23:00 ET Charles Gbeke  11'
Marlon James  73' ((Pen.))		 report Teteh Bangura  45' Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,642
Referee: Geoff Gamble

Post-season
September 24, 2009 Play-In Round Leg 1Vancouver Whitecaps FC1–0Carolina RailhawksBurnaby, BC
22:30 ET Randy Edwini-Bonsu  77' report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,135
Referee: Fabrizio Romano
September 27, 2009 Play-In Round Leg 2Carolina Railhawks0–0Vancouver Whitecaps FCCary, North Carolina
17:00 ET report Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 2,471
Referee: Niko Bratsis
October 1, 2009 Semi-Final Leg 1Vancouver Whitecaps FC2–1Portland TimbersBurnaby, BC
22:30 ET Charles Gbeke  25'
Marcus Haber  80'		 report Ryan Pore  44' Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4,516
Referee: Geoff Gamble
October 4, 2009 Semi-Final Leg 2Portland Timbers3–3Vancouver Whitecaps FCPortland, Oregon
19::00 ET Brian farber  10'  43'
Alex Nimo  4'		 report Marcus Haber  4'
Martin Nash  60'
Marlon James  71'		 Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 14,283
Referee: Gilario Grajeda
October 10, 2009 Finals Leg 1Vancouver Whitecaps FC2–3Montreal ImpactBurnaby, BC
21:30 ET Marcus Haber  56'
Marlon James  65'		 report [Own Goal]  45'
Peter Byers  63'
Eduardo Sebrango  89'		 Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5886
Referee: Carol Anne Chenard
October 17, 2009 Finals Leg 2Montreal Impact3–1Vancouver Whitecaps FCMontreal
14:30 ET Tony Donatelli  30' ((Pen.))
Joey Gjertsen  40'
Roberto Brown  42'		 report Ansu Toure  44' Stadium: Stade Saputo
Attendance: 13,034
Referee: Dave Gantar

Voyaguers Cup
See also: 2009 Canadian Championship and 2009 Canadian Championship

Standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Toronto FC 430183+59
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 430151+49
Montreal Impact 4004110−90

Toronto FC qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League qualifying round.

Results
May 6, 2009 1Toronto FC1–0Vancouver Whitecaps FCToronto, Ontario
17:00 PST Kevin Harmse  3' report Stadium: BMO Field,
Attendance: 19,811
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
May 20, 2009 2Vancouver Whitecaps FC0–2Montreal ImpactMontreal
17:00 PST report Marcus Haber  1'
Charles Gbeke  17'		 Stadium: Stade Saputo
Attendance: 11,483
Referee: Steven Depiero
May 27, 2009 3Vancouver Whitecaps1–0Montreal ImpactBurnaby, BC
19:30 PST Ethan Gage  67' report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,134
Referee: David Gantar
June 2, 2009 4Vancouver Whitecaps FC2–0Toronto FCBurnaby, BC
19:30 PST Ansu Toure  31', 81' report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,688

Cascadia Cup
See also: Cascadia Cup
2009
Team Pts Pld W L T GF GA GD
Portland Timbers 6321031+2
Vancouver Whitecaps 3312013-2

Staff

Professional teams
  • President – Bob Lenarduzzi
  • Director of professional teams – Greg Anderson
  • Manager professional teams – Lindsay Puchlik
  • Manager communications – Nathan Vanstone
  • Head coach men's – Teitur Thordarson
  • Assistant coach, men's – Todd Wawrousek
  • Head coach, women's – Alan Koch
  • Assistant coach, Women's -
  • Women's manager – Diane Voice
  • Club logistics manager – Matt Holbrook
  • Equipment manager – Darren Woloshen

Youth development
  • Youth development director – Dan Lenarduzzi
  • Youth development administrator – Marlise Buchi

Professional development program
  • Managing director, professional development – Chris Murphy
  • Managing director, residency – Thomas Niendorf
  • Administrator, residency – Allison Hogg
  • Manager, technical programs – Dave Irvine
  • Developer, whitecaps interactive – Byron Ribble
  • Head coach, prospects boys – Bart Choufour
  • Head coach, prospects girls – Jesse Symons

Community soccer system

Current roster

Both Jay Nolly and Marcus Haber played all thirty regular season games with Jay Nolly playing every minute of every game. Charles Gbeke was tied for second among the USL-1 point leaders including the league golden boot with 12 goals while Marcus Haber was 7th (with 8 goals) and Marlon James 8th. Wes Knight had eight assists in the league.[12]

After the 2008 season, the Whitecaps and coach Teitur Thordarson changed the roster much more than in the previous seven years. Some of this was due to a ten-month contract versus the previous norm of an eight-month contract. Look at the preseason above starting in February with presumably a training camp before hand versus previous years of training camp starting in late March.[13] For some players with other part-time or off season employment and/or families the extra commitment was too much. Many long time stalwart veteran Whitecap players such as Jeff Clarke, Jason Jordan, Steve Kindel and Alfredo Valente were not on the 2009 roster. Additionally, several other players earning significant playing time over a number of years moved elsewhere. Eduardo Sebrango and back-up goalkeeper Serge Djekanovic started the 2009 season with Canadian rival Montreal while Nicholas Addlery went all the way to Puerto Rico.

Two players who remained to serve as the backbone of the side for 2009 were Martin Nash, the captain, and striker Charles Gbeke for offense. The club added Marco Reda from Charleston, Justin Thompson from Portland, and Ansu Toure from Miami. Foreign players signings included Caribbean internationals Kenold Versailles (Haiti) and Tyrell Burgess (Bermuda), who spent 2008 with the USL PDL's Reading Rage. Another signing for the portion of the season he was with the Whitecaps was former New York Red Bulls defender Jeff Parke.[14]

All stats as of the end of the season.[15]

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 3240 145 46 1.28 9 2700 118 36 1.20 7 540 27 10 1.67 2

|} Updated to match played October 20, 2013
Source: 

Player statistics
No. Pos. Name Apps Minutes Goals Assists Shots Fouls
1GK Jay Nolly 363540000120
2DF Marco Reda 14(2)12742061240
4DF Justin Thompson 2(2)226001410
4DF Shaun Pejic 151344004911
4DF Wesley Charles 1210250021511
6DF Luca Bellisomo 12(4)1168014730
7MF Martin Nash 29248143272351
8DF Wes Knight 35(1)285519163540
9FW Marlon James 12(11)1160112592940
13MF Kénold Versailles 9(5)91210133140
13MF Geordie Lyall 2(5)253001410
14FW Marcus Haber 30(6)2422114423020
15MF Philippe Davies 1(1)65002200
16MF Ansu Toure 20(7)157913361640
17FW Randy Edwini-Bonsu (15)214118300
18DF Mason Trafford 12(14)12560271820
19MF Chris Pozniak 11(2)10090061110
20MF Ethan Gage 9(8)8030071710
20FW Charles Gbeke 28(6)2338132795831
20MF Dever Orgill 2(9)3012171020
22DF Takashi Hirano 33(1)2954026330
23MF Vicente Arze 8(10)79701142330
24DF Lyle Martin 19(4)172812121420
25MF Tyrell Burgess 11(14)104712281520
25MF Justin Moose 2(10)323002610
27DF Jeff Parke 7524003510
28MF Gordon Chin 14(12)139714242030
29MF Nizar Khalfan 9(5)7290020800
37MF Michael Onwatuegwu 145000200
99GK Diego 14000000
—–Opponent Own goals ––0–––––

Updated February 28, 2014[16]
[17]

  • 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.

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