2010 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season

The 2010 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season was the club's 35th year of existence, as well as their 24th and final year as a second tier club. Following the end of the season, the Whitecaps FC joined MLS, becoming the second Canadian club to enter the league.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC
2010 season
ChairmanGreg Kerfoot
ManagerTeitur Thordarson
USSF Division-22nd
D2 PlayoffsSemifinals
Canadian ChampionshipRunners-Up
Highest home attendance5435
Oct. 2 v Portland
Lowest home attendance4815
Apr. 24 v St. Louis
Average home league attendance5152

Schedule and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pre-season
2010-02-11 Vancouver Whitecaps FC2 - 3Seattle Sounders FCCasa Grande, Arizona
10:30 @WhitecapsFC.com Stadium: Grande Sports World
2010-02-15 Vancouver Whitecaps FC1 - 4Chicago Fire S.C.Arizona State University Soccer Stadium
13:00 @WhitecapsFC.com
2010-02-20 Vancouver Whitecaps FC2 - 1Real Salt LakeCasa Grande, Arizona
15:00 @WhitecapsFC.com Stadium: Grande Sports World
2010-03-06 Seattle Sounders FC0 - 0Vancouver Whitecaps FCBurnaby, BC
16:00 @WhitecapsFC.com Stadium: Swangard Stadium
2010-03-20 Vancouver Whitecaps FC5 - 0UVic VikesVictoria, BC
14:00 @WhitecapsFC.com Stadium: Centennial Stadium
2010-03-26 Vancouver Whitecaps FC0 - 2Portland TimbersTukwila, Washington
10:30 @WhitecapsFC.com Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex
2010-03-31 Vancouver Whitecaps FC1 - 0BC CIS SelectsVancouver, BC
17:30 @WhitecapsFC.com Stadium: UBC Thunderbird Park

USSF Division 2 Professional League
See also: 2010 USSF Division-2 Professional League season

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2010-04-11 Vancouver Whitecaps FC2 - 0NSC Minnesota StarsBurnaby, BC
16:00 Bellisomo  62'
James  67'		 report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4934
2010-04-17 Miami FC0 - 0Vancouver Whitecaps FCFort Lauderdale, Florida
19:00 report Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 1089
2010-04-24 Vancouver Whitecaps FC1 - 0AC St. LouisBurnaby, BC
16:00 Akloul  19' report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4815
2010-04-29 Portland Timbers2 - 1Vancouver Whitecaps FCPortland, Oregon
19:00 Pore  7'  86' report Akwari  11' Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 5808
2010-05-08 Vancouver Whitecaps FC0 - 0Crystal Palace BaltimoreBurnaby, BC
19:00 report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4903
2010-05-15 Vancouver Whitecaps FC0 - 0Montreal ImpactBurnaby, BC
19:30 report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5177
2010-05-22 Vancouver Whitecaps FC2 - 0Rochester RhinosBurnaby, BC
19:00 Stewart  17'
Janicki  51'		 report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4996
2010-05-29 Rochester Rhinos2 - 1Vancouver Whitecaps FCRochester, New York
16:00 Pitchkolan  74'
Hamilton  84'		 report Sanchez  90+' Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium
Attendance: 7744
2010-06-06 Vancouver Whitecaps FC1 - 0FC Tampa Bay RowdiesBurnaby, BC
16:00 Nash  45' (pen.) report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5288
2010-06-09 Vancouver Whitecaps FC1 - 1Carolina RailHawks FCBurnaby, BC
19:30 A. Toure  31' report Barbara  45+' (pen.) Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4941
2010-06-12 Austin Aztex FC1 - 2Vancouver Whitecaps FCAustin, Texas
17:30 Olum  45+' report Haber  68'
Khalfan  82'		 Stadium: House Park
Attendance: 2841
2010-06-16 Puerto Rico Islanders1 - 1Vancouver Whitecaps FCBayamón, Puerto Rico
17:00 A. Toure  10' report Foley  32' Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Attendance: 2122
2010-06-26 AC St. Louis0 - 0Vancouver Whitecaps FCFenton, Missouri
17:00 report Stadium: Anheuser-Busch Soccer Park
Attendance: 2432
2010-06-30 Montreal Impact1 - 2Vancouver Whitecaps FCMontreal, Quebec
16:30 Donatelli  3' report Janicki  66'
Bellisomo  90'		 Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 11,949
2010-07-03 Portland Timbers0 - 0Vancouver Whitecaps FCPortland, Oregon
19:00 report Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 9017
2010-07-08 Vancouver Whitecaps FC1 - 1AC St. LouisBurnaby, BC
19:30 Edwini-Bonsu  87' report Bloom  72' Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5185
2010-07-14 Vancouver Whitecaps FC3 - 1Miami FCBurnaby, BC
19:30 Wagner  18'  56'  90+2' report Shriver  57' Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5024
2010-07-22 Vancouver Whitecaps FC1 - 2Portland TimbersBurnaby, BC
19:30 Khalfan  51' report Pore  66'
Danso  72'		 Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5387
2010-07-25 Vancouver Whitecaps FC1 - 1NSC Minnesota StarsBurnaby, BC
19:00 Nash  67' report Bracalello  28' Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5288
2010-07-28 Montreal Impact0 - 1Vancouver Whitecaps FCMontreal, Quebec
16:30 report Janicki  88' Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 12,355
2010-07-31 Carolina RailHawks FC2 - 2Vancouver Whitecaps FCCary, North Carolina
16:00 Schulte  40'
Gardner  45'		 report Nash  2' (pen.)
Davies  15'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 2285
2010-08-06 AC St. Louis0 - 0Vancouver Whitecaps FCFenton, Missouri
17:00 report Stadium: Anheuser-Busch Soccer Park
Attendance: 2312
2010-08-14 NSC Minnesota Stars0 - 1Vancouver Whitecaps FCBlaine, Minnesota
17:00 report Nash  15' Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 1010
2010-08-21 FC Tampa Bay Rowdies1 - 1Vancouver Whitecaps FCTampa, Florida
16:30 Wagner  7' report King  28' Stadium: George M. Steinbrenner Field
Attendance: 2562
2010-08-29 Vancouver Whitecaps FC2 - 2Austin Aztex FCBurnaby, BC
16:00 Stewart  16'
Mobulu  52'		 report Griffan  44'
Johnson  80'		 Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5288
2010-09-05 Vancouver Whitecaps FC0 - 0Puerto Rico IslandersBurnaby, BC
16:00 report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5288
2010-09-11 Crystal Palace Baltimore0 - 3Vancouver Whitecaps FCTowson, Maryland
17:00 report Janicki  45+'
Edwini-Bonsu  70'
Dunfield  76'		 Stadium: Paul Angelo Russo Stadium
Attendance: 1150
2010-09-18 NSC Minnesota Stars1 - 0Vancouver Whitecaps FCBlaine, Minnesota
17:00 Deldo  49' report Stadium: National Sports Center
2010-09-24 Vancouver Whitecaps FC0 - 1Montreal ImpactBurnaby, BC
19:45 report Sebrango  29' Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5288
2010-10-02 Vancouver Whitecaps FC2 - 2Portland TimbersBurnaby, BC
16:00 Dunfield  27'
Arnoux  68'		 report Alhassan  46'
Dike  56'		 Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5435

Post-season
2010-10-07 Playoffs QF1Portland Timbers0 - 2Vancouver Whitecaps FCBurnaby, BC
19:30 report Koffie  1'
Nash  13' (pen.)		 Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5018
Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau
2010-10-10 Playoffs QF2Vancouver Whitecaps FC0 - 1Portland TimbersPortland, Oregon
18:00 0 report 1 Stadium: Merlo Field
Attendance: 4884
Referee: Fotis Bazakos
2010-10-14 Playoffs SF1Vancouver Whitecaps FC0 - 0Puerto Rico IslandersBayamon, Puerto Rico
17:05 report Stadium: Bayamón Soccer Complex
Attendance: 2831
2010-10-17 Playoffs SF2Puerto Rico Islanders2 - 0 (a.e.t.)Vancouver Whitecaps FCBurnaby, BC
4:00PM PDT Nicholas Addlery  113'  120' report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5325

Nutrilite Canadian Championship
See also: Canadian Championship and 2010 Canadian Championship
2010-05-05 Vancouver Whitecaps FC1 - 1Montreal ImpactBurnaby, BC
19:00 Haber  81' (pen.) report Byers  31' Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4325
2010-05-19 Vancouver Whitecaps FC0 - 0Toronto FCBurnaby, BC
19:00 report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4928
May 26, 2010 Montreal Impact1 - 1Vancouver WhitecapsMontreal, Quebec
20:00 EDT Billy  62' report A. Toure  50' Stadium: Stade Saputo
Attendance: 10,959
2010-06-02 Toronto FC0 - 0Vancouver Whitecaps FCToronto, Ontario
20:00 Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 15,176

Conference table
See also: 2010 USSF Division-2 Professional League season
NASL Conference
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Carolina RailHawks 30 13 9 8 44 32 +12 47 Conference leader, qualified for playoffs
2 Vancouver Whitecaps 30 10 5 15 32 22 +10 45 Qualified for playoffs[lower-alpha 1]
3 Montreal Impact 30 12 11 7 36 30 +6 43
4 Miami FC 30 7 11 12 37 49 −12 33
5 AC St. Louis 30 7 15 8 32 48 −16 29
6 Crystal Palace Baltimore 30 6 18 6 24 55 −31 24
Source: USSF D-2 schedule table
Notes:
  1. The remaining six teams with the highest point totals, regardless of conference, also advance to the playoffs.

Current roster

as of the end of the season.[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  USA Jay Nolly
2 DF  USA Nelson Akwari
3 DF  CAN Luca Bellisomo
4 DF  CAN Chris Williams
6 MF  CAN Terry Dunfield
7 MF  CAN Martin Nash (captain)
8 DF  USA Wes Knight
9 MF   SUI Davide Chiumiento
11 FW  COD Ridge Mobulu
12 MF  CAN Russell Teibert
13 MF  CAN Alex Elliott
14 DF  USA Greg Janicki
15 MF  CAN Philippe Davies
16 MF  CAN Kyle Porter
17 FW  CAN Randy Edwini-Bonsu
18 FW  CAN La'Vere Corbin-Ong
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW  CRC Jonathan McDonald
20 MF  CAN Ethan Gage
22 MF  JPN Takashi Hirano
23 DF  USA Blake Wagner
24 MF  CMR Alexandre Morfaw
25 FW  USA Cody Arnoux
26 FW  CAN Alex Semenets
27 GK  CAN Dan Pelc
28 MF  GHA Gershon Koffie
29 MF  TAN Nizar Khalfan
31 GK  CAN Simon Thomas
33 DF  LBR Willis Forko
39 FW  VIN Cornelius Stewart
55 DF  FRA Mouloud Akloul
77 DF  GEO Zourab Tsiskaridze

Starting 11
Last updated on 17 October 2010.
(These are the most used starting active players in the most used formation throughout the complete season)

Transactions

(As of End of 2009 season to Present)

October 2009

OUT

POSNationalityPlayerNew Team
FWCharles GbekeReleased (Guangzhou F.C.)
MFVicente ArzeReleased (Free Agent)
FWLyle MartinReleased (Shaanxi Chan-Ba)
GKDiegoReleased (Hollywood United Hitmen)
DFMichael Ndubuisi OnwatuegwuReleased (Persiba Bantul)
DFMarco RedaReleased (Free Agent)
FWAaron WheelerReleased (FC Tampa Bay)
DFGeordie LyallRetired
November 2009

IN

POSNationalityPlayer
DFChris WilliamsSigned (Charleston Battery)
MFRicardo SanchezSigned (Minnesota Thunder)

OUT

POSNationalityPlayer
MFTyrell BurgessReleased (Bermuda Hogges)
MFKenold VersaillesReleased (Rochester Rhinos)
December 2009

IN

POSNationalityPlayer
DFZourab TsiskaridzeSigned (Miami FC)
MFJonny SteeleSigned (Puerto Rico Islanders)
DFGreg JanickiSigned (D.C. United)
January 2010

IN

POSNationalityPlayer
DFNelson AkwariSigned (Charleston Battery)

OUT

POSNationalityPlayer
FWMarcus HaberTransferred (West Bromwich Albion)
February 2010

IN

POSNationalityPlayer
MFBlake WagnerSigned (FC Dallas)

OUT

POSNationalityPlayer
DFMason TraffordReleased (Real Maryland Monarchs)
MFGordon ChinReleased (Free Agent)
April 2010

IN

POSNationalityPlayer
DFMouloud AkloulSigned (Al-Ittihad Kalba)
GKDan PelcSigned (Serbian White Eagles)
FWMarcus HaberOn Loan (West Bromwich Albion)
June 2010

IN

POSNationalityPlayer
MFAlex ElliotSigned (FSV Mainz 05)

OUT

POSNationalityPlayer
FWMarcus HaberLoan Return (West Bromwich Albion)
July 2010

IN

POSNationalityPlayer
FWRidge MobuluSigned (Lausanne Sport)

OUT

POSNationalityPlayer
MFJustin MooseReleased (Free Agent)
MFRicardo SanchezTraded: FC Tampa Bay
MFJonny SteeleTraded: FC Tampa Bay
FWDever OrgillReleased (St. George's SC)
August 2010

IN

POSNationalityPlayer
FWJonathan McDonaldSigned (Club Sport Herediano)
MFAlexandre MorfawSigned (Bodens BK)
MFTerry DunfieldSigned (Shrewsbury Town)
MFKyle PorterSigned (Energie Cottbus)
DFAlain RochatSigned (FC Zurich)
MFDavide ChiumientoSigned (Lucerne)
FWCody ArnouxSigned (Everton)
DFWillis ForkoSigned (FK Bodø/Glimt)
DFGershon KoffieSigned (International Allies FC)

OUT

POSNationalityPlayer
FWMarlon JamesReleased (Free Agent)
DFAlain RochatLoaned to FC Zurich
MFAnsu ToureReleased (Free Agent)
September 2010

OUT

POSNationalityPlayer
DFTakashi Hiranoassigned to Vancouver Whitecaps Residency
MFNizar Khalfanassigned to Vancouver Whitecaps Residency
FWCornelius Stewartassigned to Vancouver Whitecaps Residency
FWDoudou Touréassigned to Vancouver Whitecaps Residency

References
  1. "NASL Schedule". Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  2. Archived February 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
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