Pacific FC

Pacific Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Greater Victoria, British Columbia. The club competes in the Canadian Premier League, playing home matches at Westhills Stadium located in Langford.

This article is about the soccer club based in Canada. For the club based in Mexico, see Pacific F.C.

Pacific FC
Full namePacific Football Club
Nickname(s)Tridents
Short namePFC[1][2]
FoundedJune 1, 2018 (2018-06-01)
StadiumWesthills Stadium
Langford, British Columbia
Capacity6,200
OwnerSixFive Sports & Entertainment
ChairmanDean Shillington
CEORob Friend
CoachPa-Modou Kah
LeagueCanadian Premier League
2019Canadian Premier League, 5th
WebsiteClub website

History

On May 5, 2018, "Port City FC" was one of four groups accepted by the Canadian Soccer Association for professional club membership, along with groups that would become Cavalry FC, HFX Wanderers, and York9. Port City was the only one of the four that was not identified with a specific city, and represented an as-of-yet undetermined location in British Columbia.[3] The group was expected to launch a team in either Greater Victoria or Surrey, British Columbia.[4] Former professional player Rob Friend, who grew up in British Columbia, was pictured as a representative of the region.[5] On June 1, the Canadian Premier League granted the Port City ownership group a club on Vancouver Island.[6]

Pacific FC was officially unveiled on July 20 as the seventh team to join the Canadian Premier League.[7] As well as confirming its place in the league for the 2019 launch season, the club also revealed its crest, colours and branding.[8] Former Denmark international Michael Silberbauer was announced as the first head coach on August 20.[9]

They played their first game on April 28, 2019, defeating visitors HFX Wanderers 1–0 with Hendrik Starostzik scoring the only goal and Mark Village keeping a clean sheet.[10] The club parted ways with Silberbauer on October 18, 2019, and announced then-assistant coach James Merriman as interim head coach.[11]

Stadium

The club plays their home games at Westhills Stadium. The city of Langford planned to increase the capacity from 1,718 to 8,000, but a utility pole located on the north side of the stadium has prevented any upgrades on that side.[12] By extending the existing south stand and adding seating behind both goals as well as new standing room on the north side, the capacity was increased to 6,200 for the 2019 season.[13][14]

Crest and colours

The club's branding is designed to represent Vancouver Island. The team's crest is the shape of a Douglas fir, a tree native to Vancouver Island, split into two segments, with the right side forming the shape of the island. The tree is bordered by the ocean and includes a single chevron to represent a wave of the ocean and a 'V' that can stand for Victoria, victory and Vancouver Island.[15]

The secondary logo is a roundel with a trident, meant to represent the strength and courage of the island, as well as the weather attributed to the Pacific Ocean. The logo also includes the motto of the coat of arms of the city of Victoria, which is the Latin phrase Semper Liber, which translates to "Forever Free".[16]

The official club colours are purple, teal, and white (branded by the club as "starfish purple," "lagoon blue," and "lighthouse white"). These colours symbolize the native Pisaster ochraceus sea star, the Pacific Ocean, and the region's lighthouses.[15]

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt partner
2019–present Macron Volkswagen

Club culture

Supporters

The first supporters group to show support for a Vancouver Island team to join the Canadian Premier League was the Lake Side Buoys, an existing group who followed the Victoria Highlanders of USL League Two. A second supporters group, called Torcida Oranizada Pacific (TOP) has also emerged.[17]

Players and staff

Current roster
As of July 15, 2020[18][19]

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth.

No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Nolan Wirth  Canada
2 Defender Kadin Chung  Canada
3 Defender Jordan Haynes  Canada
5 Defender Abdou Samake  Mali
6 Defender Lukas MacNaughton  United States
7 Midfielder Víctor Blasco  Spain
8 Midfielder Matthew Baldisimo  Canada
9 Forward Alejandro Díaz  Mexico
10 Midfielder Marco Bustos  Canada
11 Midfielder Josh Heard  Wales
13 Goalkeeper Callum Irving  Canada
14 Forward Terran Campbell  Canada
16 Midfielder Zach Verhoven  Canada
17 Defender Marcel de Jong  Canada
19 Midfielder Noah Verhoeven  Canada
20 Midfielder Sean Young  Canada
21 Midfielder Alessandro Hojabrpour  Canada
22 Midfielder Jamar Dixon  Canada
26 Defender Thomas Meilleur-Giguère  Canada
— Goalkeeper Emil Gazdov  Canada

Current staff
As of March 2, 2020
Executive
President Josh Simpson[20]
Chief executive officer Rob Friend[21]
Chairman Dean Shillington[22]
Coaching staff
Head coach Pa-Modou Kah[23]
Associate head coach
Technical director		 James Merriman
Assistant coach Riley O'Neill
Goalkeeping coach Mark Village[24]
Manager of youth development Neil Sedgwick

Head coaches
As of August 15, 2020
Coach Nation Tenure Record
GWDLWin %
Michael Silberbauer  Denmark January 1, 2019 – October 18, 2019 29 7 7 15 024.14
James Merriman (interim)  Canada October 18, 2019[25] – January 14, 2020 1 1 0 0 100.00
Pa-Modou Kah  Norway January 14, 2020[26] – present 1 1 0 0 100.00 0 1 0 0

Records

Year-by-year
Year CPL Regular season Position CPL Finals Canadian Championship CONCACAF League League attendance Top scorer Ref
GP W D L GF GA Pts Spring Fall Overall Name Gls
2019 28 8 7 13 35 46 31 5th 4th 5th Did not qualify First qualifying round Ineligible 3,102 Terran Campbell 11 [27]
2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Did not qualify

Note: Only league goals counted for top scorer

All-time top scorers

As of August 15, 2020

# Pos. Name Nation Career at club Goals Scored
League CC Int'l Total
1 Forward Terran Campbell Canada 2019– 11 0 0 11
2 Midfielder Victor Blasco Spain 2019– 6 0 0 6
Forward Ben Fisk Canada 2019 6 0 0 6
4 Forward Marcus Haber Canada 2019 3 1 0 4
5 Midfielder Zach Verhoven Canada 2019– 3 0 0 3

All-time most appearances

As of August 15, 2020

# Pos. Name Nation Career at club Games Played
League CC Int'l Total
1 Forward Terran Campbell Canada 2019– 29 1 0 30
2 Midfielder Victor Blasco Spain 2019– 26 1 0 27
3 Forward Ben Fisk Canada 2019 24 2 0 26
Defender Blake Smith United States 2019 24 2 0 26
Defender Kadin Chung Canada 2019– 25 1 0 26
Midfielder Noah Verhoeven Canada 2019– 25 1 0 26
7 Midfielder Matthew Baldisimo Canada 2019– 23 2 0 25
Midfielder Alessandro Hojabrpour Canada 2019– 23 2 0 25
Midfielder Zach Verhoven Canada 2019– 23 2 0 25
10 Defender Lukas MacNaughton Canada 2019– 21 2 0 23

References
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  2. "Pacific FC To Announce Two New Signings". Northern Tribune. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
  3. "4 clubs get membership from Soccer Canada; expected to join CPL". Sportsnet. May 5, 2018. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  4. Bahl, Andrew (April 19, 2018). "We're Getting a Better Idea of What the Canadian Premier League Will Look Like". Eighty Six Forever. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  5. "Four CPL cities accepted by Canada Soccer". The CanPL Hub. May 5, 2018. Archived from the original on May 11, 2019. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  6. "Canadian Premier League grants Vancouver Island conditional entry". The Globe and Mail. June 1, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  7. McIsaac, Greg (July 20, 2018). "Pacific Football Club Unveiled as Vancouver Island's New Canadian Premier League Club". Canadian Premier League. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  8. "Pacific Football Club latest team to join new Canadian Premier League". Times Colonist. July 20, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  9. Bedakian, Armen (August 20, 2018). "Michael Silberbauer announced as head coach of Pacific FC". Archived from the original on November 28, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  10. "HIGHLIGHTS: Pacific FC earns historic 1st win in CPL". April 28, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
  11. Laurence, Mira. "Pacific FC and Head Coach Michael Silberbauer Part Ways". pacificfc.canpl.ca. Pacific FC. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  12. Horsting, Lindsey (March 1, 2018). "$4 million cost to move hydro pole holding up Langford stadium expansion". Goldstream News Gazette. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
  13. "Pacific FC to incorporate Vancouver Island beauty into Westhills Stadium renovations". November 30, 2018. Archived from the original on April 7, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
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  16. Rendle, Josh (December 4, 2018). "Pacific FC Officially Launches Secondary Logo". pacificfc.canpl.ca. Archived from the original on December 5, 2018. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
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  24. "Pacific FC's Mark Village retires; named goalkeeper coach". Canadian Premier League. February 28, 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  25. Bedakian, Armen. "Assistant coach James Merriman following Josh Simpson's footsteps to Pacific FC". canpl.ca. CPL. Retrieved October 18, 2019. Born in Nanaimo, B.C. and raised in Cedar
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