Whitecaps FC Academy
Full nameVancouver Whitecaps Football Club Academy
Founded2007
StadiumKen Woods Field
(National Soccer Development Centre)
Head coachDan Lenarduzzi
LeagueLeague1 British Columbia
2023League, 3rd
Playoffs, Champions

Whitecaps FC Academy is a Canadian soccer team, the academy of professional team Vancouver Whitecaps FC. They were originally known as the Whitecaps Residency program.

About

Whitecaps FC Academy is a full-time, fully funded, player development program.[1] Originally known as the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency programs, they changed their name in 2018 to the Whitecaps FC Academy.[2] They have affiliations with youth soccer clubs across Canada, forming part of the Whitecaps FC BMO Academy.[3]

Team Records

Year-by-year

Season League Teams Record Rank Playoffs Top scorer Ref
2022 League1 British Columbia 7 4–4–4 3rd did not qualify Gurman Sangha (6) [4]
2023 8 5–7–2 3rd Champions Michael Hennessy (7) [4]

Roster

Men

As of April 25, 2023[5]
No. Pos. Player Nation
FW David Ajagbe  Canada
MF Victor Akoum  Canada
FW Chris Album  Canada
MF Luka Assaf  Canada
GK Ben Alexander  Canada
MF Chad Baker  Canada
GK Maxwell Campeau  Canada
MF Nikos Clarke-Tosczak  Canada
FW Maximillan Comsia  Canada
MF Kallum Corr  Canada
FW Joel Demian  Canada
GK Matheus De Souza  Canada
FW Edwin Espinal Elvir  Canada
MF Benedict Florent  Canada
MF Brennen Fuerst  Canada
FW Amir Ghasemi  Iran
DF Christian Greco-Taylor  Canada
FW Michael Hennessy  Canada
MF Rohin Kapila  Canada
DF Charles Leboeuf  Canada
MF Joven Mann  Canada
FW Yayo Mutombo  Canada
MF Luke Norman  Canada
GK Cohen Park  Canada
DF David Pepple  England
MF Koji Poon  Canada
MF Ben Schouten  Canada
DF Deylen Vellios  Canada
DF Sydney Wathuta  Canada
DF Nik White  Canada
DF Dan Wood  Canada

Professional players from the Whitecaps FC Academy

As of March 15, 2023[6]
Name Most recent pro club Birth year First team
appearances
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Cornelius Stewart Bangladesh Sheikh Jamal DC 1989 21
Jamaica Evan Taylor Jamaica Mount Pleasant FA 1989 -
Canada Philippe Davies (HG) Canada Ottawa Fury FC 1990 34
Canada Randy Edwini-Bonsu Canada FC Edmonton 1990 36
Jamaica Dever Orgill Turkey Bodrumspor 1990 16
Canada Kyle Porter Canada FC Edmonton 1990 5
Canada Alex Semenets Canada FC Edmonton 1990 3
Jamaica Keithy Simpson Jamaica Dunbeholden F.C. 1990 -
Canada Adam Straith Germany Hansa Rostock 1990 -
Canada Simon Thomas Norway Tromsø IL 1990 1
Malaysia La'Vere Corbin-Ong Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim 1991 0
Canada Ethan Gage Australia Caroline Springs George Cross FC 1991 42
Canada Julien Latendresse-Levessque Germany BSG Chemie Leipzig 1991 -
Canada Sahil Sandhu Canada Whitecaps FC 2 1991 -
United States Joseph Gyau Sweden Degerfors IF 1992 -
Jamaica Kemar Lawrence United States Minnesota United 1992 -
Haiti Brian Sylvestre (HG) United States Miami FC 1992 0
Canada Russell Teibert (HG) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1992 301
Canada Charlie Trafford Canada Cavalry FC 1992 -
Canada Caleb Clarke (HG) Germany FC Amberg 1993 2
Canada Ben Fisk Canada Vancouver FC 1993 -
Canada Callum Irving Canada Vancouver FC 1993 -
Canada Ben McKendry (HG) Canada Atlético Ottawa 1993 7
United States Charles Renken United States Seattle Sounders 2 1993 -
South Africa Ethen Sampson (HG) South Africa Black Leopards F.C. 1993 7
Canada Bryce Alderson (HG) Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf II 1994 2
Canada Paris Gee Canada York United FC 1994 -
Canada Sean Melvin (HG) Canada Atlético Ottawa 1994 0
Canada Daniel Stanese Germany VfR Aalen 1994 -
Canada Sam Adekugbe (HG) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1995 27
Canada Jackson Farmer Canada Whitecaps FC 2 1995 -
Colombia Carlos Patiño Canada Cavalry FC 1995 -
Canada Mitch Piraux Canada Whitecaps FC 2 1995 -
Fiji Nicholas Prasad Germany Bischofswerdaer FV 08 1995 -
Canada Chris Serban Canada Cavalry FC 1995 -
Canada Nolan Wirth Canada Pacific FC 1995 -
Canada Elijah Adekugbe Canada York United FC 1996 -
Canada Marco Bustos (HG) Sweden IFK Värnamo 1996 13
Canada Marco Carducci (HG) Canada Cavalry FC 1996 2
Canada Alex Comsia United States North Carolina FC 1996 -
Canada Kianz Froese (HG) Germany Wehen Wiesbaden 1996 24
Canada Jordan Haynes Canada Valour FC 1996 0
Somalia Ali Musse Canada Cavalry FC 1996 -
Canada Marcello Polisi Canada Valour FC 1997 -
Canada Dario Zanatta Scotland Hamilton Academical F.C. 1997 -
Canada Gloire Amanda Canada Whitecaps FC 2 1998 0
Philippines Matthew Baldisimo Canada York United FC 1998 0
Canada Terran Campbell Canada Forge FC 1998 -
Canada Kadin Chung Canada Vancouver FC 1998 -
Canada Duwayne Ewart United States Pittsburgh Riverhounds 1998 -
Canada Tomi Fagbongbe Estonia Viljandi Tulevik 1998 -
Canada Liam Fraser United States FC Dallas 1998 -
Canada Thomas Gardner Canada FC Edmonton 1998 -
Canada Ndzemdzela Langwa Canada HFX Wanderers FC 1998 -
Canada Patrick Metcalfe (HG) Norway Fredrikstad FK 1998 21
Canada David Norman Jr. (HG) Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic FC 1998 1
Canada Matteo Polisi Greece Anagennisi Epanomi 1998 -
Canada Daniel Sagno Australia Glenorchy Knights FC 1998 -
Canada Munir Saleh Canada York9 FC 1998 -
Canada Zach Verhoven Canada Atlético Ottawa 1998 -
Canada Nicolas Apostol Greece Anagennisi Epanomi 1999 -
Canada Theo Bair (HG) Scotland Motherwell FC 1999 39
Mexico Alan Camacho Canada Whitecaps FC 2 1999 -
Finland Jonas Häkkinen Republic of Ireland Cork City FC 1999 -
Canada Joel Harrison Canada Whitecaps FC 2 1999 -
Canada Thomas Hasal (HG) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1999 36
Canada Georges Mukumbilwa (HG) Canada Pacific FC 1999 1
Canada Noah Verhoeven Canada Atlético Ottawa 1999 -
Canada Michael Baldisimo (HG) United States San Jose Earthquakes 2000 50
Canada Antony Caceres Canada FC Edmonton 2000 -
Canada Alphonso Davies (HG) Germany Bayern Munich 2000 81
El Salvador Gabriel Escobar Canada HFX Wanderers FC 2000 -
Peru Vasco Fry Canada Vancouver FC 2000 1
Canada José Hernandez Canada Cavalry FC 2000 -
Canada Alessandro Hojabrpour Canada Forge FC 2000 -
Canada Daniel Kaiser Canada Cavalry FC 2000 -
Canada Filip Rakic Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2000 -
Canada Jake Ruby Canada HFX Wanderers FC 2000 -
Canada Gurman Sangha United States Crown Legacy FC 2000 -
Canada Jalen Watson Canada Toronto FC II 2000 -
Canada Isaac Boehmer (HG) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2001 3
Canada Cristian Campagna Canada HFX Wanderers FC 2001 -
Canada Chance Carter Canada FC Edmonton 2001 -
Canada T-Boy Fayia Canada FC Edmonton 2001 -
Poland Eryk Kobza Canada Cavalry FC 2001 -
Canada Ivan Mejia Canada Vancouver FC 2001 -
Canada Darlington Murasiranwa Canada Valour FC 2001 -
Canada Chris Lee Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2001 0
Canada Owen Antoniuk Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2002 -
Canada Amir Batyrev Russia PFC Sochi 2002 -
Canada Emiliano Brienza Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2002 1
Canada Carson Buschman-Dormond Canada York United FC 2002 -
Canada Brandon Cambridge United States Charlotte FC 2002 -
Canada Simon Colyn (HG) Netherlands De Graafschap 2002 1
Canada Lucas Dasovic Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2002 -
Canada Matteo de Brienne Canada Atlético Ottawa 2002 -
Canada Gianfranco Facchineri (HG) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2002 0
Canada Eric Lajeunesse Canada Pacific FC 2002 -
Canada Simone Masi Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2002 -
United States Chituru Odunze (HG) United States Charlotte FC 2002 0
Canada Damiano Pecile (HG) Finland KTP (on loan from Venezia FC) 2002 1
Canada Junior Agyekum Canada Atlético Ottawa 2003 -
Canada Ben Alexander Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2003 0
Canada Paul Amedume Canada Pacific FC 2003 -
Canada Emil Gazdov Canada Pacific FC 2003 -
Canada Kamron Habibullah (HG) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2003 3
Canada Joe Hanson Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2003 -
Croatia Niko Sigur Croatia HNK Hajduk Split 2003 -
Canada Muslim Umar Canada York United FC 2003 -
Canada Eric White Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2003 -
Canada Theo Afework Canada York United FC 2004 -
Canada Max Anchor (HG) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2004 1
Canada Elage Bah Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2004 -
Canada Matteo Campagna (HG) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2004 1
Canada Brennen Fuerst Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2004 -
Iran Amir Ghasemi Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2004 -
New Zealand Jay Herdman Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2004 -
New Zealand Finn Linder Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2004 -
Canada Joshué Ndakala Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2004 -
Canada Sydney Wathuta Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2004 -
Canada Edwin Espinal Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2005 -
Moldova Mihail Gherasimencov Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2005 -
Canada Christian Greco-Taylor Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2005 -
Canada Niko Myroniuk Canada Cavalry FC 2005 -
Canada Cohen Park Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2005 -
Canada Jeevan Badwal Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2006 -
Canada Amoni Thomas Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2006 -
Canada Kyler Vojvodic Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2006 -
Canada Liam Mackenzie Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2007 -
Republic of Ireland Grady McDonnell Canada Vancouver FC 2008 -

References

  1. "Program Info". Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
  2. "Residency program rebranded to Whitecaps FC Academy, rosters announced". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. September 4, 2018.
  3. "Whitecaps FC BMO Academy Centres". Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
  4. 1 2 "League1 British Columbia Standings". Canadian Soccer History Archive.
  5. "League1 BC is back! Rosters, Schedules, and Tickets". Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
  6. "Academy Alumni".
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