2008 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season

Vancouver Whitecaps
2008 season
Manager Teitur Thordarson
USL-1 2nd
USL-1 Playoffs Runners-Up
Voyageurs Cup 3rd
Highest home attendance 5,822
Oct 12 vs Puerto Rico Islanders
Lowest home attendance 4,412
June 25 vs Montreal Impact
Average home league attendance 4,999
Home colours
Away colours
← 2007 2009 →

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]

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
PldPtsWL TGFGAGDWL TGFGAGDWL TGFGAGD
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

USL-1

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHHHAAHAAAHAHAHHAAAAAHHAHHAAHHA
Result W L W W D L W W W W L D L D D W W W L L W D D W W D L D W W

Last updated: February 28, 2014.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: T = Tie; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Post-season

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

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

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

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 United States Jay Nolly 207081241.0439207081241.04393251951.38 1
29 CanadaSrdjan Djekanovic 630234'0.5746302340.57400000
0 CanadaTyler Baldock 0000.0000000.000125610.721

|} Last updated: February 20, 2014
Source:

Player statistics

No. Pos. Name Apps Minutes Goals Assists Shots Fouls
0GKCanada Tyler Baldock 1(1)125000000
1GKUnited States Jay Nolly 272395000031
2DFCanada Jeff Clarke 20(1)17433291640
3MFUnited States Nick Webb 0(4)40000100
4DFCanada Adrian Cann 87200011410
4DFSaint Vincent and the Grenadines Wesley Charles 15(1)13210111430
6DFCanada Luca Bellisomo 9(2)8071131120
7MFCanada Martin Nash 33289613252840
8DFCanada Steve Kindel 27(3)244502173760
9MFCanada Alfredo Valente 25(6)204622332651
11FWJamaica Nicholas Addlery 16(12)144041443281
12FWCuba Eduardo Sebrango 312548133763341
13DFCanada Geordie Lyall 5(1)312001600
13MFUnited States Mason Webb 0(2)23000000
14MFUnited States Tony Donatelli 6(4)4800110810
15DFState of Palestine Omar Jarun 21(4)194511134381
17FWCanada Randy Edwini-Bonsu 0(4)36002100
18DFCanada Mason Trafford 5(10)570003800
19MFCanada Chris Pozniak 6(1)5701141110
20MFCanada Ethan Gage 2(6)4450051200
20FWCanada Charles Gbeke 10(7)78353262820
20FWJamaica Dever Orgill (1)38001100
20MFIran Navid Mashinchi (1)6000000
22DFJapan Takashi Hirano 16(7)17621062440
23MFBolivia Vicente Arze 8(18)109712252430
24DFUnited States Lyle Martin 25(2)22831582710
25MFBermuda Tyrell Burgess 11(14)104712281520
25MFUnited States Justin Moose 16(8)156424152670
26FWCanada Jason Jordan 5(20)8972318910
27MFCanada Stefan Leslie 0(6)70000000
28DFCanada Diaz Kambere 8(2)684004600
29GKCanada Srdjan Djekanovic 7630000000
29GKTrinidad and Tobago Richard Goddard 00000000
29MFBosnia and Herzegovina Admir Salihovic 1(3)88102200
31MFCanada 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.

External links

References

  1. ↑ Chapman, Paul (July 25, 2008). "Nash Cache". The Province Newspaper – Back of the Net. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  2. ↑ Demosphere International. "Whitecaps unveil stadium plans". uslsoccer.com. 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. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Rhinos penalized for infraction". United Soccer Leagues. August 15, 2008. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
  6. ↑ Nukester (April 10, 2008). "2008 Season Preview: Vancouver Whitecaps". Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  7. ↑ Demosphere International. "2008 Statistics". uslsoccer.com. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
  8. ↑ "2008 Statistics". Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  9. ↑ "Full Schedule". Retrieved 28 February 2014.
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