2009 Vancouver Whitecaps season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC
2009 season
Manager Teitur Thordarson
USL-1 7th
USL-1 Playoffs Runners-Up
Voyageurs Cup Runners-Up
Highest home attendance 5,886
Oct 10 vs MI
Lowest home attendance 4,516
Oct. 1 vs PT
Average home league attendance 5,312
Home colours
Away colours
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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]

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

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
PldPtsWL TGFGAGDWL TGFGAGDWL TGFGAGD
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

USL-1

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAAHAHHAHHAAHAAHAAAHHAAHHHAAHH
Result D L D W W W L L L W L D W L L W W D L L D D D W D W D L W W

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

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Post-season

Voyaguers Cup

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

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

Youth development

Professional development program

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 preaseason 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 United States Jay Nolly 3240 145 46 1.28 9 2700 118 36 1.20 7 540 27 10 1.67 2

|} Last updated: October 20, 2013
Source:

Player statistics

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

Updated February 28, 2014[16]
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  • 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. ↑ "MLS awards Vancouver team for 2011". March 18, 2009. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  2. ↑ Demosphere International (April 9, 2009). "USL-1 Season Preview – Part I". Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  3. ↑ DiVeronica, Jeff (April 7, 2009). "Islanders heavy favorites heading into the USL season". ESPNFC.com United Soccer Leagues (Archive). Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  4. ↑ Constantineau, Bruce (August 15, 2009). "Caps gear up for drive to playoffs". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Whitecaps and Impact win USL-1 semis". ESPNFC.com. October 5, 2009. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  6. ↑ Weber, Marc (October 17, 2009). "Montreal Impact end Vancouver Whitecaps' impressive playoff run". whitecapsfc.com. Retrieved March 3, 2009.
  7. ↑ McColl, Michael (June 19, 2009). "Folding Frenchies Kill Whitecaps Dreams". Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  8. ↑ McColl, Michael (June 20, 2009). "Montreal Screws Vancouver Again". Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Vancouver Whitecaps Year in Review: Introduction". October 20, 2009. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Austin receives two point deduction". www.uslsoccer.com. July 29, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
  11. ↑ "USL First Division 2009 Full Schedule". Demosphere International. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  12. ↑ Demosphere. "USL First Division – Top 10 Stats Leaders". uslsoccer.com. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  13. ↑ Stinson, Dan (January 16, 2007). "Whitecaps launch talent search". The Vancouver Sun Newspaper. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  14. ↑ Demosphere International (April 9, 2009). "USL-1 Season Preview – Part I". Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  15. ↑
  16. ↑ "2009 Statistics". Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  17. ↑ "Full Schedule". Retrieved 28 February 2014.
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