2007 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2007 soccer season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2007 football season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC2007 season

Chairman| Greg Kerfoot
Head coach| Bob Lilley
Stadium| Swangard Stadium
USL First Division| 7th
USL-1 Playoffs| Quarter-finals
Voyageurs Cup| 2nd
Highest home attendance| 5,539
July 14 vs MI
Lowest home attendance| 4,561
Aug 25 vs CH
Average home league attendance| 5,135

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The 2007 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season was the club's 22nd year of existence (or 32nd if counting the NASL Whitecaps), as well as their 15th as a Division 2 club in the franchise model of US-based soccer leagues. After their championship 2006 season despite a number of lingering injuries, the Whitecaps started well and led the league going undefeated until late May. However, with the sudden departure to England of starting goalkeeper Tony Caig and unexpected early season loss of Serge Djekanovic to MLS, the Whitecaps had goalkeeping instability as they gave significant minutes to four goalkeepers in 2007. Combined with injuries, the club never recovered from the challenging schedule due to 2007 FIFA U-20 venue conflicts, the team finished 7th in the USL-1, set a club record twelve game streak without a win, subsequently executed a blockbuster four player trade of 2006 USL MVP Joey Gjertsen, and midfielder David Testo for role players Ze Roberto and Surrey, BC native Alen Marcina, and set a club record for number of draws with twelve. A run of games at home to end the season in seventh place (in the playoffs due to a 2007 format change) and the resolution of injuries left the Whitecaps competitive in the second season of the playoffs. They lost a close playoff series to rival Portland Timbers with a 1–0 home leg getting overturned in a much closer than the score indicated 3–0 second leg loss (in which right back Geordie Lyall suffered a broken leg) to finish their disappointing season. Coach Bob Lilley was released at the end of the playoffs before the LA Galaxy friendly.[1]

Local rivals Seattle (2005 Champion) and Portland both had strong seasons with Seattle capturing league and playoff titles. The schedule was not balanced; it was home and away versus each side with additional matches against Seattle, Portland, Minnesota, and expansion side San Francisco based California Victory. Average attendance increased again and remained above 5,000. Three double-headers were played with the Whitecaps Women, the USL W-League. The season's results for both the men's and women's teams may have been disappointing compared to the club's historical competitive norm, but off the field the club was strengthening its foundations.

## 2007 club growth

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A number of factors raised the profile of the Whitecaps beginning in 2007. First after reaching the semi-final stage a number of times, the Whitecaps USL-1 championship in 2006, the first since the CSL four-peat in the early 1990s, gave the club a higher profile. Second Canada hosting the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup was significant for building media credibility and soccer infrastructure across the country with stadiums built in Toronto (National Soccer Stadium), approved in Montreal (Saputo Stadium opened in 2008), and partially approved in Vancouver (Whitecaps Waterfront Stadium approved by City of Vancouver pending resolution of Port of Metro Vancouver land transfer).[2] Third the start of play and off-field success of Toronto FC encouraged speculation that Vancouver would pursue a Division 1 MLS franchise.[3][4] Fourth one of the two local rivals of the Whitecaps, the Seattle Sounders, over the course of 2007 had more and more credible rumors of being announced as a 2009 MLS expansion side; this was announced November 13, 2007.[5][6] Fifth David Beckham signed for the Los Angeles Galaxy giving soccer significant and sustained North American media attention as well as national legitimacy.[7] Sixth helped by connections to the LA Galaxy coaching staff, there was ongoing speculation in the local newspapers about a LA Galaxy-Whitecaps friendly almost from when the David Beckham signing was announced.[8] On April 17 Whitecaps announced the friendly against David Beckham and the LA Galaxy for October 3 at 60,000 seat BC Place Stadium. Despite marketing impacts from an August injury, he played, and it was a 0–0 draw played in front of 48,172 spectators.[9] Seventh the Whitecaps started a club for local business leaders to advise and advocate for the team called Kickstarters.[10]

The 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup impacted the Whitecaps' season with a six-game road trip from June 22 to July 7 kicked off a lull in form where the team went 1-7-5 (W-D-L) and didn't recover until a six-game home stand beginning in mid August.[11] However, as well as media exposure, the U-20 World Cup also spurred $300,000 upgrades to Swangard Stadium including 1,500 individual seats with backs and 36 VIP seats replacing a section of the grandstand's bleachers, better stadium lighting, and better access and egress within the stadium.[12][13] The upgrades in seating and access/egress reduced Swangard Stadium's capacity from 5,722 to 5,288.[14]

## Schedule and results

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### Tables

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Commissioner's Cup, quarterfinal round of playoffs
Quarterfinal round of playoffs

Pos  | Club  | Pts  | Pld  | W  | L  | T  | GF  | GA  | GD

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1 | Seattle Sounders | 54 | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 23 | +14
2 | Portland Timbers | 51 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 18 | +14
3 | Montreal Impact | 50 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 21 | +11
4 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 43 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 40 | 30 | +10
5 | Rochester Raging Rhinos | 42 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 39 | 36 | +3
6 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 40 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 34 | +1
7 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 39 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 24 | +3
8 | Carolina RailHawks | 32 | 28 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 34 | −10
9 | Miami FC | 31 | 28 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 31 | 41 | −10
10 | Charleston Battery | 30 | 28 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 32 | 39 | −7
11 | Minnesota Thunder | 26 | 28 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 32 | 35 | −3
12 | California Victory | 19 | 28 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 17 | 43 | −26
Overall | Home | Away

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Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD
28  | 39  | 9  | 7  | 12  | 27  | 24  |  +3  | 5  | 3  | 6  | 15  | 13  |  +2  | 4  | 4  | 6  | 12  | 11  |  +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

### Exhibition

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Win Draw Loss

The preseason schedule was announced March 14, 2007 along with a four-week training camp at Simon Fraser University.[15]

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Fraser Valley Soccer League (FVSL) All-Stars March 27, 2007 |  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 7–1|  Fraser Valley Soccer League (FVSL) All-Stars | Surrey, British Columbia

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19:00 PST | Sita-Taty Matondo 2'
Martin Johnston
Adam Day
Eduardo Sebrango
Alfredo Valente | Report | Drew Jertin  30' | Stadium: Newton Athletic Park
Attendance: 500

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v University of Washington March 31, 2007 |  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2–1|  University of Washington | Ladner, British Columbia

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14:00 PST |  | Report | Raphael Cox  | Stadium: Holly Park
Attendance: 0

University of British Columbia v Vancouver Whitecaps FC April 1, 2007 |  University of British Columbia | 1–1|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Vancouver, British Columbia

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15:00 PST |  | Report | Joel John Bailey | Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium

Trinity Western University v Vancouver Whitecaps FC April 5, 2007 |  Trinity Western University | 0–3|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Langley, British Columbia

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19:00 PST |  | Report | Eduardo Sebrango 10', 43', 64' | Stadium: Spartans Sports Complex

UVic Vikes v Vancouver Whitecaps FC April 9, 2007 |  UVic Vikes | 1–0|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Victoria, British Columbia

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15:00 PST | Cole McFarlane  32' | Report |  | Stadium: Centennial Stadium,

VMSL All-Stars v Vancouver Whitecaps FC April 12, 2007 |  VMSL All-Stars | 0–2|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Coquitlam, British Columbia

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19:30 PST |  |  | Martin Nash 56'
Jason McLaughlin 90' | Stadium: Percy Perry Stadium
Attendance: 400

Portland Timbers v Vancouver Whitecaps April 15, 2007 (2007-04-15) Preseason Cup|  Portland Timbers | 0 – 0
(5 – 4 p)|  Vancouver Whitecaps | Milwaukie, Oregon United States

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16:00 (PDT) |  | Report |  | Stadium: Alder Creek Middle School
Attendance: 200
| Penalties|
Gregor
Bagley
Griffin
Kreamalmeyer
Harrington
Morrison |  |  Gjertsen
Cann
McLaughlin
Montz
Smith
Johnston

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v LA Galaxy November 7, 2007 |  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 0–0|  LA Galaxy | Vancouver, British Columbia

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* Eduardo Sebrango 60'

| Report |  | Stadium: BC Place
Attendance: 48,172

### USL-1

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See also: 2007 United Soccer Leagues

#### Results by round

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Round| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| 14| 15| 16| 17| 18| 19| 20| 21| 22| 23| 24| 25| 26| 27| 28

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Ground| H| H| A| A| A| A| H| H| A| A| H| A| A| A| A| A| A| H| A| H| H| A| H| H| H| H| A| A
Result| W| D| D| W| W| W| W| L| D| L| W| W| D| D| D| L| L| L| L| D| D| D| D| L| W| W| D| D

Source: uslsoccer.com[16]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Seattle Sounders April 21, 2007 1|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1–0|  Seattle Sounders | Burnaby, BC

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22:00 ET | Eduardo Sebrango 55' | Report |  | Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4,948
Referee: Dominic Scali

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v California Victory April 28, 2007 2|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2–2|  California Victory | Burnaby, BC

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22:00 ET | Eduardo Sebrango 3'
Martin Nash 69' | Report | Mike Munoz 41'
Josh Hansen 69' | Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4,931
Referee: Carol Anne Chenard

Rochester Rhinos v Vancouver Whitecaps FC May 4, 2007 3|  Rochester Rhinos | 1–1|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Rochester, New York

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20:00 ET | Scott Palguta 51' | Report | Joey Gjertsen 9' | Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium
Attendance: 9,107
Referee: Lee Suckle

Minnesota Thunder v Vancouver Whitecaps FC May 6, 2007 4|  Minnesota Thunder | 1–2|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Saint Paul, Minnesota

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22:00 ET | Freddy Juarez 66' | Report | James Alberts 50'
Steve Klein 88' | Stadium: James Griffin Stadium
Attendance: 3,641
Referee: Hidajet Tica

Seattle Sounders v Vancouver Whitecaps FC May 12, 2007 5|  Seattle Sounders | 1–3|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Seattle

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22:05 ET | Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar 48' (Pen.) | Report | Eduardo Sebrango 37'
David Testo 50'
Tony Donatelli 87' | Stadium: Qwest Field
Attendance: 2,577
Referee: Ramón Hernández

California Victory v Vancouver Whitecaps FC May 19, 2007 6|  California Victory | 1–3|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | San Francisco

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22:00 ET | Josh Hansen 13' | Report | Eduardo Sebrango 6', 10'
Adrian Cann 69' | Stadium: Kezar Stadium
Attendance: 1,067
Referee: Dion Telting

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Rochester Rhinos May 20, 2007 7|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 3–1|  Rochester Rhinos | Burnaby, BC

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22:00 ET | Joey Gjertsen 39'
James Alberts 70'
Eduardo Sebrango 82' | Report | Johnny Menyongar 67' (Pen.) | Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,073
Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Carolina RailHawks May 25, 2007 8|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 0–1|  Carolina RailHawks | Burnaby, BC

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22:00 ET |  | Report | Connally Edozien 57' | Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,117
Referee: Drew Fischer

Montreal Impact v Vancouver Whitecaps FC June 1, 2007 9 VC|  Montreal Impact | 0–0|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Montreal

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20:00 ET |  | Report |  | Stadium: Claude Robillard Sports Complex
Attendance: 12,103
Referee: Domenic Scali

California Victory v Vancouver Whitecaps FC June 7, 2007 10|  California Victory | 1–0|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | San Francisco

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22:00 ET | Yuri Morales 16' | Report |  | Stadium: Kezar Stadium
Attendance: 563
Referee: Colin Arblaster

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Minnesota Thunder June 10, 2007 11|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1–0|  Minnesota Thunder | Burnaby, BC

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22:00 ET | Tony Donatelli 74' | Report |  | Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,420
Referee: Jonathan Lavergne

Miami FC Blues v Vancouver Whitecaps FC June 22, 2007 12|  Miami FC Blues | 1–0|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Miami

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20:00 ET |  | Report | Eduardo Sebrango 87' | Stadium: Tropical Park Stadium
Attendance: 1,353
Referee: Sandra Serafini

Puerto Rico Islanders v Vancouver Whitecaps FC June 24, 2007 13|  Puerto Rico Islanders | 0–0|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Bayamón, Puerto Rico

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17:00 ET |  | Report |  | Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Attendance: 3,211
Referee: Shane Moody

Charleston Battery v Vancouver Whitecaps FC June 30, 2007 14|  Charleston Battery | 1–1|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Charleston, South Carolina

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19:30 ET | Joey Gjertsen 36' | Report | Stephen Armstrong 56' | Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Attendance: 3,151
Referee: Rizal Milliken

Carolina RailHawks v Vancouver Whitecaps FC July 3, 2007 15|  Carolina RailHawks | 0–0|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Cary, North Carolina

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20:00 ET |  | Report |  | Stadium: SAS Stadium
Attendance: 5,189
Referee: Jeff Gontarek

Atlanta Silverbacks v Vancouver Whitecaps FC July 7, 2007 16|  Atlanta Silverbacks | 2–0|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Atlanta

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19:55 ET | Warren Ukah 20', 83' | Report |  | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 2,462
Referee: Richard Sanchez

Seattle Sounders v Vancouver Whitecaps FC July 12, 2007 17|  Seattle Sounders | 1–0|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Seattle

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22:00 ET | Sebastian Le Toux 24' | Report |  | Stadium: Qwest Field
Attendance: 2,263
Referee: Colin Arblaster

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Miami FC Blues July 14, 2007 18|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1–2|  Miami FC Blues | Burnaby, BC

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22:00 ET | Jason Jordan 3' | Report | Zinho 53'
Sean Fraser 65' | Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,539
Referee: Carol Anne Chounard

Portland Timbers v Vancouver Whitecaps FC July 19, 2007 19|  Portland Timbers | 2- 1|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Portland, Oregon

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22:00 ET | Andrew Gregor 29'
Lawrence Olum 52' | Report | Martin Nash 18' | Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 7,123
Referee: Colin Arblaster

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Seattle Sounders July 27, 2007 20|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2–2|  Seattle Sounders | Burnaby, BC

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23:00 ET | Tony Donatelli 41' (Pen.)
Alen Marcina 85' | Report | Roger Levesque 16'
Greg Howes 90' | Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,288
Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Puerto Rico Islanders August 2, 2007 21|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1–1|  Puerto Rico Islanders | Burnaby, BC

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22:00 ET | Alfredo Valente 77' | Report | Fabrice Noel 64' | Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,352
Referee: Dave Gantar

Portland Timbers v Vancouver Whitecaps FC August 11, 2007 22|  Portland Timbers | 0–0|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Portland, Oregon

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22:00 ET |  | Report |  | Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 8,652
Referee: Ian Anderson

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Minnesota Thunder August 12, 2007 23|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1–1|  Minnesota Thunder | Burnaby, BC

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22:00 ET | Alfredo Valente 8' | Report | Own goal 45' | Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,017
Referee: Jonathan Lavergne

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Montreal Impact August 18, 2007 24 VC|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 0–2|  Montreal Impact | Burnaby, BC

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19:00 ET |  | Report | Patrick Leduc 45'
Matthew Palleschi 90' | Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,145
Referee: David Gantar

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Charleston Battery August 25, 2007 25|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1–0|  Charleston Battery | Burnaby, BC

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22:00 ET | Jeff Clarke 69' | Report |  | Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4,561
Referee: Drew Fischer

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Minnesota Thunder August 30, 2007 26|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1–0|  Minnesota Thunder | Burnaby, BC

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22:00 ET | Martin Nash 16' | Report |  | Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,137
Referee: Carole Ann Chenard

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Atlanta Silverbacks September 7, 2007 27|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1–1|  Atlanta Silverbacks | Burnaby, BC

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22:00 ET | Tony Donatelli 81' | Report | Tony Mcmanus 88' | Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,347
Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Portland Timbers September 9, 2007 28|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 0–0|  Portland Timbers | Burnaby, BC

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19:00 ET |  | Report |  | Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,389
Referee: Silvio Petrescu

#### Post-season

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Portland Timbers September 14, 2007 Quarter-Final Leg 1|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1–0|  Portland Timbers | Burnaby, BC

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22:00 ET | Jason Jordan 76' | Report |  | Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4,761
Referee: Dave Gantar

Portland Timbers v Vancouver Whitecaps FC September 16, 2007 Quarter-Final Leg 2|  Portland Timbers | 3–0|  Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Portland, Oregon

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20::00 ET | Justin Thompson 27'
Andrew Gregor 70'
Jaime Ambriz 82' | Report |  | Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 8,522
Referee: Jair Marrufo

### Voyageurs Cup

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#### Voyageur Cup standings

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Prior to 2008, from when it has been awarded to the Canadian Championship winners, the men's title was decided on regular-season matches between Canada's USL First Division sides.

Pos | Team

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1  | Montreal Impact | 2  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 0  | +2  | 4
2  | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 2  | −2  | 1

Source: [citation needed]

### Cascadia Cup

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See also: Cascadia Cup

2007 Standings  Team

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Seattle Sounders (U) | 4  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 7  | 4  | +3  | 8
Vancouver Whitecaps  | 4  | 0  | 1  | 3  | 2  | 3  | −1  | 3
Portland Timbers  | 4  | 0  | 1  | 3  | 2  | 4  | −2  | 3

Source: "Cascadia Cup". cascadiacup.soccer. January 2007.
(U) USL–1 Champions

## Staff

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Bob Lenarduzzi succeeded John Rocha in the off season as president. John Rocha stepped down in August 2006 to focus on the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup as Vancouver site chairman while continuing to support the Whitecaps in a consulting role.[17]

### Soccer operations

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* Manager soccer operations – Greg Anderson
* Team operations – Lindsay Puchlik
* Men's head coach – Bob Lilley
* Men's assistant coach – Todd Wawrousek
* Reserve team men's head coach –
* Women's head coach – Bob Birarda
* Reserve team women's head coach
* Communication manager – Nathan Vanstone
* Marketing – Kim Jackman

### Business operations

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* Office manager – Lindsay Puchlik
* Director sponsorship services – Steve Lewarne
* Accounting – Wynford Owen

### Youth program

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* Director youth operations – Dan Lenarduzzi
* Super Y teams manager – Nanci Robertson
* Coaching staff technical director and boys' director – Tony Fonseca
* Girls' head coach – Steve Simonson
* Head coach development – Jesse Symons
* Director goalkeeping – Michael Toshack
* Manager community soccer programs – Joe Martin

### Event management

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* Director event operations – Rachel Lewis
* Operations/game day manager – Hillary Campbell

## Current roster

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It was a low-scoring year with many players used over the 28 game schedule. Only three players logged 2000 minutes or more; Tony Donatelli led the Whitecaps with 27 appearances. Eduardo Sebrango led the Whitecaps with seven goals and was in a six-way tie for seventh among the USL-1 goal scorers while Martin Nash was tied for third in the USL-1 with six assists in the league.[18]

### Player movement

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Centre back Ryan Suarez retired due family commitments; in 2006 he was a late season addition to a defense that allowed no goals in playoffs.[19]

Victoria, BC native and eight year Whitecaps right back Geordie Lyall signed a contract with League 2 side Walsall F.C. in December 2006.[20] He wasn't playing with Walsall FC towards the end of their season however and by mid May was being pursued by the Whitecaps.[21]

Defender Lyle Martin from California was announced on March 26.[22]

Due to injury recovery to forwards Joey Gjertsen and Jason Jordan, the Whitecaps signed forward Joel Baily as insurance on March 29. Baily had been a strike partner of Eduardo Sebrango's previously in Montreal under coach Lilley.[23]

The Whitecaps traded Sita-Taty Matondo back to Montreal Impact for Jason McLaughlin just as preseason was concluding.[24]

With the transition in the back line given the losses of Ryan Suarez and Geordie Lyall plus early season injuries to Steve Klein, the Whitecaps also brought in centre back Narcisse Tchoumi-Tchandja on April 12, 2007.[25]

The signing of two local players defender Nigel Marples of North Delta and Surrey goalkeeper Tyler Baldock was announced April 24.[26]

Goalkeeper Srdjan Djekanović was signed April 27 by Division 1 side Toronto FC after a one-week trial to back up Greg Sutton.[27] The Whitecaps signed former Toronto Lynx goalkeeper Richard Goddard to the new backup goalkeeper position on April 27.

As of the end of the season.[28]

### Goalkeeper stats

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No. | Nat. | Player | Total | USL-1 | Playoffs

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1  |  | Tony Caig | 990 | 32 | 9 | 0.818 | 3 | 990  | 32  | 9  | 0.818  | 3  |  |  |  |  |
1  |  | Matthew Nelson | 450 | 14 | 4 | 0.80 | 3 | 270  | 7  | 1  | 0.333  | 2  | 180  | 7  | 3  | 1.50  | 1
29  |  | Richard Goddard | 968 | 26 | 10 | 0.929 | 4 | 968  | 26  | 10  | 0.929  | 4  |  |  |  |  |
29  |  | Lutz Pfannenstiel | 292 | 5 | 4 | 0.1.232 | 1 | 292  | 5  | 4  | 1.232  | 1  |  |  |  |  |

Updated to match played October 20, 2013
Source: [1]

### Player statistics

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1 | GK |  Tony Caig | 11 | 990 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
1 | GK |  Matthew Nelson | 5 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
2 | DF |  Jeff Clarke | 26 | 2249 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 27 | 6 | 0
2 | MF |  Steve Klein | 24(2) | 2209 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1
4 | DF |  Adrian Cann | 26(1) | 742 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0
6 | MF |  James Alberts  | 8(13) | 802 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0
7 | MF |  Martin Nash | 26(1) | 2179 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 36 | 3 | 0
8 | DF |  Steve Kindel | 23(1) | 2035 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 4 | 0
9 | MF |  Alfredo Valente | 15(11) | 1246 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 33 | 5 | 0
11 | FW |  Alen Marcina | 5(2) | 408 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0
11 | MF |  David Testo | 13(3) | 1012 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 32 | 0 | 0
12 | FW |  Eduardo Sebrango | 13(5) | 1139 | 7 | 1 | 32 | 16 | 1 | 0
13 | MF |  Geordie Lyall | 11(4) | 961 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0
14 | MF |  Tony Donatelli | 24(5) | 2111 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 29 | 2 | 0
15 | MF |  Jason McLaughlin | 5(16) | 595 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 0
16 | DF |  Narcisse Tchoumi-Tchandja  | 6(3) | 470 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 0
17 | MF |  Ze Roberto | 8 | 659 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0
17 | MF |  Joey Gjertsen | 15(4) | 1365 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 0
18 | DF |  Graham Smith | 0(4) | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
18 | MF |  Josh Hansen | 8(1) | 519 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0
19 | FW |  Martin Johnston  | 0(2) | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
20 | DF |  David Morris | 7(13) | 664 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0
22 | DF |  Nigel Marples | 1(1) | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
23 | FW |  Joel John Bailey | 6(8) | 603 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 0
24 | DF |  Lyle Martin | 19(5) | 1567 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 0
25 | MF |  Sola Abolaji | (1) | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
26 | FW |  Jason Jordan | 5(7) | 390 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0
27 | MF |  Stefan Leslie | 1(5) | 106 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0
28 | DF |  Diaz Kambere | 10(6) | 933 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0
29 | GK |  Richard Goddard | 11 | 968 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
29 | GK |  Lutz Pfannenstiel | 3(1) | 292 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
— | – | Opponent Own goals | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | –

Updated February 28, 2014[29][30]

* 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).

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