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Whitecaps FC Academy
Founded2007
Stadium
Head coach
  • Dan Lenarduzzi (men)
  • Katie Collar (women)
LeagueLeague1 British Columbia (L1BC)
2024
  • L1BC (men), 3rd of 7
  • Playoffs: Semi-finals
  • L1BC (women), 1st of 7
  • Playoffs: Champions

Whitecaps FC Academy (sponsor name Whitecaps FC BMO Academy) is the youth system of the professional soccer club Vancouver Whitecaps FC, based in Vancouver, British Columbia. It fields a men's and women's team in the semi-professional League1 British Columbia.

Men's

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The men's academy is officially named the Vancouver Whitecaps FC MLS Academy. It 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]

Roster

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As of April 25, 2023[4]
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

Seasons

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Season League Teams Record Rank Playoffs Top scorer Ref
2022 League1 British Columbia 7 4–4–4 3rd did not qualify Gurman Sangha (6) [5]
2023 8 5–7–2 3rd Champions Michael Hennessy (7) [5]
2024 7 5–4–3 3rd Semi-finals 3 players (4) [5]

Women's

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The women's academy is officially named the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Girls Elite Academy. In 2015, the Canadian Soccer Association partnered with the BC Soccer Association and the Vancouver Whitecaps FC to launch its regional EXCEL program which will be run as part of the Whitecaps FC Academy.[6]

In 2021, it was announced that the program would join the semi-professional League1 British Columbia as a founding franchise for the 2022 season.[7][8] Their home games will take place at Ken Woods Field at the National Soccer Development Centre.[9] They played their debut match on May 22, defeating the Victoria Highlanders 5-1.[10]

During the 2022 regular season, the Whitecaps managed to finish second in the regular season standings and qualified for the Championship final, despite many of their university age players having to depart the team before the end of the season, leaving them with a roster composed of 14-17 year old players.[11][12] In the Championship Final, the Whitecaps Girls defeated Varsity FC to win the inaugural women's League1 British Columbia title.[13] In May 2023, the team participated in the 2023 Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup, winning the title.[14] In the 2023 L1BC season, they won the league double, capturing the regular season title and the playoff championship, advancing to the Women's Inter-Provincial Championship,[15] which they also won to become the overall League1 Canada champions.[16] In 2024, they once again won the League1 BC title to advance to the Inter-Provincial Championship again,[17] winning the overall League1 Canada title for the second consecutive year.[18]

Seasons

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Season League Teams Record Rank Playoffs National / continental Ref
2022 League1 British Columbia 7 8–1–3 2nd Champions withdrew [19]
2023 8 11–1–2 1st Champions Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup Champions [19]
Inter-Provincial Championship Champions
2024 7 10–2–0 1st Champions Inter-Provincial Championship Champions
CONCACAF W Champions Cup Group stage

Professional players from the Whitecaps FC Academy

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As of March 15, 2023[20]
Name Most recent pro club Birth year First team
appearances
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Cornelius Stewart Bangladesh Abahani Limited Dhaka 1989 21
Jamaica Evan Taylor Jamaica Chapelton Maroons 1989 -
Canada Philippe DaviesRET (HG) Canada Ottawa Fury FC 1990 34
Canada Randy Edwini-BonsuRET Canada FC Edmonton 1990 36
Jamaica Dever Orgill Turkey Bodrumspor 1990 16
Canada Kyle Porter Canada FC Edmonton 1990 5
Canada Alex SemenetsRET Canada FC Edmonton 1990 3
Jamaica Keithy SimpsonRET Jamaica Dunbeholden F.C. 1990 -
Canada Adam StraithRET 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 SandhuRET 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 TeibertRET (HG) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1992 301
Canada Charlie Trafford Canada Cavalry FC 1992 -
Canada Caleb ClarkeRET (HG) Germany FC Amberg 1993 2
Canada Ben Fisk Canada Vancouver FC 1993 -
Canada Callum Irving Canada Vancouver FC 1993 -
Canada Ben McKendryRET (HG) Canada Atlético Ottawa 1993 7
United States Charles RenkenRET United States Seattle Sounders 2 1993 -
South Africa Ethen Sampson (HG) South Africa Black Leopards F.C. 1993 7
Canada Bryce AldersonRET (HG) Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf II 1994 2
Canada Paris Gee Canada Vancouver FC 1994 -
Canada Sean Melvin (HG) Canada Pacific FC 1994 0
Canada Daniel Stanese Germany VfR Aalen 1994 -
Canada Sam Adekugbe (HG) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1995 43
Canada Jackson FarmerRET Canada Whitecaps FC 2 1995 -
Colombia Carlos PatiñoRET Canada Cavalry FC 1995 -
Canada Mitch PirauxRET Canada Whitecaps FC 2 1995 -
Fiji Nicholas PrasadRET Germany Bischofswerdaer FV 08 1995 -
Canada Chris SerbanRET Canada Cavalry FC 1995 -
Canada Nolan WirthRET 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 ComsiaRET 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 Canada Pacific FC 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) Canada Vancouver FC 1998 1
Canada Matteo Polisi Greece Anagennisi Epanomi 1998 -
Canada Daniel Sagno Australia Glenorchy Knights FC 1998 -
Canada Munir SalehRET Canada York9 FC 1998 -
Canada Zach Verhoven Canada Vancouver FC 1998 -
Canada Nicolas Apostol Greece Anagennisi Epanomi 1999 -
Canada Theo Bair (HG) France AJ Auxerre 1999 39
Mexico Alan Camacho Canada Whitecaps FC 2 1999 -
Finland Jonas Häkkinen Republic of Ireland Cork City FC 1999 -
Canada Joel HarrisonRET Canada Whitecaps FC 2 1999 -
Canada Thomas Hasal (HG) United States Los Angeles FC 1999 36
Canada Georges Mukumbilwa (HG) Canada Pacific FC 1999 1
Canada Noah Verhoeven Canada Valour FC 1999 -
Philippines 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 Devin O'Hea Canada Pacific 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 8
Canada Cristian Campagna Finland FC Jazz 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 Malta Balzan F.C. 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 Valour 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) Italy Vis Pesaro (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) United States Sporting Kansas City II 2003 3
Canada Joe Hanson Canada Valour FC 2003 -
Canada 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 Vancouver FC 2004 -
Canada Matteo Campagna (HG) Canada Vancouver FC 2004 1
Canada Alesandro Comita Slovenia ND Gorica 2004 -
Canada Brennen Fuerst Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2004 -
Iran Amir Ghasemi Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2004 -
New Zealand Jay Herdman Canada Cavalry FC (on loan from Whitecaps FC 2) 2004 1
New Zealand Finn Linder Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2004 1
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 0
Canada Christian Greco-Taylor Canada Pacific FC 2005 -
Canada Niko Myroniuk Canada Cavalry FC 2005 -
Canada Cohen Park Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2005 -
Republic of Ireland David Ajagbe Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2006 -
Canada Jeevan Badwal (HG) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2006 1
Canada Elijah Bean Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2006 -
Canada Cristiano Da Silva Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2006 -
Canada Aidan Fong Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2006 -
South Africa Benjamin Lee Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2006 -
Canada Immanuel Mathe Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2006 -
Canada Alexander Milošević Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2006 -
Canada Amoni Thomas Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2006 -
Canada Kyler Vojvodic Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2006 -
Jamaica Sahai Williams Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2006 -
Nicaragua Mateo Clark Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2007 -
Canada Luca Chen Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2007 -
Tunisia Rayan Elloumi Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2007 -
Canada Liam Mackenzie Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2007 0
Canada Anyole Peter Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2007 -
Canada Valter Sedin Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2007 -
Canada Johnny Selemani Canada Whitecaps FC 2 2007 -
Republic of Ireland Grady McDonnell Canada Vancouver FC 2008 -
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References

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  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. ^ "League1 BC is back! Rosters, Schedules, and Tickets". Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
  5. ^ a b c "League1 British Columbia Standings". Canadian Soccer History Archive.
  6. ^ "Girls' Elite Academy". Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
  7. ^ "Canada Soccer Announces 2022 Club Competitions for National Development Centres". Canadian Soccer Association.
  8. ^ "League1BC welcomes the Vancouver Whitecaps as a founding License Holder". League1 British Columbia. October 22, 2021.
  9. ^ McColl, Michael (May 10, 2022). "The Grounds of League1 BC: Ken Woods Field, UBC, Vancouver – Home of Vancouver Whitecaps U19 and Girls Elite". Away from the Numbers.
  10. ^ Fossey, Maxim (May 22, 2022). "League1 BC: Women get the win, men earn a draw". Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
  11. ^ Fossey, Maxim (July 22, 2022). "League1 BC: 'Caps clinch a spot in the final!". Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
  12. ^ "'Caps excited for League1 BC final: "We saw what the young players were capable of"". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. July 29, 2022.
  13. ^ Fossey, Maxim (August 1, 2022). "Vancouver Whitecaps FC Girls Elite crowned League1 BC Finals champions!". Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
  14. ^ "Comeback Queens! A look back at the five trophies Whitecaps FC Girls Elite have won in the last year". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. August 8, 2023.
  15. ^ Mahmoudi, Nelson (August 6, 2023). "Cap-Italizing The Moment: Whitecaps Academies Claim Double L1BC Title". Northern Tribune.
  16. ^ "Inter-Provincial Championship: Girls Elite win national title!". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. August 13, 2023.
  17. ^ McGoldrick, Hayley (August 8, 2024). "L1C Women's Inter-Provincial Championship Preview: Whitecaps FC Girls Elite eye title defence". Canadian Premier League.
  18. ^ Vallejo, Felipe (August 11, 2024). "'Caps win second straight Women's Inter-Provincial Championship in a row". Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
  19. ^ a b "League1 British Columbia Women Standings". Canadian Soccer History Archive.
  20. ^ "Academy Alumni".