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Vancouver Whitecaps FC
2005 season
ChairmanGreg Kerfoot
ManagerBob Lilley
2005 USL-13rd
Playoffs
Play-In Round
Highest home attendance6,192
Sept 11 vs MI
Lowest home attendance2,440
July 9 (Apple Bowl) vs SS
Average home league attendance5,102
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The 2005 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season was the club's 19th year of play (or 29th if counting the NASL Whitecaps), as well as their 13th as a Division 2 club in the franchise model of US-based soccer leagues. They played in the now defunct USL First Division which in 2005 was rebranded from A-League and was the highest level of Canadian club soccer. 2005 was Bob Lilley's first season as head coach after Tony Fonseca was released to take on the new District Development Centre Technical Director position with the BCSA.[1] Under Tony Fonseca the Whitecaps had playoffs qualifications three straight years and advanced to the semifinals once. Part of the re-organization of BC youth soccer involved the Whitecaps expanding their youth program to ten Super Y League teams. The Whitecaps were one of only a few US or Canadian clubs with a complete youth system. MLS teams in 2005 did not have as extensive a club structure.[2]

They started the season strongly going undefeated in their first six matches. The Whitecaps were hard to beat all year and finished third in the league table. This was the ninth consecutive playoff appearance for the Whitecaps. In the playoffs Vancouver had a play-in round series against Richmond Kickers and couldn't find a way to score with both legs of the series finishing 0-0, the Kickers advanced on penalty kicks. Jason Jordan was named league most value player with seventeen goals.[3]

The name of the league was not the only thing that changed in 2005, so did the league format, from two conferences to a single table. The schedule was not balanced; it was home and away against every team in the league with additional matches against Seattle, Portland, and Minnesota. Head to head results were the first tie-breaker. Average attendance increased for the fourth year in a row and was above 5,000 for the first time since 2001.[4] Three double-headers were played with the Whitecaps Women of the USL W-League.

Off the field, 2005 was the first year (counting NASL Whitecaps) since 1984 that all home and away games had live radio broadcasts. The games had a thirty-minute pre and post game show, and the AM sports radio station also carried a sixty-minute weekly soccer program early Saturday mornings.[5] The Whitecaps featured on a weekly local soccer show on Saturday at 2 p.m. as well as on Fox Soccer World twice via the United Soccer League agreement for sixteen weeks of coverage June 17 to October 1.[6] The partnership with the BCSA for the mid-season friendly with Sunderland A.F.C. was also a success with the largest crowd in five years – 6,857 watching the Whitecaps win 3 – 0.[7] The Whitecaps played one of their double headers (Women's and Men's teams) at the Apple Bowl in Kelowna, BC on July 9, 2005. The club also unveiled renderings and details of its Whitecaps Waterfront Stadium proposal publicly on October 13, 2005.[8] They also had plans announced in 2004, for a training centre for their men's, women's, and youth teams to be shared with the Canadian Women's National Team at Simon Fraser University that had been on hold other than artificial turf field upgrades.[9]

League Tables

  Commissioner's Cup, bye to semifinal round of playoffs
  Bye to semifinal round of playoffs
  First round of playoffs

Pos Club Pts Pld W L T GF GA GD H2H Pts
1 Montreal Impact 61 28 18 3 7 37 15 +22
2 Rochester Raging Rhinos 51 28 15 7 6 45 27 +18
3 Vancouver Whitecaps 45 28 12 7 9 37 21 +16
4 Seattle Sounders 44 28 11 6 11 33 25 +8
5 Portland Timbers 39 28 10 9 9 40 42 −2 POR: 4 pts
RIC: 1 pt
6 Richmond Kickers 39 28 10 9 9 28 30 −2
7 Puerto Rico Islanders 38 28 10 10 8 46 43 +3
8 Atlanta Silverbacks 33 28 10 15 3 40 52 −12
9 Charleston Battery 32 28 9 14 5 27 36 −9
10 Minnesota Thunder 31 28 7 11 10 37 42 −5
11 Virginia Beach Mariners 28 28 7 14 7 26 39 −13
12 Toronto Lynx 17 28 3 17 8 26 50 −24

Expanded Table

Overall Home Away
Pld Pts W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD
28 45 12 7 9 36 21  +15 9 1 4 26 7  +19 3 6 5 10 14  −4

Last updated: April 26, 2006
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

The Whitecaps opened their four-week training camp on March 25, 2005 at Surrey's Newton Athletic Park although most sessions were at Simon Fraser University's Terry Fox Field.[10][11] The preseason schedule was announced March 1, 2005.[12] Note no record can be found of the first match listed and archived whitecapsfc.com headlines imply the match was cancelled.

April 2, 2005 UVic Vikes 0 – 1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Victoria, British Columbia
19:00 PST Stadium: Centennial Stadium,
April 5, 2005 VMSL All-Stars 2 – 4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Tsawwassen, British Columbia
18:30 PST Chris Clarke
Johnny Sulentic 		Jason Jordan
Steve Klein
Said Ali 		Stadium: Brandrith Park
April 9, 2005 Trinity Western University 0 – 1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Langley, British Columbia
15:00 PST Report Said Ali 92' Stadium: Spartans Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,000
April 16, 2005 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1 – 0 Seattle Sounders Chilliwack, British Columbia
19:00 PST Carlo Corazzin 16' Report Stadium: Exhibition Park
Attendance: 2,000

USL-1

See also: 2005 United Soccer Leagues

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
GroundHHAHHHAHAAAAHAHAHHAAAHHHAAAH
ResultDWDWWWLWLLWDDDWDWDLWDDWWLWLL
Source: uslsoccer.com[13]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
April
April 24, 2005 1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 – 0 Toronto Lynx Burnaby, BC
22:00 ET Report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,722
Referee: Paul Ward
April 30, 2005 2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1 – 0 Rochester Rhinos Burnaby, BC
22:00 ET Carlo Corazzin 51' (Pen.) Report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4,862
Referee: Domenic Scali
May
May 7, 2005 3 Seattle Sounders 0 – 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Seattle, WA
20:00 ET Report Stadium: Qwest Field
Attendance: 2,495
Referee: Ben Chouaf
May 15, 2005 4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4 – 0 Charleston Battery Burnaby, BC
22:00 ET Jason Jordan 29', 49', 55', 77' Report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4,296
Referee: Tiger Liu
May 22, 2005 5 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4 – 1 Atlanta Silverbacks Burnaby, BC
22:00 ET Jason Jordan 15', 30', 50'
Joey Gjertsen 54'		 Report Alex Pineda Chacón 87' Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4,872
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
May 27, 2005 6 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3 – 1 Virginia Beach Mariners Burnaby, BC
22:00 ET Tino Cucca 30'
Jason Jordan 30'
Steve Klein 56'		 Report David Castellanos 16' Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4,511
Referee: David Gantar
May 29, 2005 7 Minnesota Thunder 1 – 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Saint Paul, Minnesota
20:05 ET Godfrey Tenoff 24' Report Stadium: James Griffin Stadium
Attendance: 3,312
Referee: Jeff Hink
June
June 10, 2005 8 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3 – 2 Portland Timbers Burnaby, BC
22:00 ET Alfredo Valente 39' (Pen.)
Martin Nash 40'
Steve Klein 90+'		 Report Tom Poltl 78'
Edwin Miranda 90+'		 Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,337
Referee: Steve Depiero
June 18, 2005 9 Atlanta Silverbacks 3 – 2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Clarkston, Georgia
17:30 ET Fabian Dawkins 4'
Alex Pineda Chacón 7'}
Adilson DeLima 36'		 Report David Morris 9'
Steve Klein 26' (Pen.)		 Stadium: DeKalb Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,315
Referee: Brian D'Amato
June 19, 2005 10 Charleston Battery 2 – 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Charleston, South Carolina
18:00 ET Usiel Vasquez 21'
Jesus Martinez 67'		 Report Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Attendance: 3,006
Referee: Guy Goodrich
June 22, 2005 11 Puerto Rico Islanders 1 – 2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Bayamón, Puerto Rico
20:00 ET Petter Villegas 35' Report Ian Fuller 5'
Steve Klein 43' (Pen.)		 Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Attendance: 4,357
Referee: Tony Russo
June 25, 2005 12 Seattle Sounders 1 – 1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Seattle
22:00 ET Ryan Edwards 64' Report Steve Kindel 19' Stadium: Qwest Field
Attendance: 2,696
Referee: Colin Arblaster
June 26, 2005 13 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 – 0 Seattle Sounders Burnaby, BC
22:00 ET Report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,722
Referee: Daniel Belleau
July
July 2, 2005 14 Portland Timbers 1 – 1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Portland, Oregon
22:00 ET Byron Alvarez 7' Report Jason Jordan 37' Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 3,944
Referee: Jonathan Lavergne
July 9, 2005 15 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4 – 0 Portland Timbers Kelowna, BC
22:00 ET Jeff Clarke 34'
Steve Klein 36', 82'
Joey Gjertsen 39'		 Report Stadium: Apple Bowl
Attendance: 2,440
Referee: David Gantar
July 14, 2005 16 Portland Timbers 1 – 1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Portland, Oregon
22:00 ET Scot Thompson 31' Report Steve Klein 89' Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 5,523
Referee: Ricardo Valezuela
July 24, 2005 17 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 – 1 Minnesota Thunder Burnaby, BC
22:00 ET Jason Jordan 73', 90' Report James Alberts 51' Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,937
Referee: Carol Anne Chenard
July 29, 2005 18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 – 0 Seattle Sounders Burnaby, BC
23:00 ET Report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,434
Referee: Justin Tasev
August
August 6, 2005 19 Virginia Beach Mariners 2- 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Virginia Beach, Virginia
19:30 ET Hamisi Amani-Dove 33', Pen.'
John Barry Nusum 51'		 Report Stadium: Virginia Beach Sportsplex
Attendance: 2,112
Referee: Brent Sorg
August 7, 2005 20 Richmond Kickers 0 – 2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Richmond, Virginia
18:00 ET Report Jason Jordan 16', 30' Stadium: Richmond City Stadium
Attendance: 2,011
Referee: Reggie Rutty
August 10, 2005 21 Minnesota Thunder 0 – 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Saint Paul, Minnesota
20:05 ET Report Stadium: James Griffin Stadium
Attendance: 2,957
Referee: Doug Damico
August 14, 2005 22 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1 – 1 Richmond Kickers Burnaby, BC
22:00 ET Ian Fuller 64' Report Tim Brown 67' Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4,875
Referee: Mauricio Navarro
August 20, 2005 23 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3 – 0 Minnesota Thunder Burnaby, BC
22:00 ET Martin Nash 34'
Jason Jordan 36', 77'		 Report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,185
Referee: Mike Lambert
August 27, 2005 24 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 – 0 Puerto Rico Islanders Burnaby, BC
22:00 ET Jason Jordan 55', 71' Report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,817
Referee: Jonathan Lavergne
August 31, 2005 25 Montreal Impact 1 – 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Montreal
19:30 ET Antonio Ribeiro 5' Report Stadium: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard
Attendance: 8,917
Referee: Steve Depiero
September
September 2, 2005 26 Toronto Lynx 0 – 1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Etobicoke, Ontario
20:00 ET Report Joey Gjertsen 59' Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium
Attendance: 1,587
Referee: Domenic Scali
September 4, 2005 27 Rochester Rhinos 1 – 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Rochester, New York
18:05 ET Rene Rivas 4' (Pen.) Report Stadium: Frontier Field
Attendance: 9,513
Referee: Vladimir Fabre
September 11, 2005 28 Montreal Impact 0 – 1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Burnaby, BC
19:00 ET Report Eduardo Sebrango 10' Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 6,192
Referee: Silvio Petrescu

Post-season

September 16, 2005 Play-In Round Leg 1 Richmond Kickers 0 – 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Richmond, Virginia
22:00 ET Report Stadium: Richmond City Stadium
Attendance: 2,476
Referee: Joe Cardecio
September 18, 2005 Play-In Round Leg 2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 – 0 (PKs)
(4 – 5 p)		 Richmond Kickers Burnaby, BC
22:00 ET Report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5,332
Referee: Steve De Piero
Penalties
Carlo Corazzin soccer ball with check mark
Chris Franks soccer ball with red X
Martin Nash soccer ball with check mark
Steve Kindel soccer ball with check mark
Nick Dasovic soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Robert Ssjjemba
soccer ball with check mark Matthew Delicate
soccer ball with check mark Sascha Gorres
soccer ball with check mark Joey Worthen
soccer ball with check mark Kevin Jeffrey

Voyaguers Cup

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.

Year Rank Teams Pts Pld W L D GF GA GD
2005 1 Montreal Impact 6 4 1 0 3 3 2 +1
2 Toronto Lynx 5 4 1 1 2 3 4 -1
3 Vancouver Whitecaps 4 4 1 2 1 4 4 0

Cascadia Cup

See also: Cascadia Cup
2005
Team Pts Pld W L D GF GA GD
Vancouver Whitecaps 12 8 2 0 6 10 5 +5
Portland Timbers 9 8 2 3 3 10 15 -5
Seattle Sounders 8 8 1 2 5 7 7 0

Mid-Season Friendly

Sunderland A.F.C. did a preseason tour with matches against the Vancouver Whitecaps, Seattle Sounders, and Portland Timbers from July 16 – 23, 2005.[14]

July 16, 2005 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3 – 0 Sunderland A.F.C. Burnaby, BC
19:00 ET Carlo Corazzin 51 '
Joey Gjertsen 58 '
Jason Jordan 83'		 Report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 6,857
Referee: Paul Ward

Staff

  • President – John Rocha
  • General Manager – Bob Lenarduzzi
  • Office Manager – Lindsay Puchlik
  • Communication Manager – Nathan Vanstone
  • Director Sales and Marketing – Rick Ramsbottom
  • Men's Head Coach – Bob Lilley
  • Men's Assistant Coach – Michael Toshack
  • Reserve Team Men's Head Coach –
  • Women's Head Coach – Patrick Rohla
  • Reserve Team Women's Head Coach –
  • Director Youth Operations – Dan Lenarduzzi

Current roster

The Whitecaps released 2004 rookie defender Justin Thompson, eight year Whitecap veteran forward Oliver Heald, and defender Nico Craveiro. Justin Thompson played in Europe before playing two seasons for rival Portland Timbers.

The Whitecaps signed Canadian international defender Mark Watson in December 2004. Midfielder Steve Klein was also signed in the offseason. At the end of the season, Nick Dasovic, Chris and Mike Franks, and Kevin Harmse all moved on from the Whitecaps.

Jason Jordan scored seventeen goals to win the USL-1 golden boot while Martin Nash was ninth in assists with five and played in every game of the year.[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 Canada Mike Franks 1530 65 15 0.882 7 1530 65 15 0.882 7
0 United States Josh Wicks 1200 41 6 0.545 7 990 39 6 0.450 7 210 5 0 0.00 2

|} Updated to match played October 20, 2013
Source: [2]
 As of the end of the season.[16]

Player statistics

No. Pos. Name Apps Minutes Goals Assists Shots Fouls
0 GK United States Josh Wicks 12 1200 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 GK Canada Mike Franks 17 1530 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 DF Canada Jeff Clarke 24(1) 2011 1 1 13 34 6 0
3 MF United States Steve Klein 26(1) 2277 7 4 23 16 1 0
4 DF Canada Nick Dasovic 13(7) 1209 0 0 3 20 2 0
6 DF Canada Mark Watson 17(2) 1415 0 0 5 21 2 0
7 MF Canada Martin Nash 28(2) 2399 2 5 33 19 2 0
8 DF Canada Steve Kindel 26(3) 2380 1 2 17 34 3 0
9 MF Canada Alfredo Valente 18(4) 1205 1 2 38 28 2 0
11 MF Canada Davide Xausa 1(2) 114 0 1 0 2 0 0
12 MF Canada Geordie Lyall 28(1) 2358 0 0 7 37 2 0
13 MF Canada Tino Cucca 2(4) 218 1 0 3 5 0 0
14 DF Canada Liam De'Silva 13(5) 1318 0 0 7 23 0 0
15 FW United States Ian Fuller 13(7) 1147 2 2 16 22 3 1
17 FW United States Joey Gjertsen 17(12) 1647 3 3 34 14 0 0
18 FW Canada Said Ali 0(4) 63 0 1 1 1 0 0
19 FW Canada Carlo Corazzin 8(14) 672 1 1 11 20 1 0
20 DF Canada David Morris 11(16) 1074 1 2 14 22 1 0
22 DF Canada Chris Franks 6(17) 920 0 0 6 17 3 0
23 MF United States Jake Sagare 0(2) 25 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF United States Ryan Trout 1(13) 308 0 1 1 7 0 0
26 FW Canada Jason Jordan 23(6) 2118 17 3 67 35 1 0
27 MF Canada Steven Frazao 0(1) 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF Canada Kevin Harmse 25(4) 2328 0 1 11 31 3 0
28 DF Haiti Josué Mayard 1(1) 101 0 0 0 3 1 0
29 GK Canada Srdjan Djekanovic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
— – Opponent Own goals – – 0 – – – – –

Updated March 28, 2014[17][18]

  • 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 or friendlies).

External links

References

  1. ^ "BC Soccer and Whitecaps FC Form Partnership". canadasoccer.com – Around the Soccer World. October 26, 2004. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
  2. ^ Demosphere International (May 6, 2005). "Whitecaps Announce Super Y-League Rosters". uslsoccer.com. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
  3. ^ Demosphere International Inc. (September 30, 2005). "Final 2005 USL First Division Awards announced". uslsoccer.com. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
  4. ^ Soccer United Marketing – Major League Soccer pg 16. "2011 Whitecaps Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Whitecaps Communications (January 2005). "Whitecaps Announce Radio partnership With The Team 1040 AM". whitecapsfc.com. Archived from the original on February 28, 2005. Retrieved March 21, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Demosphere International (January 4, 2005). "USL's Fox Sports World Schedule announced". uslsoccer.com. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
  7. ^ "Nations Cup Schedule". whitecapsfc.com. Archived from the original on July 12, 2006. Retrieved March 11, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "WHITECAPS ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR WATERFRONT STADIUM". whitecapsfc.com. October 13, 2005. Archived from the original on January 7, 2006. Retrieved March 31, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ Meadahl, Marianne (April 29, 2004). "Whitecaps to train at SFU". SFU News Online. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
  10. ^ Whitecaps FC Media Release (March 2005). "Whitecaps Men's First Day of Training Camp". Archived from the original on March 27, 2005. Retrieved March 21, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ "Whitecaps FC Training Camp Schedule". whitecapsfc.com. Archived from the original on April 10, 2005. Retrieved March 21, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ "Whitecaps Men Release 2005 Pre-Season Schedule". whitecapsfc.com. March 1, 2005. Archived from the original on March 7, 2005. Retrieved March 21, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ "USL First Division 2005 Full Schedule". Demosphere International. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  14. ^ "Whitecaps Announce Exhibition Friendly Versus Sunderland AFC". February 2005. Archived from the original on March 7, 2005. Retrieved March 21, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ Demosphere International. "USL First Division – Top 10 Stats Leaders". Retrieved March 24, 2014.
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  17. ^ "2005 Player Roster and Statistics". Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  18. ^ "Vancouver Whitecaps Official Schedule". Retrieved March 15, 2014.
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