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Vancouver Whitecaps FC
2010 season
ChairmanGreg Kerfoot
ManagerTeitur Thordarson
USSF Division-22nd
D2 PlayoffsSemifinals
Canadian ChampionshipRunners-Up
Highest home attendance5435
Oct. 2 v Portland
Lowest home attendance4815
Apr. 24 v St. Louis
Average home league attendance5152
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The 2010 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season was the club's 35th year of existence, as well as their 24th and final year as a second tier club. Following the end of the season, the Whitecaps FC joined MLS, becoming the second Canadian club to enter the league.

Schedule and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pre-season

2010-02-11 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 - 3 Seattle Sounders FC Casa Grande, Arizona
10:30 @WhitecapsFC.com Stadium: Grande Sports World
2010-02-15 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1 - 4 Chicago Fire S.C. Arizona State University Soccer Stadium
13:00 @WhitecapsFC.com
2010-02-20 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 - 1 Real Salt Lake Casa Grande, Arizona
15:00 @WhitecapsFC.com Stadium: Grande Sports World
2010-03-06 Seattle Sounders FC 0 - 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Burnaby, BC
16:00 @WhitecapsFC.com Stadium: Swangard Stadium
2010-03-20 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 5 - 0 UVic Vikes Victoria, BC
14:00 @WhitecapsFC.com Stadium: Centennial Stadium
2010-03-26 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 - 2 Portland Timbers Tukwila, Washington
10:30 @WhitecapsFC.com Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex
2010-03-31 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1 - 0 BC CIS Selects Vancouver, BC
17:30 @WhitecapsFC.com Stadium: UBC Thunderbird Park

USSF Division 2 Professional League

See also: 2010 USSF Division-2 Professional League season

[1]

2010-04-11 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 - 0 NSC Minnesota Stars Burnaby, BC
16:00 Bellisomo 62'
James 67'		 report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4934
2010-04-17 Miami FC 0 - 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Fort Lauderdale, Florida
19:00 report Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 1089
2010-04-24 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1 - 0 AC St. Louis Burnaby, BC
16:00 Akloul 19' report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4815
2010-04-29 Portland Timbers 2 - 1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Portland, Oregon
19:00 Pore 7' 86' report Akwari 11' Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 5808
2010-05-08 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 - 0 Crystal Palace Baltimore Burnaby, BC
19:00 report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4903
2010-05-15 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 - 0 Montreal Impact Burnaby, BC
19:30 report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5177
2010-05-22 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 - 0 Rochester Rhinos Burnaby, BC
19:00 Stewart 17'
Janicki 51'		 report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4996
2010-05-29 Rochester Rhinos 2 - 1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Rochester, New York
16:00 Pitchkolan 74'
Hamilton 84'		 report Sanchez 90+' Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium
Attendance: 7744
2010-06-06 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1 - 0 FC Tampa Bay Rowdies Burnaby, BC
16:00 Nash 45' (pen.) report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5288
2010-06-09 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1 - 1 Carolina RailHawks FC Burnaby, BC
19:30 A. Toure 31' report Barbara 45+' (pen.) Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4941
2010-06-12 Austin Aztex FC 1 - 2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Austin, Texas
17:30 Olum 45+' report Haber 68'
Khalfan 82'		 Stadium: House Park
Attendance: 2841
2010-06-16 Puerto Rico Islanders 1 - 1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Bayamón, Puerto Rico
17:00 A. Toure 10' report Foley 32' Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Attendance: 2122
2010-06-26 AC St. Louis 0 - 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Fenton, Missouri
17:00 report Stadium: Anheuser-Busch Soccer Park
Attendance: 2432
2010-06-30 Montreal Impact 1 - 2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Montreal, Quebec
16:30 Donatelli 3' report Janicki 66'
Bellisomo 90'		 Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 11,949
2010-07-03 Portland Timbers 0 - 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Portland, Oregon
19:00 report Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 9017
2010-07-08 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1 - 1 AC St. Louis Burnaby, BC
19:30 Edwini-Bonsu 87' report Bloom 72' Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5185
2010-07-14 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3 - 1 Miami FC Burnaby, BC
19:30 Wagner 18' 56' 90+2' report Shriver 57' Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5024
2010-07-22 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1 - 2 Portland Timbers Burnaby, BC
19:30 Khalfan 51' report Pore 66'
Danso 72'		 Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5387
2010-07-25 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1 - 1 NSC Minnesota Stars Burnaby, BC
19:00 Nash 67' report Bracalello 28' Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5288
2010-07-28 Montreal Impact 0 - 1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Montreal, Quebec
16:30 report Janicki 88' Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 12,355
2010-07-31 Carolina RailHawks FC 2 - 2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Cary, North Carolina
16:00 Schulte 40'
Gardner 45'		 report Nash 2' (pen.)
Davies 15'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 2285
2010-08-06 AC St. Louis 0 - 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Fenton, Missouri
17:00 report Stadium: Anheuser-Busch Soccer Park
Attendance: 2312
2010-08-14 NSC Minnesota Stars 0 - 1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Blaine, Minnesota
17:00 report Nash 15' Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 1010
2010-08-21 FC Tampa Bay Rowdies 1 - 1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Tampa, Florida
16:30 Wagner 7' report King 28' Stadium: George M. Steinbrenner Field
Attendance: 2562
2010-08-29 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 - 2 Austin Aztex FC Burnaby, BC
16:00 Stewart 16'
Mobulu 52'		 report Griffan 44'
Johnson 80'		 Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5288
2010-09-05 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 - 0 Puerto Rico Islanders Burnaby, BC
16:00 report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5288
2010-09-11 Crystal Palace Baltimore 0 - 3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Towson, Maryland
17:00 report Janicki 45+'
Edwini-Bonsu 70'
Dunfield 76'		 Stadium: Paul Angelo Russo Stadium
Attendance: 1150
2010-09-18 NSC Minnesota Stars 1 - 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Blaine, Minnesota
17:00 Deldo 49' report Stadium: National Sports Center
2010-09-24 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 - 1 Montreal Impact Burnaby, BC
19:45 report Sebrango 29' Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5288
2010-10-02 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 - 2 Portland Timbers Burnaby, BC
16:00 Dunfield 27'
Arnoux 68'		 report Alhassan 46'
Dike 56'		 Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5435

Post-season

2010-10-07 Playoffs QF1 Portland Timbers 0 - 2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Burnaby, BC
19:30 report Koffie 1'
Nash 13' (pen.)		 Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5018
Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau
2010-10-10 Playoffs QF2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 - 1 Portland Timbers Portland, Oregon
18:00 0 report 1 Stadium: Merlo Field
Attendance: 4884
Referee: Fotis Bazakos
2010-10-14 Playoffs SF1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 - 0 Puerto Rico Islanders Bayamon, Puerto Rico
17:05 report Stadium: Bayamón Soccer Complex
Attendance: 2831
2010-10-17 Playoffs SF2 Puerto Rico Islanders 2 - 0 (a.e.t.) Vancouver Whitecaps FC Burnaby, BC
4:00PM PDT Nicholas Addlery 113' 120' report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 5325

Nutrilite Canadian Championship

See also: Canadian Championship and 2010 Canadian Championship
2010-05-05 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1 - 1 Montreal Impact Burnaby, BC
19:00 Haber 81' (pen.) report Byers 31' Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4325
2010-05-19 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 - 0 Toronto FC Burnaby, BC
19:00 report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 4928
May 26, 2010 Montreal Impact 1 - 1 Vancouver Whitecaps Montreal, Quebec
20:00 EDT Billy 62' report A. Toure 50' Stadium: Stade Saputo
Attendance: 10,959
2010-06-02 Toronto FC 0 - 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Toronto, Ontario
20:00 Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 15,176

Conference table

See also: 2010 USSF Division-2 Professional League season
NASL Conference
Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Carolina RailHawks FC 30 13 9 8 44 32 +12 47 Conference leader, qualified for playoffs
2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 30 10 5 15 32 22 +10 45 Qualified for playoffs[a]
3 Montreal Impact 30 12 11 7 36 30 +6 43
4 Miami FC 30 7 11 12 37 49 −12 33
5 AC St. Louis 30 7 15 8 32 48 −16 29
6 Crystal Palace Baltimore 30 6 18 6 24 55 −31 24
Source: USSF D-2 schedule table
Notes:
  1. ^ The remaining six teams with the highest point totals, regardless of conference, also advance to the playoffs.

Current roster

as of the end of the season.[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK United States USA Jay Nolly
2 DF United States USA Nelson Akwari
3 DF Canada CAN Luca Bellisomo
4 DF Canada CAN Chris Williams
6 MF Canada CAN Terry Dunfield
7 MF Canada CAN Martin Nash (captain)
8 DF United States USA Wes Knight
9 MF Switzerland SUI Davide Chiumiento
11 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Ridge Mobulu
12 MF Canada CAN Russell Teibert
13 MF Canada CAN Alex Elliott
14 DF United States USA Greg Janicki
15 MF Canada CAN Philippe Davies
16 MF Canada CAN Kyle Porter
17 FW Canada CAN Randy Edwini-Bonsu
18 FW Canada CAN La'Vere Corbin-Ong
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Costa Rica CRC Jonathan McDonald
20 MF Canada CAN Ethan Gage
22 MF Japan JPN Takashi Hirano
23 DF United States USA Blake Wagner
24 MF Cameroon CMR Alexandre Morfaw
25 FW United States USA Cody Arnoux
26 FW Canada CAN Alex Semenets
27 GK Canada CAN Dan Pelc
28 MF Ghana GHA Gershon Koffie
29 MF Tanzania TAN Nizar Khalfan
31 GK Canada CAN Simon Thomas
33 DF Liberia LBR Willis Forko
39 FW Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VIN Cornelius Stewart
55 DF France FRA Mouloud Akloul
77 DF Georgia (country) GEO Zourab Tsiskaridze

Starting 11

Last updated on 17 October 2010.
(These are the most used starting active players in the most used formation throughout the complete season)

Transactions

(As of End of 2009 season to Present)

October 2009

OUT

POS Nationality Player New Team
FW Canada Charles Gbeke Released (Guangzhou F.C.)
MF Bolivia Vicente Arze Released (Free Agent)
FW United States Lyle Martin Released (Shaanxi Chan-Ba)
GK Brazil Diego Released (Hollywood United Hitmen)
DF Nigeria Michael Ndubuisi Onwatuegwu Released (Persiba Bantul)
DF Canada Marco Reda Released (Free Agent)
FW United States Aaron Wheeler Released (FC Tampa Bay)
DF Canada Geordie Lyall Retired
November 2009

IN

POS Nationality Player
DF Canada Chris Williams Signed (Charleston Battery)
MF Mexico Ricardo Sanchez Signed (Minnesota Thunder)

OUT

POS Nationality Player
MF Bermuda Tyrell Burgess Released (Bermuda Hogges)
MF Haiti Kenold Versailles Released (Rochester Rhinos)
December 2009

IN

POS Nationality Player
DF Georgia (country) Zourab Tsiskaridze Signed (Miami FC)
MF Northern Ireland Jonny Steele Signed (Puerto Rico Islanders)
DF United States Greg Janicki Signed (D.C. United)
January 2010

IN

POS Nationality Player
DF United States Nelson Akwari Signed (Charleston Battery)

OUT

POS Nationality Player
FW Canada Marcus Haber Transferred (West Bromwich Albion)
February 2010

IN

POS Nationality Player
MF United States Blake Wagner Signed (FC Dallas)

OUT

POS Nationality Player
DF Canada Mason Trafford Released (Real Maryland Monarchs)
MF Canada Gordon Chin Released (Free Agent)
April 2010

IN

POS Nationality Player
DF France Mouloud Akloul Signed (Al-Ittihad Kalba)
GK Canada Dan Pelc Signed (Serbian White Eagles)
FW Canada Marcus Haber On Loan (West Bromwich Albion)
June 2010

IN

POS Nationality Player
MF Canada Alex Elliot Signed (FSV Mainz 05)

OUT

POS Nationality Player
FW Canada Marcus Haber Loan Return (West Bromwich Albion)
July 2010

IN

POS Nationality Player
FW Democratic Republic of the Congo Ridge Mobulu Signed (Lausanne Sport)

OUT

POS Nationality Player
MF United States Justin Moose Released (Free Agent)
MF Mexico Ricardo Sanchez Traded: FC Tampa Bay
MF Northern Ireland Jonny Steele Traded: FC Tampa Bay
FW Jamaica Dever Orgill Released (St. George's SC)
August 2010

IN

POS Nationality Player
FW Costa Rica Jonathan McDonald Signed (Club Sport Herediano)
MF Cameroon Alexandre Morfaw Signed (Bodens BK)
MF Canada Terry Dunfield Signed (Shrewsbury Town)
MF Canada Kyle Porter Signed (Energie Cottbus)
DF Switzerland Alain Rochat Signed (FC Zurich)
MF Switzerland Davide Chiumiento Signed (Lucerne)
FW United States Cody Arnoux Signed (Everton)
DF Liberia Willis Forko Signed (FK Bodø/Glimt)
DF Ghana Gershon Koffie Signed (International Allies FC)

OUT

POS Nationality Player
FW Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Marlon James Released (Free Agent)
DF Switzerland Alain Rochat Loaned to FC Zurich
MF Liberia Ansu Toure Released (Free Agent)
September 2010

OUT

POS Nationality Player
DF Japan Takashi Hirano assigned to Vancouver Whitecaps Residency
MF Tanzania Nizar Khalfan assigned to Vancouver Whitecaps Residency
FW Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Cornelius Stewart assigned to Vancouver Whitecaps Residency
FW Mauritania Doudou Touré assigned to Vancouver Whitecaps Residency

References

  1. ^ "NASL Schedule". Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  2. ^ [1] Archived February 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
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