2008 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2008 soccer season March 2026 September 2021 Vancouver Whitecaps 2008 Head coach Teitur Thordarson Greg Kerfoot, Jeff Mallet, Steve Luczo, Steve Nash USL-1 2nd USL-1 Playoffs Champions Canadian Championship 3rd 5,822 Oct 12 vs Puerto Rico Islanders 4,412 June 25 vs Montreal Impact 4,999 _horizontalonwhite thinbluesides 214f9c thinbluesides FFFFFF FFFFFF _whitehorizontal 214f9c 214f9c 214f9c 214f9c 214f9c 2007 2009 The 2008 Vancouver Whitecaps season was the club's 23rd year of existence (or 33rd if counting the NASL Whitecaps), as well as their 16th as a Division 2 club in the franchise model of US-based soccer leagues. With games against well supported MLS side Toronto FC in the Voyageurs Cup and local rival Seattle Sounders selling 22,000 season tickets for MLS in 2009, the Vancouver Whitecaps were marketed as one of the leading markets for a 2011 MLS expansion side. This included expanding the ownership to include Victoria, BC raised NBA star Steve Nash in July. http://blogs.theprovince.com/2008/07/25/nash-cache/ Nash Cache The Province Newspaper – Back of the Net Paul Chapman July 25, 2008 March 4, 2014 The Division 1 MLS speculation along with the higher profile that came with public negotiations with Vancouver City Council and the Port of Metro Vancouver to develop the Whitecaps Waterfront Stadium gave a boost to media coverage and game attendances. The privately financed stadium, first proposed in 2006, appeared to be reaching its final government land use approvals in 2008.http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/111205.html Whitecaps unveil stadium plans uslsoccer.com Demosphere International March 4, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140307202725/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/111205.html March 7, 2014 dead http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2008/10/waterfront-stadium-could-be-dramatic-beautiful-spectacular-province?quicktabs_club_news_qt=2 Waterfront Stadium could be dramatic, beautiful, spectacular The Province Newspaper Kent Spencer October 13, 2008 March 4, 2014 The 2008 season started in a strong fashion with two losses in their first ten games as new coach Teitur Thordarson maintained the defensive style of previous coach Bob Lilley to grind out results. The USL-1 league was a closely contested affair with eleven points separating 11th and third in the standings. However, the top two teams, the Whitecaps and Puerto Rico were a further ten points clear of third place. The Commissioner's Cup was a contest between the Whitecaps, who finished runner-up by one point, and the Puerto Rico Islanders. The Whitecaps almost squandered a 5-1 aggregate league by letting the Minnesota Thunder back into the second leg of the USL-1 play in round, but held on for a 5-4 aggregate win. In the semi-final series against Montreal Impact they ground out a first leg 1-0 loss after their goal keeper was ejected. The Whitecaps deservedly won the second leg 2-0 at home to go through 2-1 on aggregate to the final against Puerto Rico Islanders. The playoff final was a back and forth game in which the Whitecaps prevailed 2-1 in front of 5,822 at their long time home of Swangard Stadium.http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2009/22394.html#SCHEDULE Schedule uslsoccer.com Demosphere International March 4, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20131215071241/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2009/22394.html#SCHEDULE December 15, 2013 dead This was the first year of the official tournament for the Voyageurs Cup also known as the Canadian Championship as CONCACAF designated a Canadian spot in the new champions league structure of the CONCACAF Champions Cup. The Whitecaps finished third in the 2008 Voyaguers Cup with two losses to Montreal and a draw and a win over Division 1 MLS side Toronto FC. Schedule and results Tables #D0F0C0 Commissioner's Cup, bye to semifinal round of playoffs 1px solid #AAAAAA #BBEBFF First round of playoffs 1px solid #AAAAAA Pos Club Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD H2H Pts1Puerto Rico Islanders543015964323+202Vancouver Whitecaps533015873428+63Montreal Impact4230126123328+54Rochester Rhinos41†30119103532+35Charleston Battery4030117123436−2CHA: 4 ptsSEA: 4 pts6Seattle Sounders40301010103736+17Minnesota Thunder3930109114038+28Carolina RailHawks3730910113443−99Miami FC3430810122834−6MIA: 7 ptsATL: 1 pt10Atlanta Silverbacks3430810123750−1311Portland Timbers3130710132633−7 Tie-breaker order: 1. Head-to-head points; 2. Total wins; 3. Goal difference; 4. Goals for; 5. Lottery † Rochester deducted 1 point for use of an ineligible player on August 10, 2008Rhinos penalized for infraction http://usl1.uslsoccer.com/recentnews/269957.html United Soccer Leagues June 28, 2011 August 15, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20120326100740/http://usl1.uslsoccer.com/recentnews/269957.html March 26, 2012 dead 8 2 5 17 10 7 5 3 17 18 April 26, 2010 uslsoccer.com March 2014 Pre-season #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA March 9, 2008 15:00 PST UVic Vikes Vancouver Whitecaps FC Centennial Stadium, Victoria, British Columbia Report 0–0 500 D March 20, 2008 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Portland Timbers Starfire Sports Complex Seattle, WA Report 4–0 Steve Kindel Nicholas Addlery Own goal Stefan Leslie W March 22, 2008 19:00 PST Seattle Sounders FC Vancouver Whitecaps FC Starfire Sports Complex Seattle, WA Report 1–2 Roger Levesque 44 Jason Jordan 15 Eduardo Sebrango 64 752 W March 29, 2008 10:00 PST Simon Fraser University Vancouver Whitecaps FC Mercer Stadium New Westminster, BC Report 0–3 Eduardo Sebrango 6 Nick Webb 19 Jason Jordan 85 W April 2, 2008 19:00 PST Trinity Western University Vancouver Whitecaps FC Spartans Sports Complex Langley, BC Report 0–3 Alfredo Valente 38 69 Eduardo Sebrango 50 2,276 W Phil Barrington USL-1 2008 United Soccer Leagues Results by round table b Round Ground H/H/H/A/A/H/A/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/A/A/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A Result W/L/W/W/D/L/W/W/W/W/L/D/L/D/D/W/W/W/L/L/W/D/D/W/W/D/L/D/W/W Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss complete uslsoccer.com October 2008 1 April 12, 2008 22:00 ET Vancouver Whitecaps FC Montreal Impact Swangard Stadium Burnaby, BC 1–0 Report Eduardo Sebrango 33 5,288 W 2 April 26, 2008 22:00 ET Vancouver Whitecaps FC Minnesota Thunder Swangard Stadium Burnaby, BC 0–1 report Ricardo Sánchez 68 pen. 4,989 Fabrizio Romano L 3 May 10, 2008 22:00 ET Vancouver Whitecaps FC Rochester Rhinos Swangard Stadium Burnaby, BC 1–0 report Eduardo Sebrango 77 4,762 Geoff Gamble W 4 May 16, 2008 17:30 ET Miami FC Blues Vancouver Whitecaps FC Tropical Park Stadium Miami 0–1 report Eduardo Sebrango 18 3,125 Shane Moody W 5 May 19, 2008 15:00 ET Montreal Impact Vancouver Whitecaps FC Stade Saputo Montreal 0–0 report 13,034 Dave Gantar D 6 May 23, 2008 23:00 ET Vancouver Whitecaps FC Seattle Sounders Swangard Stadium Burnaby, BC 0–2 report Josh Gardner 3Sebastien Le Toux 7 5,146 L Justin Tasev 7 May 24, 2008 22:00 ET Portland Timbers Vancouver Whitecaps FC PGE Park Portland, Oregon 0–1 report Chris Nurse 17Johnny Menyongar 37 8,688 Yader Reyes W 8 May 28, 2008 19:30 ET Charleston Battery Vancouver Whitecaps FC Blackbaud Stadium Charleston, South Carolina 0–2 report Jason Jordan 64 Nicholas Addlery 75 2,763 Alan Schechtman W 9 May 31, 2008 20:05 ET Minnesota Thunder Vancouver Whitecaps FC National Sports Center Minneapolis 0–1 report Jason Jordan 41 2,369 Edwom Jureievic W 10 June 7, 2008 22:00 ET Vancouver Whitecaps FC Portland Timbers Swangard Stadium Burnaby, BC 3–1 report Eduardo Sebrango 54Martin Nash 66Alfredo Valente 90 Scot Thompson 9 5,288 W Jonathan Lavergne 11 June 13, 2008 20:00 ET Rochester Rhinos Vancouver Whitecaps FC Marina Auto Stadium Rochester, New York 3–0 report Mauricio Salles 32 62Johnny Menyongar 46 7,471 Joe Caroccio L 12 June 22, 2008 22:00 ET Vancouver Whitecaps FC Miami FC Blues Swangard Stadium Burnaby, BC 1–1 report Juan Pablo Galavis 20 Chris Pozniak 51 5,288 Mathieu Bourdeau D 13 July 5, 2008 19:35 ET Rochester Rhinos Vancouver Whitecaps FC Marina Auto Stadium Rochester, New York 1–3 report Lyle Martin 7Martin Nash 71Charles Gbeke 79Marcus Haber 81 7,356 Fernando Iturriaga L 14 July 13, 2008 22:00 ET Vancouver Whitecaps FC Carolina RailHawks FC Swangard Stadium Burnaby, BC 2–1 report Eduardo Sebrango 75 Dan Antoniuk 74 4,989 Mathieu Bourdea D 15 July 23, 2008 22:00 ET Vancouver Whitecaps FC Charleston Battery Swangard Stadium Burnaby, BC 1–1 report Charles Gbeke 81 Randi Patterson 5,038 Jonathan Lavergne D 16 July 26, 2008 22:00 ET Vancouver Whitecaps FC Carolina RailHawks FC Swangard Stadium Burnaby, BC 1–0 report Eduardo Sebrango 12 4,991 Geoff Gamble W 17 July 29, 2008 19:30 ET Miami FC Blues Vancouver Whitecaps FC Tropical Park Stadium Miami 1–2 report Alex Afonso 61 Eduardo Sebrango 57Alfredo Valente 81 958 W Ben Chouaf 18 August 1, 2008 20:00 ET Carolina RailHawks FC Vancouver Whitecaps FC WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina 3–2 report Santiago Fusilier 18Martin Nunez 83 Charles Gbeke 2Omar Jarun 10Eduardo Sebrango 35 3,856 Mark Kadlecik W 19 August 3, 2008 18:00 ET Charleston Battery Vancouver Whitecaps FC Blackbaud Stadium Charleston, South Carolina 2–0 report Osvaldo Alonso 10 61 pen. 3,769 L 20 August 5, 2008 19:55 ET Atlanta Silverbacks Vancouver Whitecaps FC RE/MAX Greater Atlanta Stadium Atlanta 2–3 report Tony McManus 37Macoumba Kandji 53Jerson Monteiro 65 Luca Bellisomo 31Admir Salihovic 79 1,941 L 21 August 10, 2008 19:00 ET Vancouver Whitecaps FC Atlanta Silverbacks Swangard Stadium Burnaby, BC 3–2 report Jeff Clarke 25Eduardo Sebrango 72 88 Ansu Toure 20 39 4,689 Carol Anne Chenard W 22 August 17, 2008 22:00 ET Vancouver Whitecaps FC Carolina RailHawks FC Swangard Stadium Burnaby, BC 0–0 report 4,563 Geoff Gamble D 23 August 20, 2008 19:30 ET Seattle Sounders Vancouver Whitecaps FC Starfire Sports Complex Tukwila, Washington 0–0 report 3,203 D Ben Chouaf 24 August 22, 2008 23:00 ET Vancouver Whitecaps FC Portland Timbers Swangard Stadium Burnaby, BC 2–1 report Nick Addlery 3 43 Lawrence Olum 12 4,761 Mathieu Bourdeau W 25 August 27, 2008 22:00 ET Vancouver Whitecaps FC Atlanta Silverbacks Swangard Stadium Burnaby, BC 2–0 report Lyle Martin 35Eduardo Sebrango 69 4,621 W Dave Gantar 26 August 31, 2008 18:00 ET Puerto Rico Islanders Vancouver Whitecaps FC Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Bayamón, Puerto Rico 1–1 report Kendall Jagdeosingh 67 Takashi Hirano 86 3,227 D Lee Suckle 27 September 5, 2008 20:00 ET Puerto Rico Islanders Vancouver Whitecaps FC Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Bayamón, Puerto Rico 1–0 report Noah Delgado 89 5,255 Ben Chouaf L 28 September 7, 2008 22:00 ET Vancouver Whitecaps FC Minnesota Thunder Swangard Stadium Burnaby, BC 0–0 report 5,288 Fabrizio Romano D 29 September 13, 2008 22:00 ET Vancouver Whitecaps FC Montreal Impact Swangard Stadium Burnaby, BC 1–0 report Charles Gbeke 45 5,288 Dave Gantar W 30 September 20, 2008 22:00 ET Seattle Sounders Vancouver Whitecaps FC Starfire Sports Complex Tukwila, Washington 2–3 report Sebastien Le Toux 10Kevin Sakuda 69 Eduardo Sebrango 54Justin Moose 57Jeff Clarke 67 4,401 Landis Wiley W Post-season Play-in Round September 26, 2008 22:00 ET Vancouver Whitecaps FC Minnesota Thunder Swangard Stadium Burnaby, BC 2–0 report Jon Greenfield 27 o.g. Eduardo Sebrango 58 Takashi Hirano 73 Justin Moose 89 Mark Schulte 31 Brian Cvilikas 76 4,943 W Carol Anne Chenard Leg 1 September 28, 2008 18:05 ET Minnesota Thunder Vancouver Whitecaps FC National Sports Center Minneapolis 4–3 #CFC 4–5 Luchi Gonzalez 23 Melvin Tarley 64, 73 Ricardo Sánchez 0 77 Stephen deRoux 78 Frederico Moojen 90 pen. Mark Schulte 90 Alfredo Valente 3 Martin Nash 44 Eduardo Sebrango 55 3,811 report L Leg 2 Semi-finals October 3, 2008 20:00 ET Montreal Impact Vancouver Whitecaps FC Stade Saputo Montreal 1–0 report Antonio Ribeiro 52, 61 Pato Aguilera 88 Wesley Charles 29 Jay Nolly 0 52 12,002 L Steve DePiero Leg 1 October 5, 2008 18:30 ET Vancouver Whitecaps FC Montreal Impact Swangard Stadium Burnaby, BC 2–0 2–1 Justin Moose 10 Jeff Clarke 37 Eduardo Sebrango 41 Wesley Charles 56 Nicholas Addlery 81 David Testo 40 Nevio Pizzolitto 48 Simon Gatti 64 Adam Braz 80 4,992 report W Dave Gantar Leg 2 Final October 12, 2008 19:00 ET Vancouver Whitecaps FC Puerto Rico Islanders Swangard Stadium Burnaby, BC 2–1 report Charles Gbeke 55 74 Steve Kindel 71 Sandy Gbandi 68 5,822 W Mark Kadlecik Canadian Championship Canadian Championship standings standings VAN n Canadian Championship results 2008 Canadian Championship 1 June 17, 2008 19:30 EDT Montreal Impact Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–0 Report Severino Jefferson 25Joey Gjertsen 35 Saputo Stadium, Montreal 10,054 Silviu Petrescu L 2 June 25, 2008 23:00 EDT Vancouver Whitecaps FC Montreal Impact 0–2 Report Roberto Brown 30David Testo 66 Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, British Columbia 4,412 Domenic Scali L 3 July 1, 2008 16:00 EDT Toronto FC Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 Report Martin Nash 36 pen. BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario 18,938 Steve Depiero W 4 July 9, 2008 19:30 PDT Vancouver Whitecaps FC Toronto FC 2–2 Report Eduardo Sebrango 43 87 Maurice Edu 61Rohan Ricketts 76 Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, British Columbia 5,228 Carol-Ann Chénard D Cascadia Cup Cascadia Cup 2008 VAN n 2008 Cascadia Cup Friendlies 1 May 13, 2008 19:00 ET Vancouver Whitecaps FC Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Report Nicholas Addlery 4 Eduardo Sebrango Alan Gordon 43 Commonwealth Stadium Edmonton, Alberta 37,104 W Roster After the 2007 season, the Whitecaps and coach Bob Lilley parted ways with the Whitecaps hiring Teitur Thordarson. Many local long time stalwart veteran players such as Jeff Clarke, Jason Jordan, Steve Kindel, Geordie Lyall, Martin Nash, and Alfredo Valente remained on the roster. Leading striker Eduardo Sebrango also was back for another year with the new coach. The Whitecaps signed Jamaican striker Nicholas Addlery, US keeper Jay Nolly, Omar Jarun, Japanese international Takashi Hirano, and Bolivian youth international Vicente Arze. http://nukesoccer.com/season-preview-vancouver-whitecaps/ 2008 Season Preview: Vancouver Whitecaps Nukester March 3, 2014 April 10, 2008 Staff Head coach – Teitur Thordarson Assistant coach – Todd Wawrousek Manager communications – Nathan Vanstone Director of professional teams – Greg Anderson Office manager – Lindsay Pucklik President – Bob Lenarduzzi All stats as of the end of the season.http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2008/22394.html#STATS 2008 Statistics uslsoccer.com Demosphere International March 5, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140307101630/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2008/22394.html#STATS March 7, 2014 dead Goalkeeper stats No.Nat.PlayerTotalUSL-1PlayoffsMIN Minutes playedSV SavesGA Goals againstGAA Goals against averageSO Shut OutsMIN Minutes playedSV SavesGA Goals againstGAA Goals against averageSO Shut OutsMIN Minutes playedSV SavesGA Goals againstGAA Goals against averageSO Shut Outs1USAJay Nolly207081241.0439207081241.04393251951.38 129 CANSrdjan Djekanovic630234||0.57||4||630||23||4||0.57||4||0||0||0||0||0 |- | style="text-align: right;" |0 ||CAN|| style="text-align: left;" |Tyler Baldock |0||0||0||0.00||0'0000.000125610.721 February 20, 2014 October 2008 Player statistics No.Pos.Name Apps Minutes Goals Assists Shots Fouls 13px 13px0GKCAN Tyler Baldock1(1)1250000001GKUSA Jay Nolly2723950000312DFCAN Jeff Clarke20(1)174332916403MFUSA Nick Webb0(4)400001004DFCAN Adrian Cann872000114104DFVIN Wesley Charles15(1)132101114306DFCAN Luca Bellisomo9(2)80711311207MFCAN Martin Nash332896132528408DFCAN Steve Kindel27(3)2445021737609MFCAN Alfredo Valente25(6)20462233265111FWJAM Nicholas Addlery16(12)14404144328112FWCUB Eduardo Sebrango31254813376334113DFCAN Geordie Lyall5(1)31200160013MFUSA Mason Webb0(2)2300000014MFUSA Tony Donatelli6(4)480011081015DFPLE Omar Jarun21(4)19451113438117FWCAN Randy Edwini-Bonsu0(4)3600210018DFCAN Mason Trafford5(10)57000380019MFCAN Chris Pozniak6(1)570114111020MFCAN Ethan Gage2(6)445005120020FWCAN Charles Gbeke10(7)7835326282020FWJAM Dever Orgill(1)3800110020MFIRN Navid Mashinchi(1)600000022DFJPN Takashi Hirano16(7)1762106244023MFBOL Vicente Arze8(18)10971225243024DF USA Lyle Martin25(2)2283158271025MF BER Tyrell Burgess11(14)10471228152025MF USA Justin Moose16(8)15642415267026FW CAN Jason Jordan5(20)897231891027MFCAN Stefan Leslie0(6)7000000028DFCAN Diaz Kambere8(2)68400460029GKCAN Srdjan Djekanovic763000000029GK TRI Richard Goddard0000000029MFBIH Admir Salihovic1(3)8810220031GKCAN Simon Thomas00000000—–Opponent Own goals––1––––– Updated February 28, 20142008 Statistics http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2008/22394.html#STATS February 28, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140307101630/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2008/22394.html#STATS March 7, 2014 dead http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2008/22394.html#SCHEDULE Full Schedule February 28, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140307101630/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2008/22394.html#SCHEDULE March 7, 2014 dead 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. References Category:Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010) seasons Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver Whitecaps Whitecaps FC season