2016 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC
2016 season
Chairman	John Furlong
Head coach	Carl Robinson
Stadium	BC Place; (Capacity: 22,120)
Major League Soccer	Conference: 8th ; Overall: 16th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Did not qualify
Canadian Championship	Runner-up
CONCACAF Champions League	Quarterfinals
Cascadia Cup	1st
Top goalscorer	League: ; Pedro Morales (8); All: ; Pedro Morales (9)
Highest home attendance	27,038; (April 2 vs. LA Galaxy)
Lowest home attendance	18,836; (April 27 vs. Sporting KC)
Average home league attendance	22,220 (13 games)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2016 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season was the Whitecaps' sixth season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of soccer in the United States and Canada.

Season overview

Competition	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Major League Soccer	Matchday 1	8th, west; 16th, overall	34	10	9	15	45	52	−7	029.41
Canadian Championship	Semifinals	Runner-up	4	2	0	2	5	4	+1	050.00
CONCACAF Champions League	Group stage	Semi-finals	8	5	1	2	17	7	+10	062.50
Total			46	17	10	19	67	63	+4	036.96

Source: Competitions

December

Roster

As of July 11, 2016^[1]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	David Ousted	DEN	GK	(1985-02-01) February 1, 1985	Randers FC
24	Marco Carducci	CAN	GK	(1996-09-26) September 26, 1996	Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
70	Paolo Tornaghi	Italy	GK	(1988-06-21) June 21, 1988	Chicago Fire
Defenders
2	Jordan Harvey	United States	DF	(1984-01-28) January 28, 1984	Philadelphia Union
4	Kendall Waston	CRC	DF	(1988-01-01) January 1, 1988	Deportivo Saprissa
6	Jordan Smith	CRC	DF	(1991-04-23) April 23, 1991	Deportivo Saprissa
8	Fraser Aird	CAN	DF	(1995-02-02) February 2, 1995	Rangers
14	Cole Seiler	United States	DF	(1994-02-05) February 5, 1994	Georgetown Hoyas
18	David Edgar	CAN	DF	(1987-05-19) May 19, 1987	Birmingham City
22	Christian Dean	United States	DF	(1993-03-14) March 14, 1993	California Golden Bears
26	Tim Parker	United States	DF	(1993-02-23) February 23, 1993	St. John's Red Storm
33	Marcel de Jong	CAN	DF	(1986-10-15) October 15, 1986	Ottawa Fury
44	Pa Modou Kah	NOR	DF	(1980-07-30) July 30, 1980	Portland Timbers
46	Brett Levis	CAN	DF	(1993-05-29) May 29, 1993	Whitecaps FC 2
Midfielders
7	Christian Bolaños	CRC	MF	(1984-05-17) May 17, 1984	Deportivo Saprissa
11	Nicolás Mezquida	URU	MF	(1992-01-21) January 21, 1992	Fénix
13	Cristian Techera	URU	MF	(1992-05-31) May 31, 1992	River Plate Montevideo
15	Matias Laba	ARG	MF	(1991-12-11) December 11, 1991	Toronto FC
17	Andrew Jacobson	United States	MF	(1985-09-25) September 25, 1985	New York City FC
30	Ben McKendry	CAN	MF	(1993-03-25) March 25, 1993	Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
31	Russell Teibert	CAN	MF	(1992-12-22) December 22, 1992	Vancouver Whitecaps (USSF-D2)
32	Marco Bustos	CAN	MF	(1996-04-22) April 22, 1996	Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
38	Kianz Froese	CAN	MF	(1996-04-16) April 16, 1996	Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
67	Alphonso Davies	CAN	MF	(2000-11-02) November 2, 2000	Whitecaps FC 2
77	Pedro Morales	CHI	MF	(1985-05-25) May 25, 1985	Málaga CF
Forwards
9	Masato Kudo	JPN	FW	(1990-05-06) May 6, 1990	Kashiwa Reysol
19	Erik Hurtado	United States	FW	(1990-05-11) May 11, 1990	Santa Clara
23	Kekuta Manneh	GAM	FW	(1994-12-30) December 30, 1994	Austin Aztex
27	Blas Pérez	PAN	FW	(1981-03-13) March 13, 1981	FC Dallas
28	Giles Barnes	JAM	FW	(1988-08-05) August 5, 1988	Houston Dynamo

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Ref.
19	FW	Erik Hurtado	Mjøndalen	Loan Return	December 1, 2015	^[2]
9	FW	Masato Kudo	Kashiwa Reysol	Free Transfer	December 29, 2015	^[3]
13	MF	Cristian Techera	River Plate Montevideo	Undisclosed fee after successful loan spell	January 6, 2016	^[4]
20	MF	Deybi Flores	C.D. Motagua	Undisclosed fee after successful loan spell	January 18, 2016	^[5]
7	MF	Christian Bolaños	Deportivo Saprissa	Undisclosed Fee	January 20, 2016	^[6]
8	DF	Fraser Aird	Rangers	Loan	January 29, 2016	^[7]
14	DF	Cole Seiler	Georgetown Hoyas	Selected in 2016 MLS SuperDraft	February 8, 2016	^[8]
27	FW	Blas Pérez	FC Dallas	Traded in exchange for Mauro Rosales	February 16, 2016	^[9]
17	MF	Andrew Jacobson	New York City FC	Traded in exchange for targeted allocation money	March 11, 2016	^[10]
18	DF	David Edgar	Birmingham City	Free Transfer	July 11, 2016	^[11]
33	MF	Marcel De Jong	Ottawa Fury FC	Free Transfer	July 11, 2016	^[12]
67	MF	Alphonso Davies	Whitecaps FC 2	Signed as a Homegrown Player	July 15, 2016	^[13]
	FW	Fabián Espíndola	D.C. United	Acquired in exchange for General Allocation Money	July 20, 2016	^[14]
28	FW	Giles Barnes	Houston Dynamo	Acquired in exchange for General Allocation Money and right of refusal for Keyner Brown	July 30, 2016	^[15]
46	DF	Brett Levis	Whitecaps FC 2	Free Transfer	August 23, 2016	^[16]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Ref.
DF	Diego Rodríguez	Juventud	Loan return	December 1, 2015
FW	Caleb Clarke	SpVgg Unterhaching	Option declined	December 1, 2015
MF	Andre Lewis	Portland Timbers 2	Option declined	December 1, 2015
DF	Ethen Sampson		Option declined	December 1, 2015
FW	Robert Earnshaw	Retired	Out of contract, later retired	December 1, 2015
MF	Mauro Rosales	FC Dallas	Out of contract, later traded to FC Dallas for Blas Pérez	December 1, 2015
DF	Steven Beitashour	Toronto FC	Traded to Toronto FC for second-highest 2016 second round Superdraft pick	December 18, 2015
MF	Gershon Koffie	New England Revolution	Traded to New England for general and targeted allocation money	February 11, 2016
FW	Darren Mattocks	Portland Timbers	Traded to Portland for general and targeted allocation money and a 2017 International Roster Spot	March 14, 2016
FW	Octavio Rivero	Colo-Colo	Undisclosed Fee	July 6, 2016
DF	Sam Adekugbe	Brighton and Hove Albion	Year long Loan	July 15, 2016	^[17]
FW	Fabián Espíndola	Club Necaxa	Undisclosed Fee	July 26, 2016	^[18]
MF	Deybi Flores	C.D. Motagua	Loan	August 9, 2016

Technical staff

Role	Name	Nation
Head coach	Carl Robinson	WAL
Assistant coach	Gordon Forest	SCO
Assistant Coach	Martyn Pert	ENG
Head of scouting and analysis	Daniel Stenz	Germany
Goalkeeper coach	Marius Røvde	NOR
Physiotherapist	Graeme Poole	CAN

Management

Role	Name	Nation
Executive chair	John Furlong	IRE
President	Bob Lenarduzzi	CAN
Chief operating officer	Rachel Lewis	CAN
Vice-president of finance and administration	Don Ford	CAN

Major League Soccer

Preseason

February 3, 2016	Seattle Sounders FC	1–2	Whitecaps FC	Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
16:00 (PST)	Jones 76' Lowe 85'	Report	Aird 30' Mattocks 51' (pen.), 90'	Stadium: Kino Grandstand Field

February 6, 2016	New England Revolution	2–3	Whitecaps FC	Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
15:30 (PST)	Davies 42' McCrary 66' Phillips 74'	Report	Waston 24' Kudo 31' Bustos 33' Flores 53' Manneh 67' Rivero 89'	Stadium: Kino Grandstand Field

February 9, 2016	Houston Dynamo	0–2	Whitecaps FC	Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
17:00 (PST)	Wenger 6' Williams 33' Olabiyi 76'	Report	Froese 94' Bustos 96', 98' Ibeagha 118' (o.g.)	Stadium: Kino Grandstand Field

Simple Invitational

February 21, 2016	Chicago Fire	3–2	Whitecaps FC	Portland, Oregon, U.S.
14:30 (PST)	Goossens 5' Gilberto 36', 51' (pen.) Igboananike 81' (pen.) Fernandez 86'	Report	Kappelhof 24' (o.g.) Flores 33' Techera 38' Waston 78'	Stadium: Providence Park

February 24, 2016	Portland Timbers	0–2	Whitecaps FC	Portland, Oregon, U.S.
17:30 (PST)		Report	Kah 24' Pérez 38' Rivero 72'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 14,208

February 27, 2016	Whitecaps FC	3–1	Minnesota United FC	Portland, Oregon, U.S.
14:30 (PST)	Pedro Morales 13', 41' (pen.), 87' Rivero 32' Froese 43' 62'	Report	Venegas 48' Lowe 49'	Stadium: Providence Park

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Chicago Fire	3	3	0	9	2	+7	9
2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	3	2	1	7	4	+3	6
3	Portland Timbers	3	1	2	4	4	0	3
4	Minnesota United FC	3	0	3	1	11	-10	0

Regular season

League tables

Western Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
6	Real Salt Lake	34	12	12	10	44	46	−2	46	MLS Cup Knockout Round
7	Portland Timbers	34	12	14	8	48	53	−5	44
8	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	10	15	9	45	52	−7	39
9	San Jose Earthquakes	34	8	12	14	32	40	−8	38
10	Houston Dynamo	34	7	14	13	39	45	−6	34

Source: MLS

Overall

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	New England Revolution	34	11	14	9	44	54	−10	42
15	Orlando City SC	34	9	11	14	55	60	−5	41
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	10	15	9	45	52	−7	39
17	San Jose Earthquakes	34	8	12	14	32	40	−8	38
18	Columbus Crew SC	34	8	14	12	50	58	−8	36

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored;

Results

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD
34	39	10	15	9	45	52	−7	6	5	6	28	22	+6	4	10	3	17	30	−13

Last updated: October 23, 2016
Source:
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

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	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	D	W

Updated to match(es) played on October 23, 2016. Source: ^[19]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

March 6, 2016 1	Whitecaps FC	2–3	Montreal Impact	Vancouver
14:30 (PST)	Harvey 45' Bolaños 62' Aird 77' Waston 90+3'	report	Piatti 19', 88' Oduro 42' Oyongo 45'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 22,120 Referee: Ismail Elfath

March 12, 2016 2	Sporting Kansas City	2–1	Whitecaps FC	Kansas City
17:30 (PST)	Dwyer 5', 41' Quintillà 51'	report	Rivero 36' Waston 38' Smith 45+1' Morales 70' (pen.)	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 20,718 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

March 19, 2016 3 Cascadia Cup	Seattle Sounders FC	1–2	Whitecaps FC	Seattle
19:00 PDT	Ivanschitz 44', 52' Mears 71' Marshall 73'	report	Morales 10' (pen.), 74' (pen.), 51' Rivero 35' Pérez 82'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 40,012 Referee: Mark Geiger

March 26, 2016 4	Whitecaps FC	1–0	Houston Dynamo	Vancouver
19:00 PDT	Morales 23' (pen.) Laba 76' Kah 90+2'	report		Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 22,120 Referee: David Gantar

April 2, 2016 5	Whitecaps FC	0–0	LA Galaxy	Vancouver
19:00 PDT	Laba 28'	report	Steres 17' Van Damme 24'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 27,038 Referee: Jair Marrufo

April 9, 2016 6	D.C. United	4–0	Whitecaps FC	Washington
14:30 PDT	Espindola 39', 54' Franklin 70' Saborio 88', 90+1'	report	Froese 65'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 14,088 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

April 16, 2016 7	Real Salt Lake	1–0	Whitecaps FC	Sandy, Utah
19:00 PDT	Martínez 55' Beckerman 71'	report	Waston 79' Rivero 90+2'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 19,720 Referee: Ismail Elfath

April 23, 2016 8	Whitecaps FC	3–0	FC Dallas	Vancouver
19:30 PDT	Figueroa 35' (o.g.) Harvey 63' Rivero 72' Manneh 77' Pérez 80'	report	Urruti 20' Zimmerman 37'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 22,120 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

April 27, 2016 9	Whitecaps FC	1–1	Sporting Kansas City	Vancouver
19:30 PDT	Bolaños 14' Waston 40' 51'	report	Belser 22' Rubio 27', 41' Coelho 60'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 18,836 Referee: Armando Villarreal

April 30, 2016 10	New York City FC	3–2	Whitecaps FC	New York, New York
13:00 PDT	Villa 35', 41' Lopez 47' Mendoza 73' Brillant 80' Matarrita 90+4'	report	Rivero 1' Bolaños 63' Kah 90+4'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 25,438 Referee: Sorin Stoica

May 7, 2016 11 Cascadia Cup	Whitecaps FC	2–1	Portland Timbers	Vancouver
14:00 PDT	Morales 11' Waston 16' Kudo 60' Bolaños 66' Pérez 69'	report	Borchers 34' Nagbe 70' Chara 90+2'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 22,120 Referee: Kevin Stott

May 11, 2016 12	Whitecaps FC	2–1	Chicago Fire	Vancouver
19:00 PDT	Pérez 36', 89' Waston 82'	report	Igboananike 62'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 19,638 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

May 14, 2016 13	Toronto FC	3–4	Whitecaps FC	Toronto, Ontario
16:30 PDT	Giovinco 37', 66', 90+5' Moor 80'	report	Manneh 12', 70' Bolaños 18' Kah 35' Aird 63' 76' Morales 72' Pérez 89'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 24,748 Referee: Robert Sibiga

May 22, 2016 14 Cascadia Cup	Portland Timbers	4–2	Whitecaps FC	Portland, Oregon
13:30 PDT	Valeri 4' (pen.) Mcinerney 29', 41' Asprilla 78' (pen.) Nagbe 82'	report	Hurtado 30' Parker 46' Manneh 49' Morales 80', 84' (pen.) Harvey 81' Waston 90+5'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Ted Unkel

May 28, 2016 15	Whitecaps FC	1–1	Houston Dynamo	Vancouver
15:00 PDT	Smith 22' Teibert 30' Morales 42' Rivero 52' Laba 67'	report	Beasley 20' Alex 42' García 51' Wenger 69'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 22,120 Referee: Drew Fischer

June 18, 2016 16	Whitecaps FC	1–2	New England Revolution	Vancouver
16:00 PDT	Smith 35' Jacobson 36' Mezquida 41' Laba 82'	report	Woodberry 31', 40' Rowe 55' Gonçalves 88'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 22,120 Referee: Ismail Elfath

June 25, 2016 17	Philadelphia Union	2–3	Whitecaps FC	Chester, Pennsylvania
16:00 PDT	Alberg 14' Barnetta 36' Pontius 90+4'	report	Jacobson 19' Manneh 41', 51' Bolaños 84'	Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 17,225 Referee: Armando Villarreal

July 4, 2016 18	LA Galaxy	2–0	Whitecaps FC	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Keane 12' Larentowicz 47' de Jong 74'	Report	Laba 67'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 27,167 Referee: Robert Sibiga

July 9, 2016 19	Whitecaps FC	2–2	Colorado Rapids	Vancouver
19:00 PDT	Waston 10' Techera 87' (pen.)	Report	Watts 37' Gashi 56' Doyle 59' Miller 71' Pappa 74' Sjoberg 90+4'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 22,120 Referee: Allen Chapman

July 13, 2016 20	Whitecaps FC	2–0	Real Salt Lake	Vancouver
19:30 PDT	Jacobson 25' Glad 34' (o.g.) Techera 37' Waston 54' de Jong 89'	Report	Allen 13' Beltran 28' Mulholland 59' García 74'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 22,120 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

July 16, 2016 21	Whitecaps FC	2–2	Orlando City SC	Vancouver
19:00 PDT	Mezquida 35' Kudo 43' Jacobson 90+2'	Report	Baptista 14' Larin 50' Carrasco 69'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 22,120 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

July 23, 2016 22	Houston Dynamo	0–0	Whitecaps FC	Houston, Texas
19:00 PDT	Wenger 62'	Report	Hurtado 84'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 16,465 Referee: Jaime Herrera

July 31, 2016 23	FC Dallas	2–0	Whitecaps FC	Frisco, Texas
15:00 PDT	Acosta 56' Urruti 59'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 13,824 Referee: Jair Marrufo

August 6, 2016 24	Colorado Rapids	2–0	Whitecaps FC	Commerce City, Colorado
18:00 PDT	Hairston 44' Badji 60'	Report	Edgar 29' Bolaños 64' Waston 89'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 17,526 Referee: Chris Penso

August 12, 2016 25	Whitecaps FC	1–2	San Jose Earthquakes	Vancouver
20:00 PDT	Mezquida 90+4'	Report	Amarikwa 14' Alashe 35' Dawkins 60'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 22,120 Referee: Drew Fischer

August 20, 2016 26	Sporting Kansas City	2–0	Whitecaps FC	Kansas City, Kansas
19:00 PDT	Ellis 10' Besler 17' Peterson 39' Feilhaber 64' (pen.) Dwyer 77'	Report		Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 20,159 Referee: Kevin Stott

August 27, 2016 27	LA Galaxy	0–0	Whitecaps FC	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Rogers 53'	Report	Aird 27'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 25,667 Referee: Alan Kelly

September 3, 2016 28	Whitecaps FC	0–1	New York Red Bulls	Vancouver
16:00 PDT	Aird 29' Jacobson 88'	Report	Muyl 20' Wright-Phillips 50' Grella 60'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 22,120 Referee: Sorin Stoica

September 10, 2016 29	Columbus Crew SC	1–3	Whitecaps FC	Columbus, Ohio
15:00 PDT	Kamara 11' Tchani 86'	Report	Sauro 13' (o.g.) Techera 19' Jacobson 74' Hurtado 82' Mezquida 85'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 15,589 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

September 17, 2016 30 Cascadia Cup	Seattle Sounders FC	1–0	Whitecaps FC	Seattle, Washington
13:00 PDT	Morris 81' Mears 90+1' Valdez 90+1'	Report	Techera 39' Edgar 90+3'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 47,111 Referee: Jair Marufo

September 24, 2016 31	Whitecaps FC	3–3	Colorado Rapids	Vancouver
16:00 PDT	Waston 51', 56' Morales 70' Harvey 74' Laba 77' Hurtado 90+3'	Report	Badji 8', 87' Azira 39' Gashi 57' (pen.), 75'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 21,851 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

October 2, 2016 32 Cascadia Cup	Whitecaps FC	1–2	Seattle Sounders FC	Vancouver
17:00 PDT	Morales 25' (pen.), 53' Barnes 32' Pérez 80'	Report	Alonso 39' Fisher 46' Evans 81' (pen.), 84'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 24,837 Referee: Ricardo Zalazar

October 16, 2016 33	San Jose Earthquakes	0–0	Whitecaps FC	San Jose, California
16:00 PDT	Godoy 44'	Report	Techera 68'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

October 23, 2016 34 Cascadia Cup	Whitecaps FC	4–1	Portland Timbers	Vancouver
13:00 PDT	Barnes 13', 32' Waston 26' Pedro Morales 54', 54' Mezquida 55'	Report	Adi 37' Valeri 72' (pen.)	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 24,083 Referee: Alan Kelly

CONCACAF Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	VAN	SKC	CEN
1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	4	4	0	0	10	2	+8	12	Quarter-finals	—	3–0	4–1
2	Sporting Kansas City	4	1	1	2	6	8	−2	4		1–2	—	3–1
3	Central	4	0	1	3	4	10	−6	1		0–1	2–2	—

Source: CONCACAF

August 2, 2016 1	Central	0–1	Whitecaps FC	Couva, Trinidad and Tobago
17:00 (PDT)	Ettienne 83' Goodridge 85'	Report	Techera 34' Hurtado 38' Kah 60'	Stadium: Ato Boldon Stadium Referee: Sherwin Moore (Guyana)

August 23, 2016 2	Whitecaps FC	3–0	Sporting Kansas City	Vancouver
19:00 (PDT)	Techera 8', 64' Hurtado 12' Teibert 32' Waston 39'	Report		Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 16,383 Referee: Erick Miranda (Mexico)

September 13, 2016 3	Sporting Kansas City	1–2	Whitecaps FC	Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
17:00 (PDT)	Rubio 55'	Report	Hurtado 41' Jacobson 73' Davies 90+3'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 13,422 Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)

September 28, 2016 4	Whitecaps FC	4–1	Central	Vancouver
19:00 (PDT)	Pérez 11' Techera 22' (pen.), 70' Kudo 49' Aird 69'	Report	Goodridge 21' De Silva 44' Paul 65'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 17,038 Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Mexico)

Knockout stage

The 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League used a fall-spring schedule in contrast to Major League Soccer's spring-fall format, so the knockout stages were played by Vancouver in the beginning of their 2017 season.

Canadian Championship

June 1, 2016 Semifinal	Ottawa Fury FC	2–0	Whitecaps FC	Ottawa, Ontario
16:30 (PDT)	Steele 3' Obasi 16' Paulo Jr. 41' Haworth 63' Eustáquio 90+2'	report		Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 9,057 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

June 8, 2016 Semifinal	Whitecaps FC	3–0 (3–2 agg.)	Ottawa Fury FC	Vancouver
19:00 (PDT)	Morales 3' (pen.) Mezquida 20' Rivero 52' Parker 67'	report	Alves 2' de Guzman 73'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 17,863 Referee: Geoff Gamble

June 21, 2016 Final	Toronto FC	1–0	Whitecaps FC	Toronto, Ontario
16:30 (PDT)	Giovinco 43'	report	Bolaños 64'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,011 Referee: Mathieu Bordeau

June 29, 2016 Final	Whitecaps FC	2–1 (2–2 (a) agg.)	Toronto FC	Vancouver
19:00 (PDT)	Waston 32' Mezquida 47' Manneh 62' Parker 68'	Report	Johnson 90+5'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 19,376 Referee: Drew Fischer

Friendlies

July 19, 2016	Whitecaps FC	2–2	Crystal Palace	Vancouver
(PDT)	Edgar 50' Waston 78'	Report	Dann 53' Campbell 62', 66'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 14,778 Referee: Drew Fischer

Cascadia Cup

Cascadia Cup standings
Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	6	3	3	11	10	+1	9
Portland Timbers	6	3	3	14	14	0	9
Seattle Sounders FC (M)	6	3	3	10	11	−1	9

Source: "Cascadia Cup". cascadiacup.soccer. January 2016.
(M) MLS Cup Champions

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
6	9	3	3	0	11	10	+1	2	1	0	7	4	+3	1	2	0	4	6	−2

Last updated: 23 October 2016
Source: Standings
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Playing statistics

As of 22 October 2016

Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances
Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	MLS				Canadian Championship				Champions League				Total
No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Apps				Apps				Apps				Apps
1		David Ousted	GK	32				1								33
2		Jordan Harvey	DF	27	2	2		2								29	2	2
4		Kendall Waston	DF	25	3	7	3	2		1		3		1		30	3	9	3
6		Jordan Smith	DF	17		2	1	1				2				20		2	1
7		Christian Bolaños	MF	26	5	2		2		1						28	5	3
8		Fraser Aird	DF	17		4	1	2				4		2		23		6	1
9		Masato Kudo	FW	17	2							2	1			19	3
11		Nicolás Mezquida	MF	27	3	1		3	2			3				33	5	1
13		Cristian Techera	MF	29	2	3		1				3	5			33	7	3
14		Cole Seiler	DF	2				1				1				4
15		Matías Laba	MF	31		5	1	2				1				34		5	1
17		Andrew Jacobson	MF	25	2	4		2				3		1		30	2	5
18		David Edgar	DF	8		2						1				9		2
19		Erik Hurtado	FW	23	2	2		4				3	2	1		30	4	3
20		Deybi Flores	MF	1												1
22		Christian Dean	DF
23		Kekuta Manneh	MF	17	5	1		4		1						21	5	2
24		Marco Carducci	GK
26		Tim Parker	DF	28		1		3	1	1		3				34	1	2
27		Blas Pérez	FW	21	2	5		2				3	1			26	3	5
28		Giles Barnes	FW	9		1										9		1
30		Ben McKendry	MF					2				2				4
31		Russell Teibert	MF	11		1		4				2		1		17		2
32		Marco Bustos	MF	3				1				1				5
33		Marcel de Jong	MF	7		1						2				9		1
38		Kianz Froese	MF	5		1		1				1				7		1
44		Pa Modou Kah	DF	5		3		1				1		1		7		4
46		Brett Levis	DF									4				4
67		Alphonso Davies	MF	8				4				3	1			15	1
70		Paolo Tornaghi	GK	1				3				2				6
77		Pedro Morales	MF	26	8	3	2	3	1			1				30	9	3	2
		Darren Mattocks*	FW
3		Sam Adekugbe*	DF	2				2								4
29		Octavio Rivero*	FW	12	2	4		3	1							15	3	4
39		Spencer Richey*	GK									2				2
47		Kyle Greig*	FW									3				3
Own goals					3				0				0				3
Totals					41	55	8		5	4	0		10	7	0		56	66	8

Source: (for players and positions) First Team Squad (for squad numbers) [1](for actual stats.)

*No longer with team

References

^ "Players + Vancouver Whitecaps FC". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
^ "Whitecaps FC announce roster moves, exercise 10 contract options and decline six". Whitecaps FC. December 1, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
^ "Whitecaps FC acquire Japanese striker Masato Kudo on free transfer". Whitecaps FC. December 29, 2015. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
^ "Whitecaps FC ink midfielder Cristian Techera to multi-year contract, complete transfer from Uruguayan side". Whitecaps FC. January 6, 2016.
^ "Whitecaps FC complete transfer for midfielder Deybi Flores from CD Motagua". Whitecaps FC. January 18, 2016.
^ "Whitecaps FC acquire experienced Costa Rican midfielder Christian Bolaños | Vancouver Whitecaps".
^ "Whitecaps FC acquire Canadian international Fraser Aird on season-long loan with transfer option from Rangers FC". January 29, 2015.
^ "Whitecaps FC sign 2016 MLS SuperDraft pick Cole Seiler". Vancouver Whitecaps. February 8, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
^ "FC Dallas sends Blas Perez to Vancouver Whitecaps in exchange for Mauro Rosales". Major League Soccer. February 16, 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
^ "Coming to Vancouver a perfect move says new Caps' midfielder Andrew Jacobson". Vancouver Whitecaps. March 11, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
^ "Whitecaps FC sign Canadian international defender David Edgar". Vancouver Whitecaps. July 11, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
^ "Whitecaps FC sign Canadian international defender Marcel de Jong". Vancouver Whitecaps. July 11, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
^ "Whitecaps FC add 15-year-old Residency product Alphonso Davies to MLS roster". Vancouver Whitecaps. July 15, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
^ "Whitecaps FC acquire striker Fabián Espíndola from D.C. United in exchange for allocation money". Vancouver Whitecaps. July 20, 2016.
^ "Whitecaps FC acquire Giles Barnes from Houston Dynamo". Vancouver Whitecaps. July 30, 2016.
^ "Vancouver Whitecaps FC add Saskatchewan-born left back Brett Levis to MLS roster". Vancouver Whitecaps. August 23, 2016.
^ "Whitecaps FC loan Sam Adekugbe to English club Brighton & Hove Albion FC". Whitecaps FC. July 15, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
^ "Whitecaps FC transfer striker Fabián Espíndola to Mexican side Club Necaxa". Whitecaps FC. July 26, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
^ "Whitecaps FC MLS Schedule". whitecapsfc.com. Retrieved May 9, 2015.

[1] "Players + Vancouver Whitecaps FC". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Retrieved February 16, 2016.

[Roster_Moves-2] "Whitecaps FC announce roster moves, exercise 10 contract options and decline six". Whitecaps FC. December 1, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2015.

[striker_signs-3] "Whitecaps FC acquire Japanese striker Masato Kudo on free transfer". Whitecaps FC. December 29, 2015. Retrieved December 29, 2015.

[Techera_signs-4] "Whitecaps FC ink midfielder Cristian Techera to multi-year contract, complete transfer from Uruguayan side". Whitecaps FC. January 6, 2016.

[Flores_Signs-5] "Whitecaps FC complete transfer for midfielder Deybi Flores from CD Motagua". Whitecaps FC. January 18, 2016.

[6] "Whitecaps FC acquire experienced Costa Rican midfielder Christian Bolaños | Vancouver Whitecaps".

[7] "Whitecaps FC acquire Canadian international Fraser Aird on season-long loan with transfer option from Rangers FC". January 29, 2015.

[8] "Whitecaps FC sign 2016 MLS SuperDraft pick Cole Seiler". Vancouver Whitecaps. February 8, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2016.

[9] "FC Dallas sends Blas Perez to Vancouver Whitecaps in exchange for Mauro Rosales". Major League Soccer. February 16, 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2016.

[10] "Coming to Vancouver a perfect move says new Caps' midfielder Andrew Jacobson". Vancouver Whitecaps. March 11, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2016.

[11] "Whitecaps FC sign Canadian international defender David Edgar". Vancouver Whitecaps. July 11, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2016.

[12] "Whitecaps FC sign Canadian international defender Marcel de Jong". Vancouver Whitecaps. July 11, 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2016.

[13] "Whitecaps FC add 15-year-old Residency product Alphonso Davies to MLS roster". Vancouver Whitecaps. July 15, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2016.

[14] "Whitecaps FC acquire striker Fabián Espíndola from D.C. United in exchange for allocation money". Vancouver Whitecaps. July 20, 2016.

[15] "Whitecaps FC acquire Giles Barnes from Houston Dynamo". Vancouver Whitecaps. July 30, 2016.

[16] "Vancouver Whitecaps FC add Saskatchewan-born left back Brett Levis to MLS roster". Vancouver Whitecaps. August 23, 2016.

[17] "Whitecaps FC loan Sam Adekugbe to English club Brighton & Hove Albion FC". Whitecaps FC. July 15, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2016.

[18] "Whitecaps FC transfer striker Fabián Espíndola to Mexican side Club Necaxa". Whitecaps FC. July 26, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016.

[MLS_Schedule-19] "Whitecaps FC MLS Schedule". whitecapsfc.com. Retrieved May 9, 2015.

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