2017 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC
2017 season
Chairman	John Furlong
Head coach	Carl Robinson
Stadium	BC Place; (Capacity: 22,120)
Major League Soccer	Conference: 3rd ; Overall: 8th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Conference Semifinals
Canadian Championship	Semifinals
CONCACAF Champions League	Semifinals
Cascadia Cup	3rd
Top goalscorer	League: ; Fredy Montero (14); All: ; Fredy Montero (15)
Highest home attendance	27,837; (October 29 vs. Seattle Sounders FC)
Lowest home attendance	14,183; (March 2 vs. New York Red Bulls)
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2017 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season was the club's seventh season in Major League Soccer, the top division of soccer in the United States and Canada. Including previous iterations of the franchise, it was the 40th season of professional soccer being played in Vancouver under a variation of the "Whitecaps" name.

Outside of MLS, the Whitecaps played in the knockout rounds of the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League, where they faced fellow MLS team the New York Red Bulls in the quarterfinals. Additionally, the team played in the 2017 Canadian Championship.

Current roster

As of September 8, 2017^[1]

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	David Ousted	GK	(1985-02-01) February 1, 1985 (age 39)	Randers FC
18	Spencer Richey	GK	(1992-05-30) May 30, 1992 (age 32)	Whitecaps FC 2
24	Stefan Marinovic	GK	(1991-10-07) October 7, 1991 (age 33)	SpVgg Unterhaching
Defenders
2	Jordan Harvey	DF	(1984-01-28) January 28, 1984 (age 40)	Philadelphia Union
3	Sam Adekugbe (on loan at IFK Göteborg)	DF	(1995-01-16) January 16, 1995 (age 29)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23
4	Kendall Waston	DF	(1988-01-01) January 1, 1988 (age 36)	Deportivo Saprissa
6	David Edgar	DF	(1987-05-19) May 19, 1987 (age 37)	Birmingham City
14	Cole Seiler	DF	(1994-02-05) February 5, 1994 (age 30)	Georgetown Hoyas
22	Aaron Maund	DF	(1990-09-19) September 19, 1990 (age 34)	Real Salt Lake
25	Sheanon Williams	DF	(1990-03-17) March 17, 1990 (age 34)	Houston Dynamo
26	Tim Parker	DF	(1993-02-23) February 23, 1993 (age 31)	St. John's Red Storm
28	Jake Nerwinski	DF	(1994-10-17) October 17, 1994 (age 30)	Connecticut Huskies
46	Brett Levis	DF	(1993-05-29) May 29, 1993 (age 31)	Whitecaps FC 2
Midfielders
7	Christian Bolaños	MF	(1984-05-17) May 17, 1984 (age 40)	Deportivo Saprissa
8	Andrew Jacobson	MF	(1985-09-25) September 25, 1985 (age 39)	New York City FC
11	Nicolás Mezquida	MF	(1992-01-21) January 21, 1992 (age 32)	Fénix
13	Cristian Techera	MF	(1992-05-31) May 31, 1992 (age 32)	River Plate Montevideo
15	Matías Laba	MF	(1991-12-11) December 11, 1991 (age 33)	Toronto FC
16	Tony Tchani	MF	(1989-04-13) April 13, 1989 (age 35)	Columbus Crew SC
17	Marcel de Jong	DF	(1986-10-15) October 15, 1986 (age 38)	Ottawa Fury
20	Brek Shea	MF	(1990-02-28) February 28, 1990 (age 34)	Orlando City SC
27	Deybi Flores (on loan at C.D. Motagua)	MF	(1996-06-16) June 16, 1996 (age 28)	C.D. Motagua
29	Yordy Reyna	MF	(1993-09-16) September 16, 1993 (age 31)	Red Bull Salzburg
30	Ben McKendry (on loan at FC Edmonton)	MF	(1993-03-25) March 25, 1993 (age 31)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
31	Russell Teibert	MF	(1992-12-22) December 22, 1992 (age 31)	Vancouver Whitecaps (USSF-D2)
32	Marco Bustos	MF	(1996-04-22) April 22, 1996 (age 28)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
50	Nosa Igiebor	MF	(1990-11-09) November 9, 1990 (age 34)	Çaykur Rizespor
66	Ali Ghazal	MF	(1992-02-01) February 1, 1992 (age 32)	Guizhou Zhicheng
67	Alphonso Davies	MF	(2000-11-02) November 2, 2000 (age 24)	Whitecaps FC 2
77	Mauro Rosales	MF	(1981-02-24) February 24, 1981 (age 43)	FC Dallas
Forwards
12	Fredy Montero	FW	(1987-07-26) July 26, 1987 (age 37)	Tianjin TEDA
19	Erik Hurtado	FW	(1990-05-11) May 11, 1990 (age 34)	Santa Clara
23	Bernie Ibini-Isei	FW	(1992-09-12) September 12, 1992 (age 32)	Club Brugge
47	Kyle Greig (on loan at FC Cincinnati)	FW	(1990-02-22) February 22, 1990 (age 34)	Whitecaps FC 2

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Ref.
27	MF	Deybi Flores	C.D. Motagua	Loan Return	December 8, 2017	^[2]
25	DF	Sheanon Williams	Houston Dynamo	Traded in exchange for general allocation money	December 13, 2016	^[3]
39	GK	Spencer Richey	Whitecaps FC 2	Free	December 19, 2016	^[4]
47	FW	Kyle Greig	Whitecaps FC 2	Free	December 19, 2016	^[5]
29	MF	Yordy Reyna	Red Bull Salzburg	Undisclosed	January 23, 2017	^[6]
28	DF	Jake Nerwinski	Connecticut Huskies	2017 MLS SuperDraft	February 9, 2017	^[7]
12	FW	Fredy Montero	Tianjin TEDA	One Year Loan/Designated Player	February 15, 2017	^[8]
20	MF	Brek Shea	Orlando City SC	Trade in exchange for Giles Barnes	February 25, 2017	^[9]
77	MF	Mauro Rosales	FC Dallas	Free	February 27, 2017	^[10]
16	MF	Tony Tchani	Columbus Crew SC	Traded with allocation money in exchange for Kekuta Manneh	March 30, 2017	^[11]
23	FW	Bernie Ibini-Isei	Club Brugge	Undisclosed	May 9, 2017	^[12]
3	DF	Sam Adekugbe	Brighton and Hove Albion	Loan Return	July 10, 2017
24	GK	Stefan Marinovic	SpVgg Unterhaching	Free	July 21, 2017	^[13]
22	DF	Aaron Maund	Real Salt Lake	Traded in exchange for a 2018 third round pick	August 9, 2017	^[14]
66	MF	Ali Ghazal	Guizhou Zhicheng	Free	August 10, 2017	^[15]
50	MF	Nosa Igiebor	Çaykur Rizespor	Free	September 8, 2017	^[16]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Ref.
MF	Pedro Morales		Option Declined^[a]	December 7, 2016	^[17]
DF	Fraser Aird	Rangers	Option Declined/Loan Return	December 8, 2016	^[2]
GK	Marco Carducci		Option Declined^[b]
DF	Jordan Smith	Deportivo Saprissa	Option Declined/Loan Return
FW	Blas Pérez		Out of Contract^[c]
FW	Masato Kudo	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Mutual Contract Termination	December 30, 2016	^[18]
MF	Kianz Froese	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Undisclosed	February 1, 2017	^[19]
FW	Giles Barnes	Orlando City SC	Traded in exchange for Brek Shea	February 25, 2017	^[9]
FW	Kekuta Manneh	Columbus Crew SC	Traded in exchange for Tony Tchani and allocation money	March 30, 2017	^[11]
MF	Deybi Flores	C.D. Motagua	Loan	June 26, 2017
FW	Kyle Greig	FC Cincinnati	Loan	July 11, 2017	^[20]
GK	Paolo Tornaghi		Mutual Contract Termination	July 18, 2017	^[21]
DF	Sam Adekugbe	IFK Göteborg	Loan	July 25, 2017	^[22]
MF	Ben McKendry	FC Edmonton	Loan	July 26, 2017	^[23]
DF	Christian Dean	Chicago Fire	Traded in exchange for allocation money	August 9, 2017	^[24]

^ Following his release, Morales signed for Colo-Colo.
^ Following his release, Carducci signed for Rio Grande Valley FC Toros.
^ As a free agent, Pérez signed with Árabe Unido.

Major League Soccer

Preseason

January 27, 2017	Whitecaps FC	0–1	Cardiff City	Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
3:30 (PST)		Report	Sobowale 48'	Stadium: Cardiff City Training Complex

January 30, 2017	Whitecaps FC	4–0	Oxford United	Newport, Wales
5:00 (PST)	Hurtado 13' de Jong 56' Greig 80' Techera 87'	Report		Stadium: Wales National Football Development Centre

February 2, 2017	Whitecaps FC	4–0	Bristol City	Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
4:00 (PST)	Harvey 9' Davies 12', 39' Mezquida 63'	Report		Stadium: Hensol Park

Simple Invitational

February 9, 2017	Whitecaps FC	1–1	Minnesota United FC	Portland, Oregon, U.S.
17:00 (PST)	Jacobson 24' Teibert 82', 86'	Report	Hurtado 49' (o.g.) Venegas 86' Jones 88'	Stadium: Providence Park

February 12, 2017	Whitecaps FC	1–1	Real Salt Lake	Portland, Oregon, U.S.
14:30 (PST)	Techera 58' Williams 59' Reyna 70'	Report	Sunday 77' Allen 83'	Stadium: Providence Park

February 15, 2017	Whitecaps FC	1–2	Portland Timbers	Portland, Oregon, U.S.
19:30 (PST)	Laba 64' Techera 80' Williams 84'	Report	Valeri 26' Adi 28' Ridgewell 48'	Stadium: Providence Park

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Portland Timbers	3	1	0	2	7	6	1	5
2	Real Salt Lake	3	0	0	3	7	7	0	3
3	Minnesota United FC	3	0	0	3	6	6	0	3
4	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	3	0	1	2	3	4	-1	2

Regular season

League tables

Western Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portland Timbers	34	15	11	8	60	50	10	53	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	Seattle Sounders FC	34	14	9	11	52	39	13	53	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
3	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	15	12	7	50	49	1	52	MLS Cup Knockout Round
4	Houston Dynamo	34	13	10	11	57	45	12	50
5	Sporting Kansas City	34	12	9	13	40	29	11	49

Source: MLS

Overall

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Portland Timbers	34	15	11	8	60	50	10	53
7	Seattle Sounders FC	34	14	9	11	52	39	13	53
8	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	15	12	7	50	49	1	52
9	New York Red Bulls	34	14	12	8	53	47	6	50
10	Houston Dynamo	34	13	10	11	57	45	12	50

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) coin toss or drawing of lots

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	52	15	12	7	50	49	1	9	3	5	30	20	10	6	9	2	20	29	−9

Last updated: October 22, 2017
Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A
Result	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	L

Source: ^[25]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

March 5, 2017 1	Whitecaps FC	0–0	Philadelphia Union	Vancouver, British Columbia
18:30 (PST)	Laba 55'	Report	Herbers 80'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 19,083 Referee: Sorin Stoica

March 11, 2017 2	San Jose Earthquakes	3–2	Whitecaps FC	San Jose, California
19:00 (PST)	Alashe 7' Wondolowski 32' Lima 54' Godoy 79'	Report	Hurtado 2' Teibert 15' Mezquida 17' Ousted 23' Dean 89'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Drew Fischer

March 18, 2017 3	Whitecaps FC	0–2	Toronto FC	Vancouver, British Columbia
13:00 PDT	Shea 70' 70'	Report	Vázquez 76' Altidore 80' Bradley 87'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 20,438 Referee: Ismail Elfath

April 1, 2017 4	Whitecaps FC	4–2	LA Galaxy	Vancouver, British Columbia
19:00 PDT	Techera 19' Montero 66' 80' Laba 67', 87'	Report	Alessandrini 26', 30' McBean 60' Jones 77'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 25,083 Referee: Allen Chapman

April 8, 2017 5	Real Salt Lake	3–0	Whitecaps FC	Sandy, Utah
18:30 PDT	Schuler 40' Beckerman 42' Rusnak 54' Movsisyan 74' Mulholland 78'	Report	Laba 29'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 17,069 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

April 14, 2017 6	Whitecaps FC	2–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Vancouver, British Columbia
19:00 PDT	Williams 27' Montero 53' 65', 80' Parker 90 3'	Report	Lodeiro 37' Shipp 44' Bruin 89'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 22,120 Referee: Kevin Stott

April 22, 2017 7	Portland Timbers	2–1	Whitecaps FC	Portland, Oregon
13:00 PDT	Nagbe 18' Mattocks 40' Ridgewell 68' Barmby 90 4'	Report	Jacobson 42' Montero 59' Harvey 64' Williams 85'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Chris Penso

April 29, 2017 8	Montreal Impact	1–2	Whitecaps FC	Montreal, Quebec
12:00 PDT	Donadel 9' 59' Fisher 28' Bernardello 41' Oduro 90 4'	Report	Jacobson 29' Laba 65' Techera 79'	Stadium: Stade Saputo Attendance: 19,597 Referee: Drew Fischer

May 5, 2017 9	Colorado Rapids	0–1	Whitecaps FC	Commerce City, Colorado
19:00 PDT	Williams 40' 88' Gashi 80'	Report	Montero 48' Shea 84'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 13,745 Referee: Jorge González

May 12, 2017 10	Houston Dynamo	2–1	Whitecaps FC	Houston, Texas
18:00 PDT	Elis 16' Machado 21' Manotas 61' Torres 68' (pen.) DeLaGarza 90 2'	Report	Laba 39' Waston 67' Shea 85'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 16,075 Referee: Fotos Bazakos

May 20, 2017 11	Whitecaps FC	2–0	Sporting Kansas City	Vancouver, British Columbia
16:00 PDT	Techera 40' Parker 67' Laba 89'	Report	Espinoza 66' Sinovic 77'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 21,020 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

May 27, 2017 12	Whitecaps FC	0–1	D.C. United	Vancouver, British Columbia
16:00 PDT	Tchani 53' Parker 90 7'	Report	Neagle 61' (pen.) Opare 76'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 20,905 Referee: Sorin Stoica

June 3, 2017 13	Whitecaps FC	3–1	Atlanta United FC	Vancouver, British Columbia
14:30 PDT	Waston 31', 44' 87' Montero 68'	Report	Garza 7' Almiron 62' Pírez 70'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 19,816 Referee: Robert Sibiga

June 17, 2017 14	Whitecaps FC	1–1	FC Dallas	Vancouver, British Columbia
19:00 PDT	Laba 49' Techera 74'	Report	Urruti 52' Harris 90 1'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 22,120 Referee: Alan Kelly

June 24, 2017 15	Minnesota United FC	2–2	Whitecaps FC	Minneapolis, Minnesota
17:00 PDT	Shuttleworth 16' Kallman 45 1' Calvo 50' Thiesson 54' 63' Ibson 59'	Report	Techera 17' (pen.) 65' Tchani 26' 45 2'	Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium Attendance: 19,016 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

July 1, 2017 16	Chicago Fire	4–0	Whitecaps FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
16:00 PDT	Nikolic 14', 18' Alvarez 25' de Leeuw 84'	Report	Laba 78'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 20,187 Referee: Ismail Elfath

July 5, 2017 17	Whitecaps FC	3–2	New York City FC	Vancouver, British Columbia
19:00 PDT	Montero 3' 43' Shea 23' Waston 39' Harvey 54' Tchani 75' Reyna 88' 88'	Report	Herrera 17' Chanot 34' Villa 40' (pen.) Harrison 56' Ring 68'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 22,120 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

July 19, 2017 18	LA Galaxy	0–1	Whitecaps FC	Carson, California
19:30 PDT	Pedro 90 2'	Report	Tchani 23' 64'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 17,404 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

July 23, 2017 19	Whitecaps FC	1–2	Portland Timbers	Vancouver, British Columbia
15:30 PDT	Jacobson 45' Mezquida 45 1' Ousted 77'	Report	Ebobisse 14' Blanco 49' Miller 79' Barmby 84' Zemanski 90'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 25,083 Referee: Chris Penso

July 29, 2017 20	FC Dallas	0–4	Whitecaps FC	Frisco, Texas
17:00 PDT	Gruezo 59' Harris 89'	Report	Ibini-Isei 18' Montero 49' (pen.), 67' Reyna 79' Mezquida 83'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 15,274 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

August 5, 2017 21	Colorado Rapids	2–2	Whitecaps FC	Commerce City, Colorado
19:00 PDT	Sjoberg 15' Azira 45 1' Doyle 54' Miller 68' Hairston 75'	Report	Tchani 5' Montero 76'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 15,625 Referee: Nima Saghafi

August 12, 2017 22	New England Revolution	1–0	Whitecaps FC	Foxborough, Massachusetts
17:00 PDT	Nguyen 45 3' Bunbury 53' Kamara 63' Watson 69'	Report	Jacobson 41'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 19,911 Referee: Ismail Elfath

August 19, 2017 23	Whitecaps FC	2–1	Houston Dynamo	Vancouver, British Columbia
19:00 PDT	Montero 17' (pen.) 71' Harvey 31' Reyna 32' Nerwinski 41' Ousted 79'	Report	Machado 46' Quioto 51' García 73' Cabezas 83' DeLaGarza 90 3'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 21,183 Referee: Drew Fischer

August 23, 2017 24	Whitecaps FC	1–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Vancouver, British Columbia
19:00 PDT	Montero 31' 64' Waston 32' Tchani 52' 60'		Lodeiro 19' (pen.) Nouhou 31' Alfaro 45'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 22,120 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

August 26, 2017 25	Orlando City SC	1–2	Whitecaps FC	Orlando, Florida
16:30 PDT	Toia 27' Larin 62' Redding 71' Kaká 75'	Report	Redding 9' (o.g.) Maund 25' Shea 53'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 24,406 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

September 9, 2017 26	Whitecaps FC	3–2	Real Salt Lake	Vancouver, British Columbia
19:00 PDT	Parker 21' Techera 29' Waston 52' Nerwinski 57' Reyna 64'	Report	Wingert 37' Beltran 83' Plata 90 1'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 20,783 Referee: Allen Chapman

September 13, 2017 27	Whitecaps FC	3–0	Minnesota United FC	Vancouver, British Columbia
19:00 PDT	Reyna 5' Hurtado 31' Shea 88'	Report	Boxall 45' Warner 52'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 17,368 Referee: David Gantar

September 16, 2017 28	Whitecaps FC	2–2	Columbus Crew	Vancouver, British Columbia
16:00 PDT	Montero 15' Waston 56' Tchani 90 2'	Report	Kamara 19' Williams 26' Abu 33' Manneh 63' Meram 90 1'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 20,592 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

September 23, 2017 29	Whitecaps FC	2–1	Colorado Rapids	Vancouver, British Columbia
19:00 PDT	Montero 4' Parker 34' Reyna 54'	Report	Watts 14' Williams 43' Badji 45' Azira 87'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 22,120 Referee: José Carlos Rivero

September 27, 2017 30	Seattle Sounders FC	3–0	Whitecaps FC	Seattle
19:30 PDT	Rodríguez 17' Alonso 35' Lodeiro 62' Dempsey 69'	Report	Reyna 24' Waston 26' Williams 90 1' Tchani 90 2'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 41,868 Referee: Robert Sibiga

September 30, 2017 31	Sporting Kansas City	0–1	Whitecaps FC	Kansas City, Kansas
18:00 PDT	Zusi 90 1'	Report	Hurtado 53' Davies 69' Bolaños 90 3'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 18,990 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

October 7, 2017 32	New York Red Bulls	3–0	Whitecaps FC	Harrison, New Jersey
14:00 PDT	Royer 33' Wright-Phillips 58' Felipe 72' Lawrence 84'	Report	de Jong 51'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 25,219 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

October 15, 2017 33	Whitecaps FC	1–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Vancouver, British Columbia
16:30 PDT	Reyna 29'	Report	Qazaishvili 77'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 22,120 Referee: Ismail Elfath

October 22, 2017 34	Portland Timbers	2–1	Whitecaps FC	Portland, Oregon
13:00 PDT	Ridgewell 32' 58' Chara 45 5' Mattocks 48' Guzmán 81'	Report	Waston 29' 89' Igiebor 31' Harvey 33'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Allen Chapman

Playoffs

Knockout Round

October 25, 2017 Knockout Round	Whitecaps FC	5–0	San Jose Earthquakes	Vancouver, British Columbia
19:30 PDT	Montero 33' Techera 57' Waston 64' Mezquida 78', 80'	Report	Cerén 76' Godoy 85'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 21,083 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

Conference Semifinals

October 29, 2017 First Leg	Whitecaps FC	0–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Vancouver, British Columbia
17:30 PDT	Igiebor 45' Ghazal 79'	Report	Roldan 87'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 27,837 Referee: Kevin Stott

November 2, 2017 Second Leg	Seattle Sounders FC	2–0 (2–0 agg.)	Whitecaps FC	Seattle, Washington
19:30 PDT	Lodeiro 9' Dempsey 56', 88' Torres 68'	Report	Techera 38' Montero 49' Igiebor 58' Waston 82'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 39,587 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

CONCACAF Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	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

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

February 22 First leg	New York Red Bulls	1–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Harrison, United States
20:00 PST	Wright-Phillips 61' Kljestan 80'	Report	Manneh 39' Parker 41' Hurtado 55' Techera 70'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)

March 2 Second leg	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–0 (3–1 agg.)	New York Red Bulls	Vancouver, British Columbia
20:00 PST	Davies 5' 76' Laba 36' Teibert 57' Montero 76'	Report	Collin 17'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 14,183 Referee: Valdin Legister (Jamaica)

Semifinals

March 14 First leg	UANL	2–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico
19:00 PDT	Waston 66' (o.g.) Vargas 87'	Report	de Jong 19' Waston 22' Shea 60' Williams 64'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Attendance: 31,197 Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)

April 5 Second leg	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–2 (1–4 agg.)	UANL	Vancouver, British Columbia
19:00 PDT	Shea 3' Laba 43'	Report	Gignac 63' Álvarez 84'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 16,258 Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)

Canadian Championship

May 23, 2017 Semifinal	Whitecaps FC	2–1	Montreal Impact	Vancouver, British Columbia
19:00 (PDT)	Davies 13' Mezquida 33'	Report	Choinière 62'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 16,831 Referee: Drew Fischer

May 30, 2017 Semifinal	Montreal Impact	4–2 (5–4 agg.)	Whitecaps FC	Montreal
16:30 (PDT)	Piatti 20' (pen.), 28' (pen.) Dzemaili 38' Donadel 43' Jackson-Hamel 61' Duvall 80' Ciman 90 3'	Report	Richey 19' Davies 59' Grieg 77'	Stadium: Stade Saputo Attendance: 15,213 Referee: David Barrie

Playing statistics

As of November 2, 2017^{[citation needed]}

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	28		2	1					4				32		2	1
2		Jordan Harvey	DF	29	1	3						4				33	1	3
4		Kendall Waston	DF	28	5	8						4		1		32	5	9
6		David Edgar	DF
7		Christian Bolaños	MF	23			1					2				25			1
8		Andrew Jacobson	MF	22	2	2						3				25	2	2
11		Nicolás Mezquida	MF	22	4	1		2	1			1				25	5	1
12		Fredy Montero	FW	36	14	7						3	1			39	15	7
13		Cristian Techera	MF	32	7	2		1				3			1	36	7	2	1
14		Cole Seiler	DF					2								2
15		Matías Laba	MF	19	2	6	1					4		2		23	2	8	1
16		Tony Tchani	MF	29	4	6	2					1				30	4	6	2
17		Marcel de Jong	MF	16		1		2				2		1		20		2
18		Spencer Richey	GK	1				2		1						3		1
19		Erik Hurtado	FW	15	3							1		1		16	3	1
20		Brek Shea	MF	28	4	3	1	2				3	1	1		33	5	4	1
22		Aaron Maund	DF	2		1										2		1
23		Bernie Ibini-Isei	FW	17	1											17	1
24		Stefan Marinovic	GK	8												8
25		Sheanon Williams	DF	15		3						3		1		18		4
26		Tim Parker	DF	35	1	4		1				4		1		40	1	5
28		Jake Nerwinski	DF	22		2		2				2				26		2
29		Yordy Reyna	MF	22	6	3										22	6	3
31		Russell Teibert	MF	12		1		2				2		1		16		2
32		Marco Bustos	MF					2								2
46		Brett Levis	DF
50		Nosa Igiebor	MF	3		3										2		2
66		Ali Ghazal	MF	10		1										10		1
67		Alphonso Davies	MF	27		1		2	2			4	1	1		33	3	2
77		Mauro Rosales	MF	5				2								7
3		Sam Adekugbe^{[nb 1]}	DF
27		Deybi Flores^{[nb 1]}	MF
30		Ben McKendry^{[nb 1]}	MF	1				2								3
47		Kyle Greig^{[nb 1]}	FW	1				2	1			2				5	1
--		Sem de Wit^{[nb 2]}	DF					1								1
--		Deklan Wynne^{[nb 2]}	DF					1								1
--		Giles Barnes^{[nb 3]}	FW									1				1
--		Christian Dean^{[nb 3]}	DF	3		1										3		1
--		Kekuta Manneh^{[nb 3]}	MF	3								2	1			5	1
--		Paolo Tornaghi^{[nb 3]}	GK	1												1
Own goals					1				0				0				1
Totals					53	60	6		4	1	0		4	10	1		61	71	7

Source: (for players and positions) First Team Squad 00(for squad numbers) [1]00(for actual stats.)

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Loaned out for remainder of the season.
^ ^a ^b Signed to a short term contract for the Canadian Championship.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d No longer with team.

References

^ "Players Vancouver Whitecaps FC". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Whitecaps FC exercise 11 options, announce roster moves ahead of 2017". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. December 8, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
^ "Whitecaps FC acquire Sheanon Williams from Houston Dynamo". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. December 13, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
^ "Vancouver Whitecaps FC add goalkeeper Spencer Richey to MLS Roster". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. December 19, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
^ "Vancouver Whitecaps FC add striker Kyle Greig to MLS roster". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. December 19, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
^ "Whitecaps FC sign Peruvian international attacking midfielder/forward Yordy Reyna". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. January 23, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
^ "Whitecaps FC sign 2017 MLS SuperDraft pick Jake Nerwinski". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. February 9, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
^ "Whitecaps FC acquire three-time MLS All-Star striker Fredy Montero". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. February 15, 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "'Caps acquire midfielder/forward Brek Shea for Giles Barnes in trade with Orlando City SC". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. February 25, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
^ "Whitecaps FC bring back experienced midfielder Mauro Rosales". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. February 27, 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Whitecaps FC acquire Tony Tchani and $300,000 in allocation money from Columbus for Kekuta Manneh". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. March 30, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
^ "Whitecaps FC acquire winger/forward Bernie Ibini from Belgian club Brugge KV". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. May 9, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
^ "Whitecaps FC add New Zealand international keeper Stefan Marinovic". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. July 21, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
^ "Whitecaps FC acquire centre back Aaron Maund from Real Salt Lake". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. August 9, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
^ "Whitecaps FC acquire Egyptian international central midfielder Aly Ghazal". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. August 10, 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
^ "Whitecaps FC add Nigerian international midfielder Nosa Igiebor". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. September 8, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
^ "Whitecaps FC part ways with captain Pedro Morales". Vancouver Whitecaps. December 7, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
^ "Striker Masato Kudo moves on". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. December 30, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
^ "Whitecaps FC transfer Kianz Froese to German side Fortuna Düsseldorf". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. February 1, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
^ "Whitecaps FC loan out Greig, transfer de Wit to USL side FC Cincinnati". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. July 11, 2017. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
^ "Whitecaps FC and goalkeeper Paolo Tornaghi mutually agree to part ways". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. July 18, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
^ "Whitecaps FC loan defender Sam Adekugbe to Swedish club IFK Göteborg". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. July 25, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
^ "Whitecaps FC loan midfielder Ben McKendry to NASL club FC Edmonton". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. July 26, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
^ "Caps deal Christian Dean to Chicago Fire". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. August 9, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
^ "Whitecaps FC MLS Schedule". whitecapsfc.com. Retrieved March 5, 2017.

[17] Following his release, Morales signed for Colo-Colo.

[19] Following his release, Carducci signed for Rio Grande Valley FC Toros.

[20] As a free agent, Pérez signed with Árabe Unido.

[ref1-29] Loaned out for remainder of the season.

[ref2-30] Signed to a short term contract for the Canadian Championship.

[ref3-31] No longer with team.

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

[Roster_Moves-2] "Whitecaps FC exercise 11 options, announce roster moves ahead of 2017". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. December 8, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.

[3] "Whitecaps FC acquire Sheanon Williams from Houston Dynamo". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. December 13, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.

[4] "Vancouver Whitecaps FC add goalkeeper Spencer Richey to MLS Roster". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. December 19, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2016.

[5] "Vancouver Whitecaps FC add striker Kyle Greig to MLS roster". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. December 19, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2016.

[6] "Whitecaps FC sign Peruvian international attacking midfielder/forward Yordy Reyna". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. January 23, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2017.

[7] "Whitecaps FC sign 2017 MLS SuperDraft pick Jake Nerwinski". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. February 9, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017.

[8] "Whitecaps FC acquire three-time MLS All-Star striker Fredy Montero". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. February 15, 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2017.

[Vancouver_Whitecaps_FC-9] "'Caps acquire midfielder/forward Brek Shea for Giles Barnes in trade with Orlando City SC". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. February 25, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2017.

[10] "Whitecaps FC bring back experienced midfielder Mauro Rosales". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. February 27, 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2017.

[TchaniManneh-11] "Whitecaps FC acquire Tony Tchani and $300,000 in allocation money from Columbus for Kekuta Manneh". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. March 30, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2017.

[12] "Whitecaps FC acquire winger/forward Bernie Ibini from Belgian club Brugge KV". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. May 9, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2017.

[13] "Whitecaps FC add New Zealand international keeper Stefan Marinovic". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. July 21, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2017.

[14] "Whitecaps FC acquire centre back Aaron Maund from Real Salt Lake". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. August 9, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.

[15] "Whitecaps FC acquire Egyptian international central midfielder Aly Ghazal". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. August 10, 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2017.

[16] "Whitecaps FC add Nigerian international midfielder Nosa Igiebor". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. September 8, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2017.

[18] "Whitecaps FC part ways with captain Pedro Morales". Vancouver Whitecaps. December 7, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.

[21] "Striker Masato Kudo moves on". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. December 30, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2016.

[22] "Whitecaps FC transfer Kianz Froese to German side Fortuna Düsseldorf". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. February 1, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2017.

[23] "Whitecaps FC loan out Greig, transfer de Wit to USL side FC Cincinnati". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. July 11, 2017. Retrieved July 11, 2017.

[24] "Whitecaps FC and goalkeeper Paolo Tornaghi mutually agree to part ways". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. July 18, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2017.

[25] "Whitecaps FC loan defender Sam Adekugbe to Swedish club IFK Göteborg". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. July 25, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2017.

[26] "Whitecaps FC loan midfielder Ben McKendry to NASL club FC Edmonton". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. July 26, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.

[27] "Caps deal Christian Dean to Chicago Fire". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. August 9, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.

[MLS_Schedule-28] "Whitecaps FC MLS Schedule". whitecapsfc.com. Retrieved March 5, 2017.

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