2011 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

2011 season
Chairman	Greg Kerfoot
Interim coach	Tom Soehn
Stadium	Empire Field (March to September) BC Place (October)
Major League Soccer	18th
Canadian Championship	Runners-up
Cascadia Cup	3rd
Top goalscorer	League: Camilo (12) All: Camilo (13)
Highest home attendance	27,500 vs. Los Angeles Galaxy (July 30, 2011)
Lowest home attendance	15,474 vs. Toronto FC (May 18, 2011)
Average home league attendance	20,153
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The 2011 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season was the Whitecaps' debut season in Major League Soccer. The MLS club has incorporated the history of its NASL and various lower division predecessors into its marketing campaigns, reflecting 36 years of professional soccer in Vancouver.^[1]

On March 19, 2011, Vancouver Whitecaps defeated Toronto FC at Empire Field in their league opening match by a score of 4–2. It was the first match between two Canadian clubs in league history.^[2] Vancouver Whitecaps gave up the 8,000th goal in league history in the game.^[2] The regular season ended at BC Place on October 22, 2011 with a 2–1 loss to Colorado Rapids leaving them in last place overall.^[3]

Players

Squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Joe Cannon		GK	(1975-01-01) January 1, 1975 (age 49)	San Jose
18	Jay Nolly		GK	(1982-01-02) January 2, 1982 (age 42)	Vancouver (USSF-D2)
24	Brian Sylvestre		GK	(1992-12-19) December 19, 1992 (age 31)	Vancouver (Residency)
Defenders
2	Michael Boxall		CB	(1988-08-18) August 18, 1988 (age 35)	UC Santa Barbara
3	Bilal Duckett		CB	(1989-01-09) January 9, 1989 (age 35)	Notre Dame
4	Alain Rochat		LB	(1983-02-01) February 1, 1983 (age 41)	Vancouver (USSF-D2)
6	Jay DeMerit		CB	(1979-12-04) December 4, 1979 (age 44)	Watford
14	Greg Janicki		CB	(1984-07-09) July 9, 1984 (age 39)	Vancouver (USSF-D2)
19	Carlyle Mitchell		CB	(1987-08-08) August 8, 1987 (age 36)	Joe Public
25	Jonathan Leathers		RB	(1985-11-05) November 5, 1985 (age 38)	Kansas City
26	Jordan Harvey		LB	(1984-01-28) January 28, 1984 (age 40)	Philadelphia
Midfielders
11	John Thorrington		MF	(1979-11-17) November 17, 1979 (age 44)	Chicago
12	Jeb Brovsky		CM	(1988-12-03) December 3, 1988 (age 35)	Notre Dame
13	Michael Nanchoff		MF	(1988-09-24) September 24, 1988 (age 35)	Akron
15	Philippe Davies		MF	(1990-12-20) December 20, 1990 (age 33)	Vancouver (USSF-D2)
16	Nizar Khalfan		MF	(1988-06-21) June 21, 1988 (age 35)	Vancouver (USSF-D2)
20	Davide Chiumiento		RW	(1984-11-22) November 22, 1984 (age 39)	Vancouver (USSF-D2)
22	Shea Salinas		LW	(1986-06-24) June 24, 1986 (age 37)	Philadelphia
27	Alexandre Morfaw		MF	(1987-08-31) August 31, 1987 (age 36)	Vancouver (USSF-D2)
28	Gershon Koffie		MF	(1991-08-25) August 25, 1991 (age 32)	Vancouver (USSF-D2)
31	Russell Teibert		LW	(1992-12-22) December 22, 1992 (age 31)	Vancouver (USSF-D2)
33	Peter Vagenas		CM	(1978-02-06) February 6, 1978 (age 46)	Seattle
Forwards
7	Mustapha Jarju		ST	(1986-07-18) July 18, 1986 (age 37)	R.A.E.C. Mons
9	Atiba Harris		ST	(1985-01-09) January 9, 1985 (age 39)	Dallas
17	Omar Salgado		ST	(1993-09-10) September 10, 1993 (age 30)	Guadalajara
23	Long Tan		FW	(1988-04-01) April 1, 1988 (age 36)	Tampa Bay
29	Eric Hassli		ST	(1981-05-03) May 3, 1981 (age 42)	Zürich
37	Camilo		ST	(1988-07-21) July 21, 1988 (age 35)	Gyeongnam

Transfers in

Date	Player	Position	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref
November 18, 2010	Jay DeMerit	DF	Watford	Free transfer; rights acquired via allocation ranking	[5]
November 24, 2010	Sanna Nyassi	MF	Seattle Sounders FC	Expansion Draft, subsequently traded	[6]
November 24, 2010	Atiba Harris	FW	FC Dallas	Expansion Draft	[6]
November 24, 2010	Nathan Sturgis	MF	Seattle Sounders FC	Expansion Draft, subsequently traded	[6]
November 24, 2010	Shea Salinas	MF	Philadelphia Union	Expansion Draft	[6]
November 24, 2010	Alan Gordon	FW	Chivas USA	Expansion Draft, subsequently traded	[6]
November 24, 2010	O'Brian White	FW	Toronto FC	Expansion Draft, subsequently traded	[6]
November 24, 2010	Alejandro Moreno	FW	Philadelphia Union	Expansion Draft, subsequently traded	[6]
November 24, 2010	Joe Cannon	GK	San Jose Earthquakes	Expansion Draft	[6]
November 24, 2010	Jonathan Leathers	DF	Sporting Kansas City	Expansion Draft	[6]
November 24, 2010	John Thorrington	MF	Chicago Fire	Expansion Draft	[6]
November 26, 2010	Jay Nolly	GK	Vancouver Whitecaps FC (USSF-D2)	Free	[7]
November 26, 2010	Wes Knight	DF	Vancouver Whitecaps FC (USSF-D2)	Free	[7]
November 26, 2010	Philippe Davies	MF	Vancouver Whitecaps FC (USSF-D2)	Free	[7]
December 10, 2010	Terry Dunfield	MF	Vancouver Whitecaps FC (USSF-D2)	Free	[8]
December 10, 2010	Greg Janicki	DF	Vancouver Whitecaps FC (USSF-D2)	Free	[8]
January 13, 2011	Omar Salgado	FW	United States U-20's	SuperDraft, 1st round	[9]
January 21, 2011	Alain Rochat	DF	Zürich	Undisclosed	[10]
February 9, 2011	Nizar Khalfan	MF	Vancouver Whitecaps FC (USSF-D2)	Free	[11]
February 9, 2011	Gershon Koffie	MF	Vancouver Whitecaps FC (USSF-D2)	Free	[11]
March 4, 2011	Eric Hassli	FW	FC Zürich	Undisclosed	[12]
March 8, 2011	Davide Chiumiento	MF	Vancouver Whitecaps FC (USSF-D2)	Free	[13]
March 11, 2011	Blake Wagner	DF	Vancouver Whitecaps FC (USSF-D2)	Free	[14]
March 11, 2011	Long Tan	FW	Vancouver Whitecaps FC (USSF-D2)	Free	[14]
March 15, 2011	Brian Sylvestre	GK	Vancouver Whitecaps Residency	Free	[15]
March 15, 2011	Jeb Brovsky	DF	University of Notre Dame	SuperDraft, 2nd round	[15]
March 15, 2011	Bilal Duckett	DF	University of Notre Dame	SuperDraft, 3rd round	[15]
March 17, 2011	Russell Teibert	MF	Vancouver Whitecaps FC (USSF-D2)	Free; signed to Generation Adidas contract	[16]
March 17, 2011	Alexandre Morfaw	MF	Vancouver Whitecaps FC (USSF-D2)	Free	[16]
March 17, 2011	Michael Boxall	DF	UC Santa Barbara	Supplemental Draft, 1st round	[16]
March 17, 2011	Camilo Sanvezzo	FW	Gyeongnam FC	Undisclosed	[16]
March 25, 2011	Kevin Harmse	DF	Unattached	Free	[17]
March 31, 2011	Mouloud Akloul	DF	Vancouver Whitecaps FC (USSF-D2)	Free	[18]
April 28, 2011	Peter Vagenas	MF	Unattached	Free	[19]
July 7, 2011	Jordan Harvey	DF	Philadelphia Union	Allocation money	[20]
July 12, 2011	Mustapha Jarju	FW	R.A.E.C. Mons	Free	[21]
September 15, 2011	Carlyle Mitchell	CB	Joe Public	Free	[22]

Transfers out

Date	Player	Position	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref
November 24, 2010	Alan Gordon	FW	Chivas USA	Traded for allocation money and use of an International Roster Spot for 2011	[23]
	Alejandro Moreno	FW	Chivas USA
November 24, 2010	Sanna Nyassi	MF	Colorado Rapids	Traded for an International Roster Spot	[24]
November 24, 2010	O'Brian White	FW	Seattle Sounders FC	Traded for allocation money	[25]
November 25, 2010	Nathan Sturgis	MF	Toronto FC	Traded for a 2011 SuperDraft Round 1 pick	[26]
June 10, 2011	Kevin Harmse	DF		Waived	[27]
July 14, 2011	Terry Dunfield	MF	Toronto FC	Traded for allocation money and rights to Keven Aleman	[28]
July 28, 2011	Mouloud Akloul	DF		Waived	[29]
July 28, 2011	Blake Wagner	DF	Real Salt Lake	Waived, free transfer	[29][30]
August 31, 2011	Wes Knight	DF		Waived	[31]

Stats

Last updated for match on October 22, 2011.^[32]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Major League Soccer		Canadian Championship
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	USA	Joe Cannon	21	0	20+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF	NZL	Michael Boxall	21	0	18+1	0	2+0	0
3	DF	USA	Bilal Duckett	4	0	2+2	0	0+0	0
4	DF	SUI	Alain Rochat	32	3	27+1	3	4+0	0
6	DF	USA	Jay DeMerit	23	0	20+1	0	2+0	0
7	MF	GAM	Mustapha Jarju	10	0	5+5	0	0+0	0
9	FW	SKN	Atiba Harris	5	2	5+0	2	0+0	0
11	MF	USA	John Thorrington	11	0	9+2	0	0+0	0
12	MF	USA	Michael Nanchoff	5	0	1+4	0	0+0	0
13	DF	USA	Jeb Brovsky	25	0	16+8	0	1+0	0
14	DF	USA	Greg Janicki	12	0	8+2	0	2+0	0
15	MF	CAN	Philippe Davies	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF	TAN	Nizar Khalfan	26	1	9+13	1	0+4	0
17	FW	USA	Omar Salgado	16	1	5+9	1	1+1	0
18	GK	USA	Jay Nolly	17	0	14+0	0	3+0	0
19	DF	TRI	Carlyle Mitchell	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
20	MF	SUI	Davide Chiumiento	29	2	20+6	2	3+0	0
22	MF	USA	Shea Salinas	30	1	18+8	1	2+2	0
23	FW	CHN	Long Tan	13	1	4+9	1	0+0	0
24	GK	USA	Brian Sylvestre	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	DF	USA	Jonathan Leathers	26	0	21+1	0	4+0	0
26	DF	USA	Jordan Harvey	14	0	14+0	0	0+0	0
27	MF	CMR	Alexandre Morfaw	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
28	MF	GHA	Gershon Koffie	32	1	28+1	1	3+0	0
29	FW	FRA	Eric Hassli	30	11	21+5	10	4+0	1
31	MF	CAN	Russell Teibert	15	0	5+6	0	2+2	0
33	MF	USA	Peter Vagenas	16	0	13+3	0	0+0	0
37	FW	BRA	Camilo	36	13	29+3	12	3+1	1
-	DF	FRA	Mouloud Akloul*	10	1	7+1	0	2+0	1
-	MF	CAN	Terry Dunfield*	16	2	11+1	1	4+0	1
-	DF	CAN	Kevin Harmse*	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0
-	MF	USA	Blake Wagner*	11	0	9+0	0	1+1	0
-	DF	USA	Wes Knight*	12	0	10+2	0	0+0	0

* = Player is no longer with team

Starting XI

MLS regular season matches only.^[33]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	MS	Notes
18	GK		Nolly	14	Cannon has 12 starts.
25	RB		Leathers	19
2	CB		Boxall	16
6	CB		DeMerit	12	Janicki has 8 starts.
4	LB		Rochat	21	Harvey has 6 starts.
20	RW		Chiumiento	16	Knight has 10 starts.
13	CM		Brovsky	11	Vagenas has 9 starts.
28	CM		Koffie	20
22	LW		Salinas	14	Teibert has 5 starts.
37	FW		Camilo	21	Jarju has 3 starts.
29	FW		Hassli	17	Salgado has 5 starts.

Last updated: August 27, 2011
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Club

Front office and staff

Position	Staff
Owners	Greg Kerfoot Stephen Luczo Jeff Mallett Steve Nash
Head Coach	Tom Soehn
Assistant Coaches	Colin Miller Denis Hamlett
Staff Coach	Martin Nash
Goalkeeping Coach	Marius Rovde
Director of Operations	Tom Soehn
Youth Director	Richard Grootscholten

Competitions

Preseason

Before a six-week winter break, the Whitecaps trained for a week in Oxnard, California.^[34] During that period, they played an inter-squad scrimmage, as well as two matches against local fourth-tier PDL club Ventura County Fusion. The Whitecaps defeated the Fusion 2–1 on December 2,^[35] with goals from Terry Dunfield and Nizar Khalfan, and 3–1 on December 8, with goals from Nizar Khalfan, Kyle Porter and Terry Dunfield.^[36]

Winter Camp

Ventura County v Vancouver

December 2, 2010	Ventura County	1–2	Vancouver	Oxnard, California, USA
13:30 PDT	Bowen 40(pk)'	Report	2' Dunfield 64' Khalfan	Stadium: Bulldog Stadium

Blue v Orange

December 5, 2010	Blue	4–0	Orange	Oxnard, California, USA
14:00 PDT	Khalfan 7', 28' Porter 57', 59'	Report		Stadium: Bulldog Stadium

Ventura County v Vancouver

December 8, 2010	Ventura County	1–3	Vancouver	Oxnard, California, USA
13:30 PDT	Berrera 30'	Report	40' Khalfan 58' Porter 64' Dunfield	Stadium: Bulldog Stadium

Arizona training

Salt Lake v Vancouver

February 1, 2011	Salt Lake	1–2	Vancouver	Casa Grande, Arizona, USA
10:00 PST	Alvarez 49'	Report	17' Teibert 57' Dunfield	Stadium: Grande Sports World Attendance: Closed door

Seattle v Vancouver

February 4, 2011	Seattle	1–0	Vancouver	Casa Grande, Arizona, USA
16:30 PST	Evans 63'	Report		Stadium: Grande Sports World Attendance: Closed door

Columbus v Vancouver

February 8, 2011	Columbus	1–2	Vancouver	Casa Grande, Arizona, USA
09:30 PST	Gaven 76' (pen.)	Report	62' Harris 77' Salgado	Stadium: Grande Sports World Attendance: Closed door

Chivas USA v Vancouver

February 18, 2011	Chivas USA	1–0	Vancouver	Casa Grande, Arizona, USA
14:00 PST	Padilla 89' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Grande Sports World Attendance: Closed door

United States U-20's v Vancouver

February 19, 2011	United States U-20's	2–2	Vancouver	Avondale, Arizona, USA
15:45 PST		Report	13' Long 72' Camilo	Stadium: Westside Soccer Complex Attendance: Closed door

Los Angeles v Vancouver

February 21, 2011	Los Angeles	2–0	Vancouver	Avondale, Arizona, USA
15:00 PST	Birchall 26' Ángel 44'	Report		Stadium: Westside Soccer Complex Attendance: Closed door

Cascadia Summit

Portland v Vancouver

March 5, 2011	Portland	1–1	Vancouver	Tukwila, Washington USA
16:00 PDT	Pore 5'	Report	Horst 36' (o.g.)	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Seattle v Vancouver

March 6, 2011	Seattle	2–3	Vancouver	Tukwila, Washington USA
15:00 PDT	Levesque 45' Montaño 77'	Report	Salgado 6' Teibert 12' Camilo 47'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 3,100

Overall

Updated to match played October 22, 2012
Source: Competitions

Major League Soccer

Vancouver Whitecaps FC's first regular season in Major League Soccer begins March 19, 2011 and ends October 22, 2011.

League table

Results summary

Last updated: October 22, 2011
Source: MLSSoccer.com
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Results by round

Match results

Schedule^[37]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Vancouver v Toronto FC

March 19, 2011 match 1	Vancouver	4–2	Toronto FC	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
15:30 PDT	Hassli 15', 72',  49' Dunfield 26',  28' Harris  40', 63'	Report	De Rosario 20' Sturgin  32' Gargan  44' Santos 78'	Stadium: Empire Field Attendance: 22,592 Referee: Paul Ward

Philadelphia v Vancouver

March 26, 2011 match 2	Philadelphia	1–0	Vancouver	Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
13:00 PDT	Nakazawa  27' Califf  31' Mwanga  35' Ruiz 77'	Report	Hassli  26'  57' Khalfan  47' Rochat  48'	Stadium: PPL Park Attendance: 18,591 Referee: Yader Reyes

Vancouver v Kansas City

April 2, 2011 match 3	Vancouver	3–3	Kansas City	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
16:00 PDT	Harris 73' Camilo 90+2', 90+3'	Report	Bunbury 45+1', 58',  88' Kamara 62' Harrington  64' Diop  68'	Stadium: Empire Field Attendance: 20,518 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

Vancouver v New England

April 6, 2011 match 4	Vancouver	1–1	New England	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
19:00 PDT	Harris  6' Camilo  25' Koffie  44' Hassli  49'  56', 56' (pen.)	Report	Stolica 90+3'	Stadium: Empire Field Attendance: 19,294 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Houston v Vancouver

April 10, 2011 match 5	Houston	3–1	Vancouver	Houston, Texas USA
16:00 PDT	Weaver 37' Boswell 42' Bruin 76'	Report	Leathers  35' Camilo 38' Rochat  56'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 12,047 Referee: Jair Marrufo

Vancouver v Chivas

April 16, 2011 match 6	Vancouver	0–0	Chivas	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
16:00 PDT	Brovsky  55' Hassli  64' Boxall  87'	Report	LaBrocca  68'	Stadium: Empire Field Attendance: 20,809 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

Vancouver v Dallas

April 23, 2011 match 7	Vancouver	1–2	Dallas	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
16:00 PDT	Rochat 25' Hassli  80'	Report	Ihemelu  30' John 53' Jacobson  66' Avila 83'	Stadium: Empire Field Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Juan Guzman

Columbus v Vancouver

April 30, 2011 match 8	Columbus	2–1	Vancouver	Columbus, Ohio, USA
16:00 PDT	Rentería 50' (pen.), 59'	Report	Leathers  37' Janicki  57' Salgado 69',  90+1'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 11,298 Referee: Terry Vaughn

Chicago v Vancouver

May 7, 2011 match 9	Chicago	0–0	Vancouver	Bridgeview, Illinois USA
17:30 PDT	Mikulic  4' Chaves  60' Paladini  76' Husidic  83'	Report	Dunfield  25' Chiumiento  60'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 11,680 Referee: Andrew Chapin

Vancouver v San Jose

May 11, 2011 match 10	Vancouver	1–1	San Jose	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
19:00 PDT	Dunfield  34' Akloul  77' Brovsky  86' Nolly  86' Chiumiento 90+1'	Report	Wondolowski 39' Beitashour  90'	Stadium: Empire Field Attendance: 15,608 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

New England v Vancouver

May 14, 2011 match 11	New England	1–0	Vancouver	Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA
16:30 PDT	Joseph 49' (pen.) Boggs  62' McCarthy  66'	Report	DeMerit  33'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 14,186 Referee: Chris Penso

Vancouver v New York

May 28, 2011 match 12	Vancouver	1–1	New York	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
16:00 PDT	Hassli 24' (pen.)	Report	Rodgers 34' Ream  75'	Stadium: Empire Field Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Mark Geiger

Chivas v Vancouver

June 1, 2011 match 13	Chivas	1–1	Vancouver	Carson, California USA
19:30 PDT	LaBrocca 46' Estupinan  79'	Report	Camilo 48' Hassli  66' Akloul  86'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 11,753 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Salt Lake v Vancouver

June 4, 2011 match 14	Salt Lake	2–0	Vancouver	Sandy, Utah USA
18:00 PDT	Warner  30' Alexandre 32' Espíndola 79'	Report	DeMerit  15' Koffie  66'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 15,174 Referee: Juan Guzman

Seattle v Vancouver

June 11, 2011 match 15	Seattle	2–2	Vancouver	Seattle, Washington USA
19:00 PDT	Alonso  46' Rosales 81' Alonso 84'	Report	Rochat  46' Camilo  55' Leathers  71' Hassli 29' (pen.), 85'	Stadium: Qwest Field Attendance: 36,502 Referee: Mark Geiger

Vancouver v Philadelphia

June 18, 2011 match 16	Vancouver	1–0	Philadelphia	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
16:00 PDT	Rochat 12' Dunfield  22'	Report	Valdés  36' Carroll  52'	Stadium: Empire Field Attendance: 20,168 Referee: Alex Prus

Kansas City v Vancouver

June 25, 2011 match 17	Kansas City	2–1	Vancouver	Kansas City, Kansas USA
17:30 PDT	Bravo 33' (pen.) Cesar 40' Kamara  89'	Report	Camilo 15' Jay DeMerit  32' Duckett  84'	Stadium: LIVESTRONG Sporting Park Attendance: 18,467 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

Toronto FC v Vancouver

June 29, 2011 match 18	Toronto FC	1–0	Vancouver	Toronto, Ontario, CAN
16:30 PDT	Soolsma 54' (pen.) Plata  89'	Report	Boxall  27'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 19,816 Referee: Mark Geiger

Vancouver v Columbus

July 6, 2011 match 19	Vancouver	0–1	Columbus	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
19:00 PDT	Koffie  7' Camilo  23' Salinas  78'	Report	Gehrig  74' Marshall  85' Cunningham 90'	Stadium: Empire Field Attendance: 19,079 Referee: Chris Penso

Colorado v Vancouver

July 9, 2011 match 20	Colorado	2–1	Vancouver	Commerce City, Colorado, USA
18:00 PDT	Casey 25' Palguta 68'	Report	Harvey  68' Camilo 77'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 13,058 Referee: Alex Prus

San Jose v Vancouver

July 20, 2011 match 21	San Jose	2–2	Vancouver	Santa Clara, California, USA
19:00 PDT	Wondolowski 3', 54' Ring  45' Leitch  74' Corrales  93'	Report	Brovsky  40' Hassli 42', 61'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Referee: Paul Ward

Vancouver v Los Angeles

July 30, 2011 match 22	Vancouver	0–4	Los Angeles	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
16:30 PDT		Report	Donovan 61', 75' (pen.) Stephens  65' Franklin 81' Cristman 90'	Stadium: Empire Field Attendance: 27,500 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Vancouver v Chicago

August 7, 2011 match 23	Vancouver	4–2	Chicago	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
16:00 PDT	Hassli 1', 72' Harvey  4' Koffie 24' Rochat  33' Camilo 48'	Report	Oduro 23',  26' Pappa  53' Pause  71' Barouch 80'	Stadium: Empire Field Attendance: 18,714 Referee: Chris Penso

D.C. v Vancouver

August 13, 2011 match 24	D.C.	4–0	Vancouver	Washington, D.C. USA
16:30 PDT	McDonald  39' Pontius 45+2', 70' Najar 48' Davies  60' King 83'	Report	Camilo  15' Boxall  45+1'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Portland v Vancouver

August 20, 2011 match 25	Portland	2–1	Vancouver	Portland, Oregon USA
19:00 PDT	Chará 2' Alhassan  23' Perlaza 33'	Report	Harvey  49' Thorrington  73' Camilo  86', 88'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 18,627 Referee: Jair Marrufo

Vancouver v Houston

August 27, 2011 match 26	Vancouver	1–0	Houston	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
16:00 PDT	Chiumiento  57' Salinas 86'	Report	Boswell  89'	Stadium: Empire Field Attendance: 20,226 Referee: Niko Bratsis

New York v Vancouver

September 10, 2011 match 27	New York	1–1	Vancouver	Harrison, New Jersey USA
16:30 PDT	Márquez  31' Solli  45+1' Agudelo 68' Henry  73'	Report	Chiumiento 23'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Referee: Terry Vaughn

Los Angeles v Vancouver

September 17, 2011 match 28	Los Angeles	3–0	Vancouver	Carson, California USA
19:30 PDT	Magee 40', 75' Keane 64'	Report	Rochat  17' Koffie  28' Hassli  62'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 22,959 Referee: Michael Kennedy

Vancouver v Seattle

September 24, 2011 match 29	Vancouver	1–3	Seattle	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
16:30 PDT	Camilo 22' DeMerit  32' Hassli  70'	Report	Evans  30', 33' (pen.) Montero 63', 67' Parke  77'	Stadium: Empire Field Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Jair Marrufo

Vancouver v Portland

October 2, 2011 match 30	Vancouver	0–1	Portland	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
13:30 PDT	Hassli  53'	Report	Cooper 25' Chará  42' Chabala  63' Marcelin  65'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Mark Geiger

Vancouver v Salt Lake

October 6, 2011 match 31	Vancouver	3–0	Salt Lake	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
18:30 PDT	Brovsky  34' Camilo 44' (pen.), 53' (pen.) Khalfan 88'	Report	Olave  42' Warner  43' Grabavoy  51' Morales  64'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 20,113 Referee: Chris Penso

Vancouver v D.C.

October 12, 2011 match 32	Vancouver	2–1	D.C.	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
19:00 PDT	Camilo 1' Rochat  24' Tan 46'	Report	Kitchen  15' Burch  38' McDonald 57'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 17,288 Referee: Hilaro Grajeda

Dallas v Vancouver

October 15, 2011 match 33	Dallas	2–0	Vancouver	Frisco, Texas USA
17:30 PDT	Chávez 35',  38' Shea 54' Jackson 54'	Report		Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 10,222 Referee: Alex Prus

Vancouver v Colorado

October 22, 2011 match 34	Vancouver	1–2	Colorado	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
16:00 PDT	Rochat 49'	Report	Larentowicz  10', 59' Marshall  77' Thompson 84'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Nutrilite Canadian championship

The club participates in the Canadian Championship. The champion of the tournament qualifies for the preliminary round of the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League.

For the first time in the tournament's history, a playoff format was used as opposed to a round robin format.^[38] The tournament seeding was based on the results of the 2010 edition of the tournament, with Vancouver being seeded second.^[38] In their semi-final playoff with the Montreal Impact, the Whitecaps won the opening leg in Montreal 1–0 on a goal by Terry Dunfield.^[39] The second leg was contested in Vancouver, where Montreal led 1–0 after full-time, for an aggregate score of 1–1.^[40] Because both teams had scored one away goal, extra time was needed to determine the aggregate winner. In extra time, Mouloud Akloul scored on a rebound following an Alain Rochat free kick to send the Whitecaps to the final versus Toronto FC.^[40]

Semi-finals

Montreal v Vancouver

April 27, 2011 First leg	Montreal	0–1	Vancouver	Montreal, Quebec
	Hatchi  62'	Report	Dunfield 67'	Stadium: Stade Saputo Attendance: 8,412 Referee: Carole Anne Chénard

Vancouver v Montreal

May 4, 2011 Second leg	Vancouver	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–1 agg.)	Montreal	Vancouver, British Columbia
	Akloul 113'	Report	Hatchi  26' Lowery  30' Tsiskaridze  59' Gerba 83' (pen.),  100'	Stadium: Empire Field Attendance: 16,611 Referee: Dave Gantar

Finals

Vancouver v Toronto FC

May 18, 2011 First leg	Vancouver	1–1	Toronto FC	Vancouver, British Columbia
	Hassli 64' Koffie  68' Dunfield  77'	Report	Williams  52' Santos 73'	Stadium: Empire Field Attendance: 15,474 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

Toronto FC v Vancouver

May 25, 2011 Second leg	Toronto FC	Abandoned	Vancouver	Toronto, Ontario
		Report	Hassli 17'	Stadium: BMO Field
Note: Match was abandoned in the 60th minute due to severe weather.

Toronto FC v Vancouver

July 2, 2011 Second leg replay	Toronto FC	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	Vancouver	Toronto, Ontario
	Plata 51' (pen.) Yourassowsky 61' Martina  56'	Report	Camilo 21' Hassli  50' Teibert  72'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 15,474

World Football Challenge

On April 14 it was announced that the Whitecaps would host Manchester City as part of the 2011 World Football Challenge.^[41]

Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Manchester City

July 18, 2011	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–2	Manchester City	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
	Camilo 30'	Report	Guidetti 68' Wright-Phillips 84'	Stadium: Empire Field Attendance: 24,074

Cascadia Cup

The Whitecaps have had a long-standing rivalry with the Pacific Northwest clubs Seattle Sounders FC and Portland Timbers, dating back to the 1970s when ancestry clubs of the same name played in the original and now-defunct North American Soccer League. The tri-member tournament will continue with the expansion of the Whitecaps and the Timbers. The winner is determined through league matches between the sides, and the club with the best record against both sides wins the trophy.

The Cascadia Cup was awarded to the Seattle Sounders on September 24 when the Sounders defeated the Whitecaps 3–1 at Empire Field. Vancouver finished in third place after losing to Portland on October 2.

Recognition

MLS Player of the Week

Week	Player	Week's Statline
Week 3	Camilo	2G (90'+2', 90'+3')

MLS Goal of the Week

Week	Player	Goal	Report
2	Eric Hassli	85'	GOTW

MLS Team of the Week

Week	Player/Manager	Position	Report
1	Davide Chiumiento	MF	MLS Team of the Week: 1 Archived October 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
	Eric Hassli	FW
2	Alain Rochat	DF	MLS Team of the Week: 2
3	Camilo	FW	MLS Team of the Week: 3
4	Nizar Khalfan	MF	MLS Team of the Week: 4
13	Eric Hassli	FW	MLS Team of the Week: 13
14	Alain Rochat	DF	MLS Team of the Week: 14
	Davide Chiumiento	MF
	Eric Hassli	FW
19	Shea Salinas	MF	MLS Team of the Week: 19
21	Eric Hassli	FW	MLS Team of the Week: 21
24	Alain Rochat	DF	MLS Team of the Week: 24
	Gershon Koffie	MF
	Joe Cannon	GK
26	Gershon Koffie	MF	MLS Team of the Week: 26

MLS All-Stars 2011

Position	Player	Note
FW	Eric Hassli	Inactive roster

Miscellany

Allocation ranking

Vancouver is in the No. 13 position in the MLS Allocation Ranking. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. Vancouver started 2011 ranked No. 1 on the allocation list and used its ranking to acquire Jay DeMerit. A ranking can be traded, provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club's ranking.^[42]

International roster spots

Vancouver has 10 international roster spots. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated 8 international roster spots, which can be traded. Vancouver acquired its first additional spot from Chivas USA on November 24, 2010 for use in the 2011 season only.^[43] On the same day Vancouver acquired a second additional spot from Colorado Rapids. Press reports did not indicate when, or if, this spot returns to Colorado.^[44] There is no limit on the number of international slots on each club's roster. The remaining roster slots must belong to domestic players. For clubs based in Canada, a domestic player is either a player with the legal right to work in Canada (i.e., Canadian citizen, permanent resident, part of a protected class) or a U.S. citizen, a permanent U.S. resident (green card holder) or the holder of other special U.S. status (e.g., refugee or asylum status).^[42]

Future draft pick trades

Future picks acquired: None, but Vancouver has acquired undisclosed future considerations from Toronto FC which may or may not include draft pick(s).

Future picks traded: None.

References