Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency

Whitecaps FC Residency

Full name	Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
Nickname(s)	Caps, Blue and White
Founded	2009
Owners	Greg Kerfoot Steve Luczo Jeff Mallett Steve Nash
League	USSDA
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

The Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency are the youth academy and development system of Canadian Major League Soccer club, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. The residency program currently consists of two tiers. Residency squads include U-18 and U-16 teams while pre-residency have U-15, U-14 and U-13 squads. Beginning in 2011–12 the U-18 and U-16 teams compete in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, the top tier of youth soccer in the United States.

For the first year they played their home games at locations across the Lower Mainland, including Swangard Stadium, Thunderbird Stadium and Simon Fraser University. On September 6, 2012, the Vancouver Whitecaps FC, in partnership with the government of British Columbia and the University of British Columbia announced plans to develop the National Soccer Development Centre located within UBC. The $32.5 million facility will feature a new state-of-the-art fieldhouse in addition to five soccer fields, three natural grass and two artificial turf. The Development Centre will be home for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC men, women's and residency teams, UBC soccer teams and Canadian men's and women's national teams. In addition, the facility will be used by various youth soccer programs from across the province of British Columbia.

The Whitecaps FC Residency is a full-time, fully funded, player development program. It is designed to develop a player’s on and off field potential through a philosophy integrating training, education, and accommodation, all conveniently situated in one place. U14 is the pre-academy group featuring players U13 to U15 separated in two squads; Senior and Junior teams for a total pool of 32-36 players. Players train in the evenings and attend their own schools. Exhibition matches are scheduled within the Pacific Northwest region against elite club teams, MLS Academies and other USSDA Pre-Academy teams.

Players graduate into the U16 and U18 program joining the USSDA. These teams feature 18 to 20 players per squad and travel throughout California, Oregon, and Washington. Given the training and playing demands, players train and attend a holistic development program at Burnaby Central Secondary School. Program graduates enter the first team development environment that includes training and competitive opportunities in both Reserve team and PDL games.

The Whitecaps FC web site has a residency/elite section with lots of information including youth coach video interviews. The residency also has a billet program for players from outside Vancouver. With the move from a Burnaby-based program to the University of BC at Point Grey, partnerships and billet may be changing in 2013. Also the United States Soccer Federation has announced a U14 USSDA program starting in the fall 2013 which may further change the Whitecaps FC Residency/Elite program.

Current technical staff

Honours

U-18s

• U.S. Soccer Development Academy
  • Runners-up (1): 2011–12

Current roster

U-18 squad

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. Squad correct as of February 24, 2014.^[1]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	Goalkeeper	Carducci, MarcoMarco Carducci	Canada
3	Defender	Azuma, NikeNike Azuma	Canada
5	Defender	Boucas, VaggeliVaggeli Boucas	Canada
6	Defender	De Graaf, EricEric De Graaf	Canada
8	Midfielder	Musse, AliAli Musse	Canada
10	Midfielder	Bustos, MarcoMarco Bustos	Canada
11	Defender	Haynes, JordanJordan Haynes	Canada
7	Forward	ElRifai, GamalGamal ElRifai	Egypt
15	Midfielder	Rendle, DrakeDrake Rendle	Canada
16	Defender	Bains, ManrajManraj Bains	Canada
17	Defender	Kang, JeevinJeevin Kang	Canada
18	Goalkeeper	Diaz, WilliamWilliam Diaz	Canada
19	Midfielder	Froese, KianzKianz Froese	Canada
20	Midfielder	Jones, KyleKyle Jones	Canada
21	Midfielder	Conte, DarioDario Conte	Canada
23	Goalkeeper	Saporito, FrancescoFrancesco Saporito	Canada
24	Midfielder	Markarian, VanaVana Markarian	Canada
39	Defender	Cuthbert, JoshuaJoshua Cuthbert	Canada
—	Defender	Bredin, QuinnQuinn Bredin	England

U-16 squad

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. Squad correct as of February 24, 2014.^[2]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
4	Defender	Baldisimo, MatthewMatthew Baldisimo	Canada
13	Midfielder	Norman, DavidDavid Norman	Canada
14	Forward	Campbell, TerranTerran Campbell	Canada
27	Midfielder	Sagno, DanielDaniel Sagno	Canada
28	Midfielder	Gardner, ThomasThomas Gardner	Canada
30	Goalkeeper	Aylward, AidanAidan Aylward	Canada
31	Defender	Poulter, FrazerFrazer Poulter	Canada
32	Defender	Chung, KadinKadin Chung	Canada
33	Midfielder	Baldisimo, MichaelMichael Baldisimo	Canada
34	Midfielder	Mukumbilwa, GeorgesGeorges Mukumbilwa	Canada
35	Defender	Kasper, JohnJohn Kasper	Canada
36	Forward	Morokhovich, ColeCole Morokhovich	Canada
37	Forward	Apostol, NicolasNicolas Apostol	Canada
38	Midfielder	Verhoeven, NoahNoah Verhoeven	Canada
40	Defender	Skinner, BrendanBrendan Skinner	Canada
42	Goalkeeper	Trasolini, LucianoLuciano Trasolini	Canada
43	Defender	Guerreiro, ChristopherChristopher Guerreiro	Canada
44	Midfielder	Graziano, NathanNathan Graziano	Canada
45	Midfielder	Saleh, MunirMunir Saleh	Canada
47	Midfielder	Hakkinen, JonasJonas Hakkinen	Canada
48	Defender	Smith, TerrellTerrell Smith	Canada
49	Midfielder	Amanda, GloireGloire Amanda	Canada
50	Goalkeeper	Elliott, DoryDory Elliott	Canada
52	Midfielder	Escobar, GabrielGabriel Escobar	Canada

Alumni

Below is sortable list of residency alumni who have played in more than 50 professional top-tier league games, or currently play for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC first team. Only league appearances and goals are included.

Name	Nationality[n 1]	Position	Year of birth	Career[n 2]	Appearances	Goals	Club[n 3]
Teibert, RussellRussell Teibert	Canada	Midfielder	1992	2011–	86	2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Clarke, CalebCaleb Clarke	Canada	Forward	1993	2012–	2	–	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Adekugbe, SamSam Adekugbe	Canada	Defender	1995	2013-	13	-	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Sampson, EthenEthen Sampson	South Africa	Defender	1993	2014-	1	-	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Carducci, MarcoMarco Carducci	Canada	Goalkeeper	1996	2014-	-	-	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Froese, KianzKianz Froese	Canada	Midfielder	1996	2014-	9	1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Bustos, MarcoMarco Bustos	Canada	Midfielder	1996	2015-	-	-	Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Notes

References

External links

• Official website