2016 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season

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.

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
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Season overview

Competition	Starting round	Final position	Record
			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 (age 40)	Randers FC
24	Marco Carducci	CAN	GK	(1996-09-26) September 26, 1996 (age 28)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
70	Paolo Tornaghi	Italy	GK	(1988-06-21) June 21, 1988 (age 37)	Chicago Fire
Defenders
2	Jordan Harvey	United States	DF	(1984-01-28) January 28, 1984 (age 41)	Philadelphia Union
4	Kendall Waston	CRC	DF	(1988-01-01) January 1, 1988 (age 37)	Deportivo Saprissa
6	Jordan Smith	CRC	DF	(1991-04-23) April 23, 1991 (age 34)	Deportivo Saprissa
8	Fraser Aird	CAN	DF	(1995-02-02) February 2, 1995 (age 30)	Rangers
14	Cole Seiler	United States	DF	(1994-02-05) February 5, 1994 (age 31)	Georgetown Hoyas
18	David Edgar	CAN	DF	(1987-05-19) May 19, 1987 (age 38)	Birmingham City
22	Christian Dean	United States	DF	(1993-03-14) March 14, 1993 (age 32)	California Golden Bears
26	Tim Parker	United States	DF	(1993-02-23) February 23, 1993 (age 32)	St. John's Red Storm
33	Marcel de Jong	CAN	DF	(1986-10-15) October 15, 1986 (age 38)	Ottawa Fury
44	Pa Modou Kah	NOR	DF	(1980-07-30) July 30, 1980 (age 45)	Portland Timbers
46	Brett Levis	CAN	DF	(1993-05-29) May 29, 1993 (age 32)	Whitecaps FC 2
Midfielders
7	Christian Bolaños	CRC	MF	(1984-05-17) May 17, 1984 (age 41)	Deportivo Saprissa
11	Nicolás Mezquida	URU	MF	(1992-01-21) January 21, 1992 (age 33)	Fénix
13	Cristian Techera	URU	MF	(1992-05-31) May 31, 1992 (age 33)	River Plate Montevideo
15	Matias Laba	ARG	MF	(1991-12-11) December 11, 1991 (age 33)	Toronto FC
17	Andrew Jacobson	United States	MF	(1985-09-25) September 25, 1985 (age 39)	New York City FC
30	Ben McKendry	CAN	MF	(1993-03-25) March 25, 1993 (age 32)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
31	Russell Teibert	CAN	MF	(1992-12-22) December 22, 1992 (age 32)	Vancouver Whitecaps (USSF-D2)
32	Marco Bustos	CAN	MF	(1996-04-22) April 22, 1996 (age 29)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
38	Kianz Froese	CAN	MF	(1996-04-16) April 16, 1996 (age 29)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
67	Alphonso Davies	CAN	MF	(2000-11-02) November 2, 2000 (age 24)	Whitecaps FC 2
77	Pedro Morales	CHI	MF	(1985-05-25) May 25, 1985 (age 40)	Málaga CF
Forwards
9	Masato Kudo	JPN	FW	(1990-05-06) May 6, 1990 (age 35)	Kashiwa Reysol
19	Erik Hurtado	United States	FW	(1990-05-11) May 11, 1990 (age 35)	Santa Clara
23	Kekuta Manneh	GAM	FW	(1994-12-30) December 30, 1994 (age 30)	Austin Aztex
27	Blas Pérez	PAN	FW	(1981-03-13) March 13, 1981 (age 44)	FC Dallas
28	Giles Barnes	JAM	FW	(1988-08-05) August 5, 1988 (age 37)	Houston Dynamo

• See also: List of Vancouver Whitecaps FC players

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

Seattle Sounders FC v Whitecaps FC

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

New England Revolution v Whitecaps FC

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

Houston Dynamo v Whitecaps FC

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

Chicago Fire v Whitecaps FC

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

Portland Timbers v Whitecaps FC

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

Whitecaps FC v Minnesota United FC

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

Regular season

League tables

Western Conference

Pos	Team v t e	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 v t e	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: ^{[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	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

Whitecaps FC v Montreal Impact

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

Sporting Kansas City v Whitecaps FC

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

Seattle Sounders FC v Whitecaps FC

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

Whitecaps FC v Houston Dynamo

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

Whitecaps FC v LA Galaxy

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

D.C. United v Whitecaps FC

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

Real Salt Lake v Whitecaps FC

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

Whitecaps FC v FC Dallas

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

Whitecaps FC v Sporting Kansas City

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

New York City FC v Whitecaps FC

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

Whitecaps FC v Portland Timbers

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

Whitecaps FC v Chicago Fire

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

Toronto FC v Whitecaps FC

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

Portland Timbers v Whitecaps FC

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

Whitecaps FC v Houston Dynamo

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

Whitecaps FC v New England Revolution

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

Philadelphia Union v Whitecaps FC

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

LA Galaxy v Whitecaps FC

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

Whitecaps FC v Colorado Rapids

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

Whitecaps FC v Real Salt Lake

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

Whitecaps FC v Orlando City SC

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

Houston Dynamo v Whitecaps FC

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

FC Dallas v Whitecaps FC

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

Colorado Rapids v Whitecaps FC

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

Whitecaps FC v San Jose Earthquakes

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

Sporting Kansas City v Whitecaps FC

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

LA Galaxy v Whitecaps FC

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

Whitecaps FC v New York Red Bulls

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

Columbus Crew SC v Whitecaps FC

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

Seattle Sounders FC v Whitecaps FC

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

Whitecaps FC v Colorado Rapids

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

Whitecaps FC v Seattle Sounders FC

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

San Jose Earthquakes v Whitecaps FC

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

Whitecaps FC v Portland Timbers

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

Main article: 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League group stage § Group C

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

Central v Whitecaps FC

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)

Whitecaps FC v Sporting Kansas City

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)

Sporting Kansas City v Whitecaps FC

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)

Whitecaps FC v Central

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

Main article: 2017 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season § CONCACAF Champions League

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

Main article: 2016 Canadian Championship

Ottawa Fury FC v Whitecaps FC

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

Whitecaps FC v Ottawa Fury FC

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

Toronto FC v Whitecaps FC

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

Whitecaps FC v Toronto FC

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

Whitecaps FC v Crystal Palace

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

Main article: Cascadia Cup

Cascadia Cup standings

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	6	3	3	0	11	10	+1	9
Portland Timbers	6	3	3	0	14	14	0	9
Seattle Sounders FC (M)	6	3	3	0	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
				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 00(for squad numbers) 00(for actual stats.)

*No longer with team

See also

• 2016 Whitecaps FC 2 season