Whitecaps FC 2

Not to be confused with the League1 British Columbia club, Whitecaps FC Academy.

Whitecaps FC 2 is a professional soccer team based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada that serves as the reserve team of the Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer.

Whitecaps FC 2

Nickname(s)	WFC2
Founded	November 21, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-11-21) December 6, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-12-06) (refounded)
Stadium	Swangard Stadium Burnaby, British Columbia
Capacity	5,288[1]
Owners	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Head coach	Ricardo Clark
League	MLS Next Pro
2023	11th, Western Conference Playoffs: Did not qualify
Website	www.whitecapsfc.com/wfc2/
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

Prior to the MLS Next Pro iteration the team played its home games at UBC's Thunderbird Stadium and competed in the United Soccer League.^[2]

On November 17, 2017, the Whitecaps announced they were disbanding WFC2 and entering an affiliation agreement with USL expansion team Fresno FC.^[3]

On December 6, 2021, the Vancouver Whitecaps FC were named as one of 21 clubs that would field a team in the new MLS Next Pro league beginning in the 2022 season.^[4][5] The team moved to Swangard Stadium and would continue to play under the Whitecaps FC 2 name, with a rebrand scheduled for 2023.^[6] They retained the name and logo for the 2023 season.^[7]

Players and staff

Roster

As of March 8, 2025^[8]

No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
12	DF	SYR	Belal Halbouni ([A])
27	DF	AUS	Giuseppe Bovalina ([A])
30	GK	USA	Adrian Zendejas ([A])
32	GK	CAN	Isaac Boehmer ([A])
41	MF	USA	Nikola Djordjevic
43	MF	CAN	Antoine Coupland
44	MF	USA	Jackson Castro
46	DF	CAN	Deylen Vellios
47	MF	USA	Danny Flores
48	DF	MEX	Adrián Pelayo
51	DF	GAM	Dembo Saidykhan
53	DF	USA	Mark O'Neill
54	DF	USA	Daniel Russo
55	FW	TAN	Cyprian Kachwele
56	DF	CAN	Maksim Kalina ([B])
59	MF	CAN	Jeevan Badwal ([A])
60	GK	CAN	Alexander Milosevic ([B])
61	FW	CAN	Kyler Vojvodic ([B])
62	DF	CAN	Luca Chen ([B])
63	FW	CAN	Johnny Selemani
64	FW	CAN	Mateo Clark ([B])
65	DF	CAN	Francesco Troisi ([B])
66	DF	CAN	Sahil Deo ([B])
68	MF	CAN	Yuma Tsuji ([B])
70	GK	CAN	Trystan Reid ([B])
71	MF	CAN	Carson Rassak ([B])
72	DF	CAN	Ben Nash ([B])
73	FW	CAN	Ryder Sewell ([B])
74	DF	CAN	Charlie Rogers ([B])
75	MF	CAN	Rayan Elloumi
76	FW	CAN	Riley Ferraro ([B])
80	GK	CAN	Isaac Francoeur ([B])
83	DF	NZL	Finn Linder
93	MF	CAN	Antoine Nehme ([B])
97	MF	CAN	Liam MacKenzie
99	GK	CAN	Sam Rogers ([B])
—	MF	USA	Carter Derksen

1. ^
   Signed to first team contract with the Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
2. ^
   Vancouver Whitecaps FC academy player.

Out on loan

No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
—	DF	MDA	Mihail Gherasimencov (at Cavalry FC)

Head coaches

• Includes regular season and playoffs

Coach	Nationality	Start	End	Games	Win	Loss	Draw	Win %
Alan Koch[9]	South Africa	January 30, 2015	December 14, 2016	61	22	24	15	036.07
Rich Fagan[10]	Scotland	February 20, 2017	November 17, 2017	32	5	18	9	015.63
Nick Dasovic[11]	Canada	March 26, 2022	February 9, 2023	24	7	9	8	029.17
Ricardo Clark[12]	United States	February 9, 2023	present	0	0	0	0	!—

Club captains

Years	Name	Nation
2015	Tyler Rosenlund[13]	Canada
2016	Kyle Greig[14]	United States
2022	Simon Becher Issac Boehmer	United States  Canada
2023	Giovanni Aguilar	United States

Notable former players

Players who made at least 1 senior international appearance before or after joining Whitecaps FC 2.

• Sam Adekugbe
• Ali Ahmed (soccer)
• Theo Bair
• Myer Bevan
• Marco Bustos
• Lucas Cavallini
• Caleb Clarke
• Alphonso Davies
• Francis de Vries
• Robert Earnshaw
• David Edgar
• Jackson Farmer
• Deybi Flores
• Kianz Froese
• Daniel Haber
• Belal Halbouni
• Cyprian Kachwele
• Pa-Modou Kah
• Andre Lewis
• Ben McKendry
• Sean Melvin
• Tim Parker
• Pedro Vite
• Deklan Wynne
• Dominick Zator

Year-by-year

As of September 24, 2023

Year	Division	League	Record (W–D–L)	Position	Playoffs	Avg. attendance
2015	3	United Soccer League	8–6–14	11th (Western)	Did not qualify	1,682
2016			12–9–9	6th (Western)	Conference Finals	1,779
2017	2		5–9–18	14th (Western)	Did not qualify	869
2018–2021	WFC2 disbanded
2022	3	MLS Next Pro	7–8[a]–9	7th (Western)	Did not qualify	N/A
2023		MLS Next Pro	8–7[b]–13	11th (Western)	Did not qualify	N/A

1. 2022: 3 shootout wins, 5 shootout losses.
2. 2023: 3 shootout wins, 4 shootout losses.