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Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Chairman	Jeff Mallett
Head coach	Jesper Sørensen
Stadium	BC Place (Vancouver, BC)
Major League Soccer	Conference: Overall:
MLS Cup playoffs	TBD
Canadian Championship	TBD
CONCACAF Champions Cup	TBD
Top goalscorer	League: All:
Highest home attendance	League/All:
Lowest home attendance	League/All:
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The 2025 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season will be the club's fourteenth season in Major League Soccer, the top division of soccer in the United States and Canada. Including previous iterations of the franchise, this will be the 48th season of professional soccer being played in Vancouver under a variation of the "Whitecaps" name.

Having won the 2024 Canadian Championship, the Whitecaps will participate in the CONCACAF Champions Cup for a third consecutive season and fifth time overall. The Whitecaps will also participate in the 2025 Canadian Championship looking to win their fourth domestic cup championship in a row. On January 28, MLS announced that all teams will participate in at least one but no more than two Cup competitions. Due to their participation in the Canadian Championship and CONCACAF Champions Cup, the Whitecaps will not participate in the 2025 Leagues Cup.

On November 25, 2024, the Whitecaps parted ways with head coach Vanni Sartini. On January 14, 2025, the Whitecaps announced that they had hired Jesper Sørensen as their new head coach.

Current roster

As of January 12, 2025

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Yohei Takaoka		GK	(1996-03-16) March 16, 1996 (age 28)	Yokohama F. Marinos
32	Isaac Boehmer		GK	(2001-11-20) November 20, 2001 (age 23)	Vancouver Whitecaps Development Squad
50	Max Anchor		GK	(2004-07-21) July 21, 2004 (age 20)	Whitecaps FC 2
Defenders
2	Mathías Laborda		DF	(1999-09-15) September 15, 1999 (age 25)	Nacional
3	Sam Adekugbe		DF	(1995-01-16) January 16, 1995 (age 30)	Hatayspor
4	Ranko Veselinović		DF	(1999-03-24) March 24, 1999 (age 25)	Vojvodina
6	Tristan Blackmon		DF	(1996-08-12) August 12, 1996 (age 28)	Charlotte FC
12	Belal Halbouni		DF	(1999-12-29) December 29, 1999 (age 25)	FC Magdeburg
15	Bjørn Inge Utvik		DF	(1996-02-28) February 28, 1996 (age 28)	Sarpsborg
18	Édier Ocampo		DF	(2003-10-03) October 3, 2003 (age 21)	Atlético Nacional
27	Giuseppe Bovalina		DF	(2004-11-11) November 11, 2004 (age 20)	Adelaide United
28	Tate Johnson		DF	(2005-07-10) July 10, 2005 (age 19)	North Carolina Tar Heels
Midfielders
13	Ralph Priso		MF	(2002-08-02) August 2, 2002 (age 22)	Colorado Rapids
16	Sebastian Berhalter		MF	(2001-05-10) May 10, 2001 (age 23)	Columbus Crew
17	Stuart Armstrong		MF	(1992-03-30) March 30, 1992 (age 32)	Southampton
20	Andrés Cubas		MF	(1996-05-22) May 22, 1996 (age 28)	Nîmes
22	Ali Ahmed		MF	(2000-10-10) October 10, 2000 (age 24)	Whitecaps FC 2
25	Ryan Gauld		MF	(1995-12-16) December 16, 1995 (age 29)	Farense
26	J.C. Ngando		MF	(1999-11-20) November 20, 1999 (age 25)	UNC Greensboro Spartans
45	Pedro Vite		MF	(2002-03-09) March 9, 2002 (age 22)	Independiente del Valle
59	Jeevan Badwal		MF	(2006-03-11) March 11, 2006 (age 18)	Whitecaps FC 2
Forwards
	Jayden Nelson		FW	(2002-09-26) September 26, 2002 (age 22)	Rosenborg
19	Damir Kreilach		FW	(1989-04-16) April 16, 1989 (age 35)	Real Salt Lake
24	Brian White		FW	(1996-02-03) February 3, 1996 (age 28)	New York Red Bulls
52	Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau		FW	(2002-05-21) May 21, 2002 (age 22)	Whitecaps FC 2
Out on Loan

Transfers

In

Transferred in

#	Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
28	DF	Tate Johnson	North Carolina Tar Heels	2025 MLS SuperDraft/Generation Adidas	December 20, 2024
	FW	Jayden Nelson	Rosenborg	Undisclosed	January 24, 2025

Loans in

Out

Transferred out

#	Position	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
7	DF	Ryan Raposo		Out of contract	November 27, 2024
8	MF	Alessandro Schöpf		Option declined
11	FW	Fafà Picault	Inter Miami CF
17	GK	Joe Bendik	Retired
28	FW	Levonte Johnson	Colorado Springs Switchbacks
23	FW	Déiber Caicedo	Atlético Junior	Undisclosed	January 12, 2025

Loans out

MLS SuperDraft picks

Round	No.	Pos.	Player	College/Club team	Transaction	Source
1 (15)		DF	Tate Johnson	North Carolina	Signed to a Generation Adidas contract
2 (45)		DF	Nikola Djordjevic	Southern Methodist

Preseason and Friendlies

Whitecaps FC confirmed their preseason schedule on January 15, 2025.

January 24	Whitecaps FC	2–3	Raków Częstochowa	Marbella, Spain
05:00 (PST)	Veselinović 12' Blackmon 42'	Report	Amorim 30' Ivi 54' Brunes 75'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center

January 29	Whitecaps FC	1–1	St Patrick's Athletic	Marbella, Spain
05:00 (PST)	Johnson  45+1' Kreilach 90+2' (pen.)		Keena 8'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center

February 2	Whitecaps FC	v	LNZ Cherkasy	Marbella, Spain
05:00 (PST)				Stadium: Marbella Football Center

February 6	Whitecaps FC	v	Brommapojkarna	Marbella, Spain
06:00 (PST)				Stadium: Marbella Football Center

Competition overview

Last updated: December 12, 2024
Source: Competitions

Major League Soccer

Regular season

League tables

Results

Last updated: November 27, 2024
Source:
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Matches

Canadian Championship

Quarterfinals

CONCACAF Champions Cup

Round one

February 20 First leg	Saprissa	–	Whitecaps FC	San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica
5:00 PM				Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá

February 27 Second leg	Whitecaps FC	–	Saprissa	Vancouver, British Columbia
7:00 PM				Stadium: BC Place

Leagues Cup

While Vancouver Whitecaps FC qualified for the 2025 Leagues Cup as one of the top 9 teams in the Western Conference for the 2024 season, they were already capped on their two continental competitions they could participate in (2025 Canadian Championship and 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup) and instead gave their spot to expansion team San Diego FC.

Cascadia Cup

Last updated: November 27, 2024
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

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of January 24, 2025

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS		Canadian Championship		Champions Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	JPN	Yohei Takaoka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK	CAN	Isaac Boehmer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	GK	CAN	Max Anchor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	URU	Mathías Laborda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	CAN	Sam Adekugbe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	SRB	Ranko Veselinović	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	USA	Tristan Blackmon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	SYR	Belal Halbouni	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	NOR	Bjørn Inge Utvik	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	COL	Édier Ocampo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	AUS	Giuseppe Bovalina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	USA	Tate Johnson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
13	MF	CAN	Ralph Priso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	USA	Sebastian Berhalter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	SCO	Stuart Armstrong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	PAR	Andrés Cubas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	CAN	Ali Ahmed	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	SCO	Ryan Gauld	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	CMR	J.C. Ngando	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	MF	ECU	Pedro Vite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
59	MF	CAN	Jeevan Badwal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
	FW	CAN	Jayden Nelson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	CRO	Damir Kreilach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW	USA	Brian White	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
52	FW	CAN	Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season

Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

As of November 27, 2024

Clean sheets

As of November 27, 2024

Disciplinary record

As of November 27, 2024

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	MLS			Canadian Championship			Champions Cup			Total
1	GK		Yohei Takaoka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Mathías Laborda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Sam Adekugbe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Ranko Veselinović	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Tristan Blackmon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF		Belal Halbouni	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF		Ralph Priso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Bjørn Inge Utvik	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Sebastian Berhalter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Stuart Armstrong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF		Édier Ocampo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Damir Kreilach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF		Andrés Cubas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Ali Ahmed	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW		Brian White	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF		Ryan Gauld	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF		J.C. Ngando	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF		Giuseppe Bovalina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF		Tate Johnson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK		Isaac Boehmer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	MF		Pedro Vite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	GK		Max Anchor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
52	FW		Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
59	MF		Jeevan Badwal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Jayden Nelson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

1. "MLS announces qualification criteria for official North American cup competitions". Major League Soccer. January 28, 2025. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
2. "Grazie Mille Vanni Sartini". Vancouver Whitecaps. November 25, 2024. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
3. "Whitecaps FC appoint Jesper Sørensen as new head coach". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. January 14, 2025. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
4. "Players + Vancouver Whitecaps FC". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
5. ^ "Whitecaps FC select Tate Johnson and Nikola Djordjevic in 2025 MLS SuperDraft". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. December 20, 2024. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
6. "Whitecaps FC acquire Canadian forward Jayden Nelson from Norwegian side Rosenborg". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. January 24, 2025. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
7. "Whitecaps FC announce 2025 roster updates". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. November 27, 2024. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
8. "Whitecaps FC transfer forward Déiber Caicedo to Colombian side Junior FC". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. January 12, 2025. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
9. "Whitecaps FC set to play four friendlies, confirm roster for Marbella preseason camp". WhitecapsFC.com. Vancouver Whitecaps. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
10. "Vancouver Whitecaps Schedule". Retrieved February 2, 2024.

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