The 2017 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season was the club's seventh season in Major League Soccer, the top division of soccer in the United States and Canada. Including previous iterations of the franchise, it was the 40th season of professional soccer being played in Vancouver under a variation of the "Whitecaps" name.
Outside of MLS, the Whitecaps played in the knockout rounds of the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League, where they faced fellow MLS team the New York Red Bulls in the quarterfinals. Additionally, the team played in the 2017 Canadian Championship.
Current roster
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Previous club Goalkeepers 1 David Ousted GK Randers FC 18 Spencer Richey GK Whitecaps FC 2 24 Stefan Marinovic GK SpVgg Unterhaching Defenders 2 Jordan Harvey DF Philadelphia Union 3 Sam Adekugbe (on loan at IFK Göteborg) DF Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 4 Kendall Waston DF Deportivo Saprissa 6 David Edgar DF Birmingham City 14 Cole Seiler DF Georgetown Hoyas 22 Aaron Maund DF Real Salt Lake 25 Sheanon Williams DF Houston Dynamo 26 Tim Parker DF St. John's Red Storm 28 Jake Nerwinski DF Connecticut Huskies 46 Brett Levis DF Whitecaps FC 2 Midfielders7 Christian Bolaños MF Deportivo Saprissa8 Andrew Jacobson MF New York City FC 11 Nicolás Mezquida MF Fénix 13 Cristian Techera MF River Plate Montevideo 15 Matías Laba MF Toronto FC 16 Tony Tchani MF Columbus Crew SC 17 Marcel de Jong DF Ottawa Fury 20 Brek Shea MF Orlando City SC 27 Deybi Flores (on loan at C.D. Motagua) MF C.D. Motagua29 Yordy Reyna MF Red Bull Salzburg 30 Ben McKendry (on loan at FC Edmonton) MF Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency 31 Russell Teibert MF Vancouver Whitecaps (USSF-D2) 32 Marco Bustos MF Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency 50 Nosa Igiebor MF Çaykur Rizespor66 Ali Ghazal MF Guizhou Zhicheng 67 Alphonso DaviesMF Whitecaps FC 2 77 Mauro Rosales MF FC Dallas Forwards 12 Fredy Montero FW Tianjin TEDA 19 Erik Hurtado FW Santa Clara 23 Bernie Ibini-Isei FW Club Brugge47 Kyle Greig (on loan at FC Cincinnati) FW Whitecaps FC 2
Transfers
In No.Pos.PlayerTransferred fromFee/notesDateRef. 27 MF Deybi Flores C.D. Motagua Loan Return December 8, 2017 25 DF Sheanon Williams Houston Dynamo Traded in exchange for general allocation money December 13, 2016 39 GK Spencer Richey Whitecaps FC 2 Free December 19, 2016 47 FW Kyle Greig 29 MF Yordy Reyna Red Bull Salzburg Undisclosed January 23, 2017 28 DF Jake Nerwinski Connecticut Huskies 2017 MLS SuperDraft February 9, 2017 12 FW Fredy Montero Tianjin TEDA One Year Loan/Designated Player February 15, 2017 20 MF Brek Shea Orlando City SC Trade in exchange for Giles Barnes February 25, 2017 77 MF Mauro Rosales FC Dallas Free February 27, 2017 16 MF Tony Tchani Columbus Crew SC Traded with allocation money in exchange for Kekuta Manneh March 30, 2017 23 FW Bernie Ibini-Isei Club Brugge Undisclosed May 9, 2017 3 DF Sam Adekugbe Brighton and Hove Albion Loan Return July 10, 2017 24 GK Stefan Marinovic SpVgg Unterhaching Free July 21, 2017 22 DF Aaron Maund Real Salt Lake Traded in exchange for a 2018 third round pick August 9, 2017 66 MF Ali Ghazal Guizhou Zhicheng Free August 10, 2017 50 MF Nosa Igiebor Çaykur Rizespor Free September 8, 2017
Out Pos.PlayerTransferred toFee/notesDateRef.MF Pedro Morales Option Declined December 7, 2016 DF Fraser Aird Rangers Option Declined/Loan Return December 8, 2016 GK Marco Carducci Option DeclinedDF Jordan Smith Deportivo Saprissa Option Declined/Loan ReturnFW Blas Pérez Out of ContractFW Masato Kudo Sanfrecce Hiroshima Mutual Contract Termination December 30, 2016 MF Kianz Froese Fortuna Düsseldorf Undisclosed February 1, 2017 FW Giles Barnes Orlando City SC Traded in exchange for Brek Shea February 25, 2017 FW Kekuta Manneh Columbus Crew SC Traded in exchange for Tony Tchani and allocation money March 30, 2017 MF Deybi Flores C.D. Motagua Loan June 26, 2017 FW Kyle Greig FC Cincinnati Loan July 11, 2017 GK Paolo Tornaghi Mutual Contract Termination July 18, 2017 DF Sam Adekugbe IFK Göteborg Loan July 25, 2017 MF Ben McKendry FC Edmonton Loan July 26, 2017 DF Christian Dean Chicago Fire Traded in exchange for allocation money August 9, 2017
Major League Soccer
Preseason
Simple Invitational
Team1 Portland Timbers310276+152 Real Salt Lake300377033 Minnesota United FC300366034 Vancouver Whitecaps FC301234-12
Regular season
League tables
Western Conference
Overall
Results
Playoffs
Knockout Round
Conference Semifinals
CONCACAF Champions League Group stage
Knockout stage
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Canadian Championship
Playing statistics
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.PlayerPos.MLSCanadian ChampionshipChampions LeagueTotalAppsAppsAppsApps1 GK 28 2 1 4 32 2 12 DF29 1 3 4 33 1 3 4 DF 28 58 4 1 32 59 6 DF 7 MF23 1 2 25 18 MF22 2 2 3 25 2 2 11 MF22 4 1 2 1 1 25 5 1 12 FW36 14 7 3 1 39 15 7 13 MF32 7 2 1 3 1 36 7 2 1 14 DF 2 2 15 MF19 2 6 1 4 2 23 2 8 116 MF 29 4 6 2 1 30 4 6 217 MF 16 1 2 2 1 20 218 GK 1 2 1 3 1 19 FW15 3 1 1 16 3 1 20 MF 28 4 3 1 2 3 1 1 33 5 4 1 22 DF 2 1 2 1 23 FW17 1 17 1 24 GK 8 8 25 DF 15 3 3 1 18 4 26 DF35 1 4 1 4 1 40 1 5 28 DF22 2 2 2 26 2 29 MF22 6 3 22 6 3 31 MF12 1 2 2 1 16 2 32 MF 2 2 46 DF 50 MF 3 3 2 2 66 MF 10 1 10 1 67 MF27 1 2 2 4 1 1 33 3 2 77 MF5 2 7 3 DF 27 MF 30 MF 1 2 3 47 FW 1 2 1 2 5 1 -- DF 1 1 -- DF 1 1 -- FW 1 1 -- DF 3 1 3 1 -- MF 3 2 1 5 1 -- GK1 1 Own goals 1 0 01Totals5360641 0 4 10 1 61 71 7
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