2008 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season
The 2008 Vancouver Whitecaps season was the club's 23rd year of existence (or 33rd if counting the NASL Whitecaps), as well as their 16th as a Division 2 club in the franchise model of US-based soccer leagues. With games against well supported MLS side Toronto FC in the Voyageurs Cup and local rival Seattle Sounders selling 22,000 season tickets for MLS in 2009, the Vancouver Whitecaps were marketed as one of the leading markets for a 2011 MLS expansion side. This included expanding the ownership to include Victoria, BC raised NBA star Steve Nash in July.[1] The Division 1 MLS speculation along with the higher profile that came with public negotiations with Vancouver City Council and the Port of Metro Vancouver to develop the Whitecaps Waterfront Stadium gave a boost to media coverage and game attendances. The privately financed stadium, first proposed in 2006, appeared to be reaching its final government land use approvals in 2008.[2][3]
| 2008 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Teitur Thordarson | ||
| USL-1 | 2nd | ||
| USL-1 Playoffs | Runners-Up | ||
| Voyageurs Cup | 3rd | ||
| Highest home attendance | 5,822 Oct 12 vs Puerto Rico Islanders | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 4,412 June 25 vs Montreal Impact | ||
| Average home league attendance | 4,999 | ||
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The 2008 season started in a strong fashion with two losses in their first ten games as new coach Teitur Thordarson maintained the defensive style of previous coach Bob Lilley to grind out results. The USL-1 league was a closely contested affair with eleven points separating 11th and third in the standings. However, the top two teams, the Whitecaps and Puerto Rico were a further ten points clear of third place. The Commissioner's Cup was a contest between the Whitecaps, who finished runner-up by one point, and the Puerto Rico Islanders. The Whitecaps almost squandered a 5-1 aggregate league by letting the Minnesota Thunder back into the second leg of the USL-1 play in round, but held on for a 5-4 aggregate win. In the semi-final series against Montreal Impact they ground out a first leg 1-0 loss after their goal keeper was ejected. The Whitecaps deservedly won the second leg 2-0 at home to go through 2-1 on aggregate to the final against Puerto Rico Islanders. The playoff final was a back and forth game in which the Whitecaps prevailed 2-1 in front of 5,822 at their long time home of Swangard Stadium.[4]
This was the first year of the official tournament for the Voyageurs Cup also known as the Canadian Championship as CONCACAF designated a Canadian spot in the new champions league structure of the CONCACAF Champions Cup. The Whitecaps finished third in the 2008 Voyaguers Cup with two losses to Montreal and a draw and a win over Division 1 MLS side Toronto FC.
Schedule and results
Tables
Commissioner's Cup, bye to semifinal round of playoffs
First round of playoffs
| Pos | Club | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | H2H Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 54 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 43 | 23 | +20 | |
| 2 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 53 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 28 | +6 | |
| 3 | Montreal Impact | 42 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 28 | +5 | |
| 4 | Rochester Rhinos | 41† | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 32 | +3 | |
| 5 | Charleston Battery | 40 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 34 | 36 | −2 | CHA: 4 pts SEA: 4 pts |
| 6 | Seattle Sounders | 40 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 37 | 36 | +1 | |
| 7 | Minnesota Thunder | 39 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 38 | +2 | |
| 8 | Carolina RailHawks | 37 | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 34 | 43 | −9 | |
| 9 | Miami FC | 34 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 34 | −6 | MIA: 7 pts ATL: 1 pt |
| 10 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 34 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 37 | 50 | −13 | |
| 11 | Portland Timbers | 31 | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 33 | −7 |
Tie-breaker order: 1. Head-to-head points; 2. Total wins; 3. Goal difference; 4. Goals for; 5. Lottery
† Rochester deducted 1 point for use of an ineligible player on August 10, 2008[5]
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| 30 | 53 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 18 | −1 |
Last updated: April 26, 2010
Source: uslsoccer.com
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference
Pre-season
Win Draw Loss
| March 9, 2008 | UVic Vikes | 0–0 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Victoria, British Columbia |
| 15:00 PST | Report | Stadium: Centennial Stadium, Attendance: 500 |
| March 20, 2008 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 4–0 | Portland Timbers | Seattle, WA |
Steve Kindel  Nicholas Addlery Own Goal Stefan Leslie |
Report | Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex |
| March 22, 2008 | Seattle Sounders FC | 1–2 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Seattle, WA |
| 19:00 PST | Roger Levesque 44' |
Report | Jason Jordan 15' Eduardo Sebrango 64' |
Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 752 |
| March 29, 2008 | Simon Fraser University | 0–3 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | New Westminster, BC |
| 10:00 PST | Report | Eduardo Sebrango 6' Nick Webb 19' Jason Jordan 85' |
Stadium: Mercer Stadium |
| April 2, 2008 | Trinity Western University | 0–3 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Langley, BC |
| 19:00 PST | Report | Alfredo Valente 38', 69' Eduardo Sebrango 50' |
Stadium: Spartans Sports Complex Attendance: 2,276 Referee: Phil Barrington |
USL-1
Results by round
| April 12, 2008 1 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1–0 | Montreal Impact | Burnaby, BC |
| 22:00 ET | Eduardo Sebrango 33' |
Report | Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 5,288 |
| April 26, 2008 2 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 0–1 | Minnesota Thunder | Burnaby, BC |
| 22:00 ET | report | Ricardo Sánchez 68' (pen.) |
Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 4,989 Referee: Fabrizio Romano |
| May 10, 2008 3 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1–0 | Rochester Rhinos | Burnaby, BC |
| 22:00 ET | Eduardo Sebrango 77' |
report | Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 4,762 Referee: Geoff Gamble |
| May 16, 2008 4 | Miami FC Blues | 0–1 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Miami |
| 17:30 ET | report | Eduardo Sebrango 18' |
Stadium: Tropical Park Stadium Attendance: 3,125 Referee: Shane Moody |
| May 19, 2008 5 | Montreal Impact | 0–0 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Montreal |
| 15:00 ET | report | Stadium: Stade Saputo Attendance: 13,034 Referee: Dave Gantar |
| May 23, 2008 6 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 0–2 | Seattle Sounders | Burnaby, BC |
| 23:00 ET | report | Josh Gardner 3' Sebastien Le Toux 7' |
Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 5,146 Referee: Justin Tasev |
| May 24, 2008 7 | Portland Timbers | 0–1 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Portland, Oregon |
| 22:00 ET | report | Chris Nurse 17' Johnny Menyongar 37' |
Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 8,688 Referee: Yader Reyes |
| May 28, 2008 8 | Charleston Battery | 0–2 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Charleston, South Carolina |
| 19:30 ET | report | Jason Jordan 64' Nicholas Addlery 75' |
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 2,763 Referee: Alan Schechtman |
| May 31, 2008 9 | Minnesota Thunder | 0–1 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Minneapolis |
| 20:05 ET | report | Jason Jordan 41' |
Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 2,369 Referee: Edwom Jureievic |
| June 7, 2008 10 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1–3 | Portland Timbers | Burnaby, BC |
| 22:00 ET | Scot Thompson 9' |
report | Eduardo Sebrango 54' Martin Nash 66'Alfredo Valente 90' |
Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 5,288 Referee: Jonathan Lavergne |
| June 13, 2008 11 | Rochester Rhinos | 3–0 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Rochester, New York |
| 20:00 ET | Mauricio Salles 32' (62) Johnny Menyongar 46' |
report | Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium Attendance: 7,471 Referee: Joe Caroccio |
| June 22, 2008 12 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1–1 | Miami FC Blues | Burnaby, BC |
| 22:00 ET | Juan Pablo Galavis 20' |
report | Chris Pozniak 51' |
Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 5,288 Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau |
| July 5, 2008 13 | Rochester Rhinos | 1–3 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Rochester, New York |
| 19:35 ET | Lyle Martin 7' Martin Nash 71'Charles Gbeke 79'Marcus Haber 81' |
report | Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium Attendance: 7,356 Referee: Fernando Iturriaga |
| July 13, 2008 14 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2–1 | Carolina RailHawks FC | Burnaby, BC |
| 22:00 ET | Eduardo Sebrango 75' |
report | Dan Antoniuk 74' |
Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 4,989 Referee: Mathieu Bourdea |
| July 23, 2008 15 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1–1 | Charleston Battery | Burnaby, BC |
| 22:00 ET | Charles Gbeke 81' |
report | Randi Patterson |
Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 5,038 Referee: Jonathan Lavergne |
| July 26, 2008 16 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1–0 | Carolina RailHawks FC | Burnaby, BC |
| 22:00 ET | Eduardo Sebrango 12' |
report | Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 4,991 Referee: Geoff Gamble |
| July 29, 2008 17 | Miami FC Blues | 1–2 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Miami |
| 19:30 ET | Alex Afonso 61' |
report | Eduardo Sebrango 57' Alfredo Valente 81' |
Stadium: Tropical Park Stadium Attendance: 958 Referee: Ben Chouaf |
| August 1, 2008 18 | Carolina RailHawks FC | 3–2 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Cary, North Carolina |
| 20:00 ET | Santiago Fusilier 18' Martin Nunez 83' |
report | Charles Gbeke 2' Omar Jarun 10'Eduardo Sebrango 35' |
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,856 Referee: Mark Kadlecik |
| August 3, 2008 19 | Charleston Battery | 2-0 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Charleston, South Carolina |
| 18:00 ET | Osvaldo Alonso 10', 61' (pen.) |
report | Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 3,769 |
| August 5, 2008 20 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 2–3 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Atlanta |
| 19:55 ET | Tony McManus 37' Macoumba Kandji 53'Jerson Monteiro 65' |
report | Luca Bellisomo 31' Admir Salihovic 79' |
Stadium: RE/MAX Greater Atlanta Stadium Attendance: 1,941 |
| August 10, 2008 21 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 3–2 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Burnaby, BC |
| 19:00 ET | Jeff Clarke 25' Eduardo Sebrango 72' (88) |
report | Ansu Toure 20' (39) |
Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 4,689 Referee: Carol Anne Chenard |
| August 17, 2008 22 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 0–0 | Carolina RailHawks FC | Burnaby, BC |
| 22:00 ET | report | Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 4,563 Referee: Geoff Gamble |
| August 20, 2008 23 | Seattle Sounders | 0–0 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Tukwila, Washington |
| 19:30 ET | report | Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 3,203 Referee: Ben Chouaf |
| August 22, 2008 24 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2–1 | Portland Timbers | Burnaby, BC |
| 23:00 ET | Nick Addlery 3' (43) |
report | Lawrence Olum 12' |
Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 4,761 Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau |
| August 27, 2008 25 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2–0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Burnaby, BC |
| 22:00 ET | Lyle Martin 35' Eduardo Sebrango 69' |
report | Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 4,621 Referee: Dave Gantar |
| August 31, 2008 26 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 1–1 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Bayamón, Puerto Rico |
| 18:00 ET | Kendall Jagdeosingh 67' |
report | Takashi Hirano 86' |
Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 3,227 Referee: Lee Suckle |
| September 5, 2008 27 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 1–0 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Bayamón, Puerto Rico |
| 20:00 ET | Noah Delgado 89' |
report | Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 5,255 Referee: Ben Chouaf |
| September 7, 2008 28 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 0–0 | Minnesota Thunder | Burnaby, BC |
| 22:00 ET | report | Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 5,288 Referee: Fabrizio Romano |
| September 13, 2008 29 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1–0 | Montreal Impact | Burnaby, BC |
| 22:00 ET | Charles Gbeke 45' |
report | Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 5,288 Referee: Dave Gantar |
| September 20, 2008 30 | Seattle Sounders | 2–3 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Tukwila, Washington |
| 22:00 ET | Sebastien Le Toux 10' Kevin Sakuda 69' |
report | Eduardo Sebrango 54' Justin Moose 57'Jeff Clarke 67' |
Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 4,401 Referee: Landis Wiley |
Post-season
| September 26, 2008 Play-In Round Leg 1 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2–0 | Minnesota Thunder | Burnaby, BC |
| 22:00 ET | Own goal 27' Justin Moose 89' |
report | Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 4,943 Referee: Carol Anne Chenard |
| September 28, 2008 Play-In Round Leg 2 | Minnesota Thunder | 4–3 (4–5 agg.) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Minneapolis |
| 18:05 ET | Luchi Gonzalez 23' Melvin Tarley 64'Stephen deRoux 78'Frederico Moojen 90' (pen.) |
report | Alfredo Valente 3' Martin Nash 44' Eduardo Sebrango 55' |
Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 3,811 |
| October 3, 2008 Semi-Final Leg 1 | Montreal Impact | 1–0 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Montreal |
| 20:00 ET | Antonio Ribeiro 61' |
report | Stadium: Stade Saputo Attendance: 12,002 Referee: Steve DePiero |
| October 5, 2008 Semi-Final Leg 2 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2- 0 (2- 1 agg.) | Montreal Impact | Burnaby, BC |
| 18:30 ET | Jeff Clarke 37' Eduardo Sebrango 41' |
report | Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 4,992 Referee: Dave Gantar |
| October 12, 2008 Final | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2–1 | Puerto Rico Islanders | Burnaby, BC |
| 19:00 ET | Charles Gbeke 55', 74' |
report | Sandy Gbandi 68' |
Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 5,822 Referee: Mark Kadlecik |
Canadian Championship standings
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Impact | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 |
| Toronto FC | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Vancouver Whitecaps | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 |
| Team qualified for Champions League qualifying round. |
Canadian Championship results
| June 17, 2008 1 | Montreal Impact | 2–0 | Vancouver Whitecaps | Saputo Stadium, Montreal |
| 19:30 EDT | Severino Jefferson 25' Joey Gjertsen 35' |
Report | Attendance: 10,054 Referee: Silviu Petrescu |
| June 25, 2008 2 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 0–2 | Montreal Impact | Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, British Columbia |
| 23:00 EDT | Report | Roberto Brown 30' David Testo 66' |
Attendance: 4,412 Referee: Domenic Scali |
| July 1, 2008 3 | Toronto FC | 0–1 | Vancouver Whitecaps | BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario |
| 16:00 EDT | Report | Martin Nash 36' (pen.) |
Attendance: 18,938 Referee: Steve Depiero |
| July 9, 2008 4 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 2–2 | Toronto FC | Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, British Columbia |
| 19:30 PDT | Eduardo Sebrango 43' 87' |
Report | Maurice Edu 61' Rohan Ricketts 76' |
Attendance: 5,228 Referee: Carol-Ann Chénard |
Cascadia Cup
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vancouver Whitecaps | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 |
| Seattle Sounders | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Portland Timbers | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -3 |
Friendlies
| May 13, 2008 1 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 2–1 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 19:00 ET | Nick Adderly 4' Eduardo Sebrango |
Report | Alan Gordon 43' |
Stadium: Commonwealth Stadium Attendance: 37,104 |
Current roster
After the 2007 season, the Whitecaps and coach Bob Lilley parted ways with the Whitecaps hiring Teitur Thordarson. Many local long time stalwart veteran players such as Jeff Clarke, Jason Jordan, Steve Kindel, Geordie Lyall, Martin Nash, and Alfredo Valente remained on the roster. Leading striker Eduardo Sebrango also was back for another year with the new coach.
The Whitecaps signed Jamaican striker Nicholas Addlery, US keeper Jay Nolly, Omar Jarun, Japanese international Takashi Hirano, and Bolivian youth international Vicente Arze.[6]
Staff
- Head coach – Teitur Thordarson
- Assistant coach – Todd Wawrousek
- Manager communications – Nathan Vanstone
- Director of professional teams – Greg Anderson
- Office manager – Lindsay Pucklik
- President – Bob Lenarduzzi
All stats as of the end of the season.[7]
Goalkeeper stats
| No. | Nat. | Player | Total | USL-1 | Playoffs | ||||||||||||
| MIN | SV | GA | GAA | SO | MIN | SV | GA | GAA | SO | MIN | SV | GA | GAA | SO | |||
| 1 |  |
Jay Nolly | 2070 | 81 | 24 | 1.043 | 9 | 2070 | 81 | 24 | 1.043 | 9 | 325 | 19 | 5 | 1.38 | 1 |
| 29 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} | Srdjan Djekanovic | 630 | 23 | 4' | 0.57 | 4 | 630 | 23 | 4 | 0.57 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | | Tyler Baldock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 125 | 6 | 1 | 0.72 | 1 |
Player statistics
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Shots | Fouls |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | GK | Tyler Baldock |
1(1) | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Jay Nolly |
27 | 2395 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Jeff Clarke |
20(1) | 1743 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Nick Webb |
0(4) | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Adrian Cann |
8 | 720 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF |  Wesley Charles |
15(1) | 1321 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Luca Bellisomo |
9(2) | 807 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Martin Nash |
33 | 2896 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 28 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Steve Kindel |
27(3) | 2445 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 37 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Alfredo Valente |
25(6) | 2046 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 26 | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | FW |  Nicholas Addlery |
16(12) | 1440 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 32 | 8 | 1 |
| 12 | FW |  Eduardo Sebrango |
31 | 2548 | 13 | 3 | 76 | 33 | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | Geordie Lyall |
5(1) | 312 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Mason Webb |
0(2) | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Tony Donatelli |
6(4) | 480 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF |  Omar Jarun |
21(4) | 1945 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 43 | 8 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | Randy Edwini-Bonsu |
0(4) | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Mason Trafford |
5(10) | 570 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Chris Pozniak |
6(1) | 570 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Ethan Gage |
2(6) | 445 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Charles Gbeke |
10(7) | 783 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 28 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Dever Orgill |
(1) | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF |  Navid Mashinchi |
(1) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF |  Takashi Hirano |
16(7) | 1762 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Vicente Arze |
8(18) | 1097 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 24 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Lyle Martin |
25(2) | 2283 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF |  Tyrell Burgess |
11(14) | 1047 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Justin Moose |
16(8) | 1564 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Jason Jordan |
5(20) | 897 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Stefan Leslie |
0(6) | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Diaz Kambere |
8(2) | 684 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | Srdjan Djekanovic |
7 | 630 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | GK |  Richard Goddard |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF |  Admir Salihovic |
1(3) | 88 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | Simon Thomas |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | – | Opponent Own goals | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
Updated February 28, 2014[8][9]
- Note this list includes only players that have dressed in the eighteen.
- Note brackets indicate substitute appearances.
- Note statistics are for league and playoffs (not preseason). Voyageurs Cup statistics appear to no longer be available.
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