Vancouver Whitecaps Residency

Football club infobox
clubname = Vancouver Whitecaps Residency


fullname = Vancouver Whitecaps Residency
nickname = The Caps
founded = 2005
ground = Terry Fox Field
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chairman = flagicon|Canada David Markley
manager = flagicon|Germany Thomas Niendorf
league = USL Premier Development League
season = 2008
position = 2nd, Northwest Division
Playoff National Semifinals

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Vancouver Whitecaps Residency, formerly known as Whitecaps FC Reserves, are a Canadian soccer team, founded in 2005 as part of the development system for the Vancouver Whitecaps USL First Division club. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues' Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and plays in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference against teams from Abbotsford, Ogden, Provo, Salem, Spokane, Tacoma and Yakima.

They play their home matches at Terry Fox Field on the campus of Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, 7 miles east of downtown Vancouver. The team's colours are blue and white.

2008 Roster

Year-by-year

Honors

* USL PDL Western Conference Champions 2008
* PCSL Champions 2006
* PCSL Northwest Division Champions 2005

Competition History

Vancouver Whitecaps Residency began their competitive life as Whitecaps FC Reserves in the Pacific Coast Soccer League in 2005, and were immediately competitive. As the official development team of the Vancouver Whitecaps USL First Division club, they had the pick of the local youth soccer talent, and this translated to results on the field. They won the North Division title in their freshman season with a 10-2-4 record, finisging three points clear of second place Hibernian & Caledonian. However, they lost the championship title match against Victoria United, and had to be content with second place. Andrew Corrazza was Whitecaps' top scorer, tallying 15 goals for the season.

The PCSL reverted to a single-table format in 2006, but the change in structure did not distract the Whitecaps, who took their first league championship title with a 11-2-1 record, finishing four points clear of FK Pacific in second place and Vancouver Thunderbirds in third.

The team spent the 2007 season in hiatus, preparing for their PDL debut in 2008. In joining the PDL in 2008, the Whitecaps become the first team to make the PCSL-PDL jump.

Notable former players

* Brandon Bonifacio
* Michael D'Agostino
* Diaz Kambere

Coaches

* Thomas Niendorf 2008-date

tadia

* Percy Perry Stadium, Coquitlam, British Columbia 2006
* Terry Fox Field, Burnaby, British Columbia 2008-date

Average Attendance

*2008: 96

External links

* [http://www.whitecapsfc.com/ Vancouver Whitecaps]

ee also

* Reserve team football
* Vancouver Whitecaps