Pacific FC
2020 season
ChairmanDean Shillington
Head coachPa-Modou Kah
StadiumWesthills Stadium
Canadian Premier League4th
Canadian ChampionshipDid not qualify
Top goalscorerMarco Bustos
(5 goals)
← 2019
2021 →

The 2020 Pacific FC season was the second in the club's history, as well as second in the Canadian Premier League. In 2019, Pacific finished 5th overall, failing to qualify for the CPL Finals.

On March 20, 2020, the league announced a postponement of the start of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Current squad

As of August 14, 2020.

No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Previous club
Goalkeepers
1 Nolan Wirth Canada GK (1995-01-24)January 24, 1995 (aged 25) Canada Victoria Highlanders
13 Callum Irving Canada GK (1993-03-16)March 16, 1993 (aged 27) Canada Ottawa Fury
Emil Gazdov Canada GK (2003-09-11)September 11, 2003 (aged 17) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps
Defenders
2 Kadin Chung Canada RB (1998-09-05)September 5, 1998 (aged 22) Germany Kaiserslautern II
3 Jordan Haynes Canada LB / LW (1996-01-17)January 17, 1996 (aged 24) Canada Vancouver TSS Rovers
5 Abdou Samake Mali CB (1996-10-07)October 7, 1996 (aged 24) United States University of Michigan
6 Lukas MacNaughton United States CB (1995-03-08)March 8, 1995 (aged 25) Canada Alliance United
17 Marcel de Jong Canada LB (1986-10-15)October 15, 1986 (aged 34) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps
26 Thomas Meilleur-Giguère Canada CB (1997-11-13)November 13, 1997 (aged 23) Canada Montreal Impact
Midfielders
7 Víctor Blasco Spain MF (1994-07-01)July 1, 1994 (aged 26) Canada VIU Mariners
8 Matthew Baldisimo Canada DM / CM (1998-01-20)January 20, 1998 (aged 22) United States Fresno FC
10 Marco Bustos Canada AM (1996-04-22)April 22, 1996 (aged 24) Canada Valour FC
11 Josh Heard Wales AM (1994-11-29)November 29, 1994 (aged 26) United States Real Monarchs
16 Zach Verhoven Canada RW / LW (1998-08-17)August 17, 1998 (aged 22) Canada UBC Thunderbirds
19 Noah Verhoeven Canada CM (1999-06-15)June 15, 1999 (aged 21) United States Fresno FC
20 Sean Young Canada CM (2001-04-20)April 20, 2001 (aged 19) Canada Victoria Highlanders
21 Alessandro Hojabrpour Canada AM (2000-01-10)January 10, 2000 (aged 20) Bulgaria Lokomotiv Plovdiv
22 Jamar Dixon Canada CM (1989-06-05)June 5, 1989 (aged 31) Canada Ottawa Fury
Forwards
9 Alejandro Díaz Mexico FW (1996-01-27)January 27, 1996 (aged 24) Mexico Club América
14 Terran Campbell Canada LW / ST (1998-10-10)October 10, 1998 (aged 22) United States Fresno FC

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/notes Date Source
26 DF Canada Thomas Meilleur-Giguère Canada Montreal Impact Free transfer January 21, 2020 [2]
22 MF Canada Jamar Dixon Canada Ottawa Fury Free transfer January 21, 2020 [2]
10 MF Canada Marco Bustos Canada Valour FC Free transfer January 30, 2020 [3]
9 FW Mexico Alejandro Díaz Mexico Club América Free transfer February 6, 2020 [4]
13 GK Canada Callum Irving Canada Ottawa Fury Free transfer February 19, 2020 [5]
5 DF Mali Abdou Samake United States University of Michigan Free transfer February 21, 2020 [6]
GK Canada Emil Gazdov Canada Vancouver Whitecaps Free transfer June 30, 2020 [7]
3 DF Canada Jordan Haynes Canada Vancouver TSS Rovers Free transfer July 15, 2020 [8]
20 MF Canada Sean Young Canada Victoria Highlanders Free transfer July 23, 2020 [9]
11 MF Wales Josh Heard United States Real Monarchs Free transfer July 31, 2020 [10]

Draft picks

Pacific FC selected the following players in the 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft on November 11, 2019.[11] Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.

Round Selection Pos. Player Nationality University
1 3 DF Jan Pirretas Glasmacher  Spain TRU WolfPack
2 12 MF Thomas Gardner  Canada UBC Thunderbirds

Out

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee/notes Date Source
26 GK Canada Mark Village Retired Contract expired November 4, 2019 [12]
5 DF Germany Hendrik Starostzik Denmark Næstved BK Contract expired November 4, 2019 [12]
3 DF Northern Ireland Ryan McCurdy Contract expired November 4, 2019 [12]
20 DF Canada Émile Legault United States Rio Grande Valley FC Contract expired November 4, 2019 [12]
15 FW Canada José Hernández Canada Cavalry FC Contract expired November 4, 2019 [12]
13 MF Saudi Arabia Ahmed Alghamdi Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq Contract expired January 23, 2020 [13]
28 MF Panama Alexander González Panama Sporting San Miguelito Contract expired January 29, 2020 [14]
10 MF Canada Ben Fisk Canada Atlético Ottawa Contract expired February 25, 2020 [15]
9 FW Canada Marcus Haber Canada Cavalry FC Contract expired July 31, 2020 [16]
11 MF Canada Issey Nakajima-Farran Contract expired August 10, 2020 [17]

Loans Out

No. Pos. Player Loaned to Fee/notes Date Source
GK Canada Emil Gazdov Germany FC Nürnberg Loaned until June 2022 October 7, 2020 [18]

Canadian Premier League

Main article: 2020 Canadian Premier League

Match times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−7).

First stage

Table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cavalry 7 4 1 2 10 7 +3 13 Advance to group stage
2 HFX Wanderers 7 3 3 1 12 7 +5 12[a]
3 Forge 7 3 3 1 13 9 +4 12[a]
4 Pacific 7 3 2 2 10 8 +2 11
5 York9 7 2 4 1 8 7 +1 10
6 Valour 7 2 2 3 8 9 −1 8[b]
7 Atlético Ottawa 7 2 2 3 7 12 −5 8[b]
8 FC Edmonton 7 0 1 6 5 14 −9 1
Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) total wins; 6) U-21 minutes; 7) coin toss or drawing of lots.[19]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: HFX Wanderers 1, Forge 1. Goal differential: HFX Wanderers +5, Forge +4
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Valour 3, Atlético Ottawa 0.

Results by match

Match1234567
ResultDDLWWLW
Position1363364
Updated to match(es) played on September 6, 2020. Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

August 15 1 HFX Wanderers FC 2–2 Pacific FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
12:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Myriam Marcotte
August 18 2 Pacific FC 1–1 York9 FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
5:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière
August 22 3 Forge FC 2–1 Pacific FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Mathieu Souaré
August 25 4 Pacific FC 2–0 Valour FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
5:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: David Barrie
August 30 5 Cavalry FC 1–2 Pacific FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
9:00am
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Juan Marquez
September 2 6 Pacific FC 0–1 Atlético Ottawa Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
5:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Mathieu Souaré
September 6 7 Pacific FC 2–1 FC Edmonton Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
12:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Juan Marquez

Group stage

Table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Forge 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Advance to final
2 HFX Wanderers 3 1 1 1 3 7 −4 4
3 Cavalry 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3[a]
4 Pacific 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 3[a]
Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) total wins; 6) U-21 minutes; 7) coin toss or drawing of lots.[20]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Cavalry 3, Pacific 0.

Results by round

Round123
ResultLLW
Position444
Updated to match(es) played on September 15, 2020. Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

September 9 1 Cavalry FC 3–1 Pacific FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
5:00pm
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: David Barrie
September 12 2 Forge FC 2–0 Pacific FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
9:00am
Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Juan Marquez
September 15 3 HFX Wanderers FC 0–5 Pacific FC Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
5:00pm Report
Stadium: Alumni Field
Referee: Myriam Marcotte

Statistics

Squad and statistics

As of September 16, 2020

No. Pos Nat Player Total Canadian Premier League
Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Canada CAN Nolan Wirth 4 0 4+0 0
2 DF Canada CAN Kadin Chung 9 0 9+0 0
3 DF Canada CAN Jordan Haynes 8 0 4+4 0
5 DF Mali MLI Abdou Samake 3 0 2+1 0
6 DF United States USA Lukas MacNaughton 8 1 8+0 1
7 MF Spain ESP Víctor Blasco 10 2 8+2 2
8 MF Canada CAN Matthew Baldisimo 10 0 10+0 0
9 FW Mexico MEX Alejandro Díaz 10 3 7+3 3
10 MF Canada CAN Marco Bustos 10 5 10+0 5
11 MF Wales WAL Josh Heard 5 1 2+3 1
13 GK Canada CAN Callum Irving 6 0 6+0 0
14 FW Canada CAN Terran Campbell 10 1 4+6 1
16 MF Canada CAN Zach Verhoven 9 1 2+7 1
17 DF Canada CAN Marcel de Jong 7 0 6+1 0
19 MF Canada CAN Noah Verhoeven 3 0 2+1 0
20 MF Canada CAN Sean Young 9 0 6+3 0
21 MF Canada CAN Alessandro Hojabrpour 10 0 2+8 0
22 MF Canada CAN Jamar Dixon 9 1 8+1 1
26 DF Canada CAN Thomas Meilleur-Giguère 10 0 10+0 0

Top scorers

Rank Nat. Player Pos. Canadian Premier League TOTAL
1 Canada Marco Bustos MF 5 5
2 Mexico Alejandro Díaz FW 3 3
3 Spain Victor Blasco MF 2 2
4 United States Lukas MacNaughton DF 1 1
Canada Zach Verhoven MF 1 1
Canada Jamar Dixon MF 1 1
Wales Josh Heard MF 1 1
Canada Terran Campbell FW 1 1
Totals 15 15

Updated to match played September 16, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Top assists

Rank Nat. Player Pos. Canadian Premier League TOTAL
1 Canada Marco Bustos MF 3 3
2 Spain Víctor Blasco MF 2 2
Mexico Alejandro Díaz FW 2 2
4 Canada Zach Verhoven MF 1 1
Canada Matthew Baldisimo MF 1 1
Canada Jamar Dixon MF 1 1
Canada Kadin Chung DF 1 1
Canada Terran Campbell FW 1 1
Wales Josh Heard MF 1 1
Totals 12 12

Updated to match played September 16, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Clean sheets

Rank Nat. Player Canadian Premier League TOTAL
1 Canada Callum Irving 1 1
Canada Nolan Wirth 1 1
Totals 2 2

Updated to match played September 16, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Nat. Player Canadian Premier League TOTAL
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
2 DF Canada Kadin Chung 1 0 1 0
3 DF Canada Jordan Haynes 2 0 2 0
7 MF Spain Víctor Blasco 2 0 2 0
8 MF Canada Matthew Baldisimo 1 0 1 0
10 MF Canada Marco Bustos 3 0 3 0
16 MF Canada Zach Verhoven 1 0 1 0
20 MF Canada Sean Young 1 0 1 0
22 MF Canada Jamar Dixon 2 0 2 0
26 DF Canada Thomas Meilleur-Giguère 1 0 1 0
Totals 14 0 14 0

Updated to match played September 16, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

References

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  19. ^ Thompson, Marty [@martythompson_] (August 13, 2020). "Confirmed: #CanPL tiebreakers for The Island Games... 1. Head-to-head 2. Goal diff. 3. Goals for 4. Total # of wins 5. *Most U-21 minutes* in round 6. Coin toss or drawing of lots" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  20. ^ Thompson, Marty [@martythompson_] (August 13, 2020). "Confirmed: #CanPL tiebreakers for The Island Games... 1. Head-to-head 2. Goal diff. 3. Goals for 4. Total # of wins 5. *Most U-21 minutes* in round 6. Coin toss or drawing of lots" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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