Vancouver Whitecaps FC is a Canadian professional soccer team based in Vancouver, British Columbia that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS). The Whitecaps are the 17th team of Major League Soccer and replaced the USSF Division 2 team of the same name, which was owned and managed by the same group that operates the MLS team, and which played through the conclusion of that league's 2010 season. The MLS team is the third to share the legacy of the Whitecaps name.

This is a list of franchise records for the Vancouver Whitecaps during the MLS period, dating from the 2011 MLS season to the present.

Honours

This section only includes honours obtained by the MLS franchise (2011–present). For a list of achievements by all the Vanocouver Whitecaps teams, see History of Vancouver Whitecaps FC § Honours.

Domestic competitions

Winners (3): 2015, 2022, 2023
Runners-up (5): 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018
Winners (3): 2013, 2014, 2016, 2023
Winners (1): 2012

Key

Abbr. Meaning
CC Canadian Championship
CCL CONCACAF Champions Cup
MLS Major League Soccer
Bolded players are currently on the Whitecaps FC roster.

Club records

Wins

Most goals scored

Losses

Most goals allowed

Home attendance

Away attendance

Club Firsts

Player records

Most Appearances

As of November 5, 2023

Bolded players are currently on the Whitecaps FC roster.

# Pos. Name Nation Career MLS* Playoffs CC CCL LC Total
1 Midfielder Russell Teibert  Canada 2011– 255 2 32 10 2 301
2 Defender Jordan Harvey  United States 2011–17 179 5 12 4 0 200
3 Defender Jake Nerwinski  United States 2017–2022 142 4 11 2 0 159
4 Midfielder Gershon Koffie  Ghana 2011–15 133 4 13 1 0 151
Goalkeeper David Ousted  Denmark 2013–17 142 3 2 4 0 151
5 Defender Kendall Waston  Costa Rica 2014–18 115 6 8 8 0 137
6 Midfielder Matías Laba  Argentina 2014–17 113 3 6 7 0 129
7 Forward Erik Hurtado  United States 2013–18 105 1 12 5 0 123
Defender Ranko Veselinović  Serbia 2020– 109 2 6 3 3 123
9 Midfielder Nicolás Mezquida  Uruguay 2014–18 101 3 12 6 0 122
10 Midfielder Cristian Techera  Uruguay 2015–18 101 5 8 6 0 120

*Includes MLS is Back Tournament CC = Canadian Championship; CCL = CONCACAF Champions League LC = Leagues Cup

Youngest Players[edit]

Oldest Players[edit]

Top Goalscorers

As of September 17, 2023

Bolded players are currently on the Whitecaps FC roster.

# Pos. Name Nation Career MLS* Playoffs CC CCL LC Total
1 Forward Camilo  Brazil 2011–13 39 0 4 0 0 43
2 Forward Brian White  United States 2021– 31 1 4 2 1 39
3 Midfielder Pedro Morales  Chile 2014–16 25 0 4 0 0 29
Midfielder Cristian Techera  Uruguay 2015–18 23 1 0 5 0 29
5 Forward Fredy Montero  Colombia 2017, 2019–2020 26 1 0 1 0 28
6 Forward Ryan Gauld  Scotland 2021– 23 0 3 0 0 26
7 Forward Kekuta Manneh  Gambia 2013–17 22 0 1 1 0 24
8 Forward Darren Mattocks  Jamaica 2012–15 19 1 2 0 0 22
9 Forward Yordy Reyna  Peru 2017–2020 20 0 1 0 0 21
10 Forward Lucas Cavallini  Canada 2020-2022 18 0 0 0 0 18

*Includes MLS is Back Tournament CC = Canadian Championship; CCL = CONCACAF Champions League LC = Leagues Cup

Youngest Goalscorers[edit]

Oldest Goalscorers[edit]

Hat tricks

Top Assisters

As of September 17, 2023

Bolded players are currently on the Whitecaps FC roster.

# Pos. Name Nation Career MLS* Playoffs CC CCL LC Total
1 Midfielder Ryan Gauld  Scotland 2021– 27 [11] 0 2 2 2 33
2 Midfielder Pedro Morales  Chile 2014–16 18 0 3 1 0 22
3 Midfielder Russell Teibert  Canada 2011– 14 0 3 1 0 18
4 Forward Camilo  Brazil 2011–13 17 0 0 0 0 17
Forward Yordy Reyna  Peru 2017–20 17 0 0 0 0 17
6 Forward Erik Hurtado  United States 2013–18 10 0 2 2 0 14
Forward Alphonso Davies  Canada 2016–18 12 0 1 1 0 14
Forward Christian Bolaños  Costa Rica 2016–17 13 1 0 0 0 14
9 Midfielder Cristian Techera  Uruguay 2015–18 11 0 2 0 0 13
10 Forward Christian Dajome  Colombia 2020–23 11 0 1 0 0 12

*Includes MLS is Back Tournament CC = Canadian Championship; CCL = CONCACAF Champions League LC = Leagues Cup

Quick Hits

As of July 12, 2023

Individual Honours

Players Named to MLS Best XI

MLS Goal of the Year Winners

MLS All-Stars

Year Player Opposition Score Venue
2011 France Eric Hassli England Manchester United 0–4 New Jersey Red Bull Arena
2012 United States Jay DeMerit England Chelsea 3–2 Pennsylvania PPL Park (Now Subaru Park)
2013 Brazil Camilo Italy Roma 1–3 Kansas Sporting Park (Now Children's Mercy Park)
2015 Denmark David Ousted England Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Colorado Dick's Sporting Goods Park
2016 Costa Rica Kendal Waston England Arsenal 1–2 California Avaya Stadium (Now PayPal Park)
2018 Canada Alphonso Davies Italy Juventus 1–1 (Penalties 3–5) Georgia (U.S. state) Mercedes Benz Stadium

MLS Golden Boot Winners

MLS Newcomer of the Year Winners

MLS Player of the Month Winners

George Gross Memorial Trophy Winners

The George Gross Memorial Trophy is awarded to the most valuable player of the Canadian Championship

Best Young Canadian Player Award Winners

The Best Young Canadian Player award was created by the Canadian Soccer Association in 2019 to recognize each tournament's best Canadian under-23 player.

Whitecaps Club Award Winners

Player of the Year
Year Player Position
2023[23] Scotland Ryan Gauld Midfielder
2022[23] Scotland Ryan Gauld Midfielder
2021[24] Canada Maxime Crépeau Goalkeeper
2020[25] Iraq Ali Adnan Defender
2019[26] Canada Maxime Crépeau Goalkeeper
2018[27] Canada Alphonso Davies Forward
2017[28] Costa Rica Kendal Waston Defender
2016[29] United States Jordan Harvey Defender
2015[30] Costa Rica Kendal Waston Defender
2014[31] Chile Pedro Morales Midfielder
2013[32] Brazil Camilo Forward
2012[33] South Korea Young-Pyo Lee Defender
2011[34] Brazil Camilo Forward
Domenic Mobilio Golden Boot
Year Player Goals
2023[35] United States Brian White 20
2022[36] Canada Lucas Cavallini 9
2021[37] United States Brian White 12
2020[38] Canada Lucas Cavallini 6
2019[39] Colombia Fredy Montero 8
2018[40] Sierra Leone Kei Kamara 17
2017 Colombia Fredy Montero 13
2016 Chile Pedro Morales 9
2015[41] Uruguay Octavio Rivero 11
2014[42] Chile Pedro Morales 11
2013[43] Brazil Camilo 22
2012[44] Jamaica Darren Mattocks 7
2011[45] Brazil Camilo 12
Most Promising Male Player
Year Player Age
2023[46] Canada Ali Ahmed 23
2022[36] Ecuador Pedro Vite 20
2021[37] Colombia Déiber Caicedo 21
2020[38] Serbia Ranko Veselinović 21
2019[39] South Korea Hwang In-beom 23
2018[40] Canada Michael Baldisimo 18
2017[47] United States Jake Nerwinski 22
2016[48] Canada Alphonso Davies 15
2015[41] Canada Kianz Froese 19
2014[42] Canada Marco Carducci 18
2013[43] Canada Marco Bustos 17
2012[44] Jamaica Darren Mattocks 22
2011[45] Ghana Gershon Koffie 20

Coaching records

As of June 23, 2023
Coach From To Record [49]
G W D L Win %
Iceland Teitur Thordarson September 1, 2010 May 30, 2011 15 2 8 5 013.33
United States Tom Soehn (interim) May 30, 2011 October 25, 2011 23 5 4 14 021.74
Scotland Martin Rennie October 26, 2011 October 29, 2013 77 28 22 27 036.36
Wales Carl Robinson December 16, 2013 September 25, 2018 195 76 48 71 038.97
England Craig Dalrymple (interim) September 25, 2018 November 7, 2018 5 2 1 2 040.00
Canada Marc Dos Santos November 7, 2018 August 27, 2021 81 22 20 39 027.16
Italy Vanni Sartini August 27, 2021 Present 80 33 19 28 41.25
Total 473 167 122 184 035.31

Oldest coach: Iceland Teitur Thordarson (59 years 4 months 16 days)

Youngest coach: Scotland Martin Rennie (36 years 5 months 11 days)

Longest Serving coach: Wales Carl Robinson (1,744 days)

Shortest Serving coach: Iceland Teitur Thordarson (271 days)

List of seasons

Main article: List of Vancouver Whitecaps FC seasons
Last five seasons
Season League Position Playoffs CC Continental Other Average attendance Top goalscorer(s)
Div League Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts PPG Conf. Overall CCL LC Name(s) Goals
2019 1 MLS 34 8 16 10 37 59 –22 34 1.00 12th 23rd DNQ R3 DNQ DNE DNE/DNQ 19,514 Colombia Fredy Montero 8
2020 MLS 23 9 14 0 27 44 –17 27 1.17 9th 17th DNQ NH MLS is Back Tournament Ro16 22,120[a] Canada Lucas Cavallini 6
2021 MLS 34 12 9 13 45 45 0 49 1.44 6th 12th R1 R1 DNQ DNE/DNQ 12,492[b] Colombia Cristian Dájome
United States Brian White 		12
2022 MLS 34 12 15 7 40 57 -17 43 1.26 9th 17th DNQ W DNE 18,643 Canada Lucas Cavallini 9
2023 MLS 34 12 10 12 55 48 +7 48 1.41 6th 13th R1 W QF Ro32 16,745 United States Brian White 19

^ 1. Avg. attendance include statistics from league matches only.
^ 2. Top goalscorer(s) includes all goals scored in League, MLS Cup Playoffs, Canadian Championship, MLS is Back Tournament, CONCACAF Champions League, FIFA Club World Cup, and other competitive continental matches.

  1. ^ Does not include home matches played behind closed doors.
  2. ^ Does not include home matches played in American stadiums.


MLS Cup Playoffs

Vancouver Whitecaps FC have qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs on six occasions. They first qualified in 2012, becoming the first Canadian club to do so.

By year

Scores and results list Vancouver's goal tally first
Season Rank Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
2012 W5 Knockout round W4 LA Galaxy N/A 1–2 1–2
2014 W5 Knockout round W4 FC Dallas N/A 1–2 1–2
2015 W2 Conference semifinals W3 Portland Timbers 0–2 0–0 0–2
2017 W3 Knockout round W6 San Jose Earthquakes 5–0 N/A 5–0
Conference semifinals W2 Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 0–2 0–2
2021 W6 First round W3 Sporting Kansas City N/A 1–3 1–3
2023 W6 Round One W3 Los Angeles FC 0–1 2–5 0–2[n 1]

By opponent

As of November 5th, 2023
Opponent Series Match statistics
Pld W L Pld W D L GF GA GD
LA Galaxy 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1
FC Dallas 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1
Portland Timbers 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 -2
San Jose Earthquakes 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5
Seattle Sounders FC 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 -2
Sporting Kansas City 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2
Los Angeles FC 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 6 -4
Total 7 1 6 10 1 2 7 10 17 -7

By venue

As of November 5th, 2023
Venue Pld W D L GF GA GD
Home 4 1 1 2 5 3 +2
Away 6 0 1 5 5 14 -9

International competition

CONCACAF Champions League/Cup

By year

Scores and results list Vancouver's goal tally first
Season Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
2015–16 Group stage United States Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 0–3 3rd[n 2]
Honduras Olimpia 1–0 0–1
2016–17 Group stage Trinidad and Tobago Central F.C. 4–1 1–0 1st[n 2]
United States Sporting Kansas City 3–0 2–1
Quarterfinals United States New York Red Bulls 2–0 1–1 3–1
Semifinals Mexico UANL 1–2 0–2 1–4
2023 Round of 16 Honduras Real España 5–0 2–3 7–3
Quarter-finals United States Los Angeles FC 0–3 0–3 0–6
2024 Round one Mexico UANL 1–1 0–3 1–4


By opponent

As of February 14, 2024
Club Pld W D L GF GA GD
United States Seattle Sounders FC 2 0 1 1 1 4 –3
Honduras Olimpia 2 1 0 1 1 1 0
Trinidad and Tobago Central F.C. 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4
United States Sporting Kansas City 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4
United States New York Red Bulls 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1
Mexico UANL 4 0 1 3 2 8 –6
Honduras Real España 2 1 0 1 7 3 +4
United States Los Angeles FC 2 0 0 2 0 6 –6
Total 18 7 3 8 24 26 –2

Note: Draws include matches that were decided by penalty shoot-outs.

Leagues Cup

By year

Scores and results list Vancouver's goal tally first
Season Round Club Result
2023 Group stage Mexico Club León 1–1 (15–16 p.) (H)
United States LA Galaxy 2–1 (A)
Round of 32 Mexico UANL 1–1 (3–5 p.) (H)
2024 Group stage United States Los Angeles FC July 30, 2024 (A)
Mexico Tijuana August 3, 2024 (H)

By opponent

As of August 4, 2023
Club Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD
Mexico Club León 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
United States LA Galaxy 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 +1
Mexico UANL 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
Total 3 1 0 2 0 4 3 +1

All-time record vs. international opponents

By club

As of February 14, 2024
Club Pld W D L GF GA GD
United States Seattle Sounders FC 2 0 1 1 1 4 –3
Honduras Olimpia 2 1 0 1 1 1 0
Trinidad and Tobago Central F.C. 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4
United States Sporting Kansas City 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4
United States New York Red Bulls 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1
Mexico UANL 5 0 2 3 3 9 –6
Honduras Real España 2 1 0 1 7 3 +4
United States Los Angeles FC 2 0 0 2 0 6 –6
Mexico Club León 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
United States LA Galaxy 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1
Total 21 8 5 8 28 29 –1

Note: Draws include matches that were decided by penalty shoot-outs.

By country

As of February 14, 2024
Opponent's country Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Honduras 4 2 0 2 8 4 +4
 Mexico 6 0 3 3 4 10 –6
 Trinidad and Tobago 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4
 United States 9 4 2 3 11 14 –3
Total 21 8 5 8 28 29 –1

Note: Draws include matches that were decided by penalty shoot-outs.

MLS single season records

Regular season

Team

Players

Goalkeepers


See also

Notes

  1. ^ Result on games won, as a best-of-three series
  2. ^ a b Final position in group.

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