2022 Pacific FC season

The 2022 Pacific FC season was the fourth season in the history of Pacific FC. In addition to the Canadian Premier League, the club competed in the Canadian Championship and the CONCACAF League.

Pacific FC
2022 season
ChairmanDean Shillington
Head coachJames Merriman
StadiumStarlight Stadium
Canadian Premier League4th
CPL PlayoffsSemi-finals
Canadian ChampionshipQuarter-finals
CONCACAF LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Alejandro Díaz (13 goals)
All: Alejandro Díaz (16 goals)
Highest home attendance4,687
(August 16 vs. Herediano)
Lowest home attendance2,420
(April 17 vs. Valour FC)
Average home league attendance3,126
← 2021
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Pacific FC were the defending CPL champions, having defeated Forge FC in the 2021 Canadian Premier League Final.[1] This was the club's first season led by James Merriman, who was announced as the club's new head coach on January 21, 2022.[2]

Overview edit

As the defending champions, Pacific FC came into the 2022 Canadian Premier League season with high expectations. However, there was significant turnover from the 2021 season. Championship-winning head coach Pa-Modou Kah departed to lead North Texas SC, leaving assistant coach James Merriman in charge. As a result of their impressive performances in the previous season, both Kadin Chung and Lukas MacNaughton signed deals with MLS club Toronto FC; both are tough losses for Pacific's backline. Additionally, forward Terran Campbell and midfielder Alessandro Hojabrpour, who scored the winning goal in the 2021 championship final, both signed with 2021 runners-up Forge FC, to the dismay of Pacific. These changes raised questions about Pacific's capability at repeating last season's success. However, the club retained several of its most important performers, including 2021 MVP Marco Bustos, starting goalkeeper Callum Irving, and prolific striker Alejandro Diaz. The Tridents also signed some new talent, most notably Canadian international defender Amer Đidić from FC Edmonton.[3]

Current squad edit

As of August 22, 2022[4]
No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Previous club
Goalkeepers
1 Callum Irving   GK (1993-03-16)March 16, 1993 (aged 29)   Ottawa Fury
21 Emil Gazdov   GK (2003-09-11)September 11, 2003 (aged 19)   FC Nürnberg
Defenders
2 Georges Mukumbilwa   RB (1999-09-23)September 23, 1999 (aged 23)   Vancouver Whitecaps FC
3 Jordan Haynes   LB / LW (1996-01-17)January 17, 1996 (aged 26)   Vancouver TSS Rovers
5 Abdou Samake    CB (1996-10-07)October 7, 1996 (aged 26)   University of Michigan
13 Kunle Dada-Luke   FB / RW (2000-01-12)January 12, 2000 (aged 22)   Atlético Ottawa
26 Thomas Meilleur-Giguère   CB (1997-11-13)November 13, 1997 (aged 25)   Montreal Impact
33 Nathan Mavila   LB (1995-10-15)October 15, 1995 (aged 27)   Wingate & Finchley
55 Amer Didic   CB (1994-12-28)December 28, 1994 (aged 28)   FC Edmonton
Midfielders
6 Umaro Baldé   CM / AM (2002-10-07)October 7, 2002 (aged 20)   Rangers Academy
8 Matteo Polisi   AM / FW (1998-04-15)April 15, 1998 (aged 24)   SFU Athletics
11 Josh Heard   AM (1994-11-29)November 29, 1994 (aged 28)   Real Monarchs
14 Luca Ricci   CM (1998-02-23)February 23, 1998 (aged 24)   FC Lanaudière
20 Sean Young   CM (2001-04-20)April 20, 2001 (aged 21)   Victoria Highlanders
22 Jamar Dixon   CM (1989-06-05)June 5, 1989 (aged 33)   Ottawa Fury
28 Cédric Toussaint   CM / AM (2001-03-29)March 29, 2001 (aged 21)   York United
34 Manny Aparicio   CM (1995-09-17)September 17, 1995 (aged 27)   York9 FC
Forwards
10 Marco Bustos   RW / AM (1996-04-22)April 22, 1996 (aged 26)   Valour FC
15 Jordan Brown   ST (1996-11-10)November 10, 1996 (aged 26)   Electric City FC
19 Abdul Binate   CF (2003-01-24)January 24, 2003 (aged 19)   CF Montréal Academy
23 Djenairo Daniels   CF (2002-01-07)January 7, 2002 (aged 20)   FC Utrecht
24 Gianni dos Santos   CF (1998-11-21)November 21, 1998 (aged 24)   FC Dordrecht
30 Kamron Habibullah   LW (2003-10-23)October 23, 2003 (aged 19)   Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Transfers edit

In edit

No. Pos. Player From club Fee/notes Date Source
DF   Amer Đidić   FC Edmonton Free February 9, 2022 [5]
FW   Abdul Binate   CF Montréal Academy Free February 16, 2022 [6]
FW   Djenairo Daniels   FC Utrecht Free February 18, 2022 [7]
DF   Nathan Mavila   Wingate & Finchley F.C. Free March 7, 2022 [8]
MF   Umaro Baldé   Rangers Academy Free March 16, 2022 [9]
DF   Georges Mukumbilwa   Vancouver Whitecaps FC Free March 18, 2022 [10]
MF   Simon Triantafillou   Forge FC Free, signed and loaned to FC Edmonton April 15, 2022 [11]
MF   Bicou Bissainthe   Sevan FC Free, signed and loaned to FC Edmonton April 22, 2022 [12]
MF   Luca Ricci   Montreal Carabins Selected 8th overall in the 2022 CPL–U Sports Draft May 12, 2022 [13]
MF   Cédric Toussaint   York United Undisclosed sell-on clause, and loan of Matthew Baldisimo August 11, 2022 [14]
FW   Jordan Brown   Electric City FC Free August 22, 2022 [15]

Loans in edit

No. Pos. Player Loaned from Fee/notes Date Source
FW   Kamron Habibullah   Vancouver Whitecaps FC Season-long loan March 11, 2022 [16]

Draft picks edit

Pacific FC made the following selections in the 2022 CPL–U Sports Draft. 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 8 MF Luca Ricci   Canada Université de Montréal
2 16 DF Rees Goertzen   Canada University of Victoria

Out edit

No. Pos. Player To club Fee/notes Date Source
DF   Duran Lee Released January 14, 2022 [17]
2 DF   Kadin Chung   Toronto FC Undisclosed February 23, 2022 [18]
6 DF   Lukas MacNaughton   Toronto FC Undisclosed February 23, 2022 [19]
7 MF   Victor Blasco   Vida Undisclosed December 16, 2021 [20]
14 FW   Terran Campbell   Forge FC Free January 7, 2022 [21]
18 DF   Robert Boskovic Released January 14, 2022 [17]
21 MF   Alessandro Hojabrpour   Forge FC Free January 7, 2022 [21]
23 MF   Ollie Bassett   Atlético Ottawa Free January 14, 2022 [17]
31 GK   Isaac Boehmer   Vancouver Whitecaps FC Loan ended January 14, 2022 [17]
9 FW   Alejandro Díaz   Sogndal Undisclosed fee & sell-on clause August 10, 2022 [22]

Loans out edit

No. Pos. Player Loaned to Fee/notes Date Source
DF   Paul Amedume   North Texas SC Season-long loan February 10, 2022 [23]
MF   Simon Triantafillou   FC Edmonton Season-long loan April 15, 2022 [11]
MF   Bicou Bissainthe   FC Edmonton Season-long loan April 22, 2022 [12]
MF   Matthew Baldisimo   York United Season-long loan August 11, 2022 [14]

Pre-season and friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

March 11 Friendly Victoria Vikes 0–1 Pacific FC Victoria, British Columbia
7:00pm Report Stadium: Centennial Stadium
March 18 Friendly Pacific FC 2–1 York United FC Langford, British Columbia
1:00pm Report Stadium: Starlight Stadium

Competitions edit

Matches are listed in Langford local time: Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−7) until November 5, and Pacific Standard Time (UTC−8) otherwise.

Overview edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Canadian Premier League April 10 October 8 Matchday 1 4th 28 13 7 8 36 33 +3 046.43
CPL Playoffs October 15 October 23 Semifinals Semifinals 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 000.00
Canadian Championship May 24 May 24 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0 000.00
CONCACAF League July 26 August 23 Preliminary Round Round of 16 4 2 1 1 7 1 +6 050.00
Total 35 15 10 10 46 39 +7 042.86

Last updated: October 23, 2022
Source: Competitions

Canadian Premier League edit

Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlético Ottawa (S) 28 13 10 5 36 29 +7 49 Advance to playoffs
2 Forge (C) 28 14 5 9 47 25 +22 47
3 Cavalry 28 14 5 9 39 33 +6 47
4 Pacific 28 13 7 8 36 33 +3 46
5 Valour 28 10 7 11 36 34 +2 37
6 York United 28 9 7 12 31 37 −6 34
7 HFX Wanderers 28 8 5 15 24 38 −14 29
8 FC Edmonton 28 4 8 16 31 51 −20 20
Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) away goals differential; 6) away goals for; 7) home goals differential; 8) home goals for; 9) U-21 minutes; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots.[24]
(C) Champion; (S) Regular season winner

Results by match edit

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Updated to match(es) played on September 11, 2022. Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

April 10 1 Pacific FC 2–1 Forge FC Langford, British Columbia
4:00pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 4,038
Referee: Juan Marquez
April 17 2 Pacific FC 3–2 Valour FC Langford, British Columbia
1:00pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 2,420
Referee: Alain Ruch
April 23 3 Pacific FC 2–1 HFX Wanderers FC Langford, British Columbia
4:00pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 3,042
Referee: Juan Marquez
April 27 4 FC Edmonton 0–0 Pacific FC Edmonton, Alberta
6:00pm
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 765
Referee: Scott Bowman
May 1 5 Cavalry FC 2–0 Pacific FC Foothills County, Alberta
2:30pm
Stadium: ATCO Field
Attendance: 4,206
Referee: Alain Ruch
May 7 6 Atlético Ottawa 0–1 Pacific FC Ottawa, Ontario
3:00pm
Report
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 3,555
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
May 14 7 Pacific FC 2–1 FC Edmonton Langford, British Columbia
4:00pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 3,424
Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren
May 20 8 Pacific FC 0–0 York United FC Langford, British Columbia
7:00pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 2,620
May 28 9 Pacific FC 2–2 Valour FC Langford, British Columbia
4:00pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 2,925
Referee: Alain Ruch
June 5 10 Atlético Ottawa 2–1 Pacific FC Ottawa, Ontario
10:00am
Report
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 4,176
Referee: Ben Hoskins
June 12 11 Forge FC 3–0 Pacific FC Hamilton, Ontario
1:00pm
Report
Stadium: Tim Hortons Field
Attendance: 3,111
Referee: David Barrie
June 18 12 York United FC 0–0 Pacific FC Toronto, Ontario
1:00pm
Report
Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Attendance: 1,012
Referee: Filip Dujic
June 25 13 Pacific FC 0–3 HFX Wanderers FC Langford, British Columbia
2:00pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 3,290
Referee: Alain Ruch
June 30 14 Pacific FC 3–3 Cavalry FC Langford, British Columbia
6:30pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 3,017
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
July 9 15 FC Edmonton 2–3 Pacific FC Edmonton, Alberta
1:00pm
Report
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,356
Referee: Mo Mohseni
July 15 16 York United FC 2–4 Pacific FC Toronto, Ontario
4:30pm
Report
Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Attendance: 1,030
Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla
July 22 17 Pacific FC 3–0 Cavalry FC Langford, British Columbia
7:00pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 3,238
Referee: Alain Ruch
July 30 18 Valour FC 1–2 Pacific FC Winnipeg, Manitoba
12:00pm
Report
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 3,109
Referee: David Barrie
August 13 19 Pacific FC 1–0 Atlético Ottawa Langford, British Columbia
2:00pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 3,244
Referee: David Barrie
August 20 20 HFX Wanderers FC 1–0 Pacific FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
10:30am
Report
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 5,729
Referee: Mathieu Souaré
August 28 21 Valour FC 1–0 Pacific FC Winnipeg, Manitoba
12:00pm
Report
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 2,908
September 3 22 Pacific FC 1–3 York United FC Langford, British Columbia
2:00pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 3,133
September 11 23 Pacific FC 1–1 Atlético Ottawa Langford, British Columbia
1:00pm
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 2,645
September 18 24 Pacific FC 1–1 Forge FC Langford, British Columbia
5:00pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 3,350
September 27 25 HFX Wanderers FC 0–2 Pacific FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
11:30am
Report
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
September 30 26 Pacific FC 1–0 FC Edmonton Langford, British Columbia
7:00pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 4,107
October 5 27 Forge FC 0–1 Pacific FC Hamilton, Ontario
4:00pm Report
Stadium: Tim Hortons Field
Attendance: 2,412
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière
Note: This match was originally scheduled for August 16, but was rescheduled after Pacific FC advanced to the CONCACAF League Round of 16.[25]
October 8 28 Cavalry FC 1–0 Pacific FC Foothills County, Alberta
3:00pm
Report
Stadium: ATCO Field
Attendance: 3,401

Playoffs edit

Semifinals edit
October 15 Leg 1 Pacific FC 0–2 Atlético Ottawa Langford, British Columbia
7:00pm ET
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 3,759
Referee: Mathieu Souaré
October 23 Leg 2 Atlético Ottawa 1–1
(3–1 agg.)
Pacific FC Ottawa, Ontario
2:00pm ET
  • Shaw   83',   84'
Report
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 8,428
Referee: Jean-Luc Lauzière

Canadian Championship edit

May 24 Quarter-finals Pacific FC 2–2
(3–4 p)
York United FC Langford, British Columbia
7:00pm PT
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Referee: Filip Dujic
Penalties

CONCACAF League edit

Preliminary round edit

July 26 First leg Waterhouse   0–0   Pacific FC Kingston, Jamaica
5:00pm
Report
Stadium: Sabina Park
Referee: Josué Ugalde
August 2 Second leg Pacific FC   6–0
(6–0 agg.)
  Waterhouse Langford, British Columbia
7:00pm
Report Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 4,506
Referee: Nima Saghafi

Round of 16 edit

August 16 First leg Pacific FC   0–1   Herediano Langford, British Columbia
7:00pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 4,687
Referee: José Torres
August 23 Second leg Herediano   0–1
(1–1 agg.)
(6–5 p)
  Pacific FC San José, Costa Rica
5:15pm
Report
Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
Referee: Bryan López
Penalties

Statistics edit

Squad and statistics edit

As of June 18, 2022

No. Pos Nat Player Total Canadian Premier League Canadian Championship CONCACAF League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   CAN Callum Irving 13 0 12+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF   CAN Georges Mukumbilwa 4 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF   CAN Jordan Haynes 6 0 4+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF   MLI Abdou Samake 10 0 6+3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
6 MF   POR Umaro Baldé 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 FW   NED Gianni dos Santos 10 1 2+7 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF   CAN Matteo Polisi 5 0 2+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW   MEX Alejandro Díaz 13 6 11+1 6 1+0 0 0+0 0
10 MF   CAN Marco Bustos 13 0 12+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
11 MF   WAL Josh Heard 12 3 9+2 3 1+0 0 0+0 0
13 DF   CAN Kunle Dada-Luke 10 0 9+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF   CAN Luca Ricci 6 0 1+4 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
20 MF   CAN Sean Young 8 0 3+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 GK   CAN Emil Gazdov 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 MF   CAN Jamar Dixon 10 0 9+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
23 FW   NED Djenairo Daniels 11 0 2+8 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
26 DF   CAN Thomas Meilleur-Giguère 12 0 11+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
30 FW   CAN Kamron Habibullah 7 0 3+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 DF   ENG Nathan Mavila 9 0 6+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
34 MF   CAN Manny Aparicio 8 2 8+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
55 DF   CAN Amer Đidić 13 3 11+1 1 1+0 2 0+0 0
66 MF   CAN Matthew Baldisimo 9 0 8+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Top scorers edit

Rank Nat. Player Pos. Canadian Premier League Canadian Championship CONCACAF League TOTAL
1   Alejandro Díaz FW 6 0 0 6
2   Josh Heard MF 3 0 0 3
  Amer Đidić DF 1 2 0 3
4   Manny Aparicio MF 2 0 0 2
5   Gianni dos Santos FW 1 0 0 1
Totals 13 2 0 15

Disciplinary record edit

No. Pos. Nat. Player Canadian Premier League Canadian Championship CONCACAF League TOTAL
               
33 DF   Nathan Mavila 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
23 FW   Djenairo Daniels 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
5 DF   Abdou Samake 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
13 DF   Kunle Dada-Luke 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
11 MF   Josh Heard 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
55 DF   Amer Đidić 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
7 FW   Gianni dos Santos 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
34 MF   Manny Aparicio 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2 DF   Georges Mukumbilwa 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
20 MF   Sean Young 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 MF   Jamar Dixon 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
26 DF   Thomas Meilleur-Giguère 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
30 FW   Kamron Habibullah 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
66 MF   Matthew Baldisimo 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 27 0 3 0 0 0 30 0

References edit

  1. ^ O'Connor Clarke, Charlie (December 5, 2021). "Pacific FC crowned Canadian Premier League champions with 1-0 win vs. Forge". Canadian Premier League. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  2. ^ "Pacific FC Welcomes Merriman As New Head Coach – Kah departs". Pacific FC. January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
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  9. ^ "Umaro Baldé joins Pacific FC for 2022!". Pacific FC. March 16, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
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  25. ^ "Schedule Update: Two August matches rescheduled". Canadian Premier League. August 10, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2022.

External links edit