2023 Pacific FC season

Pacific FC
2023 season
Chairman	Dean Shillington
Head coach	James Merriman
Stadium	Starlight Stadium
	← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Pacific FC season is the fifth season in the history of Pacific FC. In addition to the Canadian Premier League, the club will compete in the Canadian Championship.

Current squad[edit]

As of September 1, 2023^[1]

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Emil Gazdov	GK	(2003-09-11)September 11, 2003 (aged 20)	FC Nürnberg
12	Kieran Baskett	GK	(2001-09-27)September 27, 2001 (aged 22)	HFX Wanderers
	Jack Garner	GK		Van Isle Wave
Defenders
2	Georges Mukumbilwa	RB	(1999-09-23)September 23, 1999 (aged 24)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
4	Paul Amedume	CB / DM	(2003-02-28)February 28, 2003 (aged 20)	North Texas SC
5	Bradley Vliet	LB	(1998-03-24)March 24, 1998 (aged 25)	Cavalry FC
13	Kunle Dada-Luke	FB / RW	(2000-01-12)January 12, 2000 (aged 23)	Atlético Ottawa
16	Jalen Watson	CB / LB	(2000-03-23)March 23, 2000 (aged 23)	Toronto FC II
26	Thomas Meilleur-Giguère	CB	(1997-11-13)November 13, 1997 (aged 26)	Montreal Impact
55	Amer Didic	CB	(1994-12-28)December 28, 1994 (aged 29)	FC Edmonton
Midfielders
7	Steffen Yeates	CM	(2000-01-04)January 4, 2000 (aged 23)	Toronto FC II
11	Josh Heard	AM	(1994-11-29)November 29, 1994 (aged 29)	Real Monarchs
20	Sean Young	CM	(2001-04-20)April 20, 2001 (aged 22)	Victoria Highlanders
28	Cédric Toussaint	CM / AM	(2001-03-29)March 29, 2001 (aged 22)	York United
31	Kekuta Manneh	LW / CF	(1994-12-30)December 30, 1994 (aged 29)	San Antonio FC
34	Manny Aparicio	CM	(1995-09-17)September 17, 1995 (aged 28)	York9 FC
	Zakaria Bahous	MF	(2001-08-05)August 5, 2001 (aged 22)	Atlético Ottawa
	Sami Marvasti	CM		Van Isle Wave
Forwards
9	Easton Ongaro	ST	(1998-06-05)June 5, 1998 (aged 25)	Whitecaps FC 2
10	Adonijah Reid	CF	(1999-08-13)August 13, 1999 (aged 24)	Miami FC
14	David Brazão	CF	(2001-11-01)November 1, 2001 (aged 22)	S.U. Sintrense
19	Abdul Binate	CF	(2003-01-24)January 24, 2003 (aged 20)	CF Montréal Academy
21	Ayman Sellouf	LW / CF	(2001-08-25)August 25, 2001 (aged 22)	Jong FC Utrecht
23	Djenairo Daniels	CF	(2002-01-07)January 7, 2002 (aged 21)	Jong FC Utrecht

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Pos.	Player	From club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
FW	Easton Ongaro	Whitecaps FC 2	Free	November 15, 2022	^[2]
MF	Pierre Lamothe	HFX Wanderers	Free	November 28, 2022	^[3]
MF	Matthew Baldisimo	York United	Return from loan	November 30, 2022
MF	Bicou Bissainthe	FC Edmonton	Return from loan	November 30, 2022
MF	Simon Triantafillou	FC Edmonton	Return from loan	November 30, 2022
DF	Paul Amedume	North Texas SC	Return from loan	December 2, 2022	^[4]
MF	Steffen Yeates	Toronto FC II	Free	December 21, 2022	^[5]
DF	Bradley Vliet	Cavalry FC	Free	January 13, 2023	^[6]
FW	Ayman Sellouf	Jong FC Utrecht	Free	January 25, 2023	^[7]
FW	Adonijah Reid	Miami FC	Free	January 31, 2023	^[8]
GK	Kieran Baskett	HFX Wanderers	Free	March 2, 2023	^[9]
FW	David Brazão	S.U. Sintrense	Free	March 3, 2023	^[10]
FW	Kekuta Manneh	San Antonio FC	Free	April 3, 2023	^[11]
DF	Eric Lajeunesse	UBC Thunderbirds	Selected 6th overall in the 2023 CPL–U Sports Draft	April 12, 2023	^[12]
GK	Jack Garner	Van Isle Wave	Signed to a development contract	April 12, 2023	^[12]
MF	Sami Marvasti	Van Isle Wave	Signed to a development contract	April 12, 2023	^[12]
MF	Zakaria Bahous	Atlético Ottawa	Free	September 1, 2023	^[13]

Loans in[edit]

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
	DF	Jalen Watson	Toronto FC II	Loaned until end of season	August 31, 2023	^[14]

Draft picks[edit]

Pacific FC selected the following players in the 2023 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	6	DF	Eric LaJeunesse	Canada	UBC
2	13	DF	Brandon Torresan	Canada	Trinity Western

Out[edit]

No.	Pos.	Player	To club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
3	DF	Jordan Haynes	Valour FC	Contract expired	November 2, 2022	^[15]
6	MF	Umaro Baldé		Contract expired	November 2, 2022	^[15]
8	MF	Matteo Polisi	TSS FC Rovers	Contract expired	November 2, 2022	^[15]
33	DF	Nathan Mavila	Al-Faisaly	Contract expired	November 7, 2022	^[16]
14	MF	Luca Ricci		Contract expired	November 7, 2022	^[16]
22	MF	Jamar Dixon	Retired		November 8, 2022	^[17]
30	FW	Kamron Habibullah	Vancouver Whitecaps	End of loan	November 30, 2022
1	GK	Callum Irving	Vancouver FC	Contract expired	December 8, 2022	^[18]
5	DF	Abdou Samake	Valour FC	Contract expired	December 9, 2022	^[19]
33	MF	Matthew Baldisimo	York United	Contract expired	December 15, 2022	^[20]
24	FW	Gianni dos Santos	Atlético Ottawa	Contract expired	December 28, 2022	^[21]
	MF	Bicou Bissainthe	Haiphong FC	Contract expired	December 31, 2022	^[22]
	MF	Simon Triantafillou		Contract expired	December 31, 2022
10	MF	Marco Bustos	IFK Värnamo	Contract expired	January 4, 2023	^[23]
15	FW	Jordan Brown		Contract terminated by mutual consent	January 6, 2023	^[24]

Loans out[edit]

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
8	MF	Pierre Lamothe	Ho Chi Minh City	Loaned until March 10, 2024	September 1, 2023	^[13]

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Canadian Premier League	Matchday 1		6	3	2	1	11	5	+6	050.00
Canadian Championship	Preliminary round	Semi-finals	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	033.33
Total			9	4	3	2	14	9	+5	044.44

Last updated: 24 May 2023
Source: Competitions

Pre-season friendlies[edit]

March 7, 2023 (2023-03-07) Friendly	University of Victoria Vikes	0–3	Pacific FC	Victoria, British Columbia
7:00pm		Report	Aparicio Heard (pen.) Toussaint	Stadium: Centennial Stadium, University of Victoria

March 17, 2023 (2023-03-17) Friendly	Pacific FC	3–0	Whitecaps FC 2	Langford, British Columbia
	Meilleur-Giguère Ongaro Young	Report		Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Joey Ratcliffe

March 22, 2023 (2023-03-22) Friendly	Pacific FC	–	Valour FC
				Referee: Alain Ruch

April 1, 2023 (2023-04-01) Friendly	Pacific FC	–	University of Washington Huskies	Langford, British Columbia
				Stadium: Starlight Stadium

Canadian Premier League[edit]

Standings[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Playoff qualification
1	Cavalry (S)	28	16	7	5	46	27	+19	55	First semifinal
2	Forge (C)	28	11	9	8	39	32	+7	42^[a]	First semifinal
3	HFX Wanderers	28	11	9	8	39	32	+7	42^[a]	Quarterfinal
4	Pacific	28	11	7	10	42	35	+7	40	Play-in round
5	York United	28	11	5	12	35	44	−9	38	Play-in round
6	Atlético Ottawa	28	10	6	12	38	34	+4	36
7	Vancouver	28	8	5	15	28	50	−22	29
8	Valour	28	6	8	14	25	38	−13	26

Source: CanPL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Total wins; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goal differential; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Home goal differential; 8) Home goals scored; 9) Total minutes played by U-21 players; 10) Coin toss (2 teams tied) or drawing of lots (3+ teams tied).^[25]
(C) Champion (qualified to Champions Cup); (S) CPL Shield winner (qualified to Champions Cup)
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tie resolved by away goal differential; Forge: +4, Wanderers: −2

Results by match[edit]

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Result
Position

Source: Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

April 15 1	Pacific FC	1–0	Vancouver FC	Langford, British Columbia
4:00pm PT	Aparicio 81'	Report	Chung 45+2' Kwak 72'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium

April 23 2	Pacific FC	1–1	Cavalry FC	Langford, British Columbia
1:00pm	Toussaint 19' Young 28' Sellouf 42'	Report	Gazdov 9' (o.g.) Daley 35' Ntignee 40' Aird 90+5'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 2,455

April 30 3	Pacific FC	0–1	Forge FC	Langford, British Columbia
8:00pm	Young 68'	Report	Pacius 17', 57' Henry 88'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 3,378 Referee: Renzo Villanueva

May 6 4	Atlético Ottawa	1–4	Pacific FC	Ottawa, Ontario
7:00pm ET	Shaw 44' Bassett 52' Assi 54' Sacko 75' dos Santos 90+3'		Young 6' Heard 9' Sellouf 34' Didic 69'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

May 14 5	Pacific FC	4–1	York United FC	Langford, British Columbia
6:00pm	Didic 7' Aparicio 42' Mukumbilwa 61' Brazão 82' Ongaro 90+2'	Report	dos Santos 55' Faye 60'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Referee: Scott Bowman

May 20 6	Valour FC	v	Pacific FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
				Stadium: IG Field

Canadian Championship[edit]

April 20 Preliminary round	Pacific FC	1–1 (5–3 p)	Cavalry FC	Langford, British Columbia
7:00 pm	Ongaro 39' Daniels 45+2'	Report	Escalanté 15' Bevan 28', 45+2'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 2,099 Referee: David Barrie
	Penalties
	Heard Sellouf Đidić Young Mukumbilwa		Aird Cantave Alarcón Klomp

May 10 Quarter-finals	Pacific FC	2–0	TSS FC Rovers	Langford, British Columbia
7:30 pm	Heard 66' (pen.) Young 81' Reid 87'	Report		Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 2,593 Referee: Myriam Marcotte

May 24 Semi-finals	Pacific FC	0–3	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Langford, British Columbia
7:00 pm	Aparicio 47'	Report	Gressel 14' Ahmed 17' Córdova 56' Blackmon 75' Becher 78'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 5,221 Referee: Drew Fischer

References[edit]

^ "Pacific FC Roster". Pacific FC. December 8, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
^ "Pacific FC Signs Goal Scoring Phenom Easton Ongaro". Pacific FC. November 15, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
^ "Pacific FC Signs Attacking Midfielder Pierre Lamothe". Pacific FC. November 28, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
^ "Amedume Returning for 2023!". Pacific FC. December 2, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
^ "Pacific FC announce signing of midfielder Steffen Yeates". Canadian Premier League. December 21, 2022. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
^ "Pacific FC sign former Cavalry left-back Bradley Vliet". Canadian Premier League. January 13, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
^ "Pacific FC signs Forward Ayman Sellouf". Pacific FC. January 25, 2023. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
^ "Pacific FC signs Forward Adonijah Reid". Pacific FC. January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
^ "Baskett Weaves Way To Pacific FC". Northern Tribune. March 2, 2023. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
^ "Pacific FC Signs Forward Brazão". Pacific FC. March 3, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
^ "Pacific FC signs Kekuta Manneh". Pacific FC. April 3, 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "PFC shows faith in youth development with signing of four young Canadian players". Pacific FC. April 12, 2023. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Pacific FC signs midfielder Zakaria Bahous, loans out Pierre Lamothe". Canadian Premier League. September 1, 2023. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
^ "Pacific FC sign defender Jalen Watson on loan from TFC II". Pacific FC. August 8, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Thank You, Jordan Haynes, Matteo Polisi, and Umaro Baldé!". Pacific FC. November 2, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Thank You, Nathan Mavila and Luca Ricci!". Pacific FC. November 7, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
^ "Retired Captain Jamar Dixon Takes Leadership Role with Pacific FC". Pacific FC. November 8, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
^ "Callum Irving Departs Pacific FC". Northern Tribune. December 8, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
^ "Abdou Samake Leaves Pacific FC". Northern Tribune. December 9, 2022. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
^ "York United re-sign midfielder Matthew Baldisimo". Canadian Premier League. December 15, 2022. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
^ "Gianni Dos Santos Departs Pacific FC". Northern Tribune. December 28, 2022. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
^ "Bissainthe Inks Short-Term Deal In Vietnam". Northern Tribune. January 28, 2023. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
^ "Thank You, Marco Bustos!". Pacific FC. January 4, 2023. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
^ Pacific FC [@Pacificfccpl] (January 6, 2023). "Thank you Jordan. We thank Jordan Brown as he departs Pacific. Jordan made great contributions to the club during his time here, joining in the latter half of the 2022 season" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "2023 CPL Competition Guidelines". Canadian Premier League. March 17, 2023. Archived from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved April 1, 2023.

External links[edit]

Official Site

[table_hth_FOR0.86327118047665-25] Tie resolved by away goal differential; Forge: +4, Wanderers: −2

[1] "Pacific FC Roster". Pacific FC. December 8, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2022.

[2] "Pacific FC Signs Goal Scoring Phenom Easton Ongaro". Pacific FC. November 15, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2022.

[3] "Pacific FC Signs Attacking Midfielder Pierre Lamothe". Pacific FC. November 28, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2022.

[4] "Amedume Returning for 2023!". Pacific FC. December 2, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2022.

[5] "Pacific FC announce signing of midfielder Steffen Yeates". Canadian Premier League. December 21, 2022. Retrieved December 21, 2022.

[6] "Pacific FC sign former Cavalry left-back Bradley Vliet". Canadian Premier League. January 13, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2023.

[7] "Pacific FC signs Forward Ayman Sellouf". Pacific FC. January 25, 2023. Retrieved January 25, 2023.

[8] "Pacific FC signs Forward Adonijah Reid". Pacific FC. January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.

[9] "Baskett Weaves Way To Pacific FC". Northern Tribune. March 2, 2023. Retrieved March 2, 2023.

[10] "Pacific FC Signs Forward Brazão". Pacific FC. March 3, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.

[11] "Pacific FC signs Kekuta Manneh". Pacific FC. April 3, 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2023.

[youth-12] "PFC shows faith in youth development with signing of four young Canadian players". Pacific FC. April 12, 2023. Retrieved April 12, 2023.

[bahous-13] "Pacific FC signs midfielder Zakaria Bahous, loans out Pierre Lamothe". Canadian Premier League. September 1, 2023. Retrieved September 1, 2023.

[14] "Pacific FC sign defender Jalen Watson on loan from TFC II". Pacific FC. August 8, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.

[haynes-15] "Thank You, Jordan Haynes, Matteo Polisi, and Umaro Baldé!". Pacific FC. November 2, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2022.

[mavila-16] "Thank You, Nathan Mavila and Luca Ricci!". Pacific FC. November 7, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2022.

[17] "Retired Captain Jamar Dixon Takes Leadership Role with Pacific FC". Pacific FC. November 8, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2022.

[18] "Callum Irving Departs Pacific FC". Northern Tribune. December 8, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2022.

[19] "Abdou Samake Leaves Pacific FC". Northern Tribune. December 9, 2022. Retrieved December 9, 2022.

[20] "York United re-sign midfielder Matthew Baldisimo". Canadian Premier League. December 15, 2022. Retrieved December 15, 2022.

[21] "Gianni Dos Santos Departs Pacific FC". Northern Tribune. December 28, 2022. Retrieved December 28, 2022.

[22] "Bissainthe Inks Short-Term Deal In Vietnam". Northern Tribune. January 28, 2023. Retrieved January 28, 2023.

[23] "Thank You, Marco Bustos!". Pacific FC. January 4, 2023. Retrieved January 4, 2023.

[24] Pacific FC [@Pacificfccpl] (January 6, 2023). "Thank you Jordan. We thank Jordan Brown as he departs Pacific. Jordan made great contributions to the club during his time here, joining in the latter half of the 2022 season" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[26] "2023 CPL Competition Guidelines". Canadian Premier League. March 17, 2023. Archived from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved April 1, 2023.

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