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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 were the defending CPL champions, having defeated Forge FC in the 2021 Canadian Premier League Final. 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. Overview 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 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific FC
Pacific Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Greater Victoria, British Columbia. The club competes in the Canadian Premier League, playing home matches at Starlight Stadium located in Langford. History On May 5, 2018, "Port City FC" was one of four groups accepted by the Canadian Soccer Association for professional club membership, along with groups that would become Cavalry FC, HFX Wanderers, and York9. Port City was the only one of the four that was not identified with a specific city, and represented an as-of-yet undetermined location in British Columbia. The group was expected to launch a team in either Greater Victoria or Surrey, British Columbia. Former professional player Rob Friend, who grew up in British Columbia, was pictured as a representative of the region. On June 1, the Canadian Premier League granted the Port City ownership group a club on Vancouver Island. Pacific FC was officially unveiled on July 20 as the seventh team to join the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadin Chung
J. Kadin Brian Chung (born September 5, 1998) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a full-back for Vancouver FC in the Canadian Premier League. Early life Chung began playing youth soccer at age six with Coquitlam Metro-Ford SC. In his youth he also played hockey, swimming, and ran track and field. He played for the British Columbia provincial soccer team at U13 level. In September 2011, he joined the Vancouver Whitecaps Academy. Club career In August 2015, he signed his first professional contract with Whitecaps FC 2 in the USL. On September 13, 2015, he made his professional debut against Orange County Blues FC. Ahead of the 2016 season, he was invited to training camp with the Vancouver Whitecaps first team. In May 2016, he was named to the USL Team of the Week, after recording his first professional assist in a 3-2 win over Tulsa Roughnecks FC. In 2018, rather than sign a USL deal with the Whitecaps new affiliate, Fresno FC, Chung would elect to purs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Gazdov
Emil Gazdov ( bg, Емил Газдов; born September 11, 2003) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Pacific FC in the Canadian Premier League. Early life Gazdov began playing youth soccer with North Vancouver FC, before later joining Mountain United FC. In August 2017, he joined the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency Academy, where he played for three years before leaving to sign a professional contract. He later spent time with the U19 side of German club 1. FC Nürnberg, after being loaned following signing his first professional contract with Pacific FC. Club career In March 2020, he began training with Canadian Premier League club Pacific FC. On June 30, 2020, Gazdov signed his first professional contract with Pacific FC of the Canadian Premier League. After not appearing in any matchday squads in the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season as the third-choice goalkeeper, Gazdov was sent on a two-year loan in October to the U19 side of German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottawa Fury FC
Ottawa Fury Football Club was a Canadian professional soccer club based in Ottawa, Ontario. The club competed in the North American Soccer League and USL Championship and played its home games at TD Place Stadium. The Ottawa Fury FC were dissolved as a soccer club on November 8, 2019 and their USL franchise rights were sold to Miami FC on December 11, 2019. An unrelated club, Atlético Ottawa, were formed in 2020 to enter the Canadian Premier League representing the city, with home games again at TD Place Stadium. History Formative years On June 20, 2011, the North American Soccer League announced that Ottawa had been awarded an expansion franchise. The team would join the league in 2014 once developments at Lansdowne Park were completed. In February 2013, the club ran a campaign to select a name and received over 4,000 submissions. Club president John Pugh announced that Ottawa Fury FC was chosen as the name. On May 23, 2013, the club named Marc Dos Santos as the first h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goalkeeper (association Football)
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting opposing shots on goal. Such positions exist in bandy, rink bandy, camogie, association football, Gaelic football, international rules football, floorball, handball, hurling, field hockey, ice hockey, roller hockey, lacrosse, ringette, rinkball, water polo, and shinty as well as in other sports. In most sports which involve scoring in a net, special rules apply to the goalkeeper that do not apply to other players. These rules are often instituted to protect the goalkeeper (being a target for dangerous or even violent actions). This is most apparent in sports such as ice hockey, field hockey, and lacrosse, where goalkeepers are required to wear special equipment like heavy pads and a face mask to protect their bodies from the impact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Edmonton
FC Edmonton was a Canadian professional soccer club based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club was founded in 2010 and competed in the North American Soccer League (NASL) from 2011 to 2017. The club went on hiatus when NASL ceased competitive operations before the cancelled 2018 season. FC Edmonton competed in the Canadian Premier League from the league's inaugural season in 2019 until 2022. From 2012 onward, FC Edmonton's home field had been Clarke Stadium. History Formative years In February 2010, FC Edmonton was launched by brothers Tom Fath and Dave Fath as founding members of the North American Soccer League. The club spent the first year playing exhibition matches against teams including Colo Colo, the Spokane Spiders and Vitória, with a squad mostly represented by Albertan college students and amateur players. The team also played an honorary match against the Canadian Armed Forces on Canada Day in July. In December 2010, head coach Dwight Lodeweges and his assistant Hans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amer Đidić
Amer Đidić (born December 28, 1994) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a centre-back for Pacific FC and the Canadian national team. Club career Early career Born in Zenica, Bosnia and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Đidić began playing soccer with Sherwood Park District SA and later spent time in the FC Edmonton Academy system before playing four years of college soccer at Baker University, where he was a two-time NAIA All-American. As a senior in 2015, he was named a NSCAA and NAIA All-American, as well as being named the Heart of America Athletic Conference Most Valuable Player. Swope Park Rangers Đidić was signed by United Soccer League side Swope Park Rangers on March 2, 2016. In August 2016, Sporting Kansas City announced that they had signed Đidić on a short-term loan, to play in the 2016-17 CONCACAF Champions League against Central FC. Đidić made his first team debut on August 16, 2016 in the competition. After receiving rave reviews i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Diaz Liceaga
Alejandro is the Spanish form of the name Alexander. Alejandro has multiple variations in different languages, including Aleksander ( Czech, Polish), Alexandre (French), Alexandros ( Greek), Alsander ( Irish), Alessandro ( Italian), Aleksandr ( Russian), and Alasdair ( Gaelic). People with the given name Alejandro * Alejandro Alvizuri, Peruvian backstroke swimmer * Alejandro Amenábar, Chilean-born Spanish director * Alejandro Aranda, American singer, musician, and reality television personality * Alejandro Arguello, Mexican footballer * Alejandro Avila, Mexican TV actor * Alejandro Awada, Argentine actor * Alejandro Betts, Argentine historian * Alejandro Bermúdez, Colombian swimmer * Alejandro Bustillo, Argentine architect * Alejandro Carrión, Ecuadorian poet and novelist * Alejandro Casañas, Cuban hurdler * Alejandro Castillo, Mexican footballer * Alejandro Cercas, Spanish politician * Alejandro Chataing, Venezuelan architect * Alejandro Cichero, Venezuelan f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callum Irving
Callum Ernest John Irving (born March 16, 1993) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Canadian Premier League club Vancouver FC. He began his career playing for local clubs in Vancouver before joining the Whitecaps FC Academy in 2007. After attending the University of Kentucky, he went undrafted in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft and subsequently joined Rio Grande Valley FC Toros. After a short-term loan spell at Houston Dynamo, Irving joined Ottawa Fury in December 2016. Irving has won a single cap with the Canada national team. Club career Youth and college Irving began playing soccer at the age of four and spent 10 years with Marpole SC. He also played for the Vancouver Selects for two seasons, and represented the British Columbia provincial team at U16 level. In 2007, he joined the Whitecaps FC Academy and appeared for Premier Development League side Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 in 2010 and 2011. Irving played four years of college socce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Bustos
Marco Antonio Bustos (born April 22, 1996) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder for Allsvenskan club Värnamo. Club career Youth He began playing soccer at age four with the Garden City CC. Bustos played for FC Northwest in his native Winnipeg for four years before joining the Vancouver Whitecaps's academy in 2011. Bustos played from the U-16 level up, and completed his time at the academy with a 19-goal performance during the 2013-14 USSDA season. He also played seven games for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23, Vancouver U-23 USL PDL, PDL side, scoring four goals. Vancouver Whitecaps Bustos made his professional debut for Vancouver in the 2014 Canadian Championship, starting a game against Toronto FC on May 7, 2014. On September 15, it was announced Bustos had signed a pre-contract with Vancouver and would officially be added to the team's roster in January 2015. Bustos made his MLS league debut for the Whitecaps against FC Dallas on Octo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Hojabrpour
Alessandro Feridun Hojabrpour ( fa, آلساندرو فریدون هژبرپور; born January 10, 2000) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a central midfielder for Canadian Premier League side Forge FC. Club career Early career A product of the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy, Alessandro Hojabrpour signed with the under-19 side of Bulgarian club Lokomotiv Plovdiv in 2017. Pacific FC Hojabrpour signed with Pacific FC on January 15, 2019 and made his Canadian Premier League debut on May 12, 2019 against FC Edmonton. He was given his first start for the club in the next game during a Canadian Championship match against Cavalry FC on May 15, 2019. Hojabrpour re-signed with Pacific in December 2019 for the 2020 season and in December 2020 for the 2021 season. During the 2021 Canadian Premier League season, Hojabrpour provided his first assist for the club on July 17 to Josh Heard against Forge FC. He scored his first goal for Pacific on October 6 against FC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terran Campbell
Terran Campbell (born October 10, 1998) is a Canadian professional soccer player who currently plays for Forge FC in the Canadian Premier League. Early life Campbell began playing soccer at age five with South Burnaby Metro Club. In 2010, he joined the Burnaby Selects SC and was also part of the British Columbia provincial U13 team. In September 2011, he joined the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy. After signing a professional contract with the Whitecaps second team, he continued to play with the Academy teams in 2016. Club career On July 31, 2015, he debuted with Whitecaps FC 2 in the USL, as an academy call-up, against the Tulsa Roughnecks. In August 2015, at age 16, he signed a professional contract with Whitecaps FC 2 in the USL. He scored his first professional goal on May 28, 2017 against the Real Monarchs. In December 2017, Campbell joined Fresno FC in the USL for the 2018 season, who became the Whitecaps' new USL affiliate after they decided to disband the Whitecaps FC 2 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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