2009 Vancouver Whitecaps season

The Southsiders, a Whitecaps supporters group, with a Je me souviens banner referencing the events of June 18, 2009 during a match against the Impact on October 10, 2009.

• June 18, 2009: After losing any chance to win the round robin, the Impact lose 1–6 to TFC giving the Voyageurs Cup to TFC over Vancouver on goal difference while coach Marc Dos Santos rests key players for the league match against Vancouver two days later. The Vancouver Whitecaps team attended the TFC-Impact game.[7]
• June 20, 2009: Two days later Montreal Impact win their USL-1 league game 2–1 against Vancouver. The Montreal Ultras protest against Impact management's unsportsmanlike behaviour two days earlier during the first half.[8]
• September 18, 2009: The extra three points Montreal got against Vancouver is also the difference between fifth and seventh place in the end-of-season league standings putting the Whitecaps at a lower seed in the USL season ending playoff tournament.
• October 17, 2009: Montreal Impact win the league playoff final's second leg 3–1 at home with the Whitecaps playing shorthanded due to a second sending off in a row, and Montreal wins the USL-1 Championship 6–3 on aggregate.[9]

Both Jay Nolly and Marcus Haber played all thirty regular season games with Jay Nolly playing every minute of every game. Charles Gbeke was tied for second among the USL-1 point leaders including the league golden boot with 12 goals while Marcus Haber was 7th (with 8 goals) and Marlon James 8th. Wes Knight had eight assists in the league.[12]

After the 2008 season, the Whitecaps and coach Teitur Thordarson changed the roster much more than in the previous seven years. Some of this was due to a ten-month contract versus the previous norm of an eight-month contract. Look at the preseason above starting in February with presumably a training camp before hand versus previous years of training camp starting in late March.[13] For some players with other part-time or off season employment and/or families the extra commitment was too much. Many long time stalwart veteran Whitecap players such as Jeff Clarke, Jason Jordan, Steve Kindel and Alfredo Valente were not on the 2009 roster. Additionally, several other players earning significant playing time over a number of years moved elsewhere. Eduardo Sebrango and back-up goalkeeper Serge Djekanovic started the 2009 season with Canadian rival Montreal while Nicholas Addlery went all the way to Puerto Rico.

Two players who remained to serve as the backbone of the side for 2009 were Martin Nash, the captain, and striker Charles Gbeke for offense. The club added Marco Reda from Charleston, Justin Thompson from Portland, and Ansu Toure from Miami. Foreign players signings included Caribbean internationals Kenold Versailles (Haiti) and Tyrell Burgess (Bermuda), who spent 2008 with the USL PDL's Reading Rage. Another signing for the portion of the season he was with the Whitecaps was former New York Red Bulls defender Jeff Parke.[14]

All stats as of the end of the season.[15]

Goalkeeper stats

No.	Nat.	Player	Total					USL-1					Playoffs
			MIN	SV	GA	GAA	SO	MIN	SV	GA	GAA	SO	MIN	SV	GA	GAA	SO
1		Jay Nolly	3240	145	46	1.28	9	2700	118	36	1.20	7	540	27	10	1.67	2

|} Updated to match played October 20, 2013
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Player statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Shots	Fouls
			1	GK	Jay Nolly	36	3540	0	0	0	1	2	0
2	DF	Marco Reda	14(2)	1274	2	0	6	12	4	0
4	DF	Justin Thompson	2(2)	226	0	0	1	4	1	0
4	DF	Shaun Pejic	15	1344	0	0	4	9	1	1
4	DF	Wesley Charles	12	1025	0	0	2	15	1	1
6	DF	Luca Bellisomo	12(4)	1168	0	1	4	7	3	0
7	MF	Martin Nash	29	2481	4	3	27	23	5	1
8	DF	Wes Knight	35(1)	2855	1	9	16	35	4	0
9	FW	Marlon James	12(11)	1160	11	2	59	29	4	0
13	MF	Kénold Versailles	9(5)	912	1	0	13	31	4	0
13	MF	Geordie Lyall	2(5)	253	0	0	1	4	1	0
14	FW	Marcus Haber	30(6)	2422	11	4	42	30	2	0
15	MF	Philippe Davies	1(1)	65	0	0	2	2	0	0
16	MF	Ansu Toure	20(7)	1579	1	3	36	16	4	0
17	FW	Randy Edwini-Bonsu	(15)	214	1	1	8	3	0	0
18	DF	Mason Trafford	12(14)	1256	0	2	7	18	2	0
19	MF	Chris Pozniak	11(2)	1009	0	0	6	11	1	0
20	MF	Ethan Gage	9(8)	803	0	0	7	17	1	0
20	FW	Charles Gbeke	28(6)	2338	13	2	79	58	3	1
20	MF	Dever Orgill	2(9)	301	2	1	7	10	2	0
22	DF	Takashi Hirano	33(1)	2954	0	2	6	33	0
23	MF	Vicente Arze	8(10)	797	0	1	14	23	3	0
24	DF	Lyle Martin	19(4)	1728	1	2	12	14	2	0
25	MF	Tyrell Burgess	11(14)	1047	1	2	28	15	2	0
25	MF	Justin Moose	2(10)	323	0	0	2	6	1	0
27	DF	Jeff Parke	7	524	0	0	3	5	1	0
28	MF	Gordon Chin	14(12)	1397	1	4	24	20	3	0
29	MF	Nizar Khalfan	9(5)	729	0	0	20	8	0	0
37	MF	Michael Onwatuegwu	1	45	0	0	0	2	0	0
99	GK	Diego	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	–	Opponent Own goals	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–

Updated February 28, 2014[16]
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• Note this list includes only players that have dressed in the eighteen.
• Note brackets indicate substitute appearances.
• Note statistics are for league and playoffs (not preseason). Voyageurs Cup statistics appear to no longer be available.

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