2023 Pacific FC season

Pacific FC
2023 season
Chairman	Dean Shillington
Head coach	James Merriman
Stadium	Starlight Stadium
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ChairmanDean Shillington

Head coachJames Merriman

StadiumStarlight Stadium

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

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

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]

Round	Selection	Pos.	Player	Nationality	University
1	6	DF	Eric LaJeunesse	Canada	UBC
2	13	DF	Brandon Torresan	Canada	Trinity Western

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]

Competition	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Canadian Premier League	Matchday 1	4th	28	11	7	10	42	35	+7	039.29
CPL Playoffs	Play-in round	Second semifinal	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	066.67
Canadian Championship	Preliminary round	Semi-finals	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	033.33
Total			34	14	8	12	48	41	+7	041.18

2023 Pacific FC season

Transfers

In

Loans in

Draft picks

Out

Loans out

Competitions

Overview

Pre-season friendlies

Canadian Premier League

Standings

Results by match

Matches

Playoff matches

Canadian Championship

References

External links

Related Articles

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

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

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	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	L	L	L
Position	2	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4

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 Attendance: 4,825

April 23 2	Pacific FC	1–1	Cavalry FC	Langford, British Columbia
1:00pm PT	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
5:00pm PT	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'	Report	Young 6' Heard 9' Sellouf 34' Didic 69'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 3,499 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

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July 11 14	HFX Wanderers FC	2–1	Pacific FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
8:00pm AT	Ferrin 16' Watson 49' Fernandez 56' Fillion 79' Nimick 90+2'	Report	Young 56' 56' Kunle Dada-Luke 59' Đidić 87' Lamothe 90+4'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 5,255 Referee: David Barrie
Note: Game originally scheduled for 7:00pm, postponed one hour due to excessive rain and flooding.

July 14 15	York United FC	0–0	Pacific FC	Toronto, Ontario
7:30pm ET	Gee 33' Mourdoukoutas 49' Ferrari 90'	Report	Toussaint 60' Daniels 66' Lajeunesse 74'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,464 Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

August 7 18	HFX Wanderers FC	1–2	Pacific FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
3:00pm AT	Loughrey 22' Ferrin 44' Morelli 46' Nimick 79'	Report	Heard 25' Meilleur-Giguère 45+2' Heard 54' Toussaint 83' Yeates 90+8'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 6,254 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

August 19 20	Vancouver FC	3–2	Pacific FC	Langley Township, British Columbia
1:00pm PT	Cantave 11' E. Simmons 44' Fry 52' Bitar 76', 87'	Report	Mukumbilwa 33' Didić 41' Meilleur-Giguère 65' Daniels 73'	Stadium: Willoughby Community Park Attendance: 2,363 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

May 14 5	Pacific FC	4–1	York United FC	Langford, British Columbia
3:00pm PT	Didic 7' Aparicio 42' Mukumbilwa 61' Brazão 82' Ongaro 90+2'	Report	dos Santos 55' Faye 60'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 3,027 Referee: Scott Bowman

May 20 6	Valour FC	1–1	Pacific FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
4:00pm CT	Gutiérrez 66' Niyongabire 69'	Report	Young 49', 72' Yeates 73' Toussaint 90+1' Amedume 90+3'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 2,775

May 27 7	Pacific FC	1–1	HFX Wanderers FC	Langford, British Columbia
7:00pm PT	Reid 32' Vliet 64'	Report	Daniels 84'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 2,741 Referee: Alain Ruch

June 2 8	Vancouver FC	3–6	Pacific FC	Langley Township, British Columbia
7:00pm PT	Kwak 7' Bakare 9' Tahid 45+1', 52' Hundal 87' (pen.)	Report	Didic 3', 86' Aparicio 19', 80' (pen.) Heard 24' Sellouf 66' Ongaro 68' Reid 68' Manneh 90+1'	Stadium: Willoughby Community Park Attendance: 3,438 Referee: Renzo Villanueva

June 10 9	Forge FC	0–1	Pacific FC	Hamilton, Ontario
7:00pm ET	James 33'	Report	Reid 29' Daniels 85'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 5,013 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

June 18 10	Pacific FC	1–0	York United FC	Langford, British Columbia
1:00pm PT	Toussaint 50' Meilleur-Giguère 54' Aparicio 56' Daniels 81' Young 88'	Report	Soumaoro 40' Babouli 45+1' Ricci 56' Gee 73'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 2,741 Referee: Mario Alayass

June 21 11	Pacific FC	1–0	Valour FC	Langford, British Columbia
7:00pm PT	Mukumbilwa 30' Toussaint 77' Ongaro 79' Didić 90+5'	Report	Campbell 58'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 2,706

June 30 12	Pacific FC	2–2	Atlético Ottawa	Langford, British Columbia
6:30pm PT	Meilleur-Giguère 45+5' Sellouf 49' Yeates 64' Daniels 89'	Report	Salter 19' Bassett 53' (pen.) Niba 56' Espejo 84' Ingham 90+2' Assi 90+3'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 2,591 Referee: Alain Ruch

July 8 13	Pacific FC	1–2	Cavalry FC	Langford, British Columbia
6:00pm PT	Meilleur-Giguère 22' Heard 51' Ongaro 72' Young 75'	Report	Camargo 20' Kobza 36' Aird 44' Daley 49' Kamdem 51' Ntignee 62' Chima 75'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 2,825

July 21 16	Pacific FC	0–2	Forge FC	Langford, British Columbia
7:00pm PT	Toussaint 45' Heard 71'	Report	Kwasi Poku 6' Choinière 38' Metusala 75'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 3,311 Referee: Michael Venne

July 29 17	Valour FC	0–3	Pacific FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
3:00pm CT	Williams 90+1'	Report	Reid 5' Heard 83' Sellouf 85'	Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium Attendance: 2,977

August 13 19	Pacific FC	0–1	Atlético Ottawa	Langford, British Columbia
1:30pm PT	Heard 69' Gazdov 90+8'	Report	Del Campo 33' Bassett 38' Ingham 62' Salter 90+8'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 3,356 Referee: Scott Bowman

August 27 21	Cavalry FC	1–0	Pacific FC	Foothills County, Alberta
3:00pm MT	Bevan 52' (pen.)	Report	Didić 18' Daniels 42' Aparicio 56' Mukumbilwa 89' 90+1'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 4,617

September 2 22	Pacific FC	2–1	Valour FC	Langford, British Columbia
1:00pm PT	Reid 35' Vliet 83' Sellouf 85'	Report	Polisi 24' Pianelli 66' de Brienne 77' Campbell 79' Baquero 90+2' Selemani 90+4'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 3,286

September 8 23	Pacific FC	1–1	HFX Wanderers FC	Langford, British Columbia
7:00pm PT	Toussaint 45+1' Didic 50' Sellouf 57' (pen.) Amedume 85'	Report	Wilson 45+1' Armaan Wilson 58' Mwandwe 69'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 3,153 Referee: Alain Ruch

September 13 24	Atlético Ottawa	1–1	Pacific FC	Ottawa, Ontario
5:30pm ET	Ouimette 59' Tissot 65' Zapater 90+1'	Report	Yeates 29' Dada-Luke 52' Bahous 74' Daniels 79'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 4,236 Referee: Scott Bowman

September 17 25	York United FC	1–4	Pacific FC	Toronto, Ontario
5:00pm ET	Esprit 34' Ricci 63' Gagnon-Laparé 75' De Rosario 86'	Report	Meilleur-Giguère 11' Young 18' Aparicio 40' 62' Brazão 79' Ongaro 90+3'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,151 Referee: Myriam Marcotte

September 23 26	Forge FC	3–1	Pacific FC	Hamilton, Ontario
7:00pm ET	Rama 5' Hojabrpour 14' Pacius 44' Sissoko 45+10' Hamilton 90+6'	Report	Daniels 3' Heard 76'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 5,327 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

September 30 27	Pacific FC	1–2	Vancouver FC	Langford, British Columbia
2:00pm PT	Vliet 26' Daniels 38' Ongaro 53' Manneh 65'	Report	Bitar 28' Cantave 34' Fry 35' E. Simmons 54'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 4,404 Referee: Ben Hoskins

October 7 28	Cavalry FC	3–0	Pacific FC	Foothills County, Alberta
1:00pm MT	Klomp 22' Bevan 74' Aird 90' Trafford 90+2' Henry 90+4'	Report	Aparicio 78'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 4,656