Club: | Pacific FC |
Season: | 2022 |
Stadium: | Starlight Stadium |
Chrtitle: | Chairman |
Chairman: | Dean Shillington |
Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
Manager: | James Merriman |
League: | Canadian Premier League |
League Result: | 4th |
Cup1: | CPL Playoffs |
Cup1 Result: | Semi-finals |
Cup2: | Canadian Championship |
Cup2 Result: | Quarter-finals |
Cup3: | CONCACAF League |
Cup3 Result: | Round of 16 |
League Topscorer: | Alejandro Díaz (13 goals) |
Season Topscorer: | Alejandro Díaz (16 goals) |
Highest Attendance: | 4,687 (August 16 vs. Herediano) |
Lowest Attendance: | 2,420 (April 17 vs. Valour FC) |
Prevseason: | 2021 |
Nextseason: | 2023 |
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.[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]
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]
No. | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Date of birth (age) | Previous club | |||
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Goalkeepers | ||||||||
1 | Callum Irving | GK | December 31, 2022 | Ottawa Fury | ||||
21 | Emil Gazdov | GK | December 31, 2022 | FC Nürnberg | ||||
Defenders | ||||||||
2 | Georges Mukumbilwa | RB | December 31, 2022 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | ||||
3 | Jordan Haynes | LB / LW | December 31, 2022 | Vancouver TSS Rovers | ||||
5 | Abdou Samake | CB | December 31, 2022 | University of Michigan | ||||
13 | Kunle Dada-Luke | FB / RW | December 31, 2022 | Atlético Ottawa | ||||
26 | Thomas Meilleur-Giguère | CB | December 31, 2022 | Montreal Impact | ||||
33 | Nathan Mavila | LB | December 31, 2022 | Wingate & Finchley | ||||
55 | Amer Didic | CB | December 31, 2022 | FC Edmonton | ||||
Midfielders | ||||||||
6 | Umaro Baldé | CM / AM | December 31, 2022 | Rangers Academy | ||||
8 | Matteo Polisi | AM / FW | December 31, 2022 | SFU Athletics | ||||
11 | Josh Heard | AM | December 31, 2022 | Real Monarchs | ||||
14 | Luca Ricci | CM | December 31, 2022 | FC Lanaudière | ||||
20 | Sean Young | CM | December 31, 2022 | Victoria Highlanders | ||||
22 | Jamar Dixon | CM | December 31, 2022 | Ottawa Fury | ||||
28 | Cédric Toussaint | CM / AM | December 31, 2022 | York United | ||||
34 | Manny Aparicio | CM | December 31, 2022 | York9 FC | ||||
Forwards | ||||||||
10 | Marco Bustos | RW / AM | December 31, 2022 | Valour FC | ||||
15 | Jordan Brown | ST | December 31, 2022 | Electric City FC | ||||
19 | Abdul Binate | CF | December 31, 2022 | CF Montréal Academy | ||||
23 | Djenairo Daniels | CF | December 31, 2022 | FC Utrecht | ||||
24 | Gianni dos Santos | CF | December 31, 2022 | FC Dordrecht | ||||
30 | Kamron Habibullah | LW | December 31, 2022 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | ||||
No. | Pos. | Player | From club | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FC Edmonton | Free | [4] | ||||
CF Montréal Academy | Free | [5] | ||||
FC Utrecht | Free | [6] | ||||
Wingate & Finchley F.C. | Free | [7] | ||||
Rangers Academy | Free | [8] | ||||
Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Free | [9] | ||||
Forge FC | Free, signed and loaned to FC Edmonton | [10] | ||||
Sevan FC | Free, signed and loaned to FC Edmonton | [11] | ||||
Montreal Carabins | Selected 8th overall in the 2022 CPL–U Sports Draft | [12] | ||||
York United | Undisclosed sell-on clause, and loan of Matthew Baldisimo | [13] | ||||
Electric City FC | Free | [14] | ||||
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 | Université de Montréal | |
2 | 16 | DF | Rees Goertzen | University of Victoria | |
No. | Pos. | Player | To club | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Released | ||||||
2 | Toronto FC | Undisclosed | [16] | |||
6 | Toronto FC | Undisclosed | [17] | |||
7 | Undisclosed | [18] | ||||
14 | Forge FC | Free | [19] | |||
18 | Released | |||||
21 | Forge FC | Free | ||||
23 | Atlético Ottawa | Free | [20] | |||
31 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Loan ended | ||||
9 | Sogndal | Undisclosed fee & sell-on clause | [21] | |||
No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned to | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
North Texas SC | Season-long loan | [22] | ||||
FC Edmonton | Season-long loan | |||||
FC Edmonton | Season-long loan | |||||
York United | Season-long loan | |||||
Matches are listed in Langford local time: Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−7) until November 5, and Pacific Standard Time (UTC−8) otherwise.
See main article: 2022 Canadian Premier League season.
See main article: article and 2022 Canadian Championship.
See main article: article and 2022 CONCACAF League.
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width=10 | Rank | width=10 | Nat. | Player | width=10 | Pos. | width=80 | Canadian Premier League | width=80 | Canadian Championship | width=80 | CONCACAF League | width=80 | TOTAL |
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1 | FW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
2 | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
DF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
4 | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
5 | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
Totals | 13 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
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 | 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 | 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 |