2021 Pacific FC season

Pacific FC
2021 season
Chairman	Dean Shillington
Head coach	Pa-Madou Kah
Stadium	Starlight Stadium
Canadian Premier League	3rd
CPL Playoffs	Champions
Canadian Championship	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	Terran Campbell
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 Pacific FC season was the third season in the history of Pacific FC, as well as third in the Canadian Premier League. In addition to the domestic league, the club competed in the Canadian Championship.

On December 5, Pacific defeated two-time defending league champions Forge FC 1–0 in the 2021 Canadian Premier League Final to win their first league title.^[1] As champions, they qualified for the 2022 CONCACAF League.

Overview

Coming off of a 4th place finish in the shortened 2020 Canadian Premier League season, Pacific FC was able to retain most of the club's core players, while also bringing in new talent such as international attackers Ollie Bassett and Gianni dos Santos. Expectations were relatively high for the side in Pa-Modou Kah's second year leading the team.^[2]

The season began with an eight game bubble tournament in Winnipeg, dubbed "The Kickoff", before the teams moved back to their home stadiums to play out the rest of the season. The first half of the season was a huge success for Pacific, as it saw them at the top of the table and also being the highest-scoring team in the league.^[3] In the first round of the Canadian Championship, the Tridents were given a tough draw against fellow British Columbian side Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer, but Pacific managed to defeat them 4-3 at home in front of a sold-out crowd to advance to the next round.^[4]

Pacific qualified for the playoffs, by finishing in third place, and face 2nd place team Cavalry FC in the semifinals. They managed to defeat Cavalry 2-1 in extra time, and advanced to the final against defending champions Forge FC. In the final game in Hamilton, midfielder Alessandro Hojabrpour scored the lone goal of the game while goalkeeper Callum Irving kept a clean sheet, and Pacific won their first ever trophy.^[5]

Current squad

As of June 10, 2021.

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Nolan Wirth	GK	(1995-01-24)January 24, 1995 (aged 26)	Victoria Highlanders
13	Callum Irving	GK	(1993-03-16)March 16, 1993 (aged 28)	Ottawa Fury
Defenders
2	Kadin Chung	RB	(1998-09-05)September 5, 1998 (aged 23)	Kaiserslautern II
3	Jordan Haynes	LB / LW	(1996-01-17)January 17, 1996 (aged 25)	Vancouver TSS Rovers
5	Abdou Samake	CB	(1996-10-07)October 7, 1996 (aged 25)	University of Michigan
6	Lukas MacNaughton	CB	(1995-03-08)March 8, 1995 (aged 26)	Alliance United
6	Robert Boskovic	CB	(1998-07-01)July 1, 1998 (aged 23)	Toronto FC II
12	Kunle Dada-Luke	FB / RW	(2000-01-12)January 12, 2000 (aged 21)	Atlético Ottawa
17	Chris Lee	LB	(2001-12-14)December 14, 2001 (aged 20)	UBC Thunderbirds
26	Thomas Meilleur-Giguère	CB	(1997-11-13)November 13, 1997 (aged 24)	Montreal Impact
	Duran Lee	CB	(1995-05-09)May 9, 1995 (aged 26)	FC Edmonton
Midfielders
7	Víctor Blasco	MF	(1994-07-01)July 1, 1994 (aged 27)	VIU Mariners
8	Matthew Baldisimo	DM / CM	(1998-01-20)January 20, 1998 (aged 23)	Fresno FC
11	Josh Heard	AM	(1994-11-29)November 29, 1994 (aged 27)	Real Monarchs
19	Matteo Polisi	AM / FW	(1998-04-15)April 15, 1998 (aged 23)	SFU Athletics
20	Sean Young	CM	(2001-04-20)April 20, 2001 (aged 20)	Victoria Highlanders
21	Alessandro Hojabrpour	AM	(2000-01-10)January 10, 2000 (aged 21)	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
22	Jamar Dixon	CM	(1989-06-05)June 5, 1989 (aged 32)	Ottawa Fury
23	Ollie Bassett	AM	(1998-03-06)March 6, 1998 (aged 23)	Nuneaton Borough
34	Manny Aparicio	CM	(1995-09-17)September 17, 1995 (aged 26)	York9 FC
Forwards
9	Alejandro Díaz	FW	(1996-01-27)January 27, 1996 (aged 25)	Club América
10	Marco Bustos	RW / AM	(1996-04-22)April 22, 1996 (aged 25)	Valour FC
14	Terran Campbell	LW / ST	(1998-10-10)October 10, 1998 (aged 23)	Fresno FC
24	Gianni dos Santos	CF	(1998-11-21)November 21, 1998 (aged 23)	FC Dordrecht

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	From club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
34	MF	Manny Aparicio	York9 FC	Free transfer	November 6, 2020	^[6]
19	MF	Matteo Polisi	SFU Athletics	Free transfer	February 25, 2021	^[7]
12	DF	Kunle Dada-Luke	Atlético Ottawa	Free transfer	March 11, 2021	^[8]
	DF	Duran Lee	FC Edmonton	Free transfer	March 18, 2021	^[9]
23	MF	Ollie Bassett	Nuneaton Borough	Free transfer	April 29, 2021	^[10]
24	FW	Gianni dos Santos	FC Dordrecht	Free transfer	May 20, 2021	^[11]
17	DF	Chris Lee	UBC Thunderbirds	Selected 5th overall in the 2021 CPL–U Sports Draft	June 10, 2021	^[12]

Draft picks

Pacific FC selected the following players in the 2021 CPL–U Sports Draft on January 29, 2021. 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	5	DF	Chris Lee	Canada	UBC Thunderbirds
2	12	FW	Victory Shumbusho	DR Congo	UBC Thunderbirds

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	To club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
16	MF	Zach Verhoven	Atlético Ottawa	Contract expired	October 29, 2020	^[13]
19	MF	Noah Verhoeven	York United	Contract expired	February 4, 2021	^[14]
17	DF	Marcel de Jong	Retired		March 5, 2021	^[15]

Loans Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
	GK	Emil Gazdov	FC Nürnberg	Loaned until June 2022	October 7, 2020	^[16]

Competitions

Canadian Premier League

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Forge (S)	28	16	2	10	39	24	+15	50	Advance to playoffs
2	Cavalry	28	14	8	6	34	30	+4	50
3	Pacific (C)	28	13	6	9	47	34	+13	45
4	York United	28	8	12	8	35	39	−4	36
5	Valour	28	10	5	13	38	36	+2	35
6	HFX Wanderers	28	8	11	9	28	34	−6	35
7	FC Edmonton	28	6	10	12	34	41	−7	28
8	Atlético Ottawa	28	6	8	14	30	47	−17	26

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins.^[17]
(C) Champions; (S) Regular season winner

Results by match

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

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

Matches

June 26 1	Pacific FC	2–0	HFX Wanderers FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
2:00 pm	Bustos 17' Bassett 37' Heard 60' Chung 70' Lee 79'	Report	Morelli 72'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

July 1 2	York United FC	2–2	Pacific FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
2:00 pm	Abzi 2', 32' Mohammed 26' Petrasso 43' Johnston 74' Wilson 82' C. N'sa 88'	Report	Campbell 36' Aparicio 45' Heard 51' C. N'sa 67' (o.g.) Bustos 86'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Alain Ruch

July 4 3	Forge FC	3–0	Pacific FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
4:00 pm	Sabak 8' Metusala 24' Awuah 45' Babouli 70' Nanco 75' Borges 80' (pen.)	Report	Bustos 74'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

July 7 4	Atlético Ottawa	0–1	Pacific FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
4:00 pm		Report	Hojabrpour 36' Young 54' Heard 63'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Filip Dujic

July 10 5	Pacific FC	3–0	York United FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
2:00 pm	Polisi 6' Bustos 9', 53' Dixon 60' Haynes 74'	Report	Abzi 28' Johnston 58'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Marquez

July 13 6	HFX Wanderers FC	0–0	Pacific FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
5:00 pm		Report	Heard 17' Hojabrpour 58' Polisi 85'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Alain Ruch

July 17 7	Pacific FC	1–2	Forge FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
10:00 pm	Polisi 26' MacNaughton 43' Dixon 56' Heard 77' Young 81' Samake 90+2'	Report	Samuel 5' Sabak 22' (pen.) Bekker 30' Navarro 78' Tissot 82'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Marquez

July 21 8	Pacific FC	4–2	Atlético Ottawa	Winnipeg, Manitoba
7:00 pm	Díaz 35' (pen.), 52', 55' Polisi 40' Bustos 59' Haynes 59' Hojabrpour 71' Campbell 74' Young 77'	Report	Shaw 2', 15' McKendry 22' Kapor 34' Shaw 38'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Hoskins

July 30 9	Pacific FC	2–0	Cavalry FC	Langford, British Columbia
6:30 pm	Bustos 3' Blasco 14' MacNaughton 45' Baldisimo 79' dos Santos 86' Heard 90+3'	Report	Loturi 19' Ledgerwood 24' Novak 66'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

August 4 10	Pacific FC	2–1	Valour FC	Langford, British Columbia
6:30 pm	Dixon 4' Hojabrpour 44' Heard 48' MacNaughton 66' Irving 76' Bustos 87'	Report	Ulloa 7' Romeo 41' Akio 46' Romeo 54'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Referee: Mathieu Souaré

August 7 11	Pacific FC	2–2	FC Edmonton	Langford, British Columbia
3:30 pm	Bassett 15' Polisi 42' Campbell 87'	Report	Đidić 35' Ongaro 58' Aird 62' Shome 65' Warschewski 76' Warschewski 83'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 2,259 Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

August 11 12	Cavalry FC	0–0	Pacific FC	Foothills County, Alberta
6:00 pm	Simmons 31' Novak 51'	Report	Dixon 16' Heard 30' dos Santos 90+5'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 2,394 Referee: Juan Marquez

August 16 13	Valour FC	0–2	Pacific FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
5:00 pm	Peña 27' Ohin 64'	Report	Díaz 29' Aparicio 34' MacNaughton 50' Haynes 66' Campbell 73', 90+2'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 2,736 Referee: Alain Ruch

August 20 14	Pacific FC	1–2	Cavalry FC	Langford, British Columbia
6:30 pm	Hojabrpour 79' dos Santos 83' Campbell 83' (pen.) Heard 90+2'	Report	Mason 17', 23', 29' Klomp 70' Escalante 83' Yao 90+2'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 2,740 Referee: David Barrie

August 29 15	Pacific FC	3–2	Valour FC	Langford, British Columbia
3:30 pm	Díaz 11' Polisi 22' Campbell 35' MacNaughton 43' Aparicio 60' Hojabrpour 86'	Report	Ricci 17' Ohin 61' Romeo 65' Mikhael 74' Alemán 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 2,621 Referee: Alain Ruch

September 4 16	FC Edmonton	1–2	Pacific FC	Edmonton, Alberta
6:00 pm	Aird 54' Ongaro 72'	Report	Dixon 14' Díaz 28' Chung 34'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 1,352

September 9 17	Pacific FC	3–1	Cavalry FC	Langford, British Columbia
7:00 pm	Aparicio 40', 89' Campbell 45+1' Bassett 66' Chung 76'	Report	Camargo 32' Mason 60' Escalante 76'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 2,350

September 14 18	FC Edmonton	1–1	Pacific FC	Edmonton, Alberta
7:00 pm	Ongaro 57'	Report	Heard 59' Dixon 77' MacNaughton 90+2'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 670

September 19 19	Pacific FC	1–1	Atlético Ottawa	Langford, British Columbia
2:00 pm	Heard 71' Bassett 80' Campbell 86'	Report	Wright 19' Verhoven 51' Acosta 58' Mannella 67' McKendry 90+1'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 2,721 Referee: Voja Sremcevic

September 25 20	Forge FC	2–1	Pacific FC	Hamilton, Ontario
4:00 pm	Babouli 6' Bekker 76' Browne 80' Krutzen 83' Pacius 90+3'	Report	Díaz 38' MacNaughton 90+2'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

September 29 21	Valour FC	1–3	Pacific FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
4:45 pm	Romeo 2' Dyer 30', 41' Ulloa 79'	Report	Diaz 3' (pen.), 45+2' Samake 57' Blasco 69' dos Santos 86'	Stadium: IG Field

October 6 22	FC Edmonton	2–1	Pacific FC	Edmonton, Alberta
6:00 pm	Gonzalez 30', 52' Ongaro 38' Gee 43' Aird 57' Zebie 90+1'	Report	Hojabrpour 48', 49' McNaughton 52'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Referee: Nicolas Joubert

October 11 23	HFX Wanderers FC	1–0	Pacific FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
10:00 am	Bent 2' Lamothe 7' Samake 83' (o.g.) Camara 90+3'	Report	Haynes 43'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Referee: David Gantar

October 16 24	Pacific FC	3–2	Valour FC	Langford, British Columbia
3:00 pm	Heard 9' Campbell 23' Campbell 49' Samake 74'	Report	Fordyce 14' Cebara 34' Ulloa 55' Akio 49'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 3,214 Referee: Voja Sremcevic

October 21 25	Cavalry FC	2–1	Pacific FC	Foothills County, Alberta
6:00 pm	Klomp 6', 32' Norman Jr. 71'	Report	Díaz 32' Hojabrpour 71' Young 89' MacNaughton 90+3'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 2,082 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

October 26 26	Pacific FC	5–1	FC Edmonton	Langford, British Columbia
7:30 pm	Díaz 6' Aparicio 20', 51', 57' Basset 27' Bustos 41', 69' (pen.) Campbell 56'	Report	James 69' Aird 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 2,548 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

October 30 27	Pacific FC	1–2	York United FC	Langford, British Columbia
3:00 pm	Dada-Luke 43' Campbell 49' Heard 51' Aparicio 69' MacNaughton 71' dos Santos 83'	Report	Ferrari 20' Campagna 35' Ulbricht 56' Johnston 63' Wright 81' Toussaint 89'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Referee: Alain Ruch

November 7 28	Cavalry FC	1–0	Pacific FC	Foothills County, Alberta
12:30 pm	Mason 16' Norman Jr. 42' Trafford 80'	Report	Chung 24' Dada-Luke 26' Dixon 33' Aparicio 36'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 2,408 Referee: David Gantar

Playoff matches

November 20 Semi-final	Cavalry FC	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Pacific FC	Calgary, Alberta
12:00pm	Yao 47' Escalante 90+1'	Report	Campbell 33' Heard 52' Blasco 97' Carducci 105' (o.g.)	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 2,927 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

December 5 2021 CPL Final	Forge FC	0–1	Pacific FC	Hamilton, Ontario
1:30pm	Browne 17' 90+1' Cissé 58' Sabak 90+2'	Report	Meilleur-Giguère 31' Hojabrpour 59' 90+2' Young 90+2'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 7,488 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Canadian Championship

August 26 Preliminary round	Pacific FC	4–3	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Langford, British Columbia
7:00 pm PT	Campbell 8' (pen.), 43' Aparicio 16', 28' Heard 63' Díaz 76' Haynes 90+1' Blasco 90+7'	Report	Nerwinski 8' Gauld 14', 66' Rose 75' Dájome 90+8', 90+8'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 4,997 Referee: Juan Marquez

September 22 Quarter-finals	Cavalry FC	0–1	Pacific FC	Foothills County, Alberta
8:00pm MT	Escalante 33'		Campbell 33' Díaz 35' Young 90+2'	Stadium: ATCO Field Referee: Alain Ruch

November 3 Semi-finals	Toronto FC	2–1	Pacific FC	Toronto, Ontario
7:30pm ET	Altidore 15' Shaffelburg 26' Laryea 78'	Report	Samake 35' Aparicio 41' Heard 62' Hojabrpour 74' Dixon 74' Díaz 83'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 5,131 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

Statistics


No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Total			Canadian Premier League			Canadian Championship
No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
2	DF		Kadin Chung	29	1	2	26	1	1	3	0	1
3	DF		Jordan Haynes	29	0	1	26	0	1	3	0	0
5	DF		Abdou Samake	28	0	2	25	0	1	3	0	1
6	DF		Lukas MacNaughton	29	2	1	26	2	1	3	0	0
7	FW		Víctor Blasco	17	1	1	14	1	1	3	0	0
8	MF		Matthew Baldisimo	7	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0
9	FW		Alejandro Díaz	31	12	4	28	10	4	3	2	0
10	FW		Marco Bustos	18	7	6	17	7	6	1	0	0
11	FW		Josh Heard	29	5	2	26	4	1	3	1	1
12	DF		Kunle Dada-Luke	23	0	2	21	0	2	2	0	0
14	FW		Terran Campbell	30	13	6	28	11	5	2	2	1
17	DF		Chris Lee	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF		Robert Boskovic	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Matteo Polisi	22	3	1	22	3	1	0	0	0
20	MF		Sean Young	28	1	0	26	1	0	2	0	0
21	MF		Alessandro Hojabrpour	29	2	2	26	2	2	3	0	0
22	MF		Jamar Dixon	29	0	0	26	0	0	3	0	0
23	FW		Ollie Bassett	20	2	3	20	2	3	0	0	0
24	FW		Gianni dos Santos	20	1	2	17	1	2	3	0	0
26	DF		Thomas Meilleur-Giguère	12	0	0	10	0	0	2	0	0
28	MF		Paul Amedume	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF		Manny Aparicio	25	4	3	22	3	3	3	1	0

Goalkeepers


No.	Nat	Name	Total			Canadian Premier League			Canadian Championship
No.	Nat	Name	Apps	Conceded	Shutouts	Apps	Conceded	Shutouts	Apps	Conceded	Shutouts
1		Nolan Wirth	3	3	0	3	3	0	0	0	0
13		Callum Irving	30	34	9	27	29	8	3	5	1
31		Isaac Boehmer	1	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0

References

External links

2021 Pacific FC season at Official Site

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