2022_Pacific_FC_season

2022 Pacific FC season

2022 Pacific FC season

Canadian soccer club's season of play


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.

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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]

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 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]

Current squad

As of August 22, 2022[4]
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Transfers

In

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Loans in

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Draft picks

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.

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Out

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Loans out

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Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

March 11 Friendly Victoria Vikes 0–1 Pacific FC Victoria, British Columbia
7:00pm Report Stadium: Centennial Stadium
March 18 Friendly Pacific FC 2–1 York United FC Langford, British Columbia
1:00pm Report Stadium: Starlight Stadium

Competitions

Matches are listed in Langford local time: Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−7) until November 5, and Pacific Standard Time (UTC−8) otherwise.

Overview

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Last updated: October 23, 2022
Source: Competitions

Canadian Premier League

Table

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Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) away goals differential; 6) away goals for; 7) home goals differential; 8) home goals for; 9) U-21 minutes; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots.[24]
(C) Champion; (S) Regular season winner

Results by match

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Updated to match(es) played on September 11, 2022. Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

April 10 1 Pacific FC 2–1 Forge FC Langford, British Columbia
4:00pm
Report Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 4,038
Referee: Juan Marquez
April 17 2 Pacific FC 3–2 Valour FC Langford, British Columbia
1:00pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 2,420
Referee: Alain Ruch
April 23 3 Pacific FC 2–1 HFX Wanderers FC Langford, British Columbia
4:00pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 3,042
Referee: Juan Marquez
April 27 4 FC Edmonton 0–0 Pacific FC Edmonton, Alberta
6:00pm
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 765
Referee: Scott Bowman
May 1 5 Cavalry FC 2–0 Pacific FC Foothills County, Alberta
2:30pm
Stadium: ATCO Field
Attendance: 4,206
Referee: Alain Ruch
May 7 6 Atlético Ottawa 0–1 Pacific FC Ottawa, Ontario
3:00pm
Report
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 3,555
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
May 14 7 Pacific FC 2–1 FC Edmonton Langford, British Columbia
4:00pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 3,424
Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren
May 20 8 Pacific FC 0–0 York United FC Langford, British Columbia
7:00pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 2,620
May 28 9 Pacific FC 2–2 Valour FC Langford, British Columbia
4:00pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 2,925
Referee: Alain Ruch
June 5 10 Atlético Ottawa 2–1 Pacific FC Ottawa, Ontario
10:00am
Report
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 4,176
Referee: Ben Hoskins
June 12 11 Forge FC 3–0 Pacific FC Hamilton, Ontario
1:00pm
Report
Stadium: Tim Hortons Field
Attendance: 3,111
Referee: David Barrie
June 18 12 York United FC 0–0 Pacific FC Toronto, Ontario
1:00pm
Report
Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Attendance: 1,012
Referee: Filip Dujic
June 25 13 Pacific FC 0–3 HFX Wanderers FC Langford, British Columbia
2:00pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 3,290
Referee: Alain Ruch
June 30 14 Pacific FC 3–3 Cavalry FC Langford, British Columbia
6:30pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 3,017
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
July 9 15 FC Edmonton 2–3 Pacific FC Edmonton, Alberta
1:00pm
Report
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,356
Referee: Mo Mohseni
July 15 16 York United FC 2–4 Pacific FC Toronto, Ontario
4:30pm
Report
Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Attendance: 1,030
Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla
July 22 17 Pacific FC 3–0 Cavalry FC Langford, British Columbia
7:00pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 3,238
Referee: Alain Ruch
July 30 18 Valour FC 1–2 Pacific FC Winnipeg, Manitoba
12:00pm
Report
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 3,109
Referee: David Barrie
August 13 19 Pacific FC 1–0 Atlético Ottawa Langford, British Columbia
2:00pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 3,244
Referee: David Barrie
August 20 20 HFX Wanderers FC 1–0 Pacific FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
10:30am
Report
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 5,729
Referee: Mathieu Souaré
August 28 21 Valour FC 1–0 Pacific FC Winnipeg, Manitoba
12:00pm
Report
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 2,908
September 3 22 Pacific FC 1–3 York United FC Langford, British Columbia
2:00pm Report Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 3,133
September 11 23 Pacific FC 1–1 Atlético Ottawa Langford, British Columbia
1:00pm
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 2,645
September 18 24 Pacific FC 1–1 Forge FC Langford, British Columbia
5:00pm Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 3,350
September 27 25 HFX Wanderers FC 0–2 Pacific FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
11:30am
Report
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
September 30 26 Pacific FC 1–0 FC Edmonton Langford, British Columbia
7:00pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 4,107
October 5 27 Forge FC 0–1 Pacific FC Hamilton, Ontario
4:00pm Report
Stadium: Tim Hortons Field
Attendance: 2,412
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière
Note: This match was originally scheduled for August 16, but was rescheduled after Pacific FC advanced to the CONCACAF League Round of 16.[25]
October 8 28 Cavalry FC 1–0 Pacific FC Foothills County, Alberta
3:00pm
Report
Stadium: ATCO Field
Attendance: 3,401

Playoffs

Semifinals
October 15 Leg 1 Pacific FC 0–2 Atlético Ottawa Langford, British Columbia
7:00pm ET
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 3,759
Referee: Mathieu Souaré
October 23 Leg 2 Atlético Ottawa 1–1
(3–1 agg.)
Pacific FC Ottawa, Ontario
2:00pm ET
Report
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 8,428
Referee: Jean-Luc Lauzière

Canadian Championship

May 24 Quarter-finals Pacific FC 2–2
(3–4 p)
York United FC Langford, British Columbia
7:00pm PT
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Referee: Filip Dujic
Penalties

CONCACAF League

Preliminary round

July 26 First leg Waterhouse Jamaica 0–0 Canada Pacific FC Kingston, Jamaica
5:00pm
  • Grey Yellow card 44'
Report
Stadium: Sabina Park
Referee: Josué Ugalde
August 2 Second leg Pacific FC Canada 6–0
(6–0 agg.)
Jamaica Waterhouse Langford, British Columbia
7:00pm
Report Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 4,506
Referee: Nima Saghafi

Round of 16

August 16 First leg Pacific FC Canada 0–1 Costa Rica Herediano Langford, British Columbia
7:00pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 4,687
Referee: José Torres
August 23 Second leg Herediano Costa Rica 0–1
(1–1 agg.)
(6–5 p)
Canada Pacific FC San José, Costa Rica
5:15pm
Report
Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
Referee: Bryan López
Penalties

Statistics

Squad and statistics

As of June 18, 2022

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Top scorers

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Disciplinary record

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References

  1. O'Connor Clarke, Charlie (December 5, 2021). "Pacific FC crowned Canadian Premier League champions with 1-0 win vs. Forge". Canadian Premier League. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  2. "Pacific FC Welcomes Merriman As New Head Coach – Kah departs". Pacific FC. January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  3. "Pacific FC: 2022 Canadian Premier League Season Preview". Canadian Premier League. March 30, 2022. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
  4. "Pacific FC Roster". Pacific FC. January 7, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  5. "Amer Didic joins Pacific FC for 2022!". Pacific FC. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  6. "Abdul Wahid Binate joins Pacific FC for 2022!". Pacific FC. February 16, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  7. "Djenairo Daniels joins Pacific FC for 2022!". Pacific FC. February 18, 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  8. "Nathan Mavila Joins Pacific FC for 2022!". Pacific FC. March 7, 2022. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
  9. "Umaro Baldé joins Pacific FC for 2022!". Pacific FC. March 16, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  10. "George Mukumbilwa joins Pacific FC for 2022!". Pacific FC. March 18, 2022. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  11. "FC Edmonton acquires midfielder Simon Triantafillou". FC Edmonton. April 15, 2022. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  12. "FC Edmonton acquires midfielder Bicou Bissainthe from Pacific FC". FC Edmonton. April 22, 2022. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  13. "Luca Ricci joins Pacific FC for 2022!". Pacific FC. May 12, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
  14. "York United, Pacific swap Cédric Toussaint, Matthew Baldisimo". Canadian Premier League. August 11, 2022. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  15. "Pacific FC signs experienced English forward Jordan Brown". Canadian Premier League. August 22, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  16. "Kamron Habibullah Joins Pacific FC for 2022!". Pacific FC. March 11, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  17. "Pacific FC announce departures of Bassett, Boehmer, Boskovic and Duran Lee". Pacific FC. January 14, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  18. "Kadin Chung joins Toronto FC". Pacific FC. February 23, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  19. "'Pacific FC-Original' MacNaughton joins Toronto FC". Pacific FC. January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  20. Jacques, John (December 16, 2021). "Blasco Joins Honduran Side CDS Vida". Northern Tribune. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
  21. "Thank you, Terran Campbell and Alessandro Hojabrpour!". Pacific FC. January 7, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  22. "Diaz heads to Norway for club-record fee". Pacific FC. August 10, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  23. "North Texas SC Acquires Defender Paul Bello Amedume on Loan from Pacific FC". FC Dallas. February 10, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  24. "2022 CPL Competition Guidelines". Canadian Premier League. April 5, 2022. Retrieved April 24, 2022.

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