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2022 Pacific FC season

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]

Overview[edit]

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[edit]

As of August 22, 2022^[4]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Callum Irving		GK	(1993-03-16)March 16, 1993 (aged 29)	Ottawa Fury
21	Emil Gazdov		GK	(2003-09-11)September 11, 2003 (aged 19)	FC Nürnberg
Defenders
2	Georges Mukumbilwa		RB	(1999-09-23)September 23, 1999 (aged 23)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
3	Jordan Haynes		LB / LW	(1996-01-17)January 17, 1996 (aged 26)	Vancouver TSS Rovers
5	Abdou Samake		CB	(1996-10-07)October 7, 1996 (aged 26)	University of Michigan
13	Kunle Dada-Luke		FB / RW	(2000-01-12)January 12, 2000 (aged 22)	Atlético Ottawa
26	Thomas Meilleur-Giguère		CB	(1997-11-13)November 13, 1997 (aged 25)	Montreal Impact
33	Nathan Mavila		LB	(1995-10-15)October 15, 1995 (aged 27)	Wingate & Finchley
55	Amer Didic		CB	(1994-12-28)December 28, 1994 (aged 28)	FC Edmonton
Midfielders
6	Umaro Baldé		CM / AM	(2002-10-07)October 7, 2002 (aged 20)	Rangers Academy
8	Matteo Polisi		AM / FW	(1998-04-15)April 15, 1998 (aged 24)	SFU Athletics
11	Josh Heard		AM	(1994-11-29)November 29, 1994 (aged 28)	Real Monarchs
14	Luca Ricci		CM	(1998-02-23)February 23, 1998 (aged 24)	FC Lanaudière
20	Sean Young		CM	(2001-04-20)April 20, 2001 (aged 21)	Victoria Highlanders
22	Jamar Dixon		CM	(1989-06-05)June 5, 1989 (aged 33)	Ottawa Fury
28	Cédric Toussaint		CM / AM	(2001-03-29)March 29, 2001 (aged 21)	York United
34	Manny Aparicio		CM	(1995-09-17)September 17, 1995 (aged 27)	York9 FC
Forwards
10	Marco Bustos		RW / AM	(1996-04-22)April 22, 1996 (aged 26)	Valour FC
15	Jordan Brown		ST	(1996-11-10)November 10, 1996 (aged 26)	Electric City FC
19	Abdul Binate		CF	(2003-01-24)January 24, 2003 (aged 19)	CF Montréal Academy
23	Djenairo Daniels		CF	(2002-01-07)January 7, 2002 (aged 20)	FC Utrecht
24	Gianni dos Santos		CF	(1998-11-21)November 21, 1998 (aged 24)	FC Dordrecht
30	Kamron Habibullah		LW	(2003-10-23)October 23, 2003 (aged 19)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

No.	Pos.	Player	From club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
	DF	Amer Đidić	FC Edmonton	Free	February 9, 2022	[5]
	FW	Abdul Binate	CF Montréal Academy	Free	February 16, 2022	[6]
	FW	Djenairo Daniels	FC Utrecht	Free	February 18, 2022	[7]
	DF	Nathan Mavila	Wingate & Finchley F.C.	Free	March 7, 2022	[8]
	MF	Umaro Baldé	Rangers Academy	Free	March 16, 2022	[9]
	DF	Georges Mukumbilwa	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Free	March 18, 2022	[10]
	MF	Simon Triantafillou	Forge FC	Free, signed and loaned to FC Edmonton	April 15, 2022	[11]
	MF	Bicou Bissainthe	Sevan FC	Free, signed and loaned to FC Edmonton	April 22, 2022	[12]
	MF	Luca Ricci	Montreal Carabins	Selected 8th overall in the 2022 CPL–U Sports Draft	May 12, 2022	[13]
	MF	Cédric Toussaint	York United	Undisclosed sell-on clause, and loan of Matthew Baldisimo	August 11, 2022	[14]
	FW	Jordan Brown	Electric City FC	Free	August 22, 2022	[15]

Loans in[edit]

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
	FW	Kamron Habibullah	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Season-long loan	March 11, 2022	[16]

Draft picks[edit]

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	Canada	Université de Montréal
2	16	DF	Rees Goertzen	Canada	University of Victoria

Out[edit]

No.	Pos.	Player	To club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
	DF	Duran Lee		Released	January 14, 2022	[17]
2	DF	Kadin Chung	Toronto FC	Undisclosed	February 23, 2022	[18]
6	DF	Lukas MacNaughton	Toronto FC	Undisclosed	February 23, 2022	[19]
7	MF	Victor Blasco	Vida	Undisclosed	December 16, 2021	[20]
14	FW	Terran Campbell	Forge FC	Free	January 7, 2022	[21]
18	DF	Robert Boskovic		Released	January 14, 2022	[17]
21	MF	Alessandro Hojabrpour	Forge FC	Free	January 7, 2022	[21]
23	MF	Ollie Bassett	Atlético Ottawa	Free	January 14, 2022	[17]
31	GK	Isaac Boehmer	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Loan ended	January 14, 2022	[17]
9	FW	Alejandro Díaz	Sogndal	Undisclosed fee & sell-on clause	August 10, 2022	[22]

Loans out[edit]

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
	DF	Paul Amedume	North Texas SC	Season-long loan	February 10, 2022	[23]
	MF	Simon Triantafillou	FC Edmonton	Season-long loan	April 15, 2022	[11]
	MF	Bicou Bissainthe	FC Edmonton	Season-long loan	April 22, 2022	[12]
	MF	Matthew Baldisimo	York United	Season-long loan	August 11, 2022	[14]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Competitions[edit]

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

Overview[edit]

Last updated: October 23, 2022
Source: Competitions

Canadian Premier League[edit]

Table[edit]

Results by match[edit]

Matches[edit]

Pacific FC v Forge FC

April 10 1	Pacific FC	2–1	Forge FC	Langford, British Columbia
4:00pm	Díaz 5' Meilleur-Giguère  49' Đidić 57' Mavila  68' Daniels  81' Samake  88'	Report	Poku  44' Achinioti-Jönsson 89'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 4,038 Referee: Juan Marquez

Pacific FC v Valour FC

April 17 2	Pacific FC	3–2	Valour FC	Langford, British Columbia
1:00pm	Aparicio 20' Dada-Luke  32' Díaz 33' Heard 56'	Report	Mikhael  26' Dada-Luke 42' (o.g.) Akio  45' Dyer 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 2,420 Referee: Alain Ruch

Pacific FC v HFX Wanderers FC

April 23 3	Pacific FC	2–1	HFX Wanderers FC	Langford, British Columbia
4:00pm	Aparicio 25',  56' Samake  71' Díaz 85' (pen.) Daniels  90+1'	Report	Bent 45+1' Tabi  58'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 3,042 Referee: Juan Marquez

FC Edmonton v Pacific FC

April 27 4	FC Edmonton	0–0	Pacific FC	Edmonton, Alberta
6:00pm	Singh  32'		Aparicio  37' Mukumbilwa  73'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 765 Referee: Scott Bowman

Cavalry FC v Pacific FC

May 1 5	Cavalry FC	2–0	Pacific FC	Foothills County, Alberta
2:30pm	Musse 2' Aird  24' Mason 37',  45+3' Norman Jr.  60'		Mavila  52' Young  86'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 4,206 Referee: Alain Ruch

Atlético Ottawa v Pacific FC

May 7 6	Atlético Ottawa	0–1	Pacific FC	Ottawa, Ontario
3:00pm	Sissoko  77'	Report	Díaz 72' Đidić  77'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 3,555 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Pacific FC v FC Edmonton

May 14 7	Pacific FC	2–1	FC Edmonton	Langford, British Columbia
4:00pm	Díaz 10' Heard 62' Habibullah  74' Daniels  86'	Report	Mohammed  10' Timoteo 73'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 3,424 Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

Pacific FC v York United FC

May 20 8	Pacific FC	0–0	York United FC	Langford, British Columbia
7:00pm	Heard  7' dos Santos  60' Mavila  90+2'	Report	Abzi  45'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 2,620

Pacific FC v Valour FC

May 28 9	Pacific FC	2–2	Valour FC	Langford, British Columbia
4:00pm	dos Santos 56' Díaz 71' Đidić  90+3' Baldisimo  90+3'	Report	Baquero  21' Rea 36' Fordyce 48' Gutiérrez  90+3' Ponce  90+3'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 2,925 Referee: Alain Ruch

Atlético Ottawa v Pacific FC

June 5 10	Atlético Ottawa	2–1	Pacific FC	Ottawa, Ontario
10:00am	Shaw 62' Bahous  66' Verhoven  78', 86'	Report	Mavila  33' dos Santos  65' Dada-Luke  78' Heard 83'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 4,176 Referee: Ben Hoskins

Forge FC v Pacific FC

June 12 11	Forge FC	3–0	Pacific FC	Hamilton, Ontario
1:00pm	Morgan 11' Borges 13' Rama  50' Pacius 83'	Report	Dada-Luke  24' Heard  74'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 3,111 Referee: David Barrie

York United FC v Pacific FC

June 18 12	York United FC	0–0	Pacific FC	Toronto, Ontario
1:00pm	Hernández  45+2' Johnston  84'	Report	Dixon  8' Samake  76'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,012 Referee: Filip Dujic

Pacific FC v HFX Wanderers FC

June 25 13	Pacific FC	0–3	HFX Wanderers FC	Langford, British Columbia
2:00pm	Dixon  57'	Report	Samb 24' Daniels 36' Salter 71' (pen.) Fernandez  72' Schaale  79' Oxner  87'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 3,290 Referee: Alain Ruch

Pacific FC v Cavalry FC

June 30 14	Pacific FC	3–3	Cavalry FC	Langford, British Columbia
6:30pm	Daniels 6' Aparicio  29' dos Santos 43' Dada-Luke  49' Díaz 74'	Report	Norman Jr.  29' Klomp 45+4' Escalante 50',  53' Pepple 56'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 3,017 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

FC Edmonton v Pacific FC

July 9 15	FC Edmonton	2–3	Pacific FC	Edmonton, Alberta
1:00pm	Bitar 79' Camara 83'	Report	Young 39',  89' Heard 43' Daniels 59'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 1,356 Referee: Mo Mohseni

York United FC v Pacific FC

July 15 16	York United FC	2–4	Pacific FC	Toronto, Ontario
4:30pm	Kratt 1' Giantsopoulos  31' De Rosario 49' Toussaint  56' Ferrari  74'	Report	Daniels  31' Díaz 42' (pen.), 63', 70' Young  65' Heard  72' Dixon  85' dos Santos 87',  90+4'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,030 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

Pacific FC v Cavalry FC

July 22 17	Pacific FC	3–0	Cavalry FC	Langford, British Columbia
7:00pm	Bustos 24',  25' Aparicio  32' Escalante 50' (o.g.) Díaz 68'	Report	Norman Jr.  15' Klomp  26' Trafford  32' Escalante  43'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 3,238 Referee: Alain Ruch

Valour FC v Pacific FC

July 30 18	Valour FC	1–2	Pacific FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
12:00pm	de Brienne 23' Ascanio  33'  62'	Report	Mukumbilwa  8' Díaz 71', 73' Daniels  80'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 3,109 Referee: David Barrie

Pacific FC v Atlético Ottawa

August 13 19	Pacific FC	1–0	Atlético Ottawa	Langford, British Columbia
2:00pm	Heard 8',  80' Bustos  29'	Report	Moragrega  19' Beckie  89'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 3,244 Referee: David Barrie

HFX Wanderers FC v Pacific FC

August 20 20	HFX Wanderers FC	1–0	Pacific FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
10:30am	Schaale  68' Omar  71' Lamothe 82'	Report	Đidić  19' Aparicio  29' Young  30' Bustos  31' Samake  40'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 5,729 Referee: Mathieu Souaré

Valour FC v Pacific FC

August 28 21	Valour FC	1–0	Pacific FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
12:00pm	Rea  43' de Brienne  50' Dyer  56' Romeo 62'	Report	Daniels  26'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 2,908

Pacific FC v York United FC

September 3 22	Pacific FC	1–3	York United FC	Langford, British Columbia
2:00pm	Dada-Luke 31'	Report	Wilson  22' Babouli 48' De Rosario 57' S. Gutiérrez 81'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 3,133

Pacific FC v Atlético Ottawa

September 11 23	Pacific FC	1–1	Atlético Ottawa	Langford, British Columbia
1:00pm	Young  35' Đidić 45+3',  90+3' Dada-Luke  69'		Bassett 26' (pen.) Tabla  30' Espejo  90+5'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 2,645

Pacific FC v Forge FC

September 18 24	Pacific FC	1–1	Forge FC	Langford, British Columbia
5:00pm	Achinioti-Jönsson 17' (o.g.) Dixon  18' Meilleur-Giguère  27'	Report	Hojabrpour 4',  21' Poku  66' Metusala  70'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 3,350

HFX Wanderers FC v Pacific FC

September 27 25	HFX Wanderers FC	0–2	Pacific FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
11:30am	Fernandez  18'	Report	dos Santos  32' Đidić  37' Daniels 45' Heard 69' Mavila  90+3'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds

Pacific FC v FC Edmonton

September 30 26	Pacific FC	1–0	FC Edmonton	Langford, British Columbia
7:00pm	Bustos 1' Dixon  72' Heard  78'	Report	Smith  13' Triantafillou  18' Loughrey  90+4'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 4,107

Forge FC v Pacific FC

October 5 27	Forge FC	0–1	Pacific FC	Hamilton, Ontario
4:00pm	Owolabi-Belewu  11' Achinioti-Jönsson  85'	Report	Brown 60',  68' Heard  82'	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]

Cavalry FC v Pacific FC

October 8 28	Cavalry FC	1–0	Pacific FC	Foothills County, Alberta
3:00pm	Alarcón Sáez  40' Musse  70' M. Trafford  75' Fisk 89' Smith-Doyle  90+2'	Report	Haynes  61' Mukumbilwa  66' Toussaint  73'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 3,401

Playoffs[edit]

Semifinals[edit]

Pacific FC v Atlético Ottawa

October 15 Leg 1	Pacific FC	0–2	Atlético Ottawa	Langford, British Columbia
7:00pm ET	Didic  10' Heard  73'	Report	Tabla  63', 79' Camus  70' Espejo  75' Haworth  77' Bahous  90+1' Verhoven 90+4'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 3,759 Referee: Mathieu Souaré

Atlético Ottawa v Pacific FC

October 23 Leg 2	Atlético Ottawa	1–1 (3–1 agg.)	Pacific FC	Ottawa, Ontario
2:00pm ET	Shaw 83',  84'	Report	Meilleur-Giguère 28',  77' Bustos  43' Samake  64' Young  85'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 8,428 Referee: Jean-Luc Lauzière

Canadian Championship[edit]

Pacific FC v York United FC

May 24 Quarter-finals	Pacific FC	2–2 (3–4 p)	York United FC	Langford, British Columbia
7:00pm PT	Đidić 11', 90+7',  90+8' Daniels  79' Heard  82'	Report	Verhoeven  13' Thompson 25' N'sa  29' De Rosario 31' Zator  36' Gutiérrez  45' Johnston  57' Hernández  90' Giantsopoulos  90+11'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Referee: Filip Dujic
	Penalties
	Meilleur-Giguère Díaz dos Santos Daniels Bustos		Abzi Zator Hernández Eduardo Wilson

CONCACAF League[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

Waterhouse v Pacific FC

July 26 First leg	Waterhouse	0–0	Pacific FC	Kingston, Jamaica
5:00pm	Grey  44'	Report	Aparicio  80'	Stadium: Sabina Park Referee: Josué Ugalde

Pacific FC v Waterhouse

August 2 Second leg	Pacific FC	6–0 (6–0 agg.)	Waterhouse	Langford, British Columbia
7:00pm	Díaz 13', 54', 73' Bustos 41' Heard 56', 61'	Report		Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 4,506 Referee: Nima Saghafi

Round of 16[edit]

Pacific FC v Herediano

August 16 First leg	Pacific FC	0–1	Herediano	Langford, British Columbia
7:00pm	Daniels  18' Mavila  40' Đidić  88'	Report	Ruiz  52' Brenes 83'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 4,687 Referee: José Torres

Herediano v Pacific FC

August 23 Second leg	Herediano	0–1 (1–1 agg.) (6–5 p)	Pacific FC	San José, Costa Rica
5:15pm	López  55' Brenes  90+1'	Report	Dixon  55' Samake  78' Daniels  85' dos Santos 89',  90'	Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Referee: Bryan López
	Penalties
	Basulto Rocha Brenes López Campos Galo Soto		Meilleur-Giguère Heard Bustos Daniels Aparicio dos Santos Đidić

Statistics[edit]

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Squad and statistics[edit]

As of June 18, 2022^[update]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Canadian Premier League		Canadian Championship		CONCACAF League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	CAN	Callum Irving	13	0	12+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	CAN	Georges Mukumbilwa	4	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	CAN	Jordan Haynes	6	0	4+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	MLI	Abdou Samake	10	0	6+3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
6	MF	POR	Umaro Baldé	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	FW	NED	Gianni dos Santos	10	1	2+7	1	1+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	CAN	Matteo Polisi	5	0	2+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	MEX	Alejandro Díaz	13	6	11+1	6	1+0	0	0+0	0
10	MF	CAN	Marco Bustos	13	0	12+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF	WAL	Josh Heard	12	3	9+2	3	1+0	0	0+0	0
13	DF	CAN	Kunle Dada-Luke	10	0	9+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	CAN	Luca Ricci	6	0	1+4	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
20	MF	CAN	Sean Young	8	0	3+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	GK	CAN	Emil Gazdov	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF	CAN	Jamar Dixon	10	0	9+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
23	FW	NED	Djenairo Daniels	11	0	2+8	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
26	DF	CAN	Thomas Meilleur-Giguère	12	0	11+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
30	FW	CAN	Kamron Habibullah	7	0	3+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	DF	ENG	Nathan Mavila	9	0	6+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
34	MF	CAN	Manny Aparicio	8	2	8+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0
55	DF	CAN	Amer Đidić	13	3	11+1	1	1+0	2	0+0	0
66	MF	CAN	Matthew Baldisimo	9	0	8+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0