2022 Pacific FC season

Pacific FC
2022 season
Chairman	Dean Shillington
Head coach	James Merriman
Stadium	Starlight Stadium
Top goalscorer	Alejandro Díaz; (2 goals)
Highest home attendance	4,038; (April 10 vs. Forge FC)
Lowest home attendance	2,420; (April 17 vs. Valour FC)
Average home league attendance	3,229

The 2022 Pacific FC season is the fourth season in the history of Pacific FC. In addition to the Canadian Premier League, the club will compete in the Canadian Championship and the CONCACAF League.

Pacific FC are the defending CPL champions, having defeated Forge FC in the 2021 Canadian Premier League Final.[1] This is the club's first season led by James Merriman, who was announced as the club's new head coach on January 21, 2022.[2]

Current squad

As of March 18, 2022[3]

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

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	From club	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
DF	Amer Đidić	FC Edmonton	Undisclosed	February 9, 2022	[4]
FW	Abdul Binate	CF Montréal Academy	Undisclosed	February 16, 2022	[5]
FW	Djenairo Daniels	FC Utrecht	Undisclosed	February 18, 2022	[6]
DF	Nathan Mavila	Wingate & Finchley F.C.	Undisclosed	March 7, 2022	[7]
MF	Umaro Baldé	Rangers Academy	Undisclosed	March 16, 2022	[8]
DF	Georges Mukumbilwa	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Undisclosed	March 18, 2022	[9]
MF	Simon Triantafillou	Forge FC	Free, signed and loaned to FC Edmonton	April 15, 2022	[10]
MF	Bicou Bissainthe	Sevan FC	Free, signed and loaned to FC Edmonton	April 22, 2022	[11]

Loans in

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
	FW	Kamron Habibullah	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Season-long loan	March 11, 2022	[12]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	To club	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
	DF	Duran Lee		Released	January 14, 2022	[13]
2	DF	Kadin Chung	Toronto FC	Undisclosed	February 23, 2022	[14]
6	DF	Lukas MacNaughton	Toronto FC	Undisclosed	February 23, 2022	[15]
7	MF	Victor Blasco	Vida	Undisclosed	December 16, 2021	[16]
14	FW	Terran Campbell	Forge FC	Free	January 7, 2022	[17]
18	DF	Robert Boskovic		Released	January 14, 2022	[13]
21	MF	Alessandro Hojabrpour	Forge FC	Free	January 7, 2022	[17]
23	MF	Ollie Bassett	Atlético Ottawa	Free	January 14, 2022	[13]
31	GK	Isaac Boehmer	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Loan ended	January 14, 2022	[13]

Loans out

Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
DF	Paul Amedume	North Texas SC	Season-long loan	February 10, 2022	[18]
MF	Simon Triantafillou	FC Edmonton	Season-long loan	April 15, 2022	[10]
MF	Bicou Bissainthe	FC Edmonton	Season-long loan	April 22, 2022	[11]

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

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Canadian Premier League	5	3	1	1	7	6	+1	060.00
Canadian Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
CONCACAF League	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total	5	3	1	1	7	6	+1	060.00

Last updated: May 1, 2022
Source: Competitions

Canadian Premier League

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pacific	5	3	1	1	7	6	+1	10	Advance to playoffs
2	Atlético Ottawa	4	2	1	1	5	8	−3	7
3	HFX Wanderers	4	2	0	2	5	4	+1	6
4	York United	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1	5
5	Valour	3	1	1	1	9	5	+4	4
6	Forge	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
7	Cavalry	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	4
8	FC Edmonton	5	0	3	2	3	8	−5	3

Updated to match(es) played on May 1, 2022. 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.[19]

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	W	W	D	L
Position	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on May 1, 2022. Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

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

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

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

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

May 7 6	Atlético Ottawa	v	Pacific FC	Ottawa, Ontario
3:00pm				Stadium: TD Place Stadium

May 14 7	Pacific FC	v	FC Edmonton	Langford, British Columbia
4:00pm				Stadium: Starlight Stadium

May 20 8	Pacific FC	v	York United FC	Langford, British Columbia
7:00pm				Stadium: Starlight Stadium

May 28 9	Pacific FC	v	Valour FC	Langford, British Columbia
4:00pm				Stadium: Starlight Stadium

June 5 10	Atlético Ottawa	v	Pacific FC	Ottawa, Ontario
10:00am				Stadium: TD Place Stadium

June 12 11	Forge FC	v	Pacific FC	Hamilton, Ontario
1:00pm				Stadium: Tim Hortons Field

June 18 12	York United FC	v	Pacific FC	Toronto, Ontario
1:00pm				Stadium: York Lions Stadium

June 25 13	Pacific FC	v	HFX Wanderers FC	Langford, British Columbia
2:00pm				Stadium: Starlight Stadium

June 30 14	Pacific FC	v	Cavalry FC	Langford, British Columbia
6:30pm				Stadium: Starlight Stadium

July 9 15	FC Edmonton	v	Pacific FC	Edmonton, Alberta
1:00pm				Stadium: Clarke Stadium

July 15 16	York United FC	v	Pacific FC	Toronto, Ontario
4:30pm				Stadium: York Lions Stadium

July 22 17	Pacific FC	v	Cavalry FC	Langford, British Columbia
7:00pm				Stadium: Starlight Stadium

July 30 18	Valour FC	v	Pacific FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
12:00pm				Stadium: IG Field

August 13 19	Pacific FC	v	Atlético Ottawa	Langford, British Columbia
2:00pm				Stadium: Starlight Stadium

August 16 20	Forge FC	v	Pacific FC	Hamilton, Ontario
5:00pm				Stadium: Tim Hortons Field

August 20 21	HFX Wanderers FC	v	Pacific FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
10:30am				Stadium: Wanderers Grounds

August 28 22	Valour FC	v	Pacific FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
12:00pm				Stadium: IG Field

September 3 23	Pacific FC	v	York United FC	Langford, British Columbia
2:00pm				Stadium: Starlight Stadium

September 11 24	Pacific FC	v	Atlético Ottawa	Langford, British Columbia
1:00pm				Stadium: Starlight Stadium

September 18 25	Pacific FC	v	Forge FC	Langford, British Columbia
5:00pm				Stadium: Starlight Stadium

September 24 26	HFX Wanderers FC	v	Pacific FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
11:30am				Stadium: Wanderers Grounds

September 30 27	Pacific FC	v	FC Edmonton	Langford, British Columbia
7:00pm				Stadium: Starlight Stadium

October 8 28	Cavalry FC	v	Pacific FC	Foothills County, Alberta
3:00pm				Stadium: ATCO Field

Canadian Championship

May 24–26 Quarter-finals	Pacific FC	v	Atlético Ottawa or York United FC	Langford, British Columbia
				Stadium: Starlight Stadium

CONCACAF League

Preliminary round

2022 First leg

TBD

v

Pacific FC

2022 Second leg	Pacific FC	v	TBD	Langford, British Columbia
				Stadium: Starlight Stadium

Statistics

Squad and statistics

As of April 17, 2022

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

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Pos.	Canadian Premier League	TOTAL
1	Alejandro Díaz	FW	2	2
2	Manny Aparicio	MF	1	1
	Amer Đidić	DF	1	1
	Josh Heard	MF	1	1
Totals			5	5

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Canadian Premier League		Canadian Championship		CONCACAF League		TOTAL
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player
5	DF		Abdou Samake	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	DF		Kunle Dada-Luke	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	FW		Djenairo Daniels	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26	DF		Thomas Meilleur-Giguère	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33	DF		Nathan Mavila	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals				5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0

References

O'Connor Clarke, Charlie (5 December 2021). "Pacific FC crowned Canadian Premier League champions with 1-0 win vs. Forge". Canadian Premier League. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
"Pacific FC Welcomes Merriman As New Head Coach – Kah departs". Pacific FC. January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
"Pacific FC Roster". Pacific FC. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
"Amer Didic joins Pacific FC for 2022!". Pacific FC. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
"Abdul Wahid Binate joins Pacific FC for 2022!". Pacific FC. February 16, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
"Djenairo Daniels joins Pacific FC for 2022!". Pacific FC. February 18, 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
"Nathan Mavila Joins Pacific FC for 2022!". Pacific FC. March 7, 2022. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
"Umaro Baldé joins Pacific FC for 2022!". Pacific FC. March 16, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
"George Mukumbilwa joins Pacific FC for 2022!". Pacific FC. March 18, 2022. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
"FC Edmonton acquires midfielder Simon Triantafillou". FC Edmonton. April 15, 2022. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
"FC Edmonton acquires midfielder Bicou Bissainthe from Pacific FC". FC Edmonton. April 22, 2022. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
"Kamron Habibullah Joins Pacific FC for 2022!". Pacific FC. March 11, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
"Pacific FC announce departures of Bassett, Boehmer, Boskovic and Duran Lee". Pacific FC. January 14, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
"Kadin Chung joins Toronto FC". Pacific FC. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
"'Pacific FC-Original' MacNaughton joins Toronto FC". Pacific FC. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
Jacques, John (16 December 2021). "Blasco Joins Honduran Side CDS Vida". Northern Tribune. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
"Thank you, Terran Campbell and Alessandro Hojabrpour!". Pacific FC. January 7, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
"North Texas SC Acquires Defender Paul Bello Amedume on Loan from Pacific FC". FC Dallas. February 10, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
"2022 CPL Competition Guidelines". Canadian Premier League. April 5, 2022. Retrieved April 24, 2022.

External links

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[1] O'Connor Clarke, Charlie (5 December 2021). "Pacific FC crowned Canadian Premier League champions with 1-0 win vs. Forge". Canadian Premier League. Retrieved 6 December 2021.

[2] "Pacific FC Welcomes Merriman As New Head Coach – Kah departs". Pacific FC. January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.

[3] "Pacific FC Roster". Pacific FC. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

[4] "Amer Didic joins Pacific FC for 2022!". Pacific FC. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

[5] "Abdul Wahid Binate joins Pacific FC for 2022!". Pacific FC. February 16, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.

[6] "Djenairo Daniels joins Pacific FC for 2022!". Pacific FC. February 18, 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2022.

[7] "Nathan Mavila Joins Pacific FC for 2022!". Pacific FC. March 7, 2022. Retrieved March 7, 2022.

[8] "Umaro Baldé joins Pacific FC for 2022!". Pacific FC. March 16, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.

[9] "George Mukumbilwa joins Pacific FC for 2022!". Pacific FC. March 18, 2022. Retrieved March 18, 2022.

[edmonton-10] "FC Edmonton acquires midfielder Simon Triantafillou". FC Edmonton. April 15, 2022. Retrieved April 15, 2022.

[bicou-11] "FC Edmonton acquires midfielder Bicou Bissainthe from Pacific FC". FC Edmonton. April 22, 2022. Retrieved April 22, 2022.

[12] "Kamron Habibullah Joins Pacific FC for 2022!". Pacific FC. March 11, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2022.

[Pacific_FC_announce_departures_of_Bassett,_Boehmer,_Boskovic_and_Duran_Lee-13] "Pacific FC announce departures of Bassett, Boehmer, Boskovic and Duran Lee". Pacific FC. January 14, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2022.

[14] "Kadin Chung joins Toronto FC". Pacific FC. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.

[15] "'Pacific FC-Original' MacNaughton joins Toronto FC". Pacific FC. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

[16] Jacques, John (16 December 2021). "Blasco Joins Honduran Side CDS Vida". Northern Tribune. Retrieved 16 December 2021.

[Thank_you,_Terran_Campbell_and_Alessandro_Hojabrpour!-17] "Thank you, Terran Campbell and Alessandro Hojabrpour!". Pacific FC. January 7, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2022.

[18] "North Texas SC Acquires Defender Paul Bello Amedume on Loan from Pacific FC". FC Dallas. February 10, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.

[19] "2022 CPL Competition Guidelines". Canadian Premier League. April 5, 2022. Retrieved April 24, 2022.