VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Whitecaps FC announced today the club’s U-16 Residency roster for the 2016-17 United States Soccer Development Academy (USSDA) season. The opening league match for the ‘Caps is on Saturday, September 3 on the road at Sacramento Republic FC.
15 players on the roster are from British Columbia, 14 of whom came through the EA SPORTS BC Soccer Premier League. Eight players on the roster call Alberta home, with seven new players coming in following the recent partnership announcement between Whitecaps FC and the Alberta Soccer Association. Ottawa, Ontario’s Haider Kadhom rounds out the roster.
18 players on the roster have previously been called up to Canadian youth national teams.
Three players return to the U-16 roster from the previous season:
- Alessandro Hojabrpour (Burnaby, BC)
- Evan Ince (North Vancouver, BC)
- Trevor Schneider (Coquitlam, BC).
Nine players move up to the U-16 team from the Pre-Residency roster:
- Nicolas Budisa (Vancouver, BC)
- Christian Campagna (Surrey, BC)
- Logan Chung (Port Coquitlam, BC)
- T-Boy Faiya (Edmonton, AB)
- Eryk Kobza (North Vancouver, BC)
- Christopher Lee (West Vancouver, BC)
- Tristan Torresan (North Vancouver, BC)
- Nikolas White (Port Moody, BC)
- Ali Zohar (Surrey, BC)
12 new players enter the Residency program:
- Jefferson Alade (Sherwood Park, AB)
- Jacob Aulin-Angelozzi (Airdrie, AB)
- Keisean Brooks (Calgary, AB)
- Anthony Caceres (Leduc, AB)
- Jose Hernandez (Edmonton, AB)
- Haider Kadhom (Ottawa, ON)
- Daniel Kaiser (Calgary, AB)
- Darlington Murasiranwa (Edmonton, AB)
- Nikolas Papakyriakopoulous (New Westminster, BC)
- Andrew Peat (Port Coquitlam, BC)
- Jake Ruby (North Vancouver, BC)
- Gurman Sangha (Coquitlam, BC)
|
First Name
|
Last Name
|
Position
|
City
|
Previous Club
|
|
Jefferson
|
Alade
|
FOR
|
Sherwood Park, AB
|
FC Edmonton
|
|
Jacob
|
Aulin-Angelozzi
|
FOR
|
Airdrie, AB
|
Calgary Foothills FC
|
|
Keisean
|
Brooks
|
DEF
|
Calgary, AB
|
Calgary Villains
|
|
Nicolas
|
Budisa
|
MF
|
Vancouver, BC
|
Fusion FC
|
|
Anthony
|
Caceres
|
MF
|
Leduc, AB
|
FC Edmonton
|
|
Christian
|
Campagna
|
DEF
|
Surrey, BC
|
Surrey United SC
|
|
Logan
|
Chung
|
MF
|
Port Coquitlam, BC
|
Coquitlam Metro Ford SC
|
|
T-Boy
|
Fayia
|
FOR
|
Edmonton, AB
|
Sherwood Park
|
|
Jose
|
Hernandez
|
FOR
|
Edmonton, AB
|
FC Edmonton
|
|
Alessandro
|
Hojabrpour
|
MF
|
Burnaby, BC
|
Coquitlam Metro Ford SC
|
|
Evan
|
Ince
|
GK
|
North Vancouver, BC
|
NVFC
|
|
Haider
|
Kadhom
|
MF
|
Ottawa, ON
|
Ottawa Gloucester Soccer Club
|
|
Daniel
|
Kaiser
|
DEF
|
Calgary, AB
|
Calgary Foothills FC
|
|
Eryk
|
Kobza
|
FOR
|
North Vancouver, BC
|
Mountain United FC
|
|
Christopher
|
Lee
|
DEF
|
West Vancouver, BC
|
Mountain FC
|
|
Darlington
|
Murasiranwa
|
GK
|
Edmonton, AB
|
FC Edmonton
|
|
Nikolas
|
Papakyriakopoulos
|
MF/DEF
|
New Westminster, BC
|
Coquitlam Metro Ford SC
|
|
Andrew
|
Peat
|
DEF
|
Port Coquitlam, BC
|
Coquitlam Metro Ford SC
|
|
Jake
|
Ruby
|
DEF
|
North Vancouver, BC
|
Mountain United FC
|
|
Gurman
|
Sangha
|
MF
|
Coquitlam, BC
|
Mountain United FC
|
|
Trevor
|
Schneider
|
GK
|
Coquitlam, BC
|
Coquitlam Metro Ford SC
|
|
Tristan
|
Torresan
|
MF
|
North Vancouver, BC
|
Mountain United FC
|
|
Nikolas
|
White
|
DEF
|
Port Moody, BC
|
Coquitlam Metro Ford SC
|
|
Ali
|
Zohar
|
MF
|
Surrey, BC
|
Surrey United SC
|
