2013 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season
| 2013 season | |||
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| Chairman | John Furlong | ||
| Manager | Martin Rennie | ||
| Stadium |
BC Place (Capacity 21,000) |
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| Major League Soccer |
7th, West 11th, Overall |
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| Canadian Championship | 2nd | ||
| Top goalscorer |
League: Camilo (18) All: Camilo (21) |
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| Highest home attendance | 22,500 (capacity exceeded) vs.Seattle Sounders FC (Jul 6) 21,000 (sell-out) vs. Toronto FC (Mar 2) vs. LA Galaxy (May 11) vs. Philadelphia Union (Jul 27) vs. LA Galaxy (Aug 24) vs. Real Salt Lake (Sep 28) |
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| Lowest home attendance | 14,892 vs. FC Edmonton (May 1) |
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| Average home league attendance | 'League: 20,044 All: 19,689 |
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The 2013 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season was the Whitecaps' third season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of soccer in the United States and Canada.
January 11, 2013 Vancouver Whitecaps FC announced the signing of Brad Rusin. He was sold to the Whitecaps for an undiclosed fee.
The 2013 MLS SuperDraft was the fourteenth SuperDraft presented by Major League Soccer. The draft took place on January 17, 2013 in Indianapolis, Indiana at the Indiana Convention Center. Vancouver Whitecaps FC drafted Kekuta Manneh with the No. 4 pick and Erik Hurtado with the No. 5 pick in the MLS Super Draft.
January 21, 2013 the Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Barry Robson mutually agreed to terminate his Whitecaps contract. Robson later signed with Sheffield United.
January 23, 2013 Vancouver Whitecaps FC announce the signings of Corey Hertzog and Tom Heinemann to contracts.
January 25, 2013 Vancouver Whitecaps FC announced Martin Bonjour contract had been waived. Bonjour was a starter until the signing of defender Andy O'Brien
January 28, 2013 Whitecaps announced the signing of Japanese midfielder Daigo Kobayashi. He played last season with Shimizu S-Pulse of the J1 League.
The Caps went to Arizona to play three preseason games between January 29 and February 4, 2013. The first game against New England Revolution saw the Caps play to an easy 4–1 win. scored a hat trick with goals in the 2nd, 5th and 15th minutes. Kenny Miller scored in the 65th minute on a penalty kick to secure the win. The next game say the Caps improve to 2–0 in the preseason with a 2–1 win over the Houston Dynamo. Caps got goals from Mattocks (fourth goal in two games) and Hertzog's first of the preseason. Vancouver Whitecaps FC finished their Arizona training by improving to 3–0 in preseason with a 2–1 victory over the Arizona Sahuaros. New signing Paulo Jr scored the only goal of the game. Simon Thomas saw his first action with the Whitecaps since the 2010 season.
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