Vancouver Whitecaps coach by Tony Fonseca ex Benfica[R]

Tony Fonseca - coach Vancouver Whitecaps[R]

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Men's Head Coach Tony Fonseca is a former Portuguese international with a dozen years playing and academy coaching experience at the top levels of European soccer. He also holds a Canadian National B License.

A native of Lisbon, this left-sided fullback played seven times for Portugal's National Team, as well as 33 national youth team appearances.

He spent most of his career in the Portuguese First Division, including three seasons with European powerhouse Benfica of Lisbon, two seasons with Vitoria Guimares, and seven seasons with Estrala da Amadora.

In all, Fonseca played 278 games in the First Division before leaving Estrala da Amadora to sign with Vancouver on July 13, 1999.
Staff Academy Super Y

Tony Fonseca in action
He was named Vancouver's assistant coach to Dale Mitchell in 2000,
a position he held for two seasons before being named Head Coach
on February 13, 2002.

Now retired as a player, Fonseca played 16 games for Vancouver over three seasons.

 

Re: Vancouver Whitecaps coach by Tony Fonseca[R]

Vancouver with the best record in the Western division
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Soccer/2004/07/17/546223-cp.html

 

those he have any portuguese canadians on the team?

 

Whitecaps Defend Conference Lead This Friday Versus Milwaukee Wave United
Less than 900 tickets remaining for the July 23rd game

Courtesy of the Vancouver Whitecaps
21.July.2004
Vancouver, BC - The Whitecaps FC announced today that fewer than 900 tickets are available for the Men's game versus Milwaukee Wave United this Friday, July 23rd. With five home dates left in the season including this Friday's match, and a Western Conference leading record of 11-5-2, the Whitecaps look to increase their lead over Milwaukee, who currently sits at fifth place in the Conference.

In one previous meeting with Milwaukee this year the Whitecaps won by a score of 2-1 on the road at Uihlein Park. Wave United currently has 23 points and two games in hand on the Whitecaps who lead the West with 35 points.

CKNW will be broadcasting live on-site at Friday's game, joined by live entertainment from Yuca pre-game and at half-time. Friday's game is also a special McDonald's Family Night with the purchase of four tickets starting at just $49 fans receive two Happy Meals. Ice cream is on the line at Swangard as well and if the Whitecaps win against Milwaukee, everyone in attendance wins a free McDonald's sundae.

For ticket information to an upcoming Whitecaps game call 604 669-WAVE (9283).

Ben Brown

 

another win for Vancouver Whitecaps - game was soldout

http://www.whitecapsfc.com/matchnight/gamereports/2004/men/july23.htm

 

after the Porto game, you can watch on Fox Sports World

USL A-League VANCOUVER-CALGARY (live), 11 pm.

 

no revenge - 1-1 final scored


WHITECAPS GAME REPORT

Whitecaps Men 1 - Calgary Mustangs 1

Friday July 30, 2004

Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, BC (attendance: 4,853 )

Overview

The Whitecaps Men saw a win against Calgary slip through their fingers as Mustangs striker Stefan Holdt scored a last-second equaliser, ending
Vancouver's shutout streak at a team record 561 minutes. The game finished 1-1 after 20 minutes of overtime, as Vancouver extended their unbeaten run to six. Jason Jordan scored Vancouver's lone goal, while John Sulentic saw his penalty kick attempt saved by Calgary keeper Lutz Pfannenstiel.

The Whitecaps record goes to 12-5-3 for 39 points, three points up on the 12-7-0 Portland Timbers, who make up their game in hand tomorrow in Milwaukee. Vancouver slips to third place overall as the Rochester Raging Rhinos move a point up on Vancouver after defeating the Minnesota Thunder 2-1 Friday night. Calgary's record now stands at 2-14-4 for ten points, last in the league, but the tie ends the Mustangs' seven-game losing streak.

Vancouver now heads off for the first of four games on the road starting Friday August 6 in Montreal. The Whitecaps Women play their big playoff match on Saturday at Swangard in the Western Conference Championship against the Seattle Sounders, starting at 7:00pm. Win or lose, this will be the Women's last home game of the season.




Game Notes

In a tightly played first half, Vancouver had early chances on headers from free kicks, with Dave Morris going wide at 14' and Justin Thompson powering one right at keeper Lutz Pfannenstiel at 17'. Morris then blasted a volley just wide from in close at 20'.

Calgary's best chance of the first half was a powerful 20-yard shot by team captain Geert Brusselers at 25' that curled just wide of the near post.

Vancouver almost opened scoring at 53' when referee Dave Gantar awarded a penalty kick after Jason Jordan was fouled from behind by defender CJ Peszneker to the right of goal. John Sulentic took the spot kick, but Lutz Pfannenstiel dove to his right to make the big stop. Pfannenstiel also stopped a dangerous shot from Sulentic at 67'.

Both teams had great chances in overtime. Jason Jordan at 96' from a very sharp angle on the left, flipped the ball past the onrushing keeper, but CJ Peszneker made a superb play to hook the ball off the goal line a split second before it went in. Then in the final minute (110') Calgary's Steffen Holdt almost scored again, but pulled his shot just wide from good position.

The Whitecaps', and goalkeeper Alex Marques', shutout streak ends at 561 minutes, breaking the previous mark of 504 minutes set in 1990 by Paul Dolan and Rob Merkl.

Whitecaps defender Justin Thompson left the game at 67' after a clash of heads opened up a gash above his left eye requiring seven stitches.

This was the first time in nearly two years that Vancouver has failed to win a game in which Jason Jordan has scored, ending a streak of eleven wins.

Carlo Corazzin came in as a substitute at 75' for his 50th career game for Vancouver.

The tie eliminates Vancouver for contention for the Voyageurs cup, the fan-sponsored trophy given to the Canadian team that finishes first in over a series of eight interlocking games. Vancouver's record in the cup is 2-1-3 for 7 points. The Montreal Impact have it virtually locked up at 4-2-0 for 14 points, with Edmonton FC the only team left with a mathematical chance of catching them.

Scoring Summary

60' Vanc Jason Jordan (Winston Griffiths)
Griffiths fed the ball to Jordan at the edge of the box and he rifled it low inside the right post for his fourth of the season.

92'+ Calg Steffen Holdt (Nicolas Reyes)
Holdt sent a 22-yard screamer into the top right corner of the net past a diving Alex Marques.

 

they could use a big stadium

 

what happen to Fonseca?


IMPACT TIES VANCOUVER 0-0


MONTREAL, August 6, 2004 — Playing in front of over 10,000 spectators for the first time in club history at Claude Robillard Sports Complex, Friday, the Montreal Impact played the Vancouver Whitecaps to a 0-0 draw in a match-up it dominated offensively — 15-7 in shots. The game was played before 11,019 fans, an all-time club record for an Impact home game. The old attendance record of 9,894 was set last July 14.

"It was like a playoff game tonight," said Impact captain Mauro Biello. "It’s frustrating not to score the goal that would have lifted the crowd, but the positive side is that we created a lot of scoring chances against a good team with a lot of experienced players and that’s well-organized defensively."

With the tie, the Impact is undefeated in its last five games (4-0-1), while the Whitecaps are now unbeaten in seven (4-0-3). All of the Impact’s last five games have resulted in a shutout. The five straight shutouts — four by Greg Sutton and one by Andrew Olivieri — are a new club record. As a team, it was Montreal’s 16th shutout of the year, also a new club record. Sutton extended the record he already holds on a personal basis by collecting his 15th shutout of the season. Vancouver goalkeeper Alexander Marques-Delgado picked up his ninth shutout in 15 starts this year.

The Impact buzzed in the Whitecaps end of the field for most of the game. Eduardo Sebrango and Antonio Ribeiro saw their shots blocked by defenders in scrambles at the goal mouth, at the 15th and 34th minutes respectively, while Nevio Pizzolitto hit the post after picking up the rebound on Sebrango’s shot. Free kicks by Sandro Grande forced Marques-Delgado to come up with big saves at the 34th and 44th minute.

The Montreal players kept the same pace in the second half, as Ribeiro saw his bullet deflected away by Marques-Delgado at the 62nd. Ribeiro then found Biello at the edge of the penalty area, and the captain healed the ball forward to Sebrango, who was stopped at close range by the Vancouver goalkeeper.

Sutton also came up big at the 71st, as he dove to his left to stop Steve Kindel’s shot, and then at the 83rd, when he blocked a 25-yard shot from Davide Xausa.

At the 13th minute of overtime, Biello and Sebrango both couldn’t find the handle right at the goal mouth.

On a night where the top four teams in the Eastern Conference were playing, the Impact remained in first place, two points ahead of the Richmond Kickers, who beat the Charleston Battery 2-1 in overtime. Meanwhile, the Rochester Rhinos played the Syracuse Salty Dogs to a 1-1 draw, while the Atlanta Silverbacks lost 4-3 to the Virginia Beach Mariners. In the Western Conference, the Whitecaps are now two points behind the first-place Portland Timbers.

Fred Commodore, who came into the game at the 61st, had to come out for Darko Kolic at the 75th because of a sprained ankle.

The Impact’s next game will be on Saturday, August 14 at Laval University’s PEPS Stadium in Laval, against the Puerto Rico Islanders (2:00 pm, CKAC).

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SOURCE:
bcomm

INFO:
Stéphane Banfi
514-328-3668 (ext. 27)

 

what happen to Vancouver another lost

Thunder Defeat Second Place Whitecaps 2-1

Castellanos Scores Game Winner in 77th Minute


August 10, 2004 (Stillwater, Minn.) –

The Thunder snapped a four game losing streak Tuesday night in
Stillwater, defeating the visiting Vancouver Whitecaps by a 2-1
score. Midfielder Kevin Friedland led the Thunder with a goal and an
assist, while David Castellanos scored the game-winner for the
Thunder in the 77th minute. The win is an important one for the
Thunder who reclaim third place in the Western Conference, moving
past the Seattle Sounders.

“It was a good win for us after a tough stretch where we lost four
league matches in a row,” said Thunder head coach Buzz Lagos after
the game, “To come back home and get the win against the second place
team puts us closer to Vancouver in the standings and separates us
more from [fifth-place] Milwaukee. It was a good result for our team
and now we look forward to playing Portland.

The Thunder now prepare to face the first-place Portland Timbers at
James Griffin Stadium in St. Paul on Saturday (August 14) at 7 p.m.

The Whitecaps started Tuesday evening’s game quickly when forward
Jason Jordan carried the ball deep into left side of the Thunder goal
box in the 5th minute of play and lofted a ball towards the top of
the box. Midfielder Johnny Sulentic cracked a first time shot from
just outside goal box that went a few feet wide of the goal.

The Thunder got on the board first when forward Johnny Menyongar
collected the ball 25 yards from goal and played a ball into the
right corner of the field for the streaking Godfrey Tenoff who played
a first time ball across the mouth of the goal that snuck past the
Vancouver defense and goalkeeper Alex Marques to Kevin Friedland who
easily slid the ball into the far side of the goal for the 1-0 lead.

It looked as though the Thunder would take that 1-0 lead into
halftime when Vancouver forward Jason Jordan collected a poor
Minnesota clearance with just a minute left in the half and carried
the ball deep into the Thunder goal box. Jordan drew goalkeeper Joe
Warren to the left side of the net and slid the ball across the goal
to a wide-open Martin Nash who easily put the ball into the back of
the net to tie the game at one.

Vancouver out-shot the Thunder 8-3 in the first half.

Jordan again created an early chance for Vancouver in the 48th minute
when he stole the ball from Tenoff and took off down the left side of
the field with several Thunder players racing to catch up to him.
Jordan slid through the Thunder goal box and hit a low shot towards
the far post that Warren was barely able to grab as he dove to his
left.

The Thunder’s Jeff Matteo created a great opportunity to score when
he collected a Vancouver turnover and slid a ball across the goal box
to a wide open Johnny Menyongar who cut back one defender and slid
the ball to a streaking Tenoff who rocketed a shot past goalkeeper
Marques and just over the cross bar.

With just over ten minutes left in the game Friedland threaded a ball
through the Vancouver defense to a sprinting David Castellanos who
carried the ball about 10 yards into the goal box and hit a shot past
a diving Marques to put the Thunder up 2-1. Castellanos’ goal would
prove to be the game-winner.

“It was a good result for our team and now we look forward to playing
Portland,” said Lagos.

With the win the Thunder improves to 11-8-3 (W-L-D). The Thunder’s
final home game of the season takes place this Saturday (August 14)
at James Griffin Stadium. The Thunder face off against the first-
place Portland Timbers. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Tickets may be
purchased by visiting www.mnthunder.com or by calling the Thunder
office at 917-917-8326.

Game Notes:

19 year-old, Liberian National team member Francis Doe made his Thunder
debut, coming into the game for Menyongar in the 83rd minute.

Game Summary:

Scoring Summary:

Friedland 20 (Tenoff)
Nash 45 (Jordan)
Castellanos 75 (Friedland)

Starting Lineups:

Minnesota: Warren, Branan, Jacquette, Roberts, Juarez, Tenoff, Matteo
(Ferruzzi 68), Friedland (Wilson 77), Alberts, Castellanos, Menyongar (Doe
83)

Vancouver: Marques, Dasovic, Piette, Craveiro, Kindel, Clarke, Nash
(Xausa 45), Sultenic, Morris, Corazzin, Jordan

Game Statistics:

Minnesota: Shots: 12, Fouls: 11, Offside: 4, Corners: 1
Vancouver: Shots: 12, Fouls:13, Offside: 2, Corners: 5

Goalkeeper Statistics:

Warren (Minnesota): Shots faced: 12, Saves: 8, Goals allowed: 1
Marques (Vancouver): Shots faced: 12, Saves: 3, Goals allowed: 2

Cautions:

Vancouver: Morris 23
Minnesota: Castellanos 30
Minnesota: Menyongar 44
Vancouver: Piette 80

Attendance: 2,431

 

Vancouver 1
@ Minnesota 0
Vancouver advances 3-0 on aggregate

 

last two years the ex Vancouver coach Tony Fonseca took charge of the youth sports director job for the club, this year they won the North America U16 championship with a 1-0 win over Chicago Magic on a goal by portuguese canadian Ricardo Teixeira
https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=274161