Vancouver Whitecaps FC (women)
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| Full name | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |
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| Nickname(s) | Whitecaps |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Stadium | Swangard Stadium |
| Stadium capacity |
5,288 |
| Chairman | Bob Lenarduzzi |
| Manager | Hubert Busby Jr. |
| League | USL W-League |
| 2011 | 2nd, Western Conference Playoff W-League 4th Place |
The Vancouver Whitecaps FC women are a Canadian women's soccer team founded in 2001 and a part of the greater Vancouver Whitecaps FC club. Originally called the Vancouver Breakers in 2001–02, the team was a member of the USL W-League, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada, from 2003 to 2012. The team won the 2004 and 2006 championships, and was runner-up in 2001 and 2010.
The club was formed as a merger of the Vancouver Angels of the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) and Vancouver Lady 86ers teams. In 2002 with the change to one of the current owners, Greg Kerfoot, the Breakers were brought under the name Whitecaps Football Club. Vancouver played in the Western Conference against the Colorado Force, Colorado Rush, LA Strikers, Pali Blues, Santa Clarita Blue Heat, Seattle Sounders Women and Victoria Highlanders Women.
The club announced that it will not field a team for the 2013 USL W-League season. They stated it was because a lot of the best players in Canada are going to be playing in the National Women's Soccer League, involving the US Soccer Federation, Canadian Soccer Association, and Mexican Football Federation. The Whitecaps are still fielding an under 18 team, their girls elite program, in the 2013 Pacific Coast Soccer League.
In 2010 the Whitecaps played their home games at Swangard Stadium in the city of Burnaby, British Columbia, 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) east of Downtown Vancouver. In 2011, the women played each home game in a different city in British Columbia. The team's colours are blue and white.
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