Pacific FC Launch / 2019 off season thread

[nolando]

I bet PFC will be scouting this match. Funny, which name jumps out but Ty Rosenlund: http://aftn.ca/fifth-visl-v-fvsl-all-star-match-set-for-port-moody-on-saturday-afternoon/

[Unnamed Trialist]

3 hours ago, nolando said:

I bet PFC will be scouting this match. Funny, which name jumps out but Ty Rosenlund: http://aftn.ca/fifth-visl-v-fvsl-all-star-match-set-for-port-moody-on-saturday-afternoon/

The only other name I recognize is Sam Prette, he was interviewed by Ted at the Pacific FC open trials, of course remembering the name for its similarity with our NT defensive mid.

[shamrock]

Nolan Wirth rings a bell. Wasn't he a goaly as some youth camps?

[Keegan]

40 minutes ago, shamrock said:

Nolan Wirth rings a bell. Wasn't he a goaly as some youth camps?

He was starting keeper on our 2015 u20 team.

[nolando]

5 hours ago, Unnamed Trialist said:

The only other name I recognize is Sam Prette, he was interviewed by Ted at the Pacific FC open trials, of course remembering the name for its similarity with our NT defensive mid.

Michael's brother Mark Baldisimo is there. Totally random but after I look again I also see the son of my wedding photographer (Ethan Claiborne-Collins), a striker who played at UFV iirc.

Edited January 12, 2019 by nolando

[shorty]

Taught both Sam and Adam when they were in high school. Adam is now a teacher. His brother Andrew had a cup of coffee with the Timbers U23s (I think it was) and his Dad runs the academy at Reynolds. 

Edited January 12, 2019 by shorty

[youllneverwalkalone]

I think Nolan Worth being the 2nd keeper is pretty much a lock.

 

[Lord Bob]

3 minutes ago, youllneverwalkalone said:

I think Nolan Worth being the 2nd keeper is pretty much a lock.

 

He also got a cup of coffee in USL; born CanPL material.

[m-g-williams]

 

[youllneverwalkalone]

I know those feet. Ben & Ben for sure.

[RS]

14 hours ago, m-g-williams said:

 

Strange that they don't yet have Macron balls for these promos.

[Zem]

48 minutes ago, RS said:

Strange that they don't yet have Macron balls for these promos.

The deal with Macron was only announced as an apparel deal, so they may have a different supplier for match balls.

[Alex D]

Speaking of Macron, where dafuq the jerseys at?

[Watchmen]

1 hour ago, Alex D said:

Speaking of Macron, where dafuq the jerseys at?

With the schedule, the salary cap details, and the tv deal.

[MtlMario]

6 hours ago, RS said:

Strange that they don't yet have Macron balls for these promos.

Especially that they used the Macron ball during the tryouts.

[Shortdutchcanuck]

Check out @Pacificfccpl’s Tweet:

 

[Keegan]

Another biopic incoming?  ? can’t wait to see the Valour response. 

Any guesses here? I believe one is Balidisimo. 

[C2SKI]

Hmm I'm going to guess former Fresno/WFC2 players. Verhoeven, Baldisimo and Campbell

[shamrock]

Still thinking there 's at least one Ben among those three...

[ktf]

I don't even care any more who. It is just great/exciting getting more players. I also like how the focus really seems to be on BC players. I understand that Halifax/Nova Scotia do not have the depth of local players that BC has, but I would be disappointed if these early signings weren't all or mostly local. 

Some of the options below. I am assuming the draft picks will just be there eventually, but you never know if they will sign fully.

Ben Mckendry

Matthew Baldisimo

Ben Fisk

Noah Verhoeven

Zach Verhoven*

Thomas Gardner*

Nick Fussel*

*draft pick

[Ansem]

 

Attacking midfielder Hojabpour returns to Canada from the Bulgarian league where he has been playing for Lokomotiv Plovdiv U19 team since 2017. Raised in Vancouver, the 19-year-old made his debut with the Canadian youth national team in 2014. He scored the team’s only goal against Cuba in the U17 match in Panama City in 2017. 

Baldisimo and Campbell come to Pacific FC from Fresno FC of USL Championship. Twenty-year-old Baldisimo, a midfielder who was raised in Burnaby, captained the Canadian youth national team in 2015 at the CONCACAF U17 Championship in Honduras. Campbell was also raised in Burnaby. The 20-year-old striker first played internationally for Canada in the 2013 Copa Mexico de Naciones. 

Edited January 15, 2019 by Ansem

[Keegan]

What’s the deal with Hojabpour?  Potential?  He couldn’t break through into the first team in Bulgaria and the two others were bit players for Fresno. All young though with room to grow. 

[Big_M]

Doesnt look good when you get your signing's name wrong..its Hojabrpour

[C2SKI]

I forgot about Hojabrpour. I remember him being an intelligent, technically sound player. I'm looking forward to seeing how these players have developed since leaving the Whitecaps.

[masster]

49 minutes ago, Keegan said:

What’s the deal with Hojabpour?  Potential?  He couldn’t break through into the first team in Bulgaria and the two others were bit players for Fresno. All young though with room to grow. 

If I remember correctly, he was the captain and best player of the Whitecaps younger residency team a few years back. I was excited to follow his development until he left for Europe. He seemed to have a lot of potential.