Just under 10 years ago, Vancouver Whitecaps FC won their first-ever USL First Division championship, defeating Rochester Rhinos 3-0 on September 30, 2006 in upstate New York after knocking off Miami FC and Montreal Impact in the first two rounds as a fourth seed.
It’s a run that will forever be etched in the club’s history books as it was the club's first men's championship in 15 years.
The group featured a number of homegrown players including captain Jeff Clarke (Coquitlam), fullbacks Geordie Lyall (Victoria) and Steve Kindel (Burnaby), midfielders Martin Nash (Victoria), Dave Morris (Burnaby), and Alfredo Valente (Burnaby), as well as striker Jason Jordan (Richmond).