Juan de Fuca Plate (soccer)

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Juan de Fuca Plate
The Juan de Fuca Plate on display
Founded2012
RegionBritish Columbia
Number of teams8 (2023)
Current championsWhitecaps FC Academy (3rd title)
Most successful club(s)Whitecaps FC Academy (3 titles)
Websitehttp://www.juandefucaplate.ca/

The Juan de Fuca Plate is an annual trophy awarded by supporters to the best semi-professional team in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The trophy is currently awarded to the League1 British Columbia club who accrues the greatest number of combined points across the men's and women's divisions. From 2012 through 2019, it was awarded to the winner of the season series of matches played between British Columbian teams in the Premier Development League (later known as USL League Two).

History[edit]

The Juan de Fuca Plate was established in January 2012 by supporters of the Victoria Highlanders and Vancouver Whitecaps U-23 (Lake Side Buoys, Vancouver Southsiders, and Curva Collective),[1] inspired by the Voyageurs Cup and Cascadia Cup to recognize high-level soccer in the province of British Columbia.[2] The trophy was funded through the donations of 24 fans of the two clubs to purchase the plate, which has a base made of BC maple in the shape of the province, as well as a banner to be displayed at matches.[3] It was named after the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Juan de Fuca Plate, which are located just off the coast of British Columbia.[4] From its creation, the trophy was not tied to any specific league and meant to be awarded to the best British Columbia team in the top level non-professional league with multiple teams, based on their matches against each other, which at the time was the Premier Development League.[2]

The inaugural Juan de Fuca Plate was contested between the three BC-based PDL clubs - Victoria Highlanders, Vancouver Whitecaps U23, and the Fraser Valley Mariners.[5] The first match occurred on May 13, 2012 at Royal Athletic Park in Victoria, British Columbia between the Victoria Highlanders and the Vancouver Whitecaps U-23. Whitecaps player Tan Long scored the first goal in Juan de Fuca Plate history in the 40th minute, while the first native British Columbian to score was Ben Fisk in the second match of the Plate. The actual Plate itself debuted for the first time July 8, 2012 in the match between the Whitecaps FC and Highlanders.[2] The Whitecaps U23 won the inaugural title.[6][7]

In 2013, the Plate became a two-team tournament following the Mariners decision to drop down to the Pacific Coast League.[3][8] The Whitecaps U23 once again won the title in 2013, while the Highlanders won their first title the following year in 2014.[3] After the 2014 season, the Whitecaps U23 PDL team was disbanded due to the creation of a professional second team, Whitecaps FC 2, in USL Pro, leaving the future of the tournament uncertain,[9] with the tournament going on hiatus for 2015 and 2016.[3]

Following the purchase of the PDL Washington Crossfire by a Vancouver-based group in December 2016,[10] which became the TSS FC Rovers, the Juan de Fuca Plate returned in 2017.[11][12] In the revived two-team tournament in 2017, the Highlanders claimed their second title.[13][14] In 2018, the TSS Rovers won their first title, defeating the Highlanders over the three legs.[15]

In December 2019, the Victoria Highlanders announced that they will be leaving USL League Two citing possible future sanctioning issues between club and federations involved in playing in cross-border leagues, departing for the Pacific Coast Soccer League for 2020, while plans were made for League1 BC inclusion for 2021.[16] However, the TSS Rovers and Victoria Highlanders announced that the Juan de Fuca Plate would be contested in 2020, even though both clubs were not in the same league,[17] however, it and a possible 2021 competition were both cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Beginning in 2022, League 1 British Columbia was established as a new semi-professional league in British Columbia (with some of the former PDL clubs joining the league - TSS Rovers, Victoria Highlanders, and the Whitecaps FC Academy). It was announced that the club whose teams accrue the greatest number of points across both the men’s and women’s divisions in an aggregate table would win the Juan de Fuca plate.[18][19]

Participants[edit]

Results[edit]

Team Titles Runner-up
Whitecaps FC Academy / U–23 3 (2012, 2013, 2023) 1 (2014)
TSS FC Rovers 2 (2018, 2019) 3 (2017, 2022, 2023)
Victoria Highlanders FC 2 (2014, 2017) 3 (2013, 2018, 2019)
Nautsa’mawt FC[a] 1 (2022) 0

Year-by-year results[edit]

Summary[edit]

Year League Teams Champions Runner-up
2012 PDL 3 Whitecaps FC U-23 Victoria Highlanders FC
2013 2 Whitecaps FC U-23 Victoria Highlanders FC
2014 Victoria Highlanders FC Whitecaps FC U-23
2015 0 Not awarded
2016 1
2017 2 Victoria Highlanders FC TSS FC Rovers
2018 TSS FC Rovers Victoria Highlanders FC
2019 USL2 TSS FC Rovers Victoria Highlanders FC
2020 N/A Not awarded
2021
2022 L1BC 7 Varsity FC TSS Rovers FC
2023 8 Whitecaps FC Academy TSS FC Rovers

PDL era[edit]

2012[edit]

See also: 2012 PDL season § Northwest Division
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
#5 Whitecaps U-23 6 4 1 1 16 6 +10 13
#6 Victoria Highlanders 6 4 1 1 12 6 +6 13
#8 Fraser Valley Mariners 6 0 0 6 1 17 –16 0
May 13, 2012 Victoria Highlanders FC 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 Victoria
Gorman 45' Report Long 40' Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 1,172
May 23, 2012 Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 4–0 Fraser Valley Mariners Burnaby
Fisk 31'
Clarke 39'
Long 74', 84'		 Report Stadium: Simon Fraser University
June 2, 2012 Victoria Highlanders FC 4–0 Fraser Valley Mariners Victoria
Stephens 15', 27'
Gorman 17'
Plavsic 75'		 Report Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
June 3, 2012 Fraser Valley Mariners 0–2 Victoria Highlanders FC Abbotsford
Report Gorman 77'
Amani 83'		 Stadium: Bateman Park
June 9, 2012 Victoria Highlanders FC 2–4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 Victoria
Gorman 64'
Stephens 90'		 Report Fisk 60'
Marousek 77'
Jackson 83'
Froese 90'		 Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
June 20, 2012 Fraser Valley Mariners 0–4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 Abbotsford
Report Farenhorst 33', 52'
Hundal 75'
Marquez 90'		 Stadium: Bateman Park
July 2, 2012 Fraser Valley Mariners 0–1 Victoria Highlanders FC Abbotsford
Report Plavsic 90' Stadium: Bateman Park
July 8, 2012 Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 1–2 Victoria Highlanders FC Richmond
Hundal 66' Report Burbeary 6', 15' Stadium: Minoru Park
July 11, 2012 Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 2–1 Fraser Valley Mariners Burnaby
Hundal 81'
Dosanjh 83'		 Report Isidro 63' Stadium: Swangard Stadium

2013[edit]

See also: 2013 PDL season § Northwest Division
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
#3 Whitecaps U-23 3 1 1 1 8 7 +1 4
#1 Victoria Highlanders 3 1 1 1 7 8 –1 4
May 17, 2013 Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 2–3 Victoria Highlanders FC UBC Endowment Lands
Cousens 52', 87' Report Hughes 50', 81'
O'Neill 53'		 Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium
May 31, 2013 Victoria Highlanders FC 3–5 Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 Victoria
Hughes 9', 56'
Levis 15'		 Report Bassi 25'
Cousens 37', 87'
Abdallah 46'
Dosanjh 58'		 Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 2,044
June 28, 2013 Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 1–1 Victoria Highlanders FC UBC Endowment Lands
Plavsic 23' Report Levis 40' Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium

2014[edit]

See also: 2014 PDL season § Northwest Division
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
#2 Victoria Highlanders 2 2 0 0 8 6 +2 6
#3 Whitecaps U-23 2 0 0 2 6 8 –2 0
May 4, 2014 Victoria Highlanders FC 3–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 Victoria
Basso 34'
Barrett 84'
O'Neill 90+2' (pen.)		 Report Cook 29'
Musse 82'		 Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 1,412
May 23, 2014 Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 4–5 Victoria Highlanders FC UBC Endowment Lands
Froese 20'
Steward 39'
Cousens 49', 72'		 Report Stokes 4'
Ashlee 7'
Basso 9', 34'
Sturrock 89'		 Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium

2017[edit]

See also: 2017 PDL season § Northwest Division
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
#4 Victoria Highlanders 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
#6 TSS FC Rovers 3 1 0 2 3 4 –1 3
June 23, 2017 TSS FC Rovers 0–1 Victoria Highlanders FC Burnaby
Report Goto 88' Stadium: Swangard Stadium
June 25, 2017 TSS FC Rovers 3–1 Victoria Highlanders FC Burnaby
Davidson 55'
Mat. Polisi 70', 86'		 Report Goto 88' Stadium: Swangard Stadium
July 9, 2017 Victoria Highlanders FC 2–0 TSS FC Rovers Victoria
Nelson 29'
Heath 53'		 Report Stadium: Centennial Stadium

2018[edit]

See also: 2018 PDL season § Northwest Division
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
#4 TSS FC Rovers 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
#5 Victoria Highlanders 3 1 0 2 4 5 –1 3
May 27, 2018 Victoria Highlanders FC 2–3 TSS FC Rovers Victoria
Hundal 38'
Bent 44'		 Report De Graaf 10'
Glennon 42'
Gardner 75'		 Stadium: Centennial Stadium
June 3, 2018 TSS FC Rovers 2–1 Victoria Highlanders FC Burnaby
Verhoven 17', 23' Report Montgomery 90' Stadium: Swangard Stadium
June 29, 2018 Victoria Highlanders FC 1–0 TSS FC Rovers Victoria
Montgomery 85' Report Stadium: Centennial Stadium

2019[edit]

See also: 2019 USL League Two season § Northwest Division
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
#6 TSS FC Rovers 2 1 0 1 3[b] 3 0 3
#4 Victoria Highlanders 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
  1. ^ Nautsa’mawt FC was known as Varsity FC when they won their 2022 title.
  2. ^ Vancouver TSS FC Rovers won 3–1 on away goals.
June 7, 2019 TSS Rovers FC 0–1 Victoria Highlanders FC Burnaby
19:00 Report Shumbusho 44' (pen.) Stadium: Swangard Stadium
Referee: Seyed Mohammad Mohseni
July 5, 2019 Victoria Highlanders FC 2–3 TSS Rovers FC Saanich
19:15 Takano 6' (pen.)
Davidson 60'		 Report Pang 10'
Rahieme 44'
Polisi 45' (pen.)		 Stadium: Centennial Stadium
Referee: Cole Shoemaker

L1BC era[edit]

Beginning in 2022, the Juan de Fuca Plate would be awarded to the League1 British Columbia club with the highest combined point total between the men's and women's divisions.

2022[edit]

Main article: 2022 League1 British Columbia season
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Varsity FC (C) 24 20 1 3 58 20 +38 61
2 TSS FC Rovers 24 12 7 5 46 30 +16 43
3 Whitecaps FC Academy 24 12 5 7 44 38 +6 41
4 Unity FC 24 11 3 10 40 34 +6 36
5 Victoria Highlanders FC 24 6 3 15 35 50 −15 21
6 Altitude FC 24 5 4 15 25 46 −21 19
7 Rivers FC 24 4 5 15 24 54 −30 17
Source: Juan de Fuca Plate
(C) Champions

2023[edit]

Main article: 2023 League1 British Columbia season
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Whitecaps FC Academy (C) 28 16 8 4 73 31 +42 56
2 TSS FC Rovers 28 15 5 8 55 35 +20 50
3 Nautsa’mawt FC 28 13 7 8 57 35 +22 46
4 Victoria Highlanders FC 28 13 6 9 34 35 −1 45
5 Unity FC 28 12 8 8 61 40 +21 44
6 Altitude FC 28 6 8 14 36 51 −15 26
7 Harbourside FC 28 6 6 16 32 70 −38 24
8 Rivers FC 28 5 4 19 35 86 −51 19
Source: Juan de Fuca Plate
(C) Champions

2024[edit]

Main article: 2024 League1 British Columbia season
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Altitude FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Burnaby FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Harbourside FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Rivers FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 TSS FC Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Unity FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Whitecaps FC Academy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on April 16, 2024. Source: [citation needed]

References[edit]

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  4. ^ McColl, Michael (July 6, 2012). "Juan de Fuca Plate on the line Sunday as PDL action heats up". Metro News. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014.
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