Following on the recent announcement of six NVFC players being offered full-time opportunities with Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Vancouver Rise FC Academies, the club is extremely excited to announce the internal advancement of 127 full-time players so far in 2025, within our U11-U18 age groups.

Player Advancement Breakdown

At NVFC we are deeply committed to the advancement and progression of every player, at every level. This year, our staff used the following definitions within the club’s soccer pathway to track player advancement at each level:

  • 81 Players: Tier 4 to Tier 3 (U11-U13 = House to D2 / U14-U18 = House to D2)
  • 18 Players: Tier 3 to Tier 2 (U11-U13 = D2 to D1B / U14-U18 = D2 to D1)
  • 28 Players: Tier 2 to Tier 1 (U11-U13 = D1B to D1A / U14-U18 = D1 or Training Players from NVFC or NVFC Partner Club to BCSPL)

*Total of 127 players offered the opportunity to advance full-time as of July 28th – Full List of players can be found here.

NVFC’s Team Formation Process

Our Technical and Administrative staff, along with House and Select volunteer coaches, have put in a tremendous amount of work and effort into our strategic, season-long team formation process. This process involved several key layers at both House and Select levels: player observations in all team environments, dedicated Scouting Nights, and the periodic integration of Guest Players. Notably, for the 2024-2025 season, we introduced Scouting Night Games within our House Program. This initiative allowed club staff to observe 106 games across six age groups. As a Canada Soccer National Youth Licensed club, all our team formation processes are fully aligned with CSA Grassroots Standards and recommendations.

NVFC Technical Director Robbie Tice added: “This is an incredibly exciting time at the club. NVFC has a strong tradition of player development and advancement at all levels. On the back of the news of six players advancing into Vancouver Whitecaps / Rise Academy programming, it is equally important for us to recognize and celebrate the additional achievements of the 127 players that have progressed within our internal club system this past year. Every player has a unique journey in the game… Whether it is a house player moving into Select for the first time or a player moving up within the various levels of select at the club. I’d like to thank the Club Staff, AGC’s and Coaches for their contributions throughout this ongoing process. We are excited to continue building on this success heading into the 2025-2026 season!”

The attached list of players is a powerful measure of success, demonstrating the ongoing efforts to prioritize player advancement across the entire club, with an average of over 15 players advancing in every U11+ age group this past year. Some of these players have impressively advanced levels of play in back-to-back consecutive years. Join us in congratulating the 127 players that have advanced within NVFC this season!

A special thank you to our regional partner clubs, including NSGSC and WVFC who have also contributed to the development of a number of players into the NVFC BCSPL stream from their respective Div 1 teams.

Visit our Select Team Formation page to learn more about this process.