Whitecaps sign 18-year-old Fotsing from Vancouver FC in record CPL transfer
The Major League Soccer club has secured the young midfielder through the 2029-30 season, with a club option for an additional year.
The Vancouver Whitecaps have acquired 18-year-old midfielder Emrick Fotsing from Canadian Premier League side Vancouver FC in a transfer announced Thursday. Fotsing, a CF Montreal academy product from Mascouche, Que., has signed with the MLS club through the 2029-30 season, with a club option for the following year.
Fotsing joined Vancouver FC in February 2025 and has made 39 appearances for the club, scoring four goals. He recently suffered a hip injury while playing for Canada's U-20 team at the CONCACAF U-20 Championship in Mexico, where Canada qualified for the 2027 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He will rehabilitate with the Whitecaps before returning to Vancouver FC on loan for the remainder of the CPL season, then join the Whitecaps ahead of MLS's condensed 2027
disdisclreleased, but the CPL says it is the largest transfer in Vancouver FC's history and the second-largest in CPL history, behind Kwasi Poku's 2024 move from Forge FC to Belgium's RWD Molenbeek.
Whitecaps sporting director Axel Schuster credited Fotsing's progression from academy soccer to the CPL and Canada's youth national teams, saying he has shown the technical ability, intelligence and character to compete at a high level. Fotsing said his time with Vancouver FC helped prepare him for the opportunity, crediting his teammates and coaches for his development.
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