Kadin Chung Returns to Canadian Premier League with Hometown Vancouver FC

March 6, 2023 – Canadian Premier League (CPL) – Vancouver FC News Release

Langley, BC – Vancouver FC today announced the addition of Kadin Chung, bringing the right-back home to compete for his local team in the club’s inaugural Canadian Premier League (CPL) season.

“I am proud to sign with my hometown club,” said Chung. “It means a lot to me to be back playing professionally where I grew up and where my love of the game began. The staff here at Vancouver FC is bringing fresh new ideas and experience to the League, and I am excited to play my part not only in launching this club but in making it successful on the field in its first season.”

Chung, 24, most recently represented Toronto FC, where he signed ahead of the 2022 Major League Soccer season after a successful preseason trial. He made eight MLS appearances for the Reds, starting five matches and logging 451 minutes. Chung was also part of the Toronto squad that won the postponed 2020 Canadian Championship final last year.

Prior to joining Toronto, Chung spent three seasons at Pacific FC. He was the first player to be signed by the club in late 2018 as a 20-year-old, and he went on to become the third player to sign in MLS out of the CPL, following Toronto’s Lukas MacNaughton and Joel Waterman of CF Montréal. At the time of his move to Toronto, Chung had logged more minutes than any other Pacific player in the club’s short history.

Chung made 63 total appearances for the Tridents between 2019 and 2021, playing a key role in the club’s run to the Canadian Championship semi-finals and its first CPL title in 2021. He consistently rated among the League’s elite defenders in defensive actions and duels won, while contributing to Pacific’s attack with his overlapping runs and crisp passing.

Chung will now look to bring his skills as a two-way fullback, who predominantly plays on the right but can also slot in on the left, to the other side of the League’s new west coast rivalry.

“It is important to build a competitive team right from the start,” said Chung. “There are a lot of young guys on the squad who are hungry, and others who have experience that will be key to immediate success. Being a new team is not an excuse. Winning the League in 2021 has only made me hungrier to do it again, and I want to bring Vancouver to the playoffs and win it all. I think we have a group that can push for that.”

Internationally, Chung has represented his country at several youth levels, including at the 2017 Concacaf…