January 9, 2024 – Canadian Premier League (CPL) – Vancouver FC News Release
Langley, B.C. – Vancouver FC is bringing another local boy home after inking a two-year deal with Canadian Premier League (CPL) veteran Ben Fisk, a native of East Vancouver, B.C., the club announced on Tuesday.
The new deal for Fisk, 30, which includes a one-year club option for the 2026 season, marks the culmination of a previous transaction between Vancouver and Cavalry FC in December 2023, which saw the Eagles send the tenth overall pick in the 2024 CPL-U SPORTS draft to Cavalry in exchange for the 15th overall draft pick and future considerations.
In bringing Fisk home, Vancouver is continuing its mission to both provide opportunity for local athletes to play professional soccer in their own backyards and inspire up-and-coming talent in the area to believe they can do the same. Fisk becomes the sixth B.C.-born player signed to Vancouver’s 2024 roster, joining goalkeeper Callum Irving, defenders Kadin Chung, Anthony White and James Cameron, and forward Taryck ‘TJ’ Tahid.
“It’s really exciting to join Vancouver FC and represent my hometown, particularly at this stage in my career,” said Fisk.
“After travelling the world to play football, I know what a luxury it is to be able to do what I love with friends and family watching from the stands. More than ever, I feel a responsibility as a member of this community, and as a steward of this jersey, to build the club into the success we all know it can be and to give back to a fanbase that gives so much by supporting us local guys who are living our dreams as VFC players. I can’t wait to get started.”
Fisk was six years old when he first stepped onto a field in Vancouver, suiting up for East Vancouver’s historic Grandview Legion Football Club, which later amalgamated with Douglas Park Soccer Club and Vancouver Girls Soccer Club to form Vancouver Athletic FC. His youth career included stints with the Italian Canadian Sports Federation, the Marpole Soccer Club and the Vancouver Selects before he was recruited into the Vancouver Whitecaps’ residency program at the age of 16 after playing for their prospecting side since he was 13. The Burnaby Central Secondary School alum spent the next few years in the Vancouver Whitecaps organization, eventually representing the club’s under-23 side on 27 occasions, scoring eight goals, and earning a call-up to the senior team’s pre-season camp in 2014.
Following his time with the Whitecaps, Fisk…
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