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Today, Pacific FC announced the signing of Victoria-born goalkeeper Sean Melvin to a two-year contract with a club option for 2026.
The seasoned 29-year-old goalkeeper arrives back home after building a reputation as a talented and dependable last line of defence in the Canadian Premier League (CPL) and United Soccer League (USL).
“We have been incredibly impressed with Sean since he’s arrived at Pacific,” said Jamar Dixon, Manager of Football, Pacific FC.
“His work in training and his personality have surpassed our expectations. He has a fantastic character, and we expect him to be a leader within our organization and in the community.”
Recently, Melvin was with Atlético Ottawa for two years, making seven overall starts, including one in the Canadian Championship—where their team was named 2022 regular season winners and reached the 2022 CPL Final.
Melvin tallied a total of three clean sheets during his time in the nation’s capital!
Prior to his career with the CPL, he served as the starting goalkeeper for the Colorado Springs Switchbacks in the USL and made 35 appearances between 2020 and 2021.
And his experience doesn’t end there! Mevlin has experience playing professionally on Canada’s West Coast with the Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2, where he signed his first professional contract in 2016.
Later, with the Major League Soccer club’s first team, he signed a homegrown contract in 2018. His college years were spent with UNC Wilmington in Wilmington, North Carolina, where he competed in NCAA Division I play from 2013 to 2015.
On Vancouver Island, Melvin got his start in soccer playing for local club Gordon Head Soccer Association.
Now that he will be joining the Pacific FC, Melvin will train alongside their young 20-year-old goalkeeper Emil Gazdov, who played in 23 matches for the club last season.
“Sean is a competitor who will push Emil every week and fight for a spot in the starting line up,” said Dixon.
The club will be announcing a new goalkeeping coach in the coming weeks, following the departure of Pedro Guerreiro, who previously held the position in October 2023.
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