Theo Bair
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed as a Homegrown Player for the 2019 season on July 17, 2018.
Bair is a big, strong forward who has the potential to grow into a reliable striker in MLS. Hailing from Ottawa, Ontario, Bair originally joined the WFC Residency program in 2015. After three seasons in the Development Academy, Bair was signed to a multi-year MLS Homegrown pre-contract in July 2018 beginning in 2019.
INTERNATIONAL: Bair made his debut for the Canadian youth program in a U-18 series in El Salvador in June 2016. At the Festival International Espoirs Provence in France in May 2018, Bair featured in all four fixtures for the national U-21 side, scoring a goal in his lone start versus Japan. At the Concacaf U-20 Championship in November 2018, Bair recorded one goal and two assists in four starts and five appearances, helping Canada to a 3W-2L-0D record.
ACADEMY: In his three seasons of DA league and cup tournament competition, Bair totaled 60 goals in 75 starts and 98 appearances for the WFC Residency U-16, U-18 and U-19 teams. Bair was a member of the U-18 side that finished second in 2016, and then helped the U-16 team to a fourth-place finish in the following year. In 2018, he helped the U-19’s to a fourth-place finish in the Academy Championship.
Stats
| Date | Match | Result | Appearance | MINS | G | A | SHTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/17/2019 | DC @ VAN | W 0-1 | Started | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8/10/2019 | VAN @ POR | L 1-3 | Started | 87 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8/03/2019 | VAN @ CIN | W 2-1 | Started | 74 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7/27/2019 | VAN @ MIN | T 0-0 | Started | 73 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7/20/2019 | SJ @ VAN | L 3-1 | Subbed on | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7/17/2019 | VAN @ NE | L 0-4 | Started | 68 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7/13/2019 | SKC @ VAN | L 3-0 | Started | 90 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7/06/2019 | VAN @ LAFC | L 1-6 | Subbed on | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6/29/2019 | VAN @ SEA | L 0-1 | Subbed on | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6/26/2019 | VAN @ DAL | T 2-2 | Unused Sub | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6/22/2019 | COL @ VAN | T 2-2 | Unused Sub | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5/31/2019 | TOR @ VAN | T 1-1 | Unused Sub | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5/25/2019 | DAL @ VAN | W 1-2 | Subbed on | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5/22/2019 | VAN @ RBNY | T 2-2 | Unused Sub | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5/18/2019 | VAN @ SKC | T 1-1 | Unused Sub | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5/15/2019 | ATL @ VAN | L 1-0 | Unused Sub | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5/10/2019 | POR @ VAN | W 0-1 | Unused Sub | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5/03/2019 | VAN @ COL | W 3-2 | Unused Sub | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4/27/2019 | PHI @ VAN | T 1-1 | Unused Sub | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4/20/2019 | VAN @ ORL | L 0-1 | Unused Sub | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4/17/2019 | LAFC @ VAN | W 0-1 | Unused Sub | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4/12/2019 | VAN @ CHI | T 1-1 | Unused Sub | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4/05/2019 | LA @ VAN | L 2-0 | Unused Sub | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3/30/2019 | SEA @ VAN | T 0-0 | Unused Sub | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3/16/2019 | VAN @ HOU | L 2-3 | Unused Sub | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3/09/2019 | VAN @ RSL | L 0-1 | Unused Sub | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3/02/2019 | MIN @ VAN | L 3-2 | Unused Sub | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
