Vancouver Whitecaps residency goalkeeper Marco Carducci has been named Canada’s Under-17 player of the year for the second straight time, the Canadian Soccer Association announced Tuesday.

With this award, the Calgary native joins fellow former Whitecaps residency players Bryce Alderson (2010 and 2011) and Russell Teibert (2008 and 2009) as two-time Canadian Under-17 players of the year. A Whitecaps player has now won the award in six straight seasons.

Carducci, 17, finished first in voting ahead of Hanson Boakai (FC Edmonton) and Jordan Hamilton (Toronto FC Academy). Fellow Residency players Marco Bustos and Jordan Haynes were also nominated for the award. Voting was conducted by national team coaches (50 per cent) and Canadian clubs and coaches (50 per cent).

In 2013, Carducci won a bronze medal with Canada at the CONCACAF Men's Under-17 Championship, helping Canada qualify for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Dubai. He was Canada’s player of the match in a 2-2 draw with Austria in their World Cup opener. In total, Carducci made eight appearances with the Canadian men’s U-17 side this past season.

At the club level, Carducci spent most of 2013 with Whitecaps FC’s U-16 Residency side. He started 19 matches and posted four clean sheets with the U-16s during their 2012-13 United States Soccer Development Academy (USSDA) campaign, before making the jump to Whitecaps FC’s U-18 squad in the summer. So far this season, Carducci has posted a clean sheet in both of his USSDA appearances with the U-18s.

On the women’s side, Whitecaps FC Girls Elite defender Rachel Jones finished third in voting for the 2013 Canadian Under-17 Player of the Year. The North Vancouver native, who was the co-recipient of Whitecaps FC’s Most Promising Player award this past season, played every minute of every match at the recent CONCACAF U-17 Women’s Championship to help Canada qualify for the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup.