Welcome back, everyone.
The Vancouver Whitecaps are back at home with a perfect record in league play, sitting pretty at the top of the table after four weeks of action. Can they keep in up against Gregg Berhalter’s Chicago Fire?
The Fire are 2-1-1 to start the year, and most recently, they defeated TFC at BMO Field by a score of 2-1. Chicago are led by new Belgian designated player Hugo Cuypers, who already has four goals and one assist through his four MLS matches, after many years in Belgium, France, and Greece.
Looking at Vancouver, the home side will be without a slew of international call-ups, including Ali Ahmed, Brian White, Pedro Vite and Andres Cubas. The Whitecaps are also still without Ryan Gauld and Sam Adekugbe with injury. Needless to say, Vancouver’s depth will be tested in this one.
MLS Player Status report for VWFC
Sam Adekugbe- Quad (Out)
Ali Ahmed- International Duty (Out)
Tristan Blackmon- Personal Reasons (Out)
Andrés Cubas- International Duty (Out)
Ryan Gauld- Knee (Out)
Pedro Vite- International Duty (Out)
Brian White- International Duty (Out)
Alright, on to rules and standings we go.
– Predictions will be ‘valid’ if posted HERE (or more accurately, whichever is the correct match thread) before the lineup is officially announced, usually about an hour before kickoff.
– You receive 1 point for every player you correctly guess to be in the Starting XI. You receive 4 bonus points for correctly predicting all 11 starters.
– You get 5 points for correctly guessing Win/Lose/Draw, this doubles to 10 if you also predict the right score-line along with the result.
– All this means, if you correctly predict the Starting XI, Final Score, and Winner, you can earn 25 points!
– At the end of each half of the season, the contestant’s lowest two scores (or missed predictions) of that period will be deducted from the cumulative standings.
Takaoka
Laborda Ranko Halbouni Johnson
Berhalter Priso Ngando
Ocampo Rios Nelson
1-1
Takaoka
Laborda Veselinovic utvik Johnson
Berhalter priso Ngando
Ocampo Rios Nelson
2-1 Chicago – so ridiculous that they have to play this game like this. Brian White better make the pitch in that third place game.
Sorry – Isabelg
1-1
Takaoka
Laborda Veselinovic Halbouni
Johnson Priso Berhalter Ngando
Rios Fleuriau-Chateau Nelson
Would love nothing more than to see a win. Tough week for Guess the Starting XI, but definitely give me all the Halbouni! (Hope to see Blackmon back soon, too)
Yohel Takoka
Mathias Laborda, Ranko Veslinovic, Belai Halbouni, Édier Ocampo
Jean-Claude Ngando, Ralph Priso, Sabastian Berhalter
Jayden Nelson, Daniel Ríos, Nico Fleuriau Chateau
Caps Lose 2-1.
Taka
Laborda Veselinovic Halbouni Johnson
Berhalter priso Ngando
Ocampo Rios Nelson
Draw 1-1
Takaoka
Ocampo Ranko Halbouni Laborda
Berhalter Priso JC
Nelson Rios NFC
NOW I AM REALLY P—— OFF…
Why Does MLS Play During the March International Break, But Not Inter Miami ………………………….DISNEYLAND LEAGUE!
https://onefootball.com/de/news/why-does-mls-play-during-the-march-international-break-but-not-inter-miami-40869971
Takaoka
Ocampo Veselinovic Halbouni Laborda
Berhalter Priso Ngando
Nelson Rios
And Chateau up top
1-1
AtlantisB
Already well off the pace!
Takaoka
Laborda, Ranko, Halbouni, Johnson
Berhalter, Priso, Ngando, Ocampo
Nelson, Rios
Draw 1:1
A part of me thinks Bohmer gets a start, but not bold enough to put it into my lineup!
Rios Nelson
Ngando Berhalter Priso Badwal
Laborda Halbouni Ranko Ocampo
Tak
2-1 Caps
Kreilach Rios Nelson
Ngando Berhalter Priso
Ocampo Ranko Halbouni Laborda
Takaoka
2-1 Caps win
Cam Pierce
Caps are going to need some veteran leadership on this one. Time for Krelaich to shine
Dirqx piqx for starting XI for Match V vs ChiFi
Takaoka
Laborda Veselinovic Utvik Johnson
Ocampo Berhalter Priso
Nelson Rios Ngando
‘Caps win 2-1
go ‘Caps
Ocampo Rios Nelson
Berhalter Priso Ngando
Johnson Veselinovic Halbouni Laborda
Takaoka
VWFC 2–1 CHI
Nelson-Rios-Ocampo
Ngando-Priso-Berhalter
Johnson-Ranko-Halbouni-Laborda
Yohei
1-1
Anyone know what’s up with Bovalina? Weird he hasn’t played yet
signed until december 31, 2026- it might just turn out to be a bad signing and probably will play with whitecaps 2 or loaned out to a USL team and see if he can do a Ngando type of re-emergence- a depth of a depth player
I miss him! Was hoping to see him come off the bench this season but alas…off to WFC2 he goes.
Takaoka
Laborda Ranko Halbouni Johnson
Berhalter Priso Ngando
Nelson Rios Ocampo
1-1 draw
2-1 caps
Ocampo Veselinovic halbouni Laborda
Priso Berhalter badwal
Rios nelson ngando
Caps 2-1
Takaoka
Laborda, Ranko, Hallbouni, Johnson
Berhalter, Priso, Ngando
Rios, Nelson, NFC
VAN 1-0 CFC
Nelson Rios Ngando
Berhalter Priso Badwal
Laborda Utvik Veselinovic Ocampo
Takaoka
1-1 Draw
Ngando Rios Nelson
Berhalter Priso Badwal
Ocampo Utvik Ranko Laborda
Takaoka
Caps win 3-1 (CDPrior)
Takaoka
Laborda Blackmon Ranko Ocampo
Berhalter Priso Ngando
Nelson Rios NFC
Would like to amend and have Utvik in for Blackmon
Ngando Rios Nelson
Berhalter Priso Badwal
Laborda Blackmon Ranko Ocampo
Taka
2-1 Chicago
Also, I forgot to sign in for my Dallas prediction but I did leave it there (I’ll go back and comment on it). Hoping mods can be deferential and give me the points (fingers crossed). It wasn’t even a 20 point week or anything!
I’ll also sub Utvik for Blackmon, given his unavailability
BOEHMER
LABORDA VESLINOVIC BLACKMON JOHNSON
OCAMPO BERHALTER PRISO NGANDO
CHATEAU NELSON
revised by Salty- give veselinovic a rest and put in Halbouni into the starting line-up