We’re back. The Vancouver Whitecaps will look to bounce back from a frustrating 0-0 draw against Cartaginés in the Concacaf Champions Cup when they kick off the 2026 MLS season with their home opener against Real Salt Lake. The 2025 season was the best and most memorable Whitecaps year in recent memory. Tremendous runs in the Concacaf Champions Cup and the MLS playoffs almost brought … Continue reading Match Preview: Welcome to the 2026 MLS Season
Welcome back, everyone. The Vancouver Whitecaps return to MLS action this weekend with their home opener, as they host Real Salt Lake in a Western Conference matchup. RSL finished ninth in the West last season and were not the most impressive side. However, there has been significant roster turnover, so perhaps this new group can provide the spark that was missing for long stretches, particularly … Continue reading Guess the Starting XI – Match One vs. Real Salt Lake
The Vancouver Whitecaps opened their 2026 campaign with a 0-0 draw against Cartaginés in the CONCACAF Champions Cup. The ’Caps played relatively well but did not win. Them’s the breaks sometimes. How did the individual players get on? Yohei Takaoka: 6.0 Cartaginés didn’t have a single shot on target, so there was not much to judge Takaoka on. His distribution was pretty spot on, and … Continue reading Report Card: Pura Vida, Cero Goles
Wednesday night at Estadio Jose Rafael Meza, the Vancouver Whitecaps played out a scoreless draw against C.S. Cartaginés to open their 2026 competitive calendar with some continental action. As is typical in these early Concacaf rounds, Cartaginés came in with a clear and disciplined plan. They were prepared to sit deep, defend in numbers, and absorb waves of Vancouver pressure with a compact defensive block. … Continue reading Post Match: A Typical Night in Costa Rica
For the second straight year, the Vancouver Whitecaps will open their season with a trip to Costa Rica, as they open their CONCACAF Champions Cup campaign as Cartaginés on Wednesday. This time, the expectations for the ‘Caps in this competition will be somewhat different, going from “happy to be here” to believing that they will be a genuine threat to win CCC after their trip … Continue reading Match Preview: Whitecaps Open Cup Play with Tricky Costa Rica Trip
Welcome back, everyone! Whitecaps action is back for 2026, starting with a CONCACAF tie down in Costa Rica against C.S. Cartaginés. The hosts are currently second in the Clausura table and finished third in the Apertura, so this is a side in solid form and well into their season, rather than just getting started. They’re also a low-scoring team with strong defensive numbers, so expect … Continue reading Guess the Starting XI – Champions Cup vs. C.S. Cartaginés
There is a lot of discussion at the moment about how much money the Vancouver Whitecaps make. One thing I have seen come up a few times in various comment sections is that they are making money from selling players. This piqued my interest, so I decided to take a look at if the Whitecaps have been profitable player traders (spoiler alert: mostly not) and … Continue reading A History of Whitecaps Player Trading Since the Davies Money™
The Vancouver Whitecaps have signed Senegal international Cheikh Sabaly from FC Metz in Ligue 1. Sabaly, who will turn 27 next month, has extensive experience in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. He also has 6 caps for Senegal, including being part of the recent AFCON winning side. Metz is a yo-yo club in France, so Sabaly has been back and forth between the top two … Continue reading Deep Dive: Cheikh Sabaly
On a Friday where the Vancouver Whitecaps signed two new players and re-signed another, somehow, those moves were a secondary story to the main event of the day. As the Whitecaps continue their pre-season in Spain, and the start of competitive matches is just a couple of weeks away, an email hit the inbox announcing that Axel Schuster would be available to media at UBC … Continue reading Vancouver Whitecaps: No Stadium, Big Problem?
The Vancouver Whitecaps have acquired 24-year-old attacking midfielder Aziel Jackson (sometimes known as AZ) on loan from Polish side Jagiellonia. The loan is until “the summer” at which point the Whitecaps will have the option to make the transfer permanent should they desire. Jackson has been an underachiever to this point in his career. He was a dominant player in MLSNP but has not been … Continue reading Deep Dive: Aziel Jackson