It wasn’t the return to BC Place that the Vancouver Whitecaps were quite hoping for, as they had to settle for a 1-1 draw with LAFC on Saturday. Despite a strong showing from the Whitecaps, who spent most of the game on the front foot, they were made to pay for a key defensive error, one that allowed LAFC to grab a first-half lead. From … Continue reading Post Match: Lulled by LAFC
As far as points earned in the Vancouver Whitecaps’ Jesper Sørensen era, their 0-0 road draw with Minnesota United on Saturday won’t rank too highly. Days after a frustrating 4-3 road loss to FC Cincinnati, the Whitecaps found a way to rebound defensively, but did so at the cost of their offence. As a result, they gritted their way to their first 0-0 draw since … Continue reading Post Match: Lethargic in Loon-Land
The Vancouver Whitecaps made the most of their last chance to play at home before August, defeating the Colorado Rapids 3-1 in front of a raucous BC Place crowd on Saturday. Playing their eighth home match in nine MLS matches to start the season, the Whitecaps managed to pick up their seventh home win, as they continued their torrid pace to start the year – … Continue reading Post Match: White Washes Away the Rapids
The Vancouver Whitecaps’ strong start to the 2025 MLS season came to a screeching halt on Saturday, as they fell 1-0 to the San Jose Earthquakes at BC Place, snapping a four-game winning streak in league play. Just days after their elimination from the Concacaf Champions Cup at the hands of the Seattle Sounders, some of the same problems that plagued the Whitecaps in Spokane … Continue reading Post Match: Shaken up by the ‘Quakes
The Vancouver Rise picked up their most important result of their inaugural season to date on Thursday, as they defeated the Northern Super League’s leaders, AFC Toronto, 2-1 at Swangard Stadium. Despite going down 1-0 early on in the game, the Rise did well to respond with two goals before half-time, and then managed to hold on the rest of the way to pick up … Continue reading Vancouver Rise starting to hit their stride after 2-1 win vs. AFC Toronto
It appears that threats of the Vancouver Whitecaps’ demise might’ve been greatly exaggerated. Okay, the disappointment from the Whitecaps’ Champions Cup final loss to Cruz Azul won’t go away anytime soon – such was the manner of that defeat – but for those who had watched this team this year, it was also obvious that the Whitecaps put in just about the worst performance they … Continue reading Post Match: Guts and Glory
By Alexandre Gangue-Ruzic and Samuel Rowan The Vancouver Whitecaps 2024 MLS season came to an end on Friday, as they fell 1-0 to LAFC in game #3 of their first-round playoff series. After doing well to force a third and decisive elimination game with a big performance last Sunday at BC Place in game #2, the Whitecaps were unable to replicate that sort of showing … Continue reading Post Match: Different Story, Same Ending
The Vancouver Whitecaps continue to pick up points on the road in MLS play this season, as they drew the Houston Dynamo 1-1 at Shell Energy Stadium on Wednesday. With that, they continued to quietly climb the Western Conference standings, now up to sixth place after amassing a record of 6W-3D-1L (21 PTS) in their last 10 games in MLS play, setting themselves up quite … Continue reading Post Match: Another point gained in Texas
By Alexandre Gangue-Ruzic and Samuel Rowan Wednesday night at BC Place, the Vancouver Whitecaps fell in the Round of 32 to Pumas UNAM by a final score of 2-0. As a result, that means that in the first two years of the competition, Vancouver has made it out of the group stage only to suffer a disappointing loss to a strong Liga MX side. Vancouver … Continue reading Post Match: Whitecaps still looking to level up after Leagues Cup defeat to Pumas
The Vancouver Whitecaps have advanced to the Round of 32 of the 2024 Leagues Cup, defeating Club Tijuana 3-1 at BC Place on Saturday to top their group. After going down a goal in minute nine to a goal from Tijuana’s Kevin Castañeda, a scoreline which would’ve eliminated them, the Whitecaps did well to turn things around in the second half after reaching half time … Continue reading Whitecaps advance to Round of 32 of Leagues Cup with win over Club Tijuana