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Match Preview: The Texas Trap

Wednesday night in Texas, the Vancouver Whitecaps will take on FC Dallas in the middle match of a very busy week for the blue and white. Following a 1-1 draw against San Jose on the weekend, the Whitecaps will face two straight teams from the Lone Star State, as they’ll wrap up their week against the Houston Dynamo this weekend. Both Texas sides had successful … Source

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Guess the Starting XI – Match Twelve at FC Dallas

Welcome back, everyone. On the road again! The Whitecaps are in Frisco midweek, as they face FC Dallas in a rematch of last year’s first-round playoff matchup. Match Preview: The Texas Trap In terms of Vancouver’s squad, here is the latest from training: #VWFC’s Thomas Müller will travel with the team to Dallas today. https://t.co/Jd6SXJWg8T — Har Journalist (@HarJournalist) May 12, 2026 Alright, on to … Source

Coffee with the Caps, Monday May 11

Good Monday morning Caps fans. Sorry for the late send (this is more like “lunchtime with the Caps”), but I hope you all had a lovely weekend and that you have a good week ahead of you. Another week, another 1-1 draw in California. This one, though, came in a big match for both the Whitecaps and San Jose Earthquakes, who sit atop the Western … Source

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Post Match: Whitecaps and Quakes Trade Blows in Heavyweight Stalemate

Vancouver grabbed a 1-1 draw for the second straight week, sharing the spoils with fellow Western Conference frontrunners San Jose Earthquakes in a bruising matchup Saturday night. The Quakes battled to try to shut down Vancouver and create a no-fly zone in the centre of the park. But a strong second half finally saw the dam burst behind a poacher’s finish from Sebastian Berhalter, ensuring … Source

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Match Preview: Class of Their Own

Saturday night in California, the two best teams to begin the MLS season will face one another for the second time this year. While it’s too early to call this match pivotal in the Supporters’ Shield race, it’s exactly the sort of fixture we could look back on that way by season’s end. The gulf between these two sides and the rest of MLS has … Source

Guess the Starting XI – Match Eleven vs. San Jose

Welcome back, everyone. It’s a top-of-the-table matchup in the West as Vancouver Whitecaps FC face the San Jose Earthquakes for the second time this season. After a narrow 1–0 home defeat back in March, Vancouver will be looking to flip the script here. Both teams have started strongly, with just one loss and one draw each so far, which really underlines how tight things are … Source

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Coffee with the Caps, Friday May 8

Good Friday morning Caps fans, hope you all have had a lovely week and that you get a well-deserved break this weekend. The big news this week was hearing from Axel Schuster for the first time since the Vegas bid was revealed, and relocation discussions started heating up. Schuster’s tone hasn’t changed, but the good news here is that there’s probably no additional bad news. … Source

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The Third Sub Episode 264: The Whitecaps begin road stretch as the Save The Caps movement grows

In Episode 264 of the Third Sub Podcast, Alexandre Gangue-Ruzic and Samuel Rowan dive into a busy stretch for the Vancouver Whitecaps, Vancouver Rise, Vancouver FC, Pacific FC and more.  Welcome back to another episode of the Third Sub Podcast! In this episode, Alex and Sam are back, as usual, this time to chat all things Vancouver Whitecaps, Vancouver Rise, Vancouver FC, Pacific FC and … Source

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Crépeau Tops St. Clair in the Florida Derby

The Apple TV broadcast gave Maxime Crépeau’s Orlando City only a 12% chance of defeating Dayne St. Clair’s Inter Miami on Saturday. Orlando are a bottom-three side in the Eastern Conference, whereas the star-studded Miami squad are in the East’s top three. Miami also had the home-field advantage, playing their fourth match at the newly built, 26,700-seat Nu Stadium. The odds were stacked against the … Source

Report Card: One Mistake, One Point in LA

Saturday night in Los Angeles, the Vancouver Whitecaps played out a 1-1 road draw with the LA Galaxy. This was only the second time the Whitecaps have dropped points through ten games, so let’s have a bit of a dive into the individual showings. Yohei Takaoka – 5.5 Yohei was only forced into one save, so it should have been a tidy day for him, … Source

Coffee with the Caps, Monday May 4

Good Monday morning Caps fans, hope you all had a good weekend and a good start to your May. Oh, and for today only, May the fourth be with you. The weekend brought a respite from all of the off-pitch drama and allowed us to focus on actual soccer. What a concept.  The 1-1 draw with the LA Galaxy was a bit of a let-off … Source

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Post Match: Whitecaps Level Late to Open Road Trip

The Vancouver Whitecaps started their prolonged road trip with a 1-1 draw against the LA Galaxy, with Mathias Laborda grabbing a much-needed set-piece goal to breathe life into a bit of a sluggish game from the ‘Caps. A quiet first half was quickly undone in the second, when an error building up out of the back gifted the Galaxy a goal. Vancouver looked out of … Source

Match Preview: A New Galaxy?

Saturday night in Los Angeles, the Vancouver Whitecaps will take on the LA Galaxy at Dignity Health Sports Park. As rumours swirl around the future of the Whitecaps in Vancouver, the team itself must focus on a five-game road trip that precedes the World Cup break. Of Vancouver’s five opponents on the trip, only the San Jose Earthquakes sit above 8th in the conference, with … Source

Guess the Starting XI – Match Ten at LA Galaxy

Welcome back, everyone. The Vancouver Whitecaps head down to California this weekend to take on the LA Galaxy at Dignity Health Sports Park on Saturday night. The Galaxy are off to a mixed start, now two years removed from their MLS Cup win, sitting 10th in the Western Conference with 12 points from 10 matches. For Vancouver, there was a positive development last weekend as … Source

Coffee with the Caps, Friday May 1

Good Friday morning Caps fans. It has been a long week but hopefully you have big plans this weekend. There is no sugar coating things — it has been a bleak few days in Caps world. Starting on Monday, when word came out that there had been concrete relocation talks among MLS owners, and continuing through Thursday, when an official bid from an ownership group … Source

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3 Takeaways: Pacific Fall to Forge

Pacific FC hosted Forge FC on Sunday at Victoria’s Royal Athletic Park, a 25-minute drive from their regular ground at Langford’s Starlight Stadium. A 76th-minute header from Forge striker Brian Wright, who took advantage of the new “daylight offside” rule, was the difference in the 1–0 contest. Pacific are now winless in their last 14 matches. Here are three takeaways. The Impregnable Steeltown Press The … Source

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Coffee with the Caps, Monday April 27

Good Monday morning Caps fans, hope you all had an enjoyable weekend and that you are gearing up for a good week ahead. Vancouver wrapped up their lengthy homestand in style on Saturday, dispatching the Colorado Rapids 3-1. Much like many of their wins this season, the final score could have been (should have been?) even more emphatic. Nonetheless, this was a strong performance. Cheikh … Source

Report Card: No Place Like Home

It is amazing how Vancouver continues to win games, frequently by multiple goals, and yet still leaves you feeling as if it left something on the table. Despite a generally strong team performance, the 3-1 win over the Colorado Rapids continued that trend. The ‘Caps took it to a chaotic, energetic Rapids side and were good value for the win, even though the final score … Source

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Post Match: White Washes Away the Rapids

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 – … Source

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Match Preview: Roller-coaster Rapids come to BC Place

Saturday night at BC Place, the Vancouver Whitecaps will host the Colorado Rapids in their last home game until August, with an extended road trip and the World Cup break ahead of them. While Vancouver remains right at the top of the league table, and will continue to do so if they can hold serve after the Quakes picked up another win midweek, the Rapids … Source

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Guess the Starting XI – Match Nine vs. Colorado

Welcome back, everyone. The Whitecaps will host the Rapids on Saturday night at BC Place, as they look to wrap their home stand with another win before heading out on the road until after the World Cup. The Rapids have been a fun but inconsistent team this year, so this should be an entertaining match. In terms of Vancouver’s lineup, I can’t see there being … Source

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Canada Scoring Again, But Not Against Top Sides

The Canadian Women’s National Team (CanWNT), ranked 9th in the world, just visited the hot, humid city of Cuiabá, Brazil. They competed in a mid-April FIFA Series mini-tournament featuring Zambia (64th), South Korea (19th), and the Brazilian hosts (6th). After soundly defeating the Zambians and Koreans, they fell 1–0 at the final hurdle against the team in canary yellow. The CanWNT are building toward the … Source

Coffee with the Caps, Friday April 24

Good Friday morning Caps fans, hope you all are having a lovely week and that this weekend brings you rest and relaxation. Over the weekend, the Southsiders launched the official Save The Caps movement, complete with a website, social media presence, and an emotional call to action for those leaguewide who do not want the Vancouver Whitecaps to become the Las Vegas Whitecaps. The relevance … Source

World Cup Countdown: Canada’s Centreback Crisis

Jesse Marsch knows all about getting a team ready for a major tournament in a short amount of time. When he took over as head coach of the Canadian Men’s National Team (CanMNT), he was at the helm for just two friendlies before taking his squad to the 2024 Copa América. In the first friendly, against the Netherlands in Rotterdam, he tried a centre-back pairing … Source

10-Man Pacific Draw Wanderers 2–2 at the Death

Pacific FC were on the wrong end of a 97th-minute goal a week ago when Supra du Québec pipped them 3–2 in the rain on Vancouver Island. This time around, Pacific striker Bul Juach scored in the 98th minute to earn a 2–2 draw on a sunny, windy day at Wanderers Grounds in Halifax. Juach’s last-gasp heroics got the Tridents their first point in 2026, … Source

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