D.C. United SC vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC, 2018
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Overview
Match Preview
D.C. United SC vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC — MLS .
- D.C. United SC 15 games · 18 pts (2026/26)
- Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Adam Wienckowski
- Referee Jose Carlos Rivero
- Referee Katie Nesbitt
- Referee Hilario Grajeda
- Referee Younes Marrakchi
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 14 33 2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31 3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26 4 New England Revolution 14 25 5 New York Red Bulls 15 22 6 Charlotte FC 15 21 7 FC Cincinnati 15 20 8 New York City FC 15 19 9 D.C. United SC 15 18 10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16 11 Toronto FC 14 14 12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14 13 Orlando City SC 15 14 14 Atlanta United FC 14 11 15 Philadelphia Union 15 7 16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32 17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32 18 Real Salt Lake 14 26 19 FC Dallas 15 25 20 Los Angeles FC 15 24 21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24 22 Houston Dynamo 14 22 23 Minnesota United FC 15 22 24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20 25 San Diego FC 15 17 26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16 27 St. Louis City 14 16 28 Portland Timbers 14 14 29 Austin FC 15 14 30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 15 Jul Vancouver Whitecaps FC H 3–1 W 05 Jul Los Angeles Galaxy A 2–2 D 30 Jun New England Revolution A 2–3 L 14 Jun Toronto FC A 4–4 D 10 Jun Seattle Sounders FC A 1–2 L 27 May Los Angeles FC A 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 15 Jul D.C. United SC A 1–3 L 08 Jul Chicago Fire FC H 3–2 W 01 Jul Colorado Rapids SC H 0–1 L 23 Jun Philadelphia Union A 0–4 L 09 Jun Orlando City SC H 5–2 W 02 Jun Colorado Rapids SC A 2–1 W Season Stats
D.C. United SC Vancouver Whitecaps FC #9 Position #16 18 Points 32 15 Played 14 4 / 6 / 5 W / D / L 10 / 2 / 2 21 Scored 34 25 Conceded 12 -4 GD +22 1.20 PPG 2.29 27% Win % 71% Key Stats
67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history40% Clean Sheets
D.C. United SC this season36% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this seasonD.C. United SC are 9th (18 pts). Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (32 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
D.C. United SC0-152/116-303/231-451/246-602/361-751/276+4/4■ Scored ■ ConcededVancouver Whitecaps FC0-153/216-306/–31-452/346-60–/361-753/–76+6/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against D.C. United SC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC has kicked off!
- 5' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. D.C. United SC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 10' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 15' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Alphonso Davies suffering a number of foals already.
- 20' The travelling Vancouver Whitecaps FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 25' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering D.C. United SC that had 278 games and scored 380 goals.
- 30' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 35' It’s high time Ben Olsen made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 40' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 45' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 45 minutes.
- 50' Vancouver Whitecaps FC is showing some good football. However, Vancouver Whitecaps FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 55' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 60' It looks like no one’s ball. Vancouver Whitecaps FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 65' Steve Birnbaum has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 15 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 70' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 75' D.C. United SC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 75.
- 80' Vancouver Whitecaps FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 85' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 90' Supporters expect more eagerness from Brian Rowe, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- The final score is 3-1.
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Lineups
D.C. United SC Lineups
Starting XI
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Paul Arriola ↓ Ian Harkes 84'
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22
Yamil Asad ↓ Russell Canouse 89'
- 28
- 91
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Darren Mattocks ↓ Wayne Rooney 58'
- 13
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Bench
- 26
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Wayne Rooney ↑ 58'
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Russell Canouse ↑ 89'
- 32
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Ian Harkes ↑ 84'
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Coach Ben OlsenVancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups
Starting XI
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Jordon Mutch ↓ Nicolas Mezquida 72'
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- 18
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Sean Franklin ↓ Jake Nerwinski 67'
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- 17
- 29
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Felipe Martins ↓ Aly Ghazal 72'
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Bench
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Aly Ghazal ↑ 72'
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Jake Nerwinski ↑ 67'
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Nicolas Mezquida ↑ 72'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Paul Arriola 2 Paul Arriola 2 Alphonso Davies 1 Yamil Asad 1 Alphonso Davies 1 Yordy Reyna 1 Christian Benteke 1 Mateusz Klich 1 Head to Head
D.C. United SC Form
2018-07-15 D.C. United SC 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2018-07-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 D.C. United SC D 2018-06-30 New England Revolution 3–2 D.C. United SC L 2018-06-14 Toronto FC 4–4 D.C. United SC D 2018-06-10 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 D.C. United SC L 2018-05-27 Los Angeles FC 1–1 D.C. United SC DVancouver Whitecaps FC Form
2018-07-15 D.C. United SC 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2018-07-08 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–2 Chicago Fire FC W 2018-07-01 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 Colorado Rapids SC L 2018-06-23 Philadelphia Union 4–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2018-06-09 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 5–2 Orlando City SC W 2018-06-02 Colorado Rapids SC 1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.96 D.C. United SC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.68 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 70% + Over 2.5 goals 69%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: D.C. United SC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.64Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 96% 4% ± 1.5 88% 12% ± 2.5 69% 31% ± 3.5 49% 51% ± 4.5 30% 70% Double Chance
D.C. United SC or Draw 70%Draw or Vancouver Whitecaps FC 53%D.C. United SC or Vancouver Whitecaps FC 77%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: D.C. United SC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 9.5%2 – 1 8.2%1 – 2 7.1%2 – 2 6.8%3 – 1 Actual2 – 0 5.1%1 – 0 4.6%3 – 2 4.4%0 – 0 3.9%1 – 3 3.9%0 – 1 3.9%2 – 3 3.8%Asian Handicap — D.C. United SC
Handicap D.C. United SC covers Push Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers -2.5 12% — 88% -2 12% 13% 75% -1.5 25% — 75% -1 25% 19% 56% -0.5 44% — 56% +0.5 67% — 33% +1 67% 16% 17% +1.5 83% — 17% +2 83% 10% 7% +2.5 93% — 7% Clean Sheet
D.C. United SC keeps clean sheet 19% ✓Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet 15% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.