FC Cincinnati vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

FC Cincinnati

4 – 3

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Wed 22 Jul 2026 · 23:30 UTC TQL Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Pavel Bucha 9' 1–0

1–1 12' Jeevan Badwal

1–2 25' Ryan Gauld

Kevin Denkey 28' 2–2

Evander 36' 3–2

Pavel Bucha 56' 4–2

4–3 58' Ryan Gauld

Y 2' Tristan Blackmon

Y 17' Mathias Laborda

Pavel Bucha 41' Y

Y 48' Edier Ocampo

Y 59' Andres Cubas

Y 78' Brian White

Overview

Match Preview

FC Cincinnati vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC — MLS at TQL Stadium.

FC Cincinnati 22 games · 31 pts (2026/26)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 21 games · 43 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	22	52
2	Internacional CF Miami	22	42
3	Chicago Fire FC	21	37
4	New England Revolution	22	37
5	Charlotte FC	22	35
6	FC Cincinnati	22	31
7	New York City FC	22	28
8	New York Red Bulls	22	26
9	Toronto FC	22	25
10	D.C. United SC	22	25
11	Orlando City SC	22	25
12	Philadelphia Union	22	24
13	Atlanta United FC	22	21
14	Montreal Impact FC	22	21
15	Columbus Crew SC	22	20
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	21	43
17	Houston Dynamo	22	39
18	Los Angeles FC	23	36
19	San Jose Earthquakes	22	34
20	FC Dallas	22	34
21	St. Louis City	22	34
22	Colorado Rapids SC	22	31
23	San Diego FC	22	30
24	Minnesota United FC	22	29
25	Real Salt Lake	21	28
26	Portland Timbers	22	28
27	Seattle Sounders FC	21	26
28	Los Angeles Galaxy	23	26
29	Austin FC	22	24
30	Sporting Kansas City	22	15

Head-to-Head

FC Cincinnati 4 games · Avg 4.0 goals Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-07-22 FC Cincinnati 4–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2023-06-11 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 FC Cincinnati 2022-07-14 FC Cincinnati 2–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2019-08-04 FC Cincinnati 1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Recent Form

FC Cincinnati

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	4–3	W
23 May	Orlando City SC	H	6–2	W
17 May	San Diego FC	A	3–3	D
13 May	Internacional CF Miami	H	0–0	D
09 May	Charlotte FC	A	0–0	D
03 May	Chicago Fire FC	A	3–2	W

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Jul	FC Cincinnati	A	3–4	L
24 May	San Diego FC	A	4–2	W
17 May	Houston Dynamo	A	0–1	L
14 May	FC Dallas	A	3–2	W
10 May	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–1	D
03 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–1	D

Season Stats

FC Cincinnati		Vancouver Whitecaps FC
#6	Position	#16
31	Points	43
22	Played	21
8 / 7 / 7	W / D / L	13 / 4 / 4
49	Scored	48
51	Conceded	18
-2	GD	+30
1.41	PPG	2.05
36%	Win %	62%

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)

75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

18% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this season

43% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

FC Cincinnati are 6th (31 pts). Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (43 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Cincinnati

0-15

3/2

16-30

5/7

31-45

9/6

46-60

4/8

61-75

2/1

76+

11/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

5/3

16-30

8/1

31-45

5/6

46-60

2/4

61-75

4/–

76+

10/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Cincinnati

Evander	13 G	7 A
Kevin Denkey	11 G	1 A
Tom Barlow	6 G	1 A

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Brian White	13 G
Thomas Muller	7 G	3 A
Sebastian Berhalter	6 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' The wait is over. Vancouver Whitecaps FC get us underway at TQL Stadium.
2' A moment of madness from Tristan Blackmon on 2 minutes earns him a card. Vancouver Whitecaps FC will be frustrated.
7' Jeevan Badwal has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
9' Pavel Bucha doubles the advantage! 1-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
12' A stunning finish from Jeevan Badwal — that came from absolutely nowhere!
17' Mathias Laborda picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
22' FC Cincinnati 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.
25' Assisted by Oliver Larraz with the perfectly-timed delivery and Ryan Gauld makes no mistake. 1-2!
28' GOAL! Kevin Denkey scores on 28. Assisted by Ender Echenique
33' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Vancouver Whitecaps FC that had 282 games and scored 435 goals.
36' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Evander makes it 3-2.
41' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Pavel Bucha.
44' Cheikh Sabaly is replacing Bruno Caicedo for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC side.
48' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Edier Ocampo.
53' Kenji Mboma is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Vancouver Whitecaps FC tonight.
56' Pavel Bucha is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 4 goals this season for the .
58' Ryan Gauld does the damage! The net is bulging and Vancouver Whitecaps FC surge ahead!
59' That looks like a foul for a card for Andres Cubas.
62' The crowd applauds Jeevan Badwal as he leaves the pitch. J.C. Ngando steps in for Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
63' A tactical swap from Vancouver Whitecaps FC — Nikola Djordjevic on, Ryan Gauld off on 63 minutes.
64' Bryan Ramirez is ready to make an impact after coming on for Ender Echenique at the 64 minute mark.
69' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Jesper Sørensen will be considering his options from the bench.
74' FC Cincinnati currently sit 7 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
78' That is a card for Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Brian White will be fuming at that decision.
83' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
84' A change in the Vancouver Whitecaps FC ranks — Edier Ocampo exits the field as Ranko Veselinovic enters on 84.
89' Ayoub Jabbari is replacing Kevin Denkey for the FC Cincinnati side.
4-3 the final result. Vancouver Whitecaps FC will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

FC Cincinnati Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

13
Evan Louro
2
Alvas Powell
4
Nick Hagglund
24
Kyle Smith ↑ 64'
16
Tom Barlow ↑ 64'
15
Teenage Hadebe ↑ 89'
27
Tah Anunga
99
Ayoub Jabbari ↑ 89'
29
Bryan Ramirez ↑ 64'

Coach Pat Noonan

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Jesper Sørensen

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Ryan Gauld	4
Pavel Bucha	2
Cristian Dajome	2
Hwang Inbeom	1
Kevin Denkey	1
Felipe Martins	1
Allan Cruz	1
Brandon Vazquez	1

Head to Head

FC Cincinnati Form

2026-07-22 FC Cincinnati 4–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2026-05-23 FC Cincinnati 6–2 Orlando City SC W 2026-05-17 San Diego FC 3–3 FC Cincinnati D 2026-05-13 FC Cincinnati 0–0 Internacional CF Miami D 2026-05-09 Charlotte FC 0–0 FC Cincinnati D 2026-05-03 Chicago Fire FC 2–3 FC Cincinnati W

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2026-07-22 FC Cincinnati 4–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2026-05-24 San Diego FC 2–4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2026-05-17 Houston Dynamo 1–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2026-05-14 FC Dallas 2–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2026-05-10 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2026-05-03 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2 FC Cincinnati xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

2.64 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 83% + Both teams to score 79%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

FC Cincinnati36% Draw21% Vancouver Whitecaps FC43%

Actual: FC Cincinnati win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes79% 0% No21%

Avg goals/match: 4.64

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	94%	6%
± 2.5	83%	17%
± 3.5	67%	33%
± 4.5	49%	51%

Double Chance

FC Cincinnati or Draw

57%

Draw or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

64%

FC Cincinnati or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

FC Cincinnati25% Draw34% Vancouver Whitecaps FC41%

Actual: FC Cincinnati win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–3 not predicted

4 – 3

Actual

1 – 2

6.7%

2 – 2

6.5%

1 – 1

5.8%

1 – 3

5.7%

2 – 3

5.6%

2 – 1

5.1%

3 – 2

4.3%

1 – 4

3.8%

3 – 3

3.8%

2 – 4

3.8%

0 – 2

3.5%

3 – 1

3.3%

Asian Handicap — FC Cincinnati

Handicap	FC Cincinnati covers	Push	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	9%	84%
-1.5	16%	—	84%
-1	16%	14%	71%
-0.5	29%	—	71%
+0.5	49%	—	51%
+1	49%	18%	33%
+1.5	67%	—	33%
+2	67%	15%	18%
+2.5	82%	—	18%

Clean Sheet

FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.