Houston Dynamo vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Houston Dynamo vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC — MLS at PNC Stadium.
- Houston Dynamo 14 games · 22 pts (2026/26)
- Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 May Vancouver Whitecaps FC H 1–0 W 14 May Real Salt Lake A 0–3 L 11 May Los Angeles FC A 4–1 W 03 May Colorado Rapids SC H 1–0 W 26 Apr Austin FC A 0–2 L 23 Apr San Diego FC H 1–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 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 26 Apr Colorado Rapids SC H 3–1 W 18 Apr Sporting Kansas City H 3–0 W Season Stats
Houston Dynamo Vancouver Whitecaps FC #22 Position #16 22 Points 32 14 Played 14 7 / 1 / 6 W / D / L 10 / 2 / 2 19 Scored 34 23 Conceded 12 -4 GD +22 1.57 PPG 2.29 50% Win % 71% Key Stats
75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)69% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history29% Clean Sheets
Houston Dynamo this season36% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this seasonHouston Dynamo are 22nd (22 pts). Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (32 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Houston Dynamo0-15–/216-301/231-453/246-602/361-753/276+2/2■ Scored ■ ConcededVancouver Whitecaps FC0-153/216-306/–31-452/346-60–/361-753/–76+6/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. Vancouver Whitecaps FC kicks off things out of here…
- 5' Sebastian Berhalter has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 13 appearances with only 4 goals this season.
- 10' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 11' That looks like a foul for a card for Kenji Cabrera.
- 16' It’s high time Jesper Sørensen made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 21' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Mathias Laborda made 275 appearances and scored 10 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 26' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Vancouver Whitecaps FC that had 275 games and scored 420 goals.
- 31' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 36' Houston Dynamo is showing some good football. However, Houston Dynamo are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 41' Houston Dynamo 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.
- 45' The referee shows Vancouver Whitecaps FC player a card on 45.
- 48' It’s a booking for Vancouver Whitecaps FC player. Edier Ocampo gets a card.
- 53' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 54' That looks like a foul for a card for Agustin Resch.
- 59' 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 Kenji Cabrera suffering a number of foals already.
- 62' Andres Cubas was booked on 62.
- 64' It’s a booking for Vancouver Whitecaps FC player. Yohei Takaoka gets a card.
- 69' Supporters expect more eagerness from Artur, as he is very good at scoring at PNC Stadium with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
- 74' It looks surprising Vancouver Whitecaps FC does not make any changes. Lawrence Ennali has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 79' Vancouver Whitecaps FC looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
- 84' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Vancouver Whitecaps FC winning 0% of all matches.
- 89' 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.
- With this win, Houston Dynamo is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
Houston Dynamo Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 3
- 31
- 10
- 18
- 6
- 20
- 19
- 8
- 11
- 36
- 34
Bench
- 14
- 16
- 30
- 28
- 9
- 21
- 17
- 24
- 26
Coach Ben OlsenVancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 13
- 24
- 1
- 33
- 16
- 8
- 2
- 17
- 18
- 59
- 28
Bench
- 20
- 4
- 32
- 22
- 7
- 97
- 19
- 14
- 29
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Memo Rodriguez 4 Brian White 4 Lucas Cavallini 3 Griffin Dorsey 3 Carlos Darwin Quintero 2 Alberth Elis 2 Fafa Picault 2 Fredy Montero 2 Head to Head
Houston Dynamo Form
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form
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 2026-04-26 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2026-04-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 Sporting Kansas City W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.05 Houston Dynamo xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.68 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xGI would bet for: Houston Dynamo or Vancouver Whitecaps FC 74%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: Houston Dynamo winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.73Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 92% 8% ± 1.5 75% 25% ± 2.5 51% 49% ± 3.5 29% 71% ± 4.5 15% 85% Double Chance
Houston Dynamo or Draw 57%Draw or Vancouver Whitecaps FC 68%Houston Dynamo or Vancouver Whitecaps FC 74%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.4%0 – 1 10.1%1 – 2 9.3%0 – 2 9%0 – 0 8.5%1 – 0 Actual2 – 1 5.8%1 – 3 5.2%0 – 3 4.9%2 – 2 4.9%2 – 0 3.5%2 – 3 2.8%Asian Handicap — Houston Dynamo
Handicap Houston Dynamo covers Push Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers -2.5 3% — 97% -2 3% 6% 91% -1.5 9% — 91% -1 9% 14% 78% -0.5 22% — 78% +0.5 49% — 51% +1 49% 23% 28% +1.5 72% — 28% +2 72% 16% 12% +2.5 88% — 12% Clean Sheet
Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet 20% ✗Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet 36% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.