Real Salt Lake vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2025

Real Salt Lake

2 – 3

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Sun 25 May 2025 · 01:30 UTC America First Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Willy Agada 45' Y

Noel Caliskan 59' Y

Dominik Marczuk 61' Y

Diego Luna 65' Y

Y 77' Ali Ahmed

Y 83' Ralph Priso-Mbongue

Emeka Eneli 90' Y

Overview

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Real Salt Lake vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC — MLS at America First Field.

Real Salt Lake 14 games · 26 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

Real Salt Lake 18 games · Avg 2.9 goals Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-05-25 Real Salt Lake 2–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2025-05-04 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake 2024-10-20 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2024-03-23 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–2 Real Salt Lake 2023-09-24 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 May	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	2–3	L
18 May	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–1	L
15 May	Portland Timbers	H	0–0	D
11 May	FC Dallas	A	1–1	D
04 May	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–2	L
26 Apr	San Diego FC	A	3–1	W

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 May	Real Salt Lake	A	3–2	W
18 May	Austin FC	A	0–0	D
11 May	Los Angeles FC	H	2–2	D
04 May	Real Salt Lake	H	2–1	W
27 Apr	Minnesota United FC	A	3–1	W
20 Apr	St. Louis City	A	0–0	D

Season Stats

Real Salt Lake		Vancouver Whitecaps FC
#18	Position	#16
26	Points	32
14	Played	14
8 / 2 / 4	W / D / L	10 / 2 / 2
26	Scored	34
19	Conceded	12
+7	GD	+22
1.86	PPG	2.29
57%	Win %	71%

Key Stats

72% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

72% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

14% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

36% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

Real Salt Lake are 18th (26 pts). Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (32 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Salt Lake

0-15

4/3

16-30

2/2

31-45

3/1

46-60

3/1

61-75

2/1

76+

2/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

3/2

16-30

6/–

31-45

2/3

46-60

–/3

61-75

3/–

76+

6/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to America First Field that hosts another battle between Real Salt Lake and Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
1' The USA Zavier Gozo breaks the deadlock on 1 minutes. 1-0!
4' A goal from the USA international Diego Luna! He fires home on 4 to make it 2-0!
9' A quiet spell here at America First Field. Vancouver Whitecaps FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
14' Vancouver Whitecaps FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
19' The 22-year-old Dominik Marczuk has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
20' Brian White doubles the advantage! 2-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
25' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Brian White makes no mistake. 2-2!
30' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
35' 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.
40' Real Salt Lake have won 417 goals from 280 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
45' Real Salt Lake player sees a card in front of him.
50' The energy levels are beginning to show. Pablo Mastroeni might look to freshen things up shortly.
55' Ralph Priso-Mbongue has been relatively quiet despite scoring 4 goals in his last 280 appearances.
56' The whistle greets Brayan Vera as he departs to be replaced by Philip Quinton.
59' Real Salt Lake receives a card for a hard tackle on 59.
61' The referee calls foul for Dominik Marczuk. He receives a card.
65' A moment of madness from Diego Luna on 65 minutes earns him a card. Real Salt Lake will be frustrated.
68' The whistle greets Sam Adekugbe as he departs to be replaced by Tate Johnson.
71' Another substitution for Real Salt Lake to replace Willy Agada by Ariath Piol on 71 minute.
72' Fresh legs for Real Salt Lake! Braian Ojeda comes on to replace Pablo Ruiz.
77' Poor challenge from Ali Ahmed. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
81' A change in the Vancouver Whitecaps FC ranks — Edier Ocampo exits the field as Mathias Laborda enters on 81.
83' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Ralph Priso-Mbongue.
85' Jean-Claude Ngando is replacing Ralph Priso-Mbongue for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC side.
90' The deadlock is broken! Pedro Vite gets on the scoresheet on 90 minutes.
90' That looks like a foul for a card for Emeka Eneli.
Game over. The scoreline of 2-3 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

77
Johnny Russell
31
Mason Stajduhar
29
Sam Junqua ↑ 71'
6
Braian Ojeda ↑ 72'
19
Bode Davis ↑ 81'
26
Philip Quinton ↑ 56'
13
Nelson Palacio
23
Ariath Piol ↑ 71'

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

24
Brian White
1
Yohei Takaoka
15
Bjorn Utvik
33
Tristan Blackmon
16
Sebastian Berhalter
7
Jayden Nelson ↓ Emmanuel Sabbi 68'
13
Ralph Priso-Mbongue ↓ Jean-Claude Ngando 85'
45
Pedro Vite
22
Ali Ahmed ↓ Daniel Rios 85'
3
Sam Adekugbe ↓ Tate Johnson 68'
18
Edier Ocampo ↓ Mathias Laborda 81'

Bench

Coach Jesper Sørensen

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Damir Kreilach	7
Brian White	6
Anderson Julio	3
Diego Luna	3
Albert Rusnak	3
Ryan Gauld	3
Justen Glad	2
Javain Brown	2

Head to Head

Real Salt Lake Form

2025-05-25 Real Salt Lake 2–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2025-05-18 Colorado Rapids SC 1–0 Real Salt Lake L 2025-05-15 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Portland Timbers D 2025-05-11 FC Dallas 1–1 Real Salt Lake D 2025-05-04 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2025-04-26 San Diego FC 1–3 Real Salt Lake W

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2025-05-25 Real Salt Lake 2–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2025-05-18 Austin FC 0–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2025-05-11 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–2 Los Angeles FC D 2025-05-04 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake W 2025-04-27 Minnesota United FC 1–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2025-04-20 St. Louis City 0–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.24 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.81 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 60% + Over 2.5 goals 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake27% Draw26% Vancouver Whitecaps FC47%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3.05

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	58%	42%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	20%	80%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

54%

Draw or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

73%

Real Salt Lake or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake21% Draw43% Vancouver Whitecaps FC36%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.5%

1 – 2

9.3%

0 – 1

7.8%

0 – 2

7.7%

0 – 0

6.4%

2 – 1

6.3%

2 – 2

5.7%

1 – 3

5.6%

1 – 0

5.1%

0 – 3

4.5%

2 – 0

3.6%

2 – 3

Actual

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	7%	89%
-1.5	11%	—	89%
-1	11%	14%	75%
-0.5	25%	—	75%
+0.5	51%	—	49%
+1	51%	21%	28%
+1.5	72%	—	28%
+2	72%	15%	13%
+2.5	87%	—	13%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

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