Seattle Sounders FC vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC, MLS 2026 MLS IS BACK GROUP STAGE

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Seattle Sounders FC

3 – 0

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Mon 20 Jul 2020 · 02:30 UTC ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex HT 45+5' · FT 45+8'

Y 16' Jasser Khemiri

Y 30' Yordy Reyna

Kelvin Leerdam 40' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Seattle Sounders FC vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC — MLS at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.

Seattle Sounders FC 34 games · 46 pts (2026/26)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 games · 64 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Armando Villarreal
Referee Robert Sibiga
Referee Timothy Ford
Referee Jose Da Silva
Referee Ian McKay

20 games this season 🟨 2.8/game ⚽ 11.0 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

Seattle Sounders FC 22 games · Avg 2.8 goals Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Last 5 meetings

2020-07-20 Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2019-06-30 Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2019-03-31 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2018-09-16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC 2018-07-21 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Recent Form

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	3–0	W
14 Jul	Chicago Fire FC	A	1–2	L
11 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	H	0–0	D
08 Mar	Columbus Crew SC	H	1–1	D
01 Mar	Chicago Fire FC	H	2–1	W
19 Oct	FC Dallas	H	4–3	W

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Jul	Seattle Sounders FC	A	0–3	L
16 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	H	3–4	L
08 Mar	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–0	W
01 Mar	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–3	L
06 Oct	Real Salt Lake	H	0–1	L
29 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	4–3	W

Season Stats

Seattle Sounders FC		Vancouver Whitecaps FC
#23	Position	#16
46	Points	64
34	Played	34
12 / 10 / 12	W / D / L	19 / 7 / 8
44	Scored	74
46	Conceded	34
-2	GD	+40
1.35	PPG	1.88
35%	Win %	56%

Key Stats

45% Both Teams to Score
H2H (22 games)

55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

24% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

38% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

Seattle Sounders FC are 23rd (46 pts). Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (64 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

5/5

16-30

5/7

31-45

4/7

46-60

8/6

61-75

4/5

76+

13/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

10/4

16-30

11/4

31-45

9/9

46-60

7/7

61-75

10/2

76+

13/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

Dejan Joveljic	13 G	1 A
Paul Rothrock	5 G	1 A

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Brian White	20 G	2 A
Thomas Muller	9 G	6 A
Sebastian Berhalter	6 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex will turn into a battlefield for Seattle Sounders FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
5' Both keepers have barely been tested. Seattle Sounders FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
10' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
15' Over 15 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
16' Against the run of play, Nicolas Lodeiro has scored! This game has turned on its head.
16' A meaty challenge results in booking for Jasser Khemiri on 16.
21' David Milinkovic has been relatively quiet despite scoring 1 goals in his last 390 appearances.
26' Colombia international Cristian Dajome has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
30' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Yordy Reyna.
34' Jordan Morris has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 34 minutes.
39' Vancouver Whitecaps FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 39.
40' The referee has no hesitation. Kelvin Leerdam is booked for Seattle Sounders FC — Yellow card on 40.
45' A quiet spell here at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. Seattle Sounders FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
50' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Brian Schmetzer will be considering his options from the bench.
51' Raul Ruidiaz doubles the advantage! 3-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
55' Fresh legs for Vancouver Whitecaps FC! Theo Bair comes on to replace David Milinkovic.
58' The supporters are chanting for Thomas Hasal. He replaces Maxime Crepeau on 58 minute.
63' Vancouver Whitecaps FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
67' Seattle Sounders FC ring the changes. Kelvin Leerdam has done his job and it is now time for Alex Roldan to step up.
68' It is a substitution in Seattle Sounders FC team. Xavier Arreaga is replaced by Jordy Delem on 68 minute.
73' Another change for Vancouver Whitecaps FC made on 73 minute. Jasser Khemiri leaves to be changed by Cristian Gutierrez.
78' 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.
79' Shandon Hopeau gets the nod from Seattle Sounders FC. He replaces Handwalla Bwana and will look to change the dynamic.
84' It looks surprising Seattle Sounders FC does not make any changes. Cristian Gutierrez has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
89' Supporters expect more eagerness from Russell Teibert, as he is very good at scoring at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
90' Seattle Sounders FC make a change. Gustav Svensson trudges off to be replaced by Joshua Atencio on 90 minutes.
Another three points for Seattle Sounders FC.

Lineups

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

30
Stefan Cleveland
8
Jordy Delem ↑ 68'
16
Alex Roldan ↑ 67'
37
Shandon Hopeau ↑ 79'
11
Miguel Ibarra
1
Trey Muse
75
Danny Leyva ↑ 79'
84
Joshua Atencio ↑ 90'
99
Justin Dhillon
45
Ethan Dobbelaere

Coach Brian Schmetzer

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

7
David Milinkovic ↓ Theo Bair 55'
53
Ali Adnan ↓ Derek Cornelius 73'
6
Hwang Inbeom
20
Jasser Khemiri ↓ Cristian Gutierrez 73'
28
Jake Nerwinski
31
Russell Teibert C
29
Yordy Reyna
16
Maxime Crepeau ↓ Thomas Hasal 58'
17
Leonard Owusu ↓ Ryan Raposo 55'
11
Cristian Dajome
4
Ranko Veselinovic

Bench

55
Michael Baldisimo
54
Simon Colyn
13
Derek Cornelius ↑ 73'
14
Theo Bair ↑ 55'
51
Thomas Hasal ↑ 58'
3
Cristian Gutierrez ↑ 73'
32
Patrick Metcalfe
27
Ryan Raposo ↑ 55'
62
Damiano Pecile

Coach Marc Dos Santos

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Raul Ruidiaz	9
Brian White	5
Nicolas Lodeiro	5
Ryan Gauld	5
Will Bruin	3
Leo Chu	3
Jordan Morris	3
Shane O'Neill	2

Head to Head

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2020-07-20 Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2020-07-14 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC L 2020-07-11 Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 San Jose Earthquakes D 2020-03-08 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2020-03-01 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Chicago Fire FC W 2019-10-19 Seattle Sounders FC 4–3 FC Dallas W

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2020-07-20 Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2020-07-16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–4 San Jose Earthquakes L 2020-03-08 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2020-03-01 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–3 Sporting Kansas City L 2019-10-06 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 Real Salt Lake L 2019-09-29 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.41 Seattle Sounders FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.22 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

Seattle Sounders FC47% Draw26% Vancouver Whitecaps FC27%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes54% 0% No46%

Avg goals/match: 2.63

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	74%	26%
± 2.5	48%	52%
± 3.5	27%	73%
± 4.5	13%	87%

Double Chance

Seattle Sounders FC or Draw

73%

Draw or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

53%

Seattle Sounders FC or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Seattle Sounders FC29% Draw48% Vancouver Whitecaps FC23%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.3%

0 – 0

9.2%

1 – 0

9.1%

2 – 1

8.4%

0 – 1

7.7%

1 – 2

7.3%

2 – 0

0 – 2

5.2%

2 – 2

5.2%

3 – 1

3 – 0

Actual

1 – 3

Asian Handicap — Seattle Sounders FC

Handicap	Seattle Sounders FC covers	Push	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	12%	81%
-1.5	19%	—	81%
-1	19%	21%	60%
-0.5	40%	—	60%
+0.5	69%	—	31%
+1	69%	18%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	9%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

30% ✗

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

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