Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Columbus Crew SC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Columbus Crew SC — MLS .
- Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
- Columbus Crew SC 15 games · 16 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Alex Chilowicz
- Referee Drew Fischer
- Referee Eduardo Mariscal
- Referee Timothy Ford
- Referee Micheal Barwegen
17 games this season 🟨 0.3/game ⚽ 4.1 goals/gameStandings
# 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 21 Sep Columbus Crew SC H 1–1 D 15 Sep Houston Dynamo H 2–1 W 01 Sep New York City FC H 1–3 L 29 Aug Montreal Impact FC A 1–2 L 25 Aug San Jose Earthquakes A 1–3 L 18 Aug D.C. United SC H 1–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 21 Sep Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 1–1 D 14 Sep Atlanta United FC A 3–1 W 31 Aug Chicago Fire FC H 1–1 D 25 Aug FC Cincinnati A 3–1 W 21 Aug New York City FC A 0–1 L 17 Aug Toronto FC H 2–2 D Season Stats
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Columbus Crew SC #16 Position #10 32 Points 16 14 Played 15 10 / 2 / 2 W / D / L 4 / 4 / 7 34 Scored 21 12 Conceded 23 +22 GD -2 2.29 PPG 1.07 71% Win % 27% Key Stats
75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history36% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season27% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this seasonVancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (32 pts). Columbus Crew SC are 10th (16 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC0-153/216-306/–31-452/346-60–/361-753/–76+6/2■ Scored ■ ConcededColumbus Crew SC0-152/316-302/131-452/146-603/261-751/276+1/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: Vancouver Whitecaps FC gets underway.
- 5' Columbus Crew SC is showing some good football. However, Columbus Crew SC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
- 15' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Vancouver Whitecaps FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 17' A meaty challenge results in booking for Zac MacMath on 17.
- 18' What a strike from Gyasi Zardes! The score is 0-1.
- 23' 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.
- 28' 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.
- 33' 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 gonna be a Yellow card for Tosaint Ricketts.
- 40' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Vancouver Whitecaps FC that had 255 games and scored 396 goals.
- 45' The referee calls foul for Ali Adnan. He receives a Yellow card.
- 50' 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 Theo Bair suffering a number of foals already.
- 55' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 57' Wil Trapp is replacing David Guzman for the Columbus Crew SC side.
- 61' Time for substitution for Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Tosaint Ricketts is replaced by Fredy Montero.
- 63' Vancouver Whitecaps FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Michaell Chirinos is hanging Theo Bair on the field on 63 minute.
- 68' Vancouver Whitecaps FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 68.
- 73' Vancouver Whitecaps FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 76' Another change for Columbus Crew SC made on 76 minute. Youness Mokhtar leaves to be changed by Luis Argudo.
- 81' Pedro Santos needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 82' Jake Nerwinski has so much to prove this time. He replaces Scott Sutter on 82 minute.
- 87' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 53
- 87
- 4
- 15
- 18
- 2
- 31
- 29
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23
Scott Sutter ↓ Jake Nerwinski 82'
- 13
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50
Theo Bair ↓ Michaell Chirinos 63'
Bench
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12
Fredy Montero ↑ 61'
- 19
- 6
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28
Jake Nerwinski ↑ 82'
- 22
- 16
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33
Michaell Chirinos ↑ 63'
Coach Marc Dos SantosColumbus Crew SC Lineups
Starting XI
- 1
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9
David Guzman ↓ Wil Trapp 57'
- 4
- 25
- 11
- 7
- 8
- 31
- 30
- 18
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34
Youness Mokhtar ↓ Luis Argudo 76'
Bench
- 5
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6
Wil Trapp ↑ 57'
- 21
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2
Luis Argudo ↑ 76'
- 24
- 17
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Lucas Zelarayan 2 Gyasi Zardes 2 Kei Kamara 1 Fredy Montero 1 Derrick Etienne 1 Luis Diaz 1 Miguel Berry 1 Diego Rossi 1 Head to Head
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form
2019-09-21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2019-09-15 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Houston Dynamo W 2019-09-01 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–3 New York City FC L 2019-08-29 Montreal Impact FC 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2019-08-25 San Jose Earthquakes 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2019-08-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–0 D.C. United SC WColumbus Crew SC Form
2019-09-21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2019-09-14 Atlanta United FC 1–3 Columbus Crew SC W 2019-08-31 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 Chicago Fire FC D 2019-08-25 FC Cincinnati 1–3 Columbus Crew SC W 2019-08-21 New York City FC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2019-08-17 Columbus Crew SC 2–2 Toronto FC D -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.96 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.05 Columbus Crew SC xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 57% + Both teams to score 56%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.01Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 93% 7% ± 1.5 80% 20% ± 2.5 57% 43% ± 3.5 35% 65% ± 4.5 19% 81% Double Chance
Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw 78%Draw or Columbus Crew SC 47%Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Columbus Crew SC 75%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Columbus Crew SC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual2 – 1 9.6%2 – 0 9.3%1 – 0 9%0 – 0 6.6%3 – 1 6.3%3 – 0 6%1 – 2 5.1%2 – 2 5%0 – 1 4.4%3 – 2 3.4%4 – 1 3.1%Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Handicap Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers Push Columbus Crew SC covers -2.5 17% — 83% -2 17% 18% 65% -1.5 35% — 65% -1 35% 23% 43% -0.5 57% — 43% +0.5 81% — 19% +1 81% 12% 7% +1.5 93% — 7% +2 93% 5% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet 36% ✓Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet 15% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.