Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Houston Dynamo, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

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Houston Dynamo

Thu 20 Aug 2026 · 01:30 UTC BC Place HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 34' Franco Negri

Andres Cubas 26' Y

Y 37' Agustin Resch

Y 41' Agustin Bouzat

Overview

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Houston Dynamo — MLS at BC Place.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 29 games · 52 pts (2026/26)
Houston Dynamo 29 games · 46 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Jose Luis Munuera

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	29	66
2	Internacional CF Miami	29	52
3	New England Revolution	29	49
4	Chicago Fire FC	29	48
5	Charlotte FC	29	46
6	Philadelphia Union	29	45
7	Orlando City SC	29	38
8	FC Cincinnati	28	36
9	New York Red Bulls	29	36
10	New York City FC	29	33
11	Toronto FC	29	33
12	D.C. United SC	28	33
13	Columbus Crew SC	29	32
14	Atlanta United FC	29	30
15	Montreal Impact FC	29	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	29	52
17	St. Louis City	29	51
18	FC Dallas	29	50
19	San Jose Earthquakes	29	47
20	Houston Dynamo	29	46
21	Los Angeles FC	30	45
22	Seattle Sounders FC	29	41
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	30	39
24	Colorado Rapids SC	29	38
25	San Diego FC	29	33
26	Portland Timbers	29	33
27	Real Salt Lake	29	33
28	Minnesota United FC	29	31
29	Austin FC	29	31
30	Sporting Kansas City	29	22

Head-to-Head

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 games · Avg 3.1 goals Houston Dynamo

Last 5 meetings

2026-08-20 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 Houston Dynamo 2026-05-17 Houston Dynamo 1–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2025-08-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Houston Dynamo 2025-07-17 Houston Dynamo 0–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2024-09-19 Houston Dynamo 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Recent Form

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Aug	Houston Dynamo	H	0–1	L
17 Aug	Seattle Sounders FC	A	2–0	W
01 Aug	Los Angeles FC	H	1–1	D
26 Jul	Minnesota United FC	A	0–0	D
22 Jul	FC Cincinnati	A	3–4	L
24 May	San Diego FC	A	4–2	W

Houston Dynamo

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Aug	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–0	W
16 Aug	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	1–0	W
08 Aug	New England Revolution	A	2–0	W
02 Aug	Sporting Kansas City	A	2–0	W
26 Jul	Austin FC	H	3–0	W
23 Jul	D.C. United SC	H	1–1	D

Season Stats

Vancouver Whitecaps FC		Houston Dynamo
#16	Position	#20
52	Points	46
29	Played	29
15 / 7 / 7	W / D / L	13 / 7 / 9
61	Scored	39
30	Conceded	37
+31	GD	+2
1.79	PPG	1.59
52%	Win %	45%

Key Stats

71% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

41% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

38% Clean Sheets
Houston Dynamo this season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (52 pts). Houston Dynamo are 20th (46 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

8/4

16-30

10/4

31-45

7/8

46-60

4/7

61-75

7/1

76+

11/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Houston Dynamo

0-15

1/2

16-30

5/6

31-45

9/4

46-60

5/4

61-75

5/3

76+

4/8

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Brian White	17 G
Thomas Muller	9 G	5 A
Sebastian Berhalter	6 G	4 A

Houston Dynamo

Guilherme	16 G	7 A
Mateusz Bogusz	7 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Vancouver Whitecaps FC to score. At the same time, Houston Dynamo does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' Houston Dynamo have won 398 goals from 287 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
10' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
15' Mexico international Hector Herrera has been a key figure this campaign — 2 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
20' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
25' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Houston Dynamo are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
26' Andres Cubas has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 26.
31' Lucas Halter has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
34' GOAL! Franco Negri fires home to make it 0-1!
37' Agustin Resch picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
41' The referee shows Houston Dynamo player a card on 41.
46' A change in the Vancouver Whitecaps FC ranks — Cheikh Sabaly exits the field as Thomas Muller enters on 46.
51' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
56' 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.
61' It’s high time Ben Olsen made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
64' GOAL! Rayan Elloumi scores on 64. Assisted by Emmanuel Sabbi
69' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Houston Dynamo winning 50% of all matches.
70' Houston Dynamo make a change. Guilherme trudges off to be replaced by Duncan McGuire on 70 minutes.
73' The supporters are chanting for Bruno Caicedo. He replaces Emmanuel Sabbi on 73 minute.
74' A change in the Vancouver Whitecaps FC ranks — Andres Cubas exits the field as Ralph Priso-Mbongue enters on 74.
75' The crowd applauds Franco Negri as he leaves the pitch. Marcelo Saracchi steps in for Houston Dynamo.
80' Duane Holmes is replacing Lawrence Ennali for the Houston Dynamo side.
85' Houston Dynamo has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
88' Another substitution for Vancouver Whitecaps FC to replace Tate Johnson by Sam Adekugbe on 88 minute.
90' Vancouver Whitecaps FC make a change. Cheikh Sabaly trudges off to be replaced by Bruno Caicedo on 90 minutes.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Houston Dynamo take all three points.

Lineups

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

1
Yohei Takaoka
20
Andres Cubas ↓ Ralph Priso-Mbongue 74'
33
Tristan Blackmon
25
Ryan Gauld
8
Oliver Larraz
2
Mathias Laborda
18
Edier Ocampo ↓ Nikola Djordjevic 88'
7
Cheikh Sabaly ↓ Bruno Caicedo 90'
11
Emmanuel Sabbi ↓ Bruno Caicedo 73'
28
Tate Johnson ↓ Sam Adekugbe 88'
19
Rayan Elloumi

Bench

Coach Jesper Sørensen

Houston Dynamo Lineups

Starting XI

31
Jonathan Bond
16
Hector Herrera ↓ Diadie Samassekou 75'
6
Artur
30
Agustin Bouzat
20
Guilherme ↓ Duncan McGuire 70'
5
Lucas Halter
19
Mateusz Bogusz
8
Jack McGlynn
21
Franco Negri ↓ Marcelo Saracchi 75'
11
Lawrence Ennali ↓ Duane Holmes 80'
34
Agustin Resch

Bench

Coach Ben Olsen

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Memo Rodriguez	4
Brian White	4
Griffin Dorsey	3
Lucas Cavallini	3
Fafa Picault	2
Fredy Montero	2
Julian Gressel	2
Mauro Manotas	2

Head to Head

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2026-08-20 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 Houston Dynamo L 2026-08-17 Seattle Sounders FC 0–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2026-08-01 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Los Angeles FC D 2026-07-26 Minnesota United FC 0–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2026-07-22 FC Cincinnati 4–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2026-05-24 San Diego FC 2–4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W

Houston Dynamo Form

2026-08-20 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 Houston Dynamo W 2026-08-16 Houston Dynamo 1–0 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2026-08-08 New England Revolution 0–2 Houston Dynamo W 2026-08-02 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Houston Dynamo W 2026-07-26 Houston Dynamo 3–0 Austin FC W 2026-07-23 Houston Dynamo 1–1 D.C. United SC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.22 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.98 Houston Dynamo xG

I would bet for: Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Houston Dynamo 69% + Under 2.5 goals 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Vancouver Whitecaps FC38% Draw31% Houston Dynamo31%

Actual: Houston Dynamo win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes45% 0% No55%

Avg goals/match: 2.2

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	87%	13%
± 1.5	65%	35%
± 2.5	37%	63%
± 3.5	19%	81%
± 4.5	8%	92%

Double Chance

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw

69%

Draw or Houston Dynamo

62%

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Houston Dynamo

69%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Vancouver Whitecaps FC28% Draw52% Houston Dynamo20%

Actual: Houston Dynamo win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

14.2%

0 – 0

13.4%

1 – 0

12.3%

0 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

7.9%

2 – 1

7.8%

1 – 2

6.3%

0 – 2

5.1%

2 – 2

3 – 1

3.2%

3 – 0

3.2%

1 – 3

2.1%

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Handicap	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers	Push	Houston Dynamo covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	12%	82%
-1.5	18%	—	82%
-1	18%	22%	60%
-0.5	40%	—	60%
+0.5	72%	—	28%
+1	72%	17%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	8%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

38% ✓

Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet

30% ✗

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