Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2025

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

2 – 1

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Los Angeles Galaxy

Sun 2 Mar 2025 · 22:00 UTC BC Place HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 18' Gabriel Pec

Sebastian Berhalter 35' Y

Y 42' Edwin Cerrillo

Y 52' Diego Fagundez

Edier Ocampo 78' Y

Brian White 88' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Los Angeles Galaxy — MLS at BC Place.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 games · 34 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles Galaxy 19 games · 22 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 19 games · Avg 3.2 goals Los Angeles Galaxy

Last 5 meetings

2025-03-02 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy 2024-09-22 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2024-04-14 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–3 Los Angeles Galaxy 2023-07-16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4–2 Los Angeles Galaxy 2023-03-19 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Recent Form

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Mar	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–1	W
23 Feb	Portland Timbers	A	4–1	W
20 Oct	Real Salt Lake	A	1–2	L
13 Oct	Los Angeles FC	H	1–2	L
05 Oct	Minnesota United FC	H	0–1	L
03 Oct	Seattle Sounders FC	H	0–3	L

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Mar	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–2	L
24 Feb	San Diego FC	H	0–2	L
20 Oct	Houston Dynamo	A	1–2	L
06 Oct	Austin FC	H	2–1	W
03 Oct	Colorado Rapids SC	A	3–1	W
22 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	4–2	W

Season Stats

Vancouver Whitecaps FC		Los Angeles Galaxy
#16	Position	#27
34	Points	22
17	Played	19
10 / 4 / 3	W / D / L	5 / 7 / 7
38	Scored	24
17	Conceded	29
+21	GD	-5
2.00	PPG	1.16
59%	Win %	26%

Key Stats

58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

63% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

35% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

20% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (34 pts). Los Angeles Galaxy are 27th (22 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

4/3

16-30

7/1

31-45

2/5

46-60

1/4

61-75

3/–

76+

7/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Los Angeles Galaxy

0-15

2/1

16-30

2/2

31-45

4/8

46-60

2/3

61-75

–/4

76+

6/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Brian White	10 G
Sebastian Berhalter	6 G	4 A
Thomas Muller	4 G	1 A

Los Angeles Galaxy

Gabriel Pec	5 G	4 A
Klauss	5 G

Events

Match Events

0' Vancouver Whitecaps FC have kicked off against Los Angeles Galaxy. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
3' Sam Adekugbe does the damage! The net is bulging and Vancouver Whitecaps FC surge ahead!
8' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
13' Los Angeles Galaxy looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Joseph Paintsil scoring 1 goals.
18' That is a card for Los Angeles Galaxy. Gabriel Pec will be fuming at that decision.
23' Christian Ramirez needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
28' Los Angeles Galaxy has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 1 meetings.
32' Another change for Vancouver Whitecaps FC made on 32 minute. Sam Adekugbe leaves to be changed by Edier Ocampo.
35' Sebastian Berhalter picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
39' Gabriel Pec adds to his 3 season tally! Los Angeles Galaxy lead 1-1 — and this changes everything.
42' Los Angeles Galaxy player sees a card in front of him.
46' Fresh legs for Los Angeles Galaxy! Julian Aude comes on to replace Carlos Garces.
51' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
52' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Diego Fagundez.
57' 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.
62' Another substitution for Vancouver Whitecaps FC to replace Jayden Nelson by Ali Ahmed on 62 minute.
63' Sebastian Berhalter makes way for Jean-Claude Ngando at the 63 minute mark. A tactical switch from Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
68' USA international Isaiah Parente has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
71' The whistle greets Elijah Wynder as he departs to be replaced by Marco Reus.
75' Isaiah Parente is ready to make an impact after coming on for Lucas Sanabria at the 75 minute mark.
78' Edier Ocampo has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 78.
83' With 0 assists to his name this season, Novak Micovic is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Los Angeles Galaxy.
86' The whistle greets Ryan Gauld as he departs to be replaced by Daniel Rios.
87' Brian White has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 87 minutes.
88' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Brian White.
90' Harbor Miller is replacing John Nelson for the Los Angeles Galaxy side.
2-1 the final result. Los Angeles Galaxy will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

24
Brian White
1
Yohei Takaoka
20
Andres Cubas
33
Tristan Blackmon
25
Ryan Gauld ↓ Daniel Rios 86'
16
Sebastian Berhalter ↓ Jean-Claude Ngando 63'
7
Jayden Nelson ↓ Ali Ahmed 62'
4
Ranko Veselinovic
45
Pedro Vite
3
Sam Adekugbe ↓ Edier Ocampo 32'
2
Mathias Laborda

Bench

Coach Jesper Sørensen

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

18
Marco Reus ↑ 71'
77
John McCarthy
15
Eriq Zavaleta
17
Christian Ramirez ↑ 71'
3
Julian Aude ↑ 46'
16
Isaiah Parente ↑ 75'
21
Tucker Lepley
24
Ruben Ramos
26
Harbor Miller ↑ 90'

Coach Greg Vanney

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Joseph Paintsil	5
Ryan Gauld	5
Tosaint Ricketts	4
Brian White	4
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	4
Javier Hernandez	3
Sam Adekugbe	2
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	2

Head to Head

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2025-03-02 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2025-02-23 Portland Timbers 1–4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2024-10-20 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2024-10-13 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–2 Los Angeles FC L 2024-10-05 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 Minnesota United FC L 2024-10-03 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–3 Seattle Sounders FC L

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2025-03-02 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2025-02-24 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–2 San Diego FC L 2024-10-20 Houston Dynamo 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2024-10-06 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Austin FC W 2024-10-03 Colorado Rapids SC 1–3 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2024-09-22 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.06 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.31 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 64% + Both teams to score 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Vancouver Whitecaps FC52% Draw24% Los Angeles Galaxy24%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.37

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	64%	36%
± 3.5	43%	57%
± 4.5	25%	75%

Double Chance

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw

76%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

48%

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Los Angeles Galaxy

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Vancouver Whitecaps FC40% Draw41% Los Angeles Galaxy19%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.1%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

7.3%

1 – 0

6.5%

3 – 1

6.3%

2 – 2

1 – 2

5.9%

0 – 0

4.9%

3 – 0

4.9%

3 – 2

4.2%

0 – 1

3.8%

4 – 1

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Handicap	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	16%	—	84%
-2	16%	16%	68%
-1.5	32%	—	68%
-1	32%	21%	47%
-0.5	53%	—	47%
+0.5	77%	—	23%
+1	77%	13%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

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