Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs New York City FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

2 – 0

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New York City FC

Sat 11 Apr 2026 · 23:30 UTC BC Place 25,460 HT 45' · FT 45'

Mathias Laborda 44' 1–0

Brian White 86' 2–0

Andres Cubas 53' Y

Oliver Larraz 80' Y

Overview

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs New York City FC — MLS at BC Place.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 games · 64 pts (2026/26)
New York City FC 34 games · 42 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Jair Marrufo
Assistant 1 Corey Rockwell
Assistant 2 Adam Garner (USA)

8 games this season 🟨 1.0/game ⚽ 4.6 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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 5 games · Avg 2.4 goals New York City FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-04-11 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–0 New York City FC 2023-09-02 New York City FC 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2022-03-05 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–0 New York City FC 2019-09-01 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–3 New York City FC 2018-08-05 New York City FC 2–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Recent Form

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 Apr	New York City FC	H	2–0	W
05 Apr	Portland Timbers	H	3–2	W
22 Mar	San Jose Earthquakes	H	0–1	L
15 Mar	Minnesota United FC	H	6–0	W
08 Mar	Portland Timbers	A	4–1	W
01 Mar	Toronto FC	H	3–0	W

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 Apr	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	0–2	L
04 Apr	St. Louis City	H	1–1	D
22 Mar	Internacional CF Miami	H	2–3	L
14 Mar	Colorado Rapids SC	H	3–1	W
07 Mar	Orlando City SC	H	5–0	W
01 Mar	Philadelphia Union	A	2–1	W

Season Stats

Vancouver Whitecaps FC		New York City FC
#16	Position	#10
64	Points	42
34	Played	34
19 / 7 / 8	W / D / L	10 / 12 / 12
74	Scored	49
34	Conceded	45
+40	GD	+4
1.88	PPG	1.24
56%	Win %	29%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)

40% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

38% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

18% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (64 pts). New York City FC are 10th (42 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

New York City FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

6/5

31-45

6/8

46-60

5/6

61-75

5/6

76+

5/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

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

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	16 G	6 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Vancouver Whitecaps FC have kicked off against New York City FC. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Vancouver Whitecaps FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
10' Jeevan Badwal has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 1 goals to his name this season.
15' Vancouver Whitecaps FC have won 453 goals from 293 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
20' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
25' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 25 minutes.
30' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
35' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
40' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
44' Vancouver Whitecaps FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Mathias Laborda on 44.
49' 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.
53' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Andres Cubas.
58' It looks like no one’s ball. New York City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
63' The crowd applauds Cheikh Sabaly as he leaves the pitch. Bruno Caicedo steps in for Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
68' 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.
73' New York City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 73.
77' The Vancouver Whitecaps FC bench stirs into life. Sebastian Berhalter is withdrawn and Oliver Larraz gets his opportunity.
80' That looks like a foul for a card for Oliver Larraz.
85' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. New York City FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
86' Brian White does the damage! The net is bulging and Vancouver Whitecaps FC surge ahead!
88' The whistle greets Aiden O'Neill as he departs to be replaced by Arnau Farnos.
90' Rayan Elloumi gets the nod from Vancouver Whitecaps FC. He replaces Brian White and will look to change the dynamic.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Vancouver Whitecaps FC take all three points.

Lineups

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

13
Thomas Muller
24
Brian White ↓ Rayan Elloumi 90'
1
Yohei Takaoka
20
Andres Cubas ↓ Emmanuel Sabbi 63'
33
Tristan Blackmon
16
Sebastian Berhalter ↓ Oliver Larraz 77'
2
Mathias Laborda
18
Edier Ocampo
7
Cheikh Sabaly ↓ Bruno Caicedo 63'
59
Jeevan Badwal
28
Tate Johnson

Bench

Coach Jesper Sørensen

New York City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pascal Jansen

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Mathias Laborda	1
Jesus Medina	1
Ryan Gauld	1
Valentin Castellanos	1
Monsef Bakrar	1
Jesus Medina	1
Nicolas Mezquida	1
Erik Hurtado	1

Head to Head

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2026-04-11 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–0 New York City FC W 2026-04-05 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–2 Portland Timbers W 2026-03-22 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes L 2026-03-15 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 6–0 Minnesota United FC W 2026-03-08 Portland Timbers 1–4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2026-03-01 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 Toronto FC W

New York City FC Form

2026-04-11 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–0 New York City FC L 2026-04-04 New York City FC 1–1 St. Louis City D 2026-03-22 New York City FC 2–3 Internacional CF Miami L 2026-03-14 New York City FC 3–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2026-03-07 New York City FC 5–0 Orlando City SC W 2026-03-01 Philadelphia Union 1–2 New York City FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.95 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.87 New York City FC xG

I would bet for: Vancouver Whitecaps FC to win 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Vancouver Whitecaps FC59% Draw23% New York City FC18%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes50% 0% No50%

Avg goals/match: 2.82

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	53%	47%
± 3.5	31%	69%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw

83%

Draw or New York City FC

41%

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or New York City FC

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Vancouver Whitecaps FC43% Draw43% New York City FC14%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

Actual

1 – 0

10.9%

1 – 1

10.9%

2 – 1

9.5%

0 – 0

7.7%

3 – 0

7.1%

3 – 1

6.2%

0 – 1

4.4%

1 – 2

4.2%

2 – 2

4.2%

4 – 0

3.5%

4 – 1

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Handicap	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	19%	—	81%
-2	19%	19%	63%
-1.5	37%	—	63%
-1	37%	24%	39%
-0.5	61%	—	39%
+0.5	85%	—	15%
+1	85%	10%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

42% ✗

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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