Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

3 – 2

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Portland Timbers

Sun 5 Apr 2026 · 02:30 UTC BC Place 25,465 HT 45' · FT 45'

Edier Ocampo 6' 1–0

1–1 36' Juan Mosquera

1–2 45+2' David Pereira da Costa

Thomas Muller pen 90+1' 2–2

Sebastian Berhalter 90+5' 3–2

Mathias Laborda 68' Y

Y 80' Diego Chara

Overview

Match Preview

Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Portland Timbers — MLS at BC Place.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 16 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
Portland Timbers 17 games · 21 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Joe Dickerson
Assistant 1 Cameron Blanchard (USA)
Assistant 2 Logan Brown

7 games this season 🟨 3.0/game ⚽ 15.9 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	17	39
2	Internacional CF Miami	17	37
3	New England Revolution	16	29
4	Chicago Fire FC	16	26
5	New York City FC	17	25
6	Charlotte FC	17	25
7	FC Cincinnati	17	23
8	D.C. United SC	17	22
9	New York Red Bulls	17	22
10	Orlando City SC	17	20
11	Columbus Crew SC	17	19
12	Toronto FC	17	16
13	Montreal Impact FC	17	15
14	Philadelphia Union	17	13
15	Atlanta United FC	17	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	16	33
17	Los Angeles FC	18	33
18	San Jose Earthquakes	17	33
19	FC Dallas	17	26
20	Real Salt Lake	16	26
21	Houston Dynamo	16	26
22	St. Louis City	17	25
23	Seattle Sounders FC	16	24
24	Minnesota United FC	17	23
25	Portland Timbers	17	21
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	18	21
27	San Diego FC	17	20
28	Colorado Rapids SC	17	19
29	Austin FC	17	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	17	14

Head-to-Head

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 21 games · Avg 3.0 goals Portland Timbers

Last 5 meetings

2026-04-05 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–2 Portland Timbers 2026-03-08 Portland Timbers 1–4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2025-09-25 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Portland Timbers 2025-02-23 Portland Timbers 1–4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2024-09-29 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Portland Timbers

Recent Form

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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
22 Feb	Real Salt Lake	H	1–0	W

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Apr	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	2–3	L
22 Mar	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	1–1	D
15 Mar	Houston Dynamo	A	2–3	L
08 Mar	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	1–4	L
28 Feb	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–2	L
22 Feb	Columbus Crew SC	H	3–2	W

Season Stats

Vancouver Whitecaps FC		Portland Timbers
#16	Position	#25
33	Points	21
16	Played	17
10 / 3 / 3	W / D / L	6 / 3 / 8
37	Scored	31
16	Conceded	32
+21	GD	-1
2.06	PPG	1.24
63%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

52% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

35% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

6% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (33 pts). Portland Timbers are 25th (21 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

Portland Timbers

0-15

2/5

16-30

4/5

31-45

4/4

46-60

3/2

61-75

5/–

76+

5/4

■ 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

Portland Timbers

Kevin Kelsy

8 G

2 A

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to BC Place that hosts another battle between Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Portland Timbers.
5' Vancouver Whitecaps FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
6' What a strike from Edier Ocampo! The score is 1-0.
11' Aziel Jackson has been relatively quiet despite scoring 5 goals in his last 282 appearances.
16' Over 16 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
21' Portland Timbers seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
26' Vancouver Whitecaps FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
31' It looks like no one’s ball. Portland Timbers is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
36' Juan Mosquera doubles the advantage! 1-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
41' Vancouver Whitecaps FC looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Thomas Muller scoring 1 goals.
46' The Vancouver Whitecaps FC bench stirs into life. Aziel Jackson is withdrawn and Emmanuel Sabbi gets his opportunity.
47' David Pereira da Costa is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 1 goals this season for the .
52' Supporters expect more eagerness from Sebastian Berhalter, as he is very good at scoring at BC Place with 6 goals in the last 5 games.
57' Julio Ortiz, a Ecuador , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
62' Vancouver Whitecaps FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
65' Felipe Mora gets the nod from Portland Timbers. He replaces Kevin Kelsy and will look to change the dynamic.
68' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Mathias Laborda.
71' Fresh legs for Vancouver Whitecaps FC! Bruno Caicedo comes on to replace Cheikh Sabaly.
76' It’s high time Phil Neville made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
77' A change in the Portland Timbers ranks — Julio Ortiz exits the field as Diego Chara enters on 77.
80' The referee calls foul for Diego Chara. He receives a card.
82' A change in the Vancouver Whitecaps FC ranks — Jeevan Badwal exits the field as Rayan Elloumi enters on 82.
87' Mathias Laborda has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 2 goals to his name this season.
3-2 the final result. Portland Timbers will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Jesper Sørensen

Portland Timbers Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

41
James Pantemis
99
Kristoffer Velde ↓ Alexander Aravena 82'
10
David Pereira da Costa
11
Antony
20
Finn Surman
6
Alex Bonetig
19
Kevin Kelsy ↓ Felipe Mora 65'
29
Juan Mosquera ↓ Brandon Bye 46'
27
Jimer Fory
80
Julio Ortiz ↓ Diego Chara 77'
30
Jose Caicedo

Bench

5
Brandon Bye ↑ 46'
21
Diego Chara ↑ 77'
15
Eric Miller
25
Trey Muse
7
Ariel Lassiter
9
Felipe Mora ↑ 65'
28
Alexander Aravena ↑ 82'
23
Ian Smith
88
Gage Guerra

Coach Phil Neville

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Brian White	7
Ryan Gauld	5
Felipe Mora	5
Evander	4
Yimmi Chara	4
Cristian Dajome	4
Dairon Asprilla	3
Jonathan Rodriguez	2

Head to Head

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

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 2026-02-22 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–0 Real Salt Lake W

Portland Timbers Form

2026-04-05 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–2 Portland Timbers L 2026-03-22 Portland Timbers 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2026-03-15 Houston Dynamo 3–2 Portland Timbers L 2026-03-08 Portland Timbers 1–4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2026-02-28 Colorado Rapids SC 2–0 Portland Timbers L 2026-02-22 Portland Timbers 3–2 Columbus Crew SC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.93 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.15 Portland Timbers xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 76% + Vancouver Whitecaps FC to win 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Vancouver Whitecaps FC71% Draw17% Portland Timbers12%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 4.08

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	91%	9%
± 2.5	76%	24%
± 3.5	57%	43%
± 4.5	38%	62%

Double Chance

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw

88%

Draw or Portland Timbers

29%

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Portland Timbers

83%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Vancouver Whitecaps FC55% Draw33% Portland Timbers12%

Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

8.2%

3 – 1

7.9%

2 – 0

7.5%

3 – 0

1 – 1

6.4%

4 – 1

5.8%

4 – 0

5.1%

1 – 0

4.9%

2 – 2

4.6%

3 – 2

Actual

5 – 1

3.4%

4 – 2

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Handicap	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers	Push	Portland Timbers covers
-2.5	33%	—	67%
-2	33%	20%	47%
-1.5	53%	—	47%
-1	53%	19%	28%
-0.5	72%	—	28%
+0.5	88%	—	12%
+1	88%	7%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	3%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

32% ✓

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

6% ✓

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