Wednesday , 30 September 2026

Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2021
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
0 – 4
Full Time
Real Salt Lake
Thu 8 Jul 2021 · 02:00 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 24' Ruiz
Y 81' Donny Toia

Overview

Match Preview

Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Real Salt Lake — MLS at Rio Tinto Stadium.

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 27 60
2 Internacional CF Miami 27 46
3 New England Revolution 27 46
4 Charlotte FC 27 43
5 Chicago Fire FC 26 42
6 Philadelphia Union 27 39
7 Orlando City SC 27 34
8 New York City FC 27 33
9 FC Cincinnati 26 33
10 New York Red Bulls 26 33
11 D.C. United SC 26 30
12 Columbus Crew SC 27 29
13 Toronto FC 27 29
14 Atlanta United FC 27 27
15 Montreal Impact FC 27 24
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 26 50
17 FC Dallas 27 47
18 San Jose Earthquakes 27 45
19 St. Louis City 26 44
20 Houston Dynamo 27 44
21 Los Angeles FC 28 41
22 Colorado Rapids SC 27 36
23 Los Angeles Galaxy 28 36
24 Seattle Sounders FC 26 35
25 San Diego FC 27 32
26 Portland Timbers 27 32
27 Real Salt Lake 27 32
28 Austin FC 27 31
29 Minnesota United FC 27 29
30 Sporting Kansas City 26 21

Head-to-Head

9
1
9
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 19 games · Avg 2.9 goals Real Salt Lake
Last 5 meetings
2021-07-08 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–4 Real Salt Lake 2021-06-19 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2020-10-11 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake 2020-09-20 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2019-10-06 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

Vancouver Whitecaps FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
08 Jul Real Salt Lake H 0–4 L
05 Jul FC Dallas A 2–2 D
27 Jun Seattle Sounders FC A 2–2 D
24 Jun Los Angeles Galaxy H 1–2 L
19 Jun Real Salt Lake A 1–3 L
23 May Houston Dynamo A 1–2 L
Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
08 Jul Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 4–0 W
04 Jul Los Angeles FC H 0–1 L
27 Jun Houston Dynamo H 1–1 D
24 Jun Seattle Sounders FC A 1–2 L
19 Jun Vancouver Whitecaps FC H 3–1 W
30 May Minnesota United FC H 1–1 D

Season Stats

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Real Salt Lake
#16 Position #27
50 Points 32
26 Played 27
15 / 5 / 6 W / D / L 9 / 5 / 13
59 Scored 40
26 Conceded 44
+33 GD -4
1.92 PPG 1.19
58% Win % 33%

Key Stats

68% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)
74% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
42% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season
11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (50 pts). Real Salt Lake are 27th (32 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC
0-15
8/3
16-30
10/4
31-45
6/8
46-60
4/5
61-75
6/1
76+
11/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Real Salt Lake
0-15
5/6
16-30
4/5
31-45
5/5
46-60
5/6
61-75
5/7
76+
6/9
■ 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
Real Salt Lake
Sergi Solans 11 G 3 A
Zavier Gozo 6 G 3 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Vancouver Whitecaps FC have kicked off against Real Salt Lake. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
  • 1' Damir Kreilach has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 1 minutes.
  • 2' The Croatia Damir Kreilach breaks the deadlock on 2 minutes. 0-2!
  • 7' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 12' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Real Salt Lake are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 17' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Vancouver Whitecaps FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 22' Real Salt Lake have won 427 goals from 288 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 24' The referee has no hesitation. Ruiz is booked for Real Salt Lake — Yellow card on 24.
  • 29' Supporters expect more eagerness from Donny Toia, as he is very good at scoring at Rio Tinto Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 34' Ruiz is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Real Salt Lake so far.
  • 39' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 39 minutes.
  • 44' The 33-year-old Bobby Wood has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 49' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Russell Teibert made 284 appearances and scored 4 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 54' 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.
  • 57' Damir Kreilach does the damage! The net is bulging and Real Salt Lake surge ahead!
  • 58' Time for substitution for Real Salt Lake. Bobby Wood is replaced by Rubio Rubin.
  • 63' 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.
  • 65' Ryan Raposo is ready to make an impact after coming on for Russell Teibert at the 65 minute mark.
  • 70' Justin Meram needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 71' Albert Rusnak doubles the advantage! 0-4 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 74' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Albert Rusnak makes it 0-5.
  • 78' The Real Salt Lake bench stirs into life. Everton is withdrawn and Justin Portillo gets his opportunity.
  • 79' Vancouver Whitecaps FC make a change. Caio Alexandre trudges off to be replaced by Leonard Owusu on 79 minutes.
  • 81' It’s a booking for Real Salt Lake player. Donny Toia gets a Yellow card.
  • 83' Another substitution for Real Salt Lake to replace Albert Rusnak by Maikel Chang Ramirez on 83 minute.
  • 88' Vancouver Whitecaps FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Real Salt Lake's shape.
  • Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Real Salt Lake players.

Lineups

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Marc Dos Santos

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Freddy Juarez

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Damir Kreilach 7
Brian White 7
Diego Luna 3
Albert Rusnak 3
Ryan Gauld 3
Anderson Julio 3
Javain Brown 2
Justin Meram 2

Head to Head

2021-07-08 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–4 Real Salt Lake 2021-06-19 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2020-10-11 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake 2020-09-20 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2019-10-06 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 Real Salt Lake

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2021-07-08 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–4 Real Salt Lake L 2021-07-05 FC Dallas 2–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2021-06-27 Seattle Sounders FC 2–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2021-06-24 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–2 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2021-06-19 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2021-05-23 Houston Dynamo 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L

Real Salt Lake Form

2021-07-08 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–4 Real Salt Lake W 2021-07-04 Real Salt Lake 0–1 Los Angeles FC L 2021-06-27 Real Salt Lake 1–1 Houston Dynamo D 2021-06-24 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2021-06-19 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2021-05-30 Real Salt Lake 1–1 Minnesota United FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.71 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.81 Real Salt Lake xG
I would bet for: Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Real Salt Lake 74% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Vancouver Whitecaps FC35% Draw26% Real Salt Lake39%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes68% 0% No32%
Avg goals/match: 3.52
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 86%
14%
± 2.5 67%
33%
± 3.5 46%
54%
± 4.5 28%
72%

Double Chance

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw
61%
Draw or Real Salt Lake
65%
Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Real Salt Lake
74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Vancouver Whitecaps FC28% Draw41% Real Salt Lake31%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 0–4 not predicted
0 – 4
Actual
1 – 1
10%
1 – 2
8%
2 – 1
7.6%
2 – 2
6.8%
0 – 2
4.9%
1 – 3
4.8%
0 – 1
4.8%
1 – 0
4.4%
2 – 0
4.4%
0 – 0
4.4%
3 – 1
4.3%
2 – 3
4.1%

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Handicap Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers Push Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5 8% — 92%
-2 8% 11% 81%
-1.5 19% — 81%
-1 19% 17% 64%
-0.5 36% — 64%
+0.5 60% — 40%
+1 60% 18% 22%
+1.5 78% — 22%
+2 78% 12% 10%
+2.5 90% — 10%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet
17% ✓
Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
19% ✗

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