Thursday , 2 July 2026

Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2023
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
1 – 2
Full Time
Real Salt Lake
Sun 26 Feb 2023 · 03:30 UTC BC Place HT 45' · FT 45'
Javain Brown 24' 1–0
1–1 70' Justen Glad
1–2 73' Damir Kreilach
Y 15' Jasper Loffelsend

Overview

Match Preview

Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Real Salt Lake — MLS at BC Place.

Standings

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

Head-to-Head

8
1
9
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 18 games · Avg 2.9 goals Real Salt Lake
Last 5 meetings
2023-02-26 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–2 Real Salt Lake 2022-08-21 Real Salt Lake 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2022-06-04 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake 2021-08-30 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4–1 Real Salt Lake 2021-07-08 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–4 Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

Vancouver Whitecaps FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
26 Feb Real Salt Lake H 1–2 L
09 Oct Minnesota United FC A 0–2 L
02 Oct Austin FC H 2–0 W
18 Sep Seattle Sounders FC H 2–1 W
15 Sep Los Angeles Galaxy H 3–0 W
11 Sep Colorado Rapids SC A 1–3 L
Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
26 Feb Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 2–1 W
16 Oct Austin FC A 3–5 L
09 Oct Portland Timbers H 3–1 W
02 Oct Los Angeles Galaxy A 1–1 D
18 Sep FC Cincinnati H 1–2 L
15 Sep Austin FC A 0–3 L

Season Stats

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Real Salt Lake
#16 Position #18
32 Points 26
14 Played 14
10 / 2 / 2 W / D / L 8 / 2 / 4
34 Scored 26
12 Conceded 19
+22 GD +7
2.29 PPG 1.86
71% Win % 57%

Key Stats

72% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)
72% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
36% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season
14% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (32 pts). Real Salt Lake are 18th (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC
0-15
3/2
16-30
6/–
31-45
2/3
46-60
–/3
61-75
3/–
76+
6/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Real Salt Lake
0-15
4/3
16-30
2/2
31-45
3/1
46-60
3/1
61-75
2/1
76+
2/5
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' KICK OFF: Vancouver Whitecaps FC gets underway.
  • 5' Real Salt Lake 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.
  • 10' Ryan Gauld needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 26 Yellow cards this season.
  • 15' Jasper Loeffelsend catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 15.
  • 20' Vancouver Whitecaps FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 24' Javain Brown is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
  • 25' A goal from the Jamaica international Javain Brown! He fires home on 25 to make it 2-0!
  • 30' Jasper Loffelsend, a Germany , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 35' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Real Salt Lake needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 40' The 29-year-old Justen Glad has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 45' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 50' Tristan Blackmon has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 18 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 55' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 60' The travelling Real Salt Lake supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 65' Andrew Brody has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 66' The Vancouver Whitecaps FC manager makes a substitution. Cristian Dajome departs to be replaced by Pedro Vite.
  • 70' Goal! Justen Glad scores his 12 goal in 280 matches.
  • 73' Damir Kreilach has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 73 minutes.
  • 76' Ryan Raposo is replacing Javain Brown for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC side.
  • 79' Time for substitution for Real Salt Lake. Anderson Julio is replaced by Daniel Musovski.
  • 84' Vancouver Whitecaps FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
  • 86' Ali Ahmed gets the nod from Vancouver Whitecaps FC. He replaces Luis Martins and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 88' Real Salt Lake manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Scott Caldwell is hanging Braian Ojeda on the field on 88 minute.
  • 90' Bode Davis gets the nod from Real Salt Lake. He replaces Andrew Brody and will look to change the dynamic.
  • Game over. The scoreline of 1-2 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

4-3-2-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Vanni Sartini

Real Salt Lake Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Damir Kreilach 7
Brian White 6
Albert Rusnak 3
Ryan Gauld 3
Anderson Julio 3
Diego Luna 3
Javain Brown 2
Justin Meram 2

Head to Head

2023-02-26 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–2 Real Salt Lake 2022-08-21 Real Salt Lake 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2022-06-04 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake 2021-08-30 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4–1 Real Salt Lake 2021-07-08 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–4 Real Salt Lake

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2023-02-26 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–2 Real Salt Lake L 2022-10-09 Minnesota United FC 2–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2022-10-02 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–0 Austin FC W 2022-09-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC W 2022-09-15 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2022-09-11 Colorado Rapids SC 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L

Real Salt Lake Form

2023-02-26 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–2 Real Salt Lake W 2022-10-16 Austin FC 5–3 Real Salt Lake L 2022-10-09 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Portland Timbers W 2022-10-02 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Real Salt Lake D 2022-09-18 Real Salt Lake 1–2 FC Cincinnati L 2022-09-15 Austin FC 3–0 Real Salt Lake L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.25 Real Salt Lake xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 65% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Vancouver Whitecaps FC51% Draw24% Real Salt Lake25%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes63% 0% No37%
Avg goals/match: 3.41
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 85%
15%
± 2.5 65%
35%
± 3.5 44%
56%
± 4.5 26%
74%

Double Chance

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw
76%
Draw or Real Salt Lake
49%
Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Real Salt Lake
76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Vancouver Whitecaps FC42% Draw40% Real Salt Lake18%
Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
9.8%
2 – 1
9.3%
2 – 0
7.7%
3 – 1
6.6%
1 – 0
6.6%
2 – 2
5.8%
3 – 0
5.4%
1 – 2
Actual
0 – 0
4.7%
3 – 2
4.2%
4 – 1
3.6%
0 – 1
3.5%

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Handicap Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers Push Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5 18% — 82%
-2 18% 17% 64%
-1.5 36% — 64%
-1 36% 21% 43%
-0.5 57% — 43%
+0.5 79% — 21%
+1 79% 12% 9%
+1.5 91% — 9%
+2 91% 6% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet
29% ✓
Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
12% ✓

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