Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Seattle Sounders FC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

2 – 0

Full Time

Seattle Sounders FC

Sun 21 May 2023 · 02:30 UTC BC Place HT 45' · FT 45'

Pedro Vite 44' 1–0

2–0 58' Stefan Frei og

Pedro Vite 10' Y

Ali Ahmed 34' Y

Y 41' Leo Chu

Y 49' Albert Rusnak

Y 70' Joshua Atencio

Sergio Cordova 90' Y

Overview

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Seattle Sounders FC — MLS at BC Place.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 games · 64 pts (2026/26)
Seattle Sounders FC 34 games · 46 pts (2026/26)

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 22 games · Avg 2.8 goals Seattle Sounders FC

Last 5 meetings

2023-05-21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2022-09-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC 2022-06-15 Seattle Sounders FC 4–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2021-11-07 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC 2021-10-10 Seattle Sounders FC 4–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Recent Form

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 May	Seattle Sounders FC	H	2–0	W
18 May	FC Dallas	A	1–2	L
14 May	Portland Timbers	A	1–3	L
07 May	Minnesota United FC	H	3–2	W
30 Apr	Colorado Rapids SC	H	0–0	D
16 Apr	Austin FC	A	0–0	D

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 May	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	0–2	L
18 May	Austin FC	H	1–2	L
14 May	Houston Dynamo	A	1–0	W
07 May	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–2	L
30 Apr	Real Salt Lake	A	0–0	D
23 Apr	Minnesota United FC	H	1–0	W

Season Stats

Vancouver Whitecaps FC		Seattle Sounders FC
#16	Position	#23
64	Points	46
34	Played	34
19 / 7 / 8	W / D / L	12 / 10 / 12
74	Scored	44
34	Conceded	46
+40	GD	-2
1.88	PPG	1.35
56%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

45% Both Teams to Score
H2H (22 games)

55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

38% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

24% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (64 pts). Seattle Sounders FC are 23rd (46 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

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

5/5

16-30

5/7

31-45

4/7

46-60

8/6

61-75

4/5

76+

13/14

■ 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

Seattle Sounders FC

Dejan Joveljic	13 G	1 A
Paul Rothrock	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at BC Place. Vancouver Whitecaps FC are looking to make home advantage count against Seattle Sounders FC.
5' Yohei Takaoka, a Japan , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
10' Tristan Blackmon catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 10.
14' The referee shows Vancouver Whitecaps FC player a Yellow card on 14.
19' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Vancouver Whitecaps FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
24' It is a cagey affair so far. Vancouver Whitecaps FC in their 3-4-2-1 trying to find a way past Seattle Sounders FC's compact 4-2-3-1.
29' The travelling Seattle Sounders FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
34' The referee has no hesitation. Ali Ahmed is booked for Vancouver Whitecaps FC — Yellow card on 34.
39' Vancouver Whitecaps FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 39.
41' The referee calls foul for Leo Chu. He receives a Yellow card.
44' A stunning finish from Pedro Vite — that came from absolutely nowhere!
45' Pedro Vite makes no mistake. The score reads 2-0 and Vancouver Whitecaps FC are in front.
46' Another change for Seattle Sounders FC made on 46 minute. Nouhou Tolo leaves to be changed by Cody Baker.
49' Albert Rusnak has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 49.
54' A quiet spell here at BC Place. Seattle Sounders FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
58' The deadlock is broken! Stefan Frei gets on the scoresheet on 58 minutes.
59' The deadlock is broken! Ryan Gauld gets on the scoresheet on 59 minutes.
64' A change in the Vancouver Whitecaps FC ranks — Ali Ahmed exits the field as Alessandro Schopf enters on 64.
65' The Seattle Sounders FC manager makes a substitution. Alex Roldan departs to be replaced by Reed Baker-Whiting.
70' Poor challenge from Joshua Atencio. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
71' Poor challenge from Joshua Atencio. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
76' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
81' Time for substitution for Seattle Sounders FC. Joshua Atencio is replaced by Joao Paulo.
83' It is a substitution in Vancouver Whitecaps FC team. Brian White is replaced by Sergio Cordova on 83 minute.
88' The energy levels are beginning to show. Brian Schmetzer might look to freshen things up shortly.
90' The crowd applauds Andres Cubas as he leaves the pitch. Karifa Yao steps in for Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
90' A meaty challenge results in booking for Sergio Cordova on 90.
Full Time. Vancouver Whitecaps FC beats Seattle Sounders FC

Lineups

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Vanni Sartini

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

6
Joao Paulo ↑ 81'
30
Stefan Cleveland
19
Heber ↑ 64'
21
Reed Baker-Whiting ↑ 65'
25
Jackson Ragen
99
Dylan Teves ↑ 46'
35
Paul Rothrock
33
Cody Baker ↑ 46'

Coach Brian Schmetzer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Raul Ruidiaz	9
Brian White	5
Nicolas Lodeiro	5
Ryan Gauld	5
Will Bruin	3
Leo Chu	3
Jordan Morris	3
Cristian Dajome	2

Head to Head

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2023-05-21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2023-05-18 FC Dallas 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2023-05-14 Portland Timbers 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2023-05-07 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–2 Minnesota United FC W 2023-04-30 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–0 Colorado Rapids SC D 2023-04-16 Austin FC 0–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2023-05-21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2023-05-18 Seattle Sounders FC 1–2 Austin FC L 2023-05-14 Houston Dynamo 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC W 2023-05-07 Seattle Sounders FC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2023-04-30 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Seattle Sounders FC D 2023-04-23 Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Minnesota United FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.71 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.93 Seattle Sounders FC xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

Vancouver Whitecaps FC54% Draw26% Seattle Sounders FC20%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes50% 0% No50%

Avg goals/match: 2.64

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	74%	26%
± 2.5	48%	52%
± 3.5	27%	73%
± 4.5	13%	87%

Double Chance

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw

80%

Draw or Seattle Sounders FC

46%

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Seattle Sounders FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Vancouver Whitecaps FC38% Draw46% Seattle Sounders FC16%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.2%

1 – 0

11.4%

2 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

9.3%

0 – 0

9.1%

3 – 0

5.7%

0 – 1

5.7%

3 – 1

5.4%

1 – 2

2 – 2

4.4%

0 – 2

3 – 2

2.6%

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Handicap	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers	Push	Seattle Sounders FC covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	17%	69%
-1.5	31%	—	69%
-1	31%	24%	46%
-0.5	54%	—	46%
+0.5	81%	—	19%
+1	81%	12%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

40% ✗

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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