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

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MLS · 2023

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

2 – 3

Full Time

Seattle Sounders FC

Sun 9 Jul 2023 · 02:30 UTC BC Place HT 45' · FT 45'

Ranko Veselinovic 24' 1–0

1–1 60' Leo Chu

Ryan Gauld 72' 2–1

2–2 76' Leo Chu

2–3 90' Yeimar Gomez

Y 48' Raul Ruidiaz

Tristan Blackmon 75' Y

Y 79' Nicolas Lodeiro

Mathias Laborda 82' Y

Mathias Laborda 89' YR

Overview

Match Preview

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

2023-07-09 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–3 Seattle Sounders FC 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

Recent Form

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Jul	Seattle Sounders FC	H	2–3	L
02 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	A	0–3	L
25 Jun	Los Angeles FC	A	3–2	W
11 Jun	FC Cincinnati	H	1–1	D
04 Jun	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–1	D
01 Jun	Houston Dynamo	H	6–2	W

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	3–2	W
02 Jul	Houston Dynamo	H	1–0	W
25 Jun	Orlando City SC	H	0–0	D
22 Jun	Los Angeles FC	A	0–1	L
10 Jun	Charlotte FC	A	3–3	D
03 Jun	Portland Timbers	H	0–0	D

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' Vancouver Whitecaps FC have kicked off against Seattle Sounders FC. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' The travelling Seattle Sounders FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
10' Mathias Laborda is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Seattle Sounders FC so far.
15' Vancouver Whitecaps FC looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Brian White scoring 2 goals.
20' USA international Simon Becher has been a key figure this campaign — 8 goals and 3 assists in the Array this season.
24' The deadlock is broken! Ranko Veselinovic gets on the scoresheet on 24 minutes.
29' Ryan Raposo has been relatively quiet despite scoring 6 goals in his last 296 appearances.
34' A quiet spell here at BC Place. Seattle Sounders FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
39' The energy levels are beginning to show. might look to freshen things up shortly.
44' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Seattle Sounders FC that had 305 games and scored 477 goals.
48' The referee shows Seattle Sounders FC player a card on 48.
53' Seattle Sounders FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
58' It looks surprising Vancouver Whitecaps FC does not make any changes. Ryan Gauld has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
60' Leo Chu is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
65' Seattle Sounders FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
70' Levonte Johnson needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
71' The crowd applauds Ryan Raposo as he leaves the pitch. Tristan Blackmon steps in for Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
72' Ryan Gauld puts Vancouver Whitecaps FC on the lead.
72' The Vancouver Whitecaps FC manager makes a substitution. Sergio Cordova departs to be replaced by Pedro Vite.
75' A meaty challenge results in booking for Tristan Blackmon on 75.
76' What composure from Leo Chu! The Brazil international strokes it home. 2-2.
79' Nicolas Lodeiro picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
82' That is a card for Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Mathias Laborda will be fuming at that decision.
83' Levonte Johnson makes way for Simon Becher at the 83 minute mark. A tactical switch from Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
88' Nouhou Tolo has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
89' Mathias Laborda is having his name booked by the referee on 89.
90' A goal from the Colombia international Yeimar Gomez! He fires home on 90 to make it 2-3!
90' A tactical swap from Seattle Sounders FC — Cody Baker on, Alex Roldan off on 90 minutes.
Another three points for Seattle Sounders FC.

Lineups

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

9
Sergio Cordova ↓ Pedro Vite 72'
8
Alessandro Schopf ↓ Jean-Claude Ngando 90'
14
Luis Martins
24
Brian White
18
Yohei Takaoka
25
Ryan Gauld
16
Sebastian Berhalter ↓ Deiber Caicedo 90'
4
Ranko Veselinovic
27
Ryan Raposo ↓ Tristan Blackmon 71'
2
Mathias Laborda
28
Levonte Johnson ↓ Simon Becher 83'

Bench

31
Russell Teibert
6
Tristan Blackmon ↑ 71'
1
Thomas Hasal
12
Karifa Yao
7
Deiber Caicedo ↑ 90'
45
Pedro Vite ↑ 72'
29
Simon Becher ↑ 83'
26
Jean-Claude Ngando ↑ 90'

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

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
Shane O'Neill	2

Head to Head

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2023-07-09 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–3 Seattle Sounders FC L 2023-07-02 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2023-06-25 Los Angeles FC 2–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2023-06-11 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 FC Cincinnati D 2023-06-04 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2023-06-01 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 6–2 Houston Dynamo W

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2023-07-09 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–3 Seattle Sounders FC W 2023-07-02 Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Houston Dynamo W 2023-06-25 Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 Orlando City SC D 2023-06-22 Los Angeles FC 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2023-06-10 Charlotte FC 3–3 Seattle Sounders FC D 2023-06-03 Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 Portland Timbers D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.39 Seattle Sounders FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 65% + Over 2.5 goals 65%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Vancouver Whitecaps FC46% Draw25% Seattle Sounders FC29%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.39

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

72%

Draw or Seattle Sounders FC

54%

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Seattle Sounders FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Vancouver Whitecaps FC38% Draw41% Seattle Sounders FC21%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 2–3 not predicted

2 – 3

Actual

1 – 1

10.2%

2 – 1

2 – 0

6.7%

1 – 2

6.3%

2 – 2

6.2%

1 – 0

6.1%

3 – 1

0 – 0

4.8%

3 – 0

4.4%

3 – 2

4.2%

0 – 1

0 – 2

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Handicap	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers	Push	Seattle Sounders FC covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	15%	70%
-1.5	30%	—	70%
-1	30%	21%	50%
-0.5	50%	—	50%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	14%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

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