Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS at BC Place.
- Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
- Sporting Kansas City 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee
- Assistant 1 Stefan Tanaka-Freundt (Canada)
- Assistant 2 Twayne Anderson (Canada)
4 games this season 🟨 0.8/game ⚽ 3.8 goals/gameStandings
# 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
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 18 Apr Sporting Kansas City H 3–0 W 11 Apr New York City FC H 2–0 W 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 Date Opponent H/A Score Result 18 Apr Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 0–3 L 12 Apr San Jose Earthquakes H 1–3 L 04 Apr Real Salt Lake A 1–3 L 22 Mar Colorado Rapids SC H 1–4 L 15 Mar Los Angeles Galaxy A 2–1 W 08 Mar San Diego FC H 0–1 L Season Stats
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Sporting Kansas City #16 Position #30 32 Points 11 14 Played 14 10 / 2 / 2 W / D / L 3 / 2 / 9 34 Scored 14 12 Conceded 36 +22 GD -22 2.29 PPG 0.79 71% Win % 21% Key Stats
41% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history36% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this seasonVancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (32 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC0-153/216-306/–31-452/346-60–/361-753/–76+6/2■ Scored ■ ConcededSporting Kansas City0-15–/616-302/331-452/346-601/361-752/576+2/4■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at BC Place. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' Vancouver Whitecaps FC is showing some good football. However, Vancouver Whitecaps FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 10' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Capita made 103 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 13' Emmanuel Sabbi puts Vancouver Whitecaps FC on the lead.
- 18' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 23' What a strike from Bruno Caicedo! The score is 2-0.
- 28' GOAL! Thomas Muller scores on 28. Assisted by Emmanuel Sabbi
- 32' A meaty challenge results in booking for Calvin Harris on 32.
- 37' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Yohei Takaoka suffering a number of foals already.
- 42' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 47' Edier Ocampo needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 51' The supporters are chanting for Ian James. He replaces Justin Reynolds on 51 minute.
- 56' Mathias Laborda has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 9 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
- 61' Supporters expect more eagerness from Ethan Bartlow, as he is very good at scoring at BC Place with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 64' The Vancouver Whitecaps FC manager makes a substitution. Bruno Caicedo departs to be replaced by Kenji Cabrera.
- 66' A meaty challenge results in booking for Diego on 66.
- 69' Vancouver Whitecaps FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 69.
- 70' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Diego by Jansen Miller on 70 minute.
- 71' Stephen Afrira is replacing Calvin Harris for the Sporting Kansas City side.
- 74' The whistle greets Brian White as he departs to be replaced by Rayan Elloumi.
- 79' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Kansas City needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 81' Vancouver Whitecaps FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Cheikh Sabaly is hanging Emmanuel Sabbi on the field on 81 minute.
- 82' Nikola Djordjevic is replacing Edier Ocampo for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC side.
- 87' The whistle greets Capita as he departs to be replaced by Magomed Suleymanov.
- Another three points for Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
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Lineups
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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24
Brian White ↓ Rayan Elloumi 74'
- 1
- 20
- 33
- 16
- 2
- 18
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11
Emmanuel Sabbi ↓ Cheikh Sabaly 81'
- 28
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14
Bruno Caicedo ↓ Kenji Cabrera 64'
Bench
- 32
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8
Oliver Larraz ↑ 74'
- 22
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17
Kenji Cabrera ↑ 64'
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7
Cheikh Sabaly ↑ 81'
- 59
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19
Rayan Elloumi ↑ 74'
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41
Nikola Djordjevic ↑ 82'
- 29
Coach Jesper SørensenSporting Kansas City Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
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- 9
- 1
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7
Capita ↓ Magomed Suleymanov 87'
- 23
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11
Calvin Harris ↓ Stephen Afrira 71'
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13
Justin Reynolds ↓ Ian James 51'
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57
Diego ↓ Jansen Miller 70'
- 14
- 16
- 20
Bench
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4
Lasse Berg Johnsen ↑ 51'
- 8
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93
Magomed Suleymanov ↑ 87'
- 99
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17
Stephen Afrira ↑ 71'
- 19
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2
Ian James ↑ 51'
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15
Jansen Miller ↑ 70'
- 12
Coach Raphaël Wicky -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Alan Pulido 6 Ryan Gauld 4 Johnny Russell 4 Johnny Russell 3 Daniel Salloi 3 Emmanuel Sabbi 2 Gerso Fernandes 2 Russell Teibert 2 Head to Head
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form
2026-04-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 Sporting Kansas City W 2026-04-11 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–0 New York City FC W 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 WSporting Kansas City Form
2026-04-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2026-04-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–3 San Jose Earthquakes L 2026-04-04 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2026-03-22 Sporting Kansas City 1–4 Colorado Rapids SC L 2026-03-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2026-03-08 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 San Diego FC L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 43.49 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.55 Sporting Kansas City xGI would bet for: Vancouver Whitecaps FC to win 83% + Over 2.5 goals 74%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 4.04Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 97% 3% ± 1.5 90% 10% ± 2.5 74% 26% ± 3.5 55% 45% ± 4.5 36% 64% Double Chance
Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw 94%Draw or Sporting Kansas City 17%Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Sporting Kansas City 89%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 123 – 0 Actual2 – 0 11.3%4 – 0 10.8%5 – 0 7.5%3 – 1 6.7%1 – 0 6.7%4 – 1 5.9%2 – 1 5.9%6 – 0 4.4%5 – 1 4.2%1 – 1 3.9%0 – 0 2.6%Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Handicap Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers Push Sporting Kansas City covers -2.5 54% — 46% -2 54% 20% 26% -1.5 74% — 26% -1 74% 15% 11% -0.5 89% — 11% +0.5 97% — 3% +1 97% 2% 1% +1.5 99% — 1% +2 99% 1% 0% +2.5 100% — 0% Clean Sheet
Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet 58% ✓Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet 4% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.