Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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Sun 1 Mar 2020 · 03:30 UTC BC Place Stadium HT 45+2' · FT 45+7'

Y 3' Gadi Kinda

Derek Cornelius 23' Y

Y 57' Khiry Shelton

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS at BC Place Stadium.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 games · 64 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 34 games · 26 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Corey Rockwell
Referee Ted Unkel
Referee Brian Poeschel
Referee Geoff Gamble
Referee

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 18 games · Avg 2.8 goals Sporting Kansas City

Last 5 meetings

2020-03-01 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–3 Sporting Kansas City 2019-07-14 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–3 Sporting Kansas City 2019-05-19 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2018-10-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–4 Sporting Kansas City 2018-04-21 Sporting Kansas City 6–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Recent Form

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Mar	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–3	L
06 Oct	Real Salt Lake	H	0–1	L
29 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	4–3	W
21 Sep	Columbus Crew SC	H	1–1	D
15 Sep	Houston Dynamo	H	2–1	W
01 Sep	New York City FC	H	1–3	L

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Mar	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	3–1	W
06 Oct	FC Dallas	A	0–6	L
29 Sep	Portland Timbers	H	2–2	D
26 Sep	Minnesota United FC	A	1–2	L
22 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	H	2–3	L
16 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–7	L

Season Stats

Vancouver Whitecaps FC		Sporting Kansas City
#16	Position	#30
64	Points	26
34	Played	34
19 / 7 / 8	W / D / L	7 / 5 / 22
74	Scored	40
34	Conceded	81
+40	GD	-41
1.88	PPG	0.76
56%	Win %	21%

Key Stats

39% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

38% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (64 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 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

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/12

16-30

8/10

31-45

9/9

46-60

3/7

61-75

6/15

76+

5/14

■ 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

Sporting Kansas City

Andre Luiz

7 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Vancouver Whitecaps FC host Sporting Kansas City — let the battle begin!
3' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. Gadi Kinda gets a Yellow card.
8' Roberto Puncec is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Kansas City tonight.
13' Vancouver Whitecaps FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Kansas City backline.
17' Alan Pulido makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and Sporting Kansas City are in front.
22' Sporting Kansas City are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
23' Vancouver Whitecaps FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 23.
28' Magnificent from Jake Nerwinski! That is 5 goals in 295 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
33' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
38' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
39' Goal! Gadi Kinda scores his 14 goal in 79 matches.
44' Vancouver Whitecaps FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Sporting Kansas City's shape.
49' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
54' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Vancouver Whitecaps FC that had 295 games and scored 462 goals.
57' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. Khiry Shelton gets a Yellow card.
62' It looks surprising Sporting Kansas City does not make any changes. Ali Adnan has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
67' Sporting Kansas City have won 460 goals from 300 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
71' The Sporting Kansas City bench stirs into life. Johnny Russell is withdrawn and Gerso Fernandes gets his opportunity.
76' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Cristian Dajome made 295 appearances and scored 26 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
80' It is a substitution in Vancouver Whitecaps FC team. Cristian Dajome is replaced by Tosaint Ricketts on 80 minute.
85' With 2 assists to his name this season, Gianluca Busio is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Sporting Kansas City.
90' The supporters are chanting for Erik Hurtado. He replaces Alan Pulido on 90 minute.
The points are shared — Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1-3 Sporting Kansas City. Honours even.

Lineups

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

7
David Milinkovic ↓ Fredy Montero 71'
53
Ali Adnan
6
Hwang Inbeom
20
Jasser Khemiri
28
Jake Nerwinski
31
Russell Teibert C
29
Yordy Reyna
16
Maxime Crepeau
13
Derek Cornelius
11
Cristian Dajome ↓ Tosaint Ricketts 80'
9
Lucas Cavallini

Bench

Coach Marc Dos Santos

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Alan Pulido	6
Ryan Gauld	4
Johnny Russell	4
Daniel Salloi	3
Johnny Russell	3
Russell Teibert	2
Yohan Croizet	2
Thomas Muller	2

Head to Head

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2020-03-01 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–3 Sporting Kansas City L 2019-10-06 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 Real Salt Lake L 2019-09-29 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2019-09-21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2019-09-15 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Houston Dynamo W 2019-09-01 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–3 New York City FC L

Sporting Kansas City Form

2020-03-01 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–3 Sporting Kansas City W 2019-10-06 FC Dallas 6–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2019-09-29 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Portland Timbers D 2019-09-26 Minnesota United FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2019-09-22 Sporting Kansas City 2–3 Colorado Rapids SC L 2019-09-16 Los Angeles Galaxy 7–2 Sporting Kansas City L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.68 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.57 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 78% + Both teams to score 73%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Vancouver Whitecaps FC52% Draw22% Sporting Kansas City26%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes73% 0% No27%

Avg goals/match: 4.25

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	92%	8%
± 2.5	78%	22%
± 3.5	60%	40%
± 4.5	41%	59%

Double Chance

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw

74%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

48%

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Sporting Kansas City

78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Vancouver Whitecaps FC46% Draw35% Sporting Kansas City19%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 1–3 not predicted

1 – 3

Actual

2 – 1

7.9%

3 – 1

6.9%

1 – 1

6.8%

2 – 2

6.1%

3 – 2

5.4%

2 – 0

5.3%

1 – 2

4.7%

4 – 1

4.6%

3 – 0

4.6%

4 – 2

3.6%

1 – 0

3.6%

2 – 3

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Handicap	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	23%	—	77%
-2	23%	17%	59%
-1.5	41%	—	59%
-1	41%	19%	40%
-0.5	60%	—	40%
+0.5	79%	—	21%
+1	79%	11%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	6%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

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