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

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MLS · 2026

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

3 – 0

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Sporting Kansas City

Sat 18 Apr 2026 · 02:30 UTC BC Place 21,777 HT 45' · FT 45'

Emmanuel Sabbi 13' 1–0

Bruno Caicedo 23' 2–0

Thomas Muller 28' 3–0

Y 32' Calvin Harris

Y 66' Diego

Sebastian Berhalter 69' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 games · 34 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 18 games · 14 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/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 games · Avg 2.8 goals Sporting Kansas City

Last 5 meetings

2026-04-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 Sporting Kansas City 2025-09-21 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2025-07-27 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 Sporting Kansas City 2024-07-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City 2024-05-30 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Recent Form

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

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

Sporting Kansas City

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
34	Points	14
17	Played	18
10 / 4 / 3	W / D / L	4 / 2 / 12
38	Scored	18
17	Conceded	46
+21	GD	-28
2.00	PPG	0.78
59%	Win %	22%

Key Stats

41% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

35% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (34 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (14 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

4/3

16-30

7/1

31-45

2/5

46-60

1/4

61-75

3/–

76+

7/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

–/7

16-30

3/4

31-45

3/6

46-60

2/4

61-75

2/8

76+

3/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Brian White	10 G
Sebastian Berhalter	6 G	4 A
Thomas Muller	4 G	1 A

Sporting Kansas City

Dejan Joveljic

8 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Sporting Kansas City get this one started.
5' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Sporting Kansas City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
10' The energy levels are beginning to show. Raphaël Wicky might look to freshen things up shortly.
13' Brilliant from the ! Emmanuel Sabbi makes it 1-0 with a superb finish on 13.
18' Sporting Kansas City fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
23' Bruno Caicedo adds to his 2 season tally! Vancouver Whitecaps FC lead 2-0 — and this changes everything.
28' Goal! Thomas Muller scores his 88 goal in 540 matches.
32' The referee calls foul for Calvin Harris. He receives a card.
37' USA international John Pulskamp has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
42' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 42.
47' Sporting Kansas City come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
51' Ian James has so much to prove this time. He replaces Justin Reynolds on 51 minute.
56' Manu Garcia is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Vancouver Whitecaps FC tonight.
61' Sporting Kansas City 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.
64' The Vancouver Whitecaps FC manager makes a substitution. Bruno Caicedo departs to be replaced by Kenji Cabrera.
66' That looks like a foul for a card for Diego.
69' The referee calls foul for Sebastian Berhalter. He receives a card.
70' Sporting Kansas City manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jansen Miller is hanging Diego on the field on 70 minute.
71' Sporting Kansas City manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Stephen Afrira is hanging Calvin Harris on the field on 71 minute.
74' Rayan Elloumi has so much to prove this time. He replaces Brian White on 74 minute.
79' It looks like no one’s ball. Vancouver Whitecaps FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
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' A tactical swap from Vancouver Whitecaps FC — Nikola Djordjevic on, Edier Ocampo off on 82 minutes.
87' Another change for Sporting Kansas City made on 87 minute. Capita leaves to be changed by Magomed Suleymanov.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Sporting Kansas City.

Lineups

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

13
Thomas Muller
24
Brian White ↓ Rayan Elloumi 74'
1
Yohei Takaoka
20
Andres Cubas
33
Tristan Blackmon
16
Sebastian Berhalter ↓ Oliver Larraz 74'
2
Mathias Laborda
18
Edier Ocampo ↓ Nikola Djordjevic 82'
11
Emmanuel Sabbi ↓ Cheikh Sabaly 81'
28
Tate Johnson
14
Bruno Caicedo ↓ Kenji Cabrera 64'

Bench

Coach Jesper Sørensen

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

6
Manu Garcia
9
Dejan Joveljic
1
John Pulskamp
7
Capita ↓ Magomed Suleymanov 87'
23
Ethan Bartlow
11
Calvin Harris ↓ Stephen Afrira 71'
13
Justin Reynolds ↓ Ian James 51'
57
Diego ↓ Jansen Miller 70'
14
Cielo Tschantret ↓ Lasse Berg Johnsen 51'
16
Jacob Bartlett
20
Kwaku Agyabeng

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

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
Emmanuel Sabbi	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 W

Sporting 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 accuracy

4 / 4

3.36 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.6 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Vancouver Whitecaps FC to win 82% + Over 2.5 goals 73%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Vancouver Whitecaps FC82% Draw12% Sporting Kansas City6%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes43% 0% No57%

Avg goals/match: 3.96

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	73%	27%
± 3.5	54%	46%
± 4.5	34%	66%

Double Chance

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw

94%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

18%

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Sporting Kansas City

88%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Vancouver Whitecaps FC68% Draw27% Sporting Kansas City5%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

3 – 0

Actual

2 – 0

11.3%

4 – 0

10%

3 – 1

7.1%

1 – 0

6.8%

5 – 0

6.7%

2 – 1

6.4%

4 – 1

1 – 1

4.4%

5 – 1

4.1%

6 – 0

3.8%

0 – 0

2.8%

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Handicap	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	51%	—	49%
-2	51%	20%	29%
-1.5	71%	—	29%
-1	71%	16%	13%
-0.5	87%	—	13%
+0.5	97%	—	3%
+1	97%	3%	1%
+1.5	99%	—	1%
+2	99%	1%	0%
+2.5	100%	—	0%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

55% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

4% ✓

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