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 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/game

Standings

#	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

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
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 history

36% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (32 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

3/2

16-30

6/–

31-45

2/3

46-60

–/3

61-75

3/–

76+

6/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

–/6

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/3

46-60

1/3

61-75

2/5

76+

2/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to BC Place that hosts another battle between Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Sporting Kansas City.
5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
10' Supporters expect more eagerness from Kwaku Agyabeng, as he is very good at scoring at BC Place with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
13' Vancouver Whitecaps FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Emmanuel Sabbi on 13.
18' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 18.
23' GOAL! Bruno Caicedo scores on 23.
28' What a strike from Thomas Muller! The score is 3-0.
32' Sporting Kansas City receives a card for a hard tackle on 32.
37' Vancouver Whitecaps FC 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.
42' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
47' It looks surprising Sporting Kansas City does not make any changes. Calvin Harris has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
51' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Justin Reynolds departs to be replaced by Ian James.
56' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
61' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
64' The Vancouver Whitecaps FC manager makes a substitution. Bruno Caicedo departs to be replaced by Kenji Cabrera.
66' Sporting Kansas City receives a card for a hard tackle on 66.
69' That looks like a foul for a card for Sebastian Berhalter.
70' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Diego departs to be replaced by Jansen Miller.
71' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Calvin Harris departs to be replaced by Stephen Afrira.
74' It is a substitution in Vancouver Whitecaps FC team. Brian White is replaced by Rayan Elloumi on 74 minute.
79' Justin Reynolds needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
81' It is a substitution in Vancouver Whitecaps FC team. Emmanuel Sabbi is replaced by Cheikh Sabaly on 81 minute.
82' The supporters are chanting for Nikola Djordjevic. He replaces Edier Ocampo on 82 minute.
87' Magomed Suleymanov is replacing Capita for the Sporting Kansas City side.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Vancouver Whitecaps FC players.

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
Gerso Fernandes	2
Russell Teibert	2
Yohan Croizet	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

3.49 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.55 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Vancouver Whitecaps FC to win 83% + Over 2.5 goals 74%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Vancouver Whitecaps FC83% Draw11% Sporting Kansas City6%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes41% 0% No59%

Avg goals/match: 4.04

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	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

✓ Correct

Vancouver Whitecaps FC70% Draw26% Sporting Kansas City4%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

3 – 0

Actual

2 – 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.