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 26 games · 50 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 26 games · 21 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	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 18 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
50	Points	21
26	Played	26
15 / 5 / 6	W / D / L	6 / 3 / 17
59	Scored	31
26	Conceded	63
+33	GD	-32
1.92	PPG	0.81
58%	Win %	23%

Key Stats

39% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

42% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (50 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

8/3

16-30

10/4

31-45

6/8

46-60

4/5

61-75

6/1

76+

11/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/8

16-30

7/7

31-45

5/8

46-60

2/6

61-75

4/11

76+

4/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Brian White	17 G
Thomas Muller	9 G	5 A
Sebastian Berhalter	6 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Vancouver Whitecaps FC host Sporting Kansas City — let the battle begin!
5' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. John Pulskamp made 292 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
10' Sporting Kansas City are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
13' Emmanuel Sabbi does the damage! The net is bulging and Vancouver Whitecaps FC surge ahead!
18' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Sporting Kansas City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
23' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Bruno Caicedo makes no mistake. 2-0!
28' What a strike from Thomas Muller! The score is 3-0.
32' That looks like a foul for a card for Calvin Harris.
37' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
42' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
47' It looks surprising Vancouver Whitecaps FC does not make any changes. Lasse Berg Johnsen has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
51' The whistle greets Justin Reynolds as he departs to be replaced by Ian James.
56' named a 4-2-3-1 earlier, and opted for a 4-3-3 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
61' Cielo Tschantret has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
64' A change in the Vancouver Whitecaps FC ranks — Bruno Caicedo exits the field as Kenji Cabrera enters on 64.
66' Diego picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
69' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Sebastian Berhalter on 69 minutes.
70' Sporting Kansas City ring the changes. Diego has done his job and it is now time for Jansen Miller to step up.
71' A change in the Sporting Kansas City ranks — Calvin Harris exits the field as Stephen Afrira enters on 71.
74' The supporters are chanting for Rayan Elloumi. He replaces Brian White on 74 minute.
79' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Vancouver Whitecaps FC winning 100% of all matches.
81' Another substitution for Vancouver Whitecaps FC to replace Emmanuel Sabbi by Cheikh Sabaly on 81 minute.
82' Time for substitution for Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Edier Ocampo is replaced by Nikola Djordjevic.
87' The supporters are chanting for Magomed Suleymanov. He replaces Capita on 87 minute.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 3-0.

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
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 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

3.28 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.65 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Vancouver Whitecaps FC to win 81% + Over 2.5 goals 73%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Vancouver Whitecaps FC81% Draw13% Sporting Kansas City6%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes46% 0% No54%

Avg goals/match: 3.93

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	53%	47%
± 4.5	34%	66%

Double Chance

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw

93%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

19%

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Sporting Kansas City

87%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Vancouver Whitecaps FC66% Draw29% Sporting Kansas City5%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

3 – 0

Actual

2 – 0

11%

4 – 0

9.2%

3 – 1

7.3%

2 – 1

6.8%

1 – 0

6.7%

5 – 0

6.1%

4 – 1

1 – 1

4.8%

5 – 1

6 – 0

3.4%

0 – 0

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Handicap	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	48%	—	52%
-2	48%	21%	31%
-1.5	69%	—	31%
-1	69%	16%	15%
-0.5	85%	—	15%
+0.5	96%	—	4%
+1	96%	3%	1%
+1.5	99%	—	1%
+2	99%	1%	0%
+2.5	100%	—	0%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

52% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

5% ✓

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