2026 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Chairman	Jeff Mallett
Head coach	Jesper Sørensen
Stadium	BC Place; (Vancouver, BC)
MLS regular season	Conference: 2nd ; Overall: 2nd; ;
MLS Cup playoffs	TBD
Canadian Championship	Quarter-finals
CONCACAF Champions Cup	Round of 16
Leagues Cup	League phase
Top goalscorer	League: ; Brian White (8); All: ; Brian White (8)
Highest home attendance	League/All: 27,589
Lowest home attendance	League/All: 21,256 (12,466)
Home colours	Away colours
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ChairmanJeff Mallett

Head coachJesper Sørensen

StadiumBC Place
(Vancouver, BC)

MLS regular season

- Conference: 2nd
- Overall: 2nd

The 2026 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season is the club's sixteenth season in Major League Soccer, the top division of soccer in the United States and Canada. Including previous iterations of the franchise, this is the 49th season of professional soccer being played in Vancouver under a variation of the "Whitecaps" name.

Having won the 2025 Canadian Championship and by being one of the highest ranked teams in the 2025 Supporters' Shield standings, the Whitecaps are participating in the CONCACAF Champions Cup for a fourth consecutive season and sixth time overall. The club will look to build off their runner-up position from the previous season.

After a one year hiatus, it was announced that the Whitecaps would participate in the 2026 Leagues Cup after qualifying for the 2025 MLS Cup playoffs.^[1]

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No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Yohei Takaoka	GK	(1996-03-16) March 16, 1996 (age 30)	Yokohama F. Marinos
30	Adrian Zendejas	GK	(1995-08-30) August 30, 1995 (age 30)	Skövde AIK
32	Isaac Boehmer	GK	(2001-11-20) November 20, 2001 (age 24)	Vancouver Whitecaps Development Squad
Defenders
2	Mathías Laborda	DF	(1999-09-15) September 15, 1999 (age 26)	Nacional
3	Sam Adekugbe	DF	(1995-01-16) January 16, 1995 (age 31)	Hatayspor
4	Ranko Veselinović	DF	(1999-03-24) March 24, 1999 (age 27)	Vojvodina
6	Ralph Priso	DF	(2002-08-02) August 2, 2002 (age 23)	Colorado Rapids
12	Belal Halbouni	DF	(1999-12-29) December 29, 1999 (age 26)	FC Magdeburg
15	Sebastian Schonlau	DF	(1994-08-05) August 5, 1994 (age 31)	Hamburger SV
18	Édier Ocampo	DF	(2003-10-03) October 3, 2003 (age 22)	Atlético Nacional
28	Tate Johnson	DF	(2005-07-10) July 10, 2005 (age 20)	North Carolina Tar Heels
29	Mihail Gherasimencov	DF	(2005-03-25) March 25, 2005 (age 21)	Whitecaps FC 2
33	Tristan Blackmon	DF	(1996-08-12) August 12, 1996 (age 29)	Charlotte FC
41	Nikola Djordjevic	DF	(2002-11-14) November 14, 2002 (age 23)	Whitecaps FC 2
Midfielders
8	Oliver Larraz	MF	(2001-09-16) September 16, 2001 (age 24)	Colorado Rapids
13	Thomas Müller	MF	(1989-09-13) September 13, 1989 (age 36)	Bayern Munich
16	Sebastian Berhalter	MF	(2001-05-10) May 10, 2001 (age 24)	Columbus Crew
17	Kenji Cabrera	MF	(2003-01-23) January 23, 2003 (age 23)	FBC Melgar
20	Andrés Cubas	MF	(1996-05-22) May 22, 1996 (age 29)	Nîmes
25	Ryan Gauld	MF	(1995-12-16) December 16, 1995 (age 30)	Farense
26	J.C. Ngando	MF	(1999-11-20) November 20, 1999 (age 26)	UNC Greensboro Spartans
59	Jeevan Badwal	MF	(2006-03-11) March 11, 2006 (age 20)	Whitecaps FC 2
97	Liam Mackenzie	MF	(2007-03-15) March 15, 2007 (age 19)	Whitecaps FC 2
Forwards
7	Cheikh Sabaly	FW	(1999-03-04) March 4, 1999 (age 27)	FC Metz
11	Emmanuel Sabbi	FW	(1997-12-24) December 24, 1997 (age 28)	Le Havre
14	Bruno Caicedo	FW	(2005-01-15) January 15, 2005 (age 21)	Barcelona SC
19	Rayan Elloumi	FW	(2007-09-17) September 17, 2007 (age 18)	Whitecaps FC 2
22	Aziel Jackson	FW	(2001-10-25) October 25, 2001 (age 24)	Jagiellonia Białystok
24	Brian White	FW	(1996-02-03) February 3, 1996 (age 30)	New York Red Bulls
Out on Loan
23	Joedrick Pupe	DF	(1997-06-04) June 4, 1997 (age 28)	FCV Dender
27	Giuseppe Bovalina	DF	(2004-11-11) November 11, 2004 (age 21)	Adelaide United
42	Nelson Pierre	FW	(2005-03-22) March 22, 2005 (age 21)	Philadelphia Union

#	Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
41	DF	Nikola Djordjevic	Whitecaps FC 2	Free	December 15, 2025	^[3]
29	DF	Mihail Gherasimencov	Whitecaps FC 2	Homegrown player	December 17, 2025	^[4]
8	MF	Oliver Larraz	Colorado Rapids	Free	January 15, 2026	^[5]
14	FW	Bruno Caicedo	Barcelona SC	Undisclosed/U22 Initiative	January 30, 2026	^[6]
7	FW	Cheikh Sabaly	FC Metz	Undisclosed	February 5, 2026	^[7]

#	Position	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
50	GK	Max Anchor	Seattle Sounders	Option declined	December 8, 2025	^[9]
52	FW	Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau	Galway United
53	DF	Mark O'Neill
7	FW	Jayden Nelson	Austin FC	$700,000 in 2026 GAM $550,000 in 2027 GAM 17th overall pick in 2026 MLS SuperDraft	December 18, 2025	^[10]
22	MF	Ali Ahmed	Norwich City	Undisclosed	January 4, 2026	^[11]

#	Position	Player	Loaned to	Date	Loan expires	Source
23	DF	Joedrick Pupe	Sint-Truiden	January 29, 2026	June 30, 2026	^[12]
27	DF	Giuseppe Bovalina	Örebro SK	February 3, 2026	December 31, 2026	^[13]
42	FW	Nelson Pierre	FC Tulsa	February 24, 2026	November 30, 2026	^[14]

Round	No.	Pos.	Player	College/Club team	Transaction	Source
1	17	MF	Zach Ramsey	Washington		^[15]
1	29	FW	Daniel Lugo	High Point
2	59	FW	Yeider Zuluaga	Seattle	Signed with Whitecaps FC 2
3	89	MF	Connor Lofy	Washington

2026 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season

Transfers

In

Transferred in

Loans in

Out

Transferred out

Loans out

MLS SuperDraft picks

Preseason and friendlies

Competition overview

Major League Soccer

Regular season

League tables

Results

Matches

Canadian Championship

Quarterfinals

CONCACAF Champions Cup

Round one

Round of 16

Leagues Cup

Phase One

Cascadia Cup

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Goalscorers

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

Notes

References

Related Articles

January 27	Polissya Zhytomyr	2–0	Whitecaps FC	Marbella, Spain
03:00 (PST)	4' 63' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Marbella Football Center

January 31	Whitecaps FC	1–0	Incheon United	La Nucía, Spain
05:00 (PST)	White 12'	Report		Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Camilo Cano

February 4	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Cancelled	Whitecaps FC Whitecaps FC	Marbella, Spain
06:00 (PST)				Stadium: Marbella Football Center
Note: Cancelled due to inclement weather.

February 8	Sparta Prague B	2–0	Whitecaps FC	Marbella, Spain
03:00 (PST)	19' 84'	Report		Stadium: Marbella Football Center

February 8	IF Brommapojkarna	2–1	Whitecaps FC	Marbella, Spain
06:00 (PST)	3' 15'	Report	40' (o.g.)	Stadium: Marbella Football Center

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Major League Soccer	February 21	TBD	Matchday 1		9	8	0	1	25	5	+20	088.89
Canadian Championship	July 8	TBD	Quarter-finals		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
CONCACAF Champions Cup	February 18	March 18	Round One	Round of 16	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	025.00
Leagues Cup	August 4	TBD	Phase One		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					13	9	1	3	28	10	+18	069.23

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	San Jose Earthquakes	10	9	1	0	25	6	+19	27	Qualification for round one and the CONCACAF Champions Cup round one
2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	9	8	1	0	25	5	+20	24	Qualification for round one
3	Los Angeles FC	10	6	2	2	17	6	+11	20
4	Seattle Sounders FC	8	6	1	1	12	4	+8	19
5	Minnesota United FC	10	5	3	2	11	14	−3	17

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	San Jose Earthquakes	10	9	1	0	25	6	+19	27	Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One^[a]
2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	9	8	1	0	25	5	+20	24	Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One^[b]
3	Nashville SC	9	7	1	1	21	6	+15	22	Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One^[c]
4	Los Angeles FC	10	6	2	2	17	6	+11	20	Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One^[d]
5	Seattle Sounders FC	8	6	1	1	12	4	+8	19

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
9	24	8	1	0	25	5	+20	7	1	0	21	4	+17	1	0	0	4	1	+3

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	H	A	H	H	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W
Position (West)	8	4	2	1	2	2	1	1	2

February 21 1	Whitecaps FC	1–0	Real Salt Lake	Vancouver, British Columbia
4:30 PM	Sabbi 50' Jackson 57' Cubas 82'	Report	Gozo 33' Junqua 75' Katranis 76'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 23,546 Referee: Drew Fischer

February 28 2	Whitecaps FC	3–0	Toronto FC	Vancouver, British Columbia
6:30 PM	Müller 25' (pen.), 37' White 45+2' Ocampo 66'	Report		Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 24,533 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

March 7 3 – Cascadia Cup	Portland Timbers	1–4	Whitecaps FC	Portland, Oregon
7:30 PM	Kelsy 7' Velde 59' Smith 67' Izoita 72'	Report	Ocampo 17' White 21', 87' Blackmon 49' Berhalter 63' Sabbi 77' Larraz 83'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 22,473 Referee: Victor Rivas

March 21 5	Whitecaps FC	0–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Vancouver, British Columbia
7:30 PM	Ngando 60'	Report	Werner 31' Leroux 45+2' Jones 50' Judd 90+6'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 21,261 Referee: Chris Penso

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
9	24	8	1	0	25	5	+20	7	1	0	21	4	+17	1	0	0	4	1	+3

March 15 4	Whitecaps FC	6–0	Minnesota United FC	Vancouver, British Columbia
1:30 PM	Berhalter 8' (pen.) White 21', 54' (pen.) Laborda 22' Sabbi 43' Cubas 64' Sabaly 74'	Report	Díaz 45+4' Taylor 73'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 23,885 Referee: Ricardo Fierro
Note: Rescheduled from March 14, due to the Whitecaps participation in the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16.

April 4 6 – Cascadia Cup	Whitecaps FC	3–2	Portland Timbers	Vancouver, British Columbia
7:30 PM	Ocampo 6' Laborda 68' Müller 90+1' (pen.) Berhalter 90+5'	Report	Mosquera 36' Da Costa 45+2' Chará 80'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 25,465 Referee: Joe Dickerson

April 11 7	Whitecaps FC	2–0	New York City FC	Vancouver, British Columbia
4:30 PM	Laborda 45' Cubas 53' Larraz 80' White 87'	Report		Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 25,460 Referee: Jair Marrufo

April 17 8	Whitecaps FC	3–0	Sporting Kansas City	Vancouver, British Columbia
7:30 PM	Sabbi 13' Caicedo 23' Müller 28' Berhalter 68'	Report	Harris 32' Borges 66'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 21,777 Referee: Elijio Arreguin

April 25 9	Whitecaps FC	3–1	Colorado Rapids	Vancouver, British Columbia
7:30 PM	Sabaly 7' White 23', 85' Caicedo 90+2'	Report	R. Navarro 33' M. Navarro 82'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 27,589 Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez

May 2 10	LA Galaxy	v	Whitecaps FC	Carson, California
7:30 PM				Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park

May 9 11	San Jose Earthquakes	v	Whitecaps FC	San Jose, California
7:30 PM				Stadium: PayPal Park

May 13 12	FC Dallas	v	Whitecaps FC	Frisco, Texas
5:30 PM				Stadium: Toyota Stadium

May 16 13	Houston Dynamo FC	v	Whitecaps FC	Houston, Texas
5:30 PM				Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
9	24	8	1	0	25	5	+20	7	1	0	21	4	+17	1	0	0	4	1	+3

May 23 14	San Diego FC	v	Whitecaps FC	San Diego, California
7:30 PM				Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium

July 16 15	Chicago Fire FC	v	Whitecaps FC	Chicago, Illinois
5:30 PM				Stadium: Soldier Field

July 22 16	FC Cincinnati	v	Whitecaps FC	Cincinnati, Ohio
4:30 PM				Stadium: TQL Stadium

July 25 17	Minnesota United FC	v	Whitecaps FC	Saint Paul, Minnesota
5:30 PM				Stadium: Allianz Field

August 1 18	Whitecaps FC	v	Los Angeles FC	Vancouver, British Columbia
4:30 PM				Stadium: BC Place

August 16 19 – Cascadia Cup	Seattle Sounders FC	v	Whitecaps FC	Seattle, Washington
6:00 PM				Stadium: Lumen Field

August 19 20	Whitecaps FC	v	Houston Dynamo FC	Vancouver, British Columbia
7:30 PM				Stadium: BC Place

August 22 21	Whitecaps FC	v	FC Dallas	Vancouver, British Columbia
6:30 PM				Stadium: BC Place

August 29 22	Sporting Kansas City	v	Whitecaps FC	Kansas City, Kansas
5:30 PM				Stadium: Sporting Park