Chairman | Jeff Mallett | ||
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Head coach | Jesper Sørensen | ||
Stadium | BC Place (Vancouver, BC) | ||
Major League Soccer | |||
MLS Cup playoffs | TBD | ||
Canadian Championship | TBD | ||
CONCACAF Champions Cup | TBD | ||
Top goalscorer | League: All: | ||
Highest home attendance | League/All: | ||
Lowest home attendance | League/All: | ||
The 2025 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season will be the club's fourteenth season in Major League Soccer, the top division of soccer in the United States and Canada. Including previous iterations of the franchise, this will be the 48th season of professional soccer being played in Vancouver under a variation of the "Whitecaps" name.
Having won the 2024 Canadian Championship, the Whitecaps will participate in the CONCACAF Champions Cup for a third consecutive season and fifth time overall. The Whitecaps will also participate in the 2025 Canadian Championship looking to win their fourth domestic cup championship in a row. On January 28, MLS announced that all teams will participate in at least one but no more than two Cup competitions. [1] Due to their participation in the Canadian Championship and CONCACAF Champions Cup, the Whitecaps will not participate in the 2025 Leagues Cup.
On November 25, 2024, the Whitecaps parted ways with head coach Vanni Sartini. [2] On January 14, 2025, the Whitecaps announced that they had hired Jesper Sørensen as their new head coach. [3]
# | Position | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
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28 | DF | Tate Johnson | North Carolina Tar Heels | 2025 MLS SuperDraft/Generation Adidas | December 20, 2024 | [5] |
FW | Jayden Nelson | Rosenborg | Undisclosed | January 24, 2025 | [6] |
# | Position | Player | Loaned from | Date | Loan expires | Notes | Source |
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# | Position | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
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7 | DF | Ryan Raposo | Out of contract | November 27, 2024 | [7] | |
8 | MF | Alessandro Schöpf | Option declined | |||
11 | FW | Fafà Picault | Inter Miami CF | |||
17 | GK | Joe Bendik | Retired | |||
28 | FW | Levonte Johnson | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | |||
23 | FW | Déiber Caicedo | Atlético Junior | Undisclosed | January 12, 2025 | [8] |
# | Position | Player | Loaned to | Date | Loan expires | Source |
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Round | No. | Pos. | Player | College/Club team | Transaction | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 (15) | DF | Tate Johnson | North Carolina | Signed to a Generation Adidas contract | [5] | |
2 (45) | DF | Nikola Djordjevic | Southern Methodist |
Whitecaps FC confirmed their preseason schedule on January 15, 2025. [9]
January 24 | Whitecaps FC | 2–3 | Raków Częstochowa | Marbella, Spain |
05:00 (PST) |
| Report | Stadium: Marbella Football Center |
January 29 | Whitecaps FC | 1–1 | St Patrick's Athletic | Marbella, Spain |
05:00 (PST) |
| Stadium: Marbella Football Center |
February 2 | Whitecaps FC | v | LNZ Cherkasy | Marbella, Spain |
05:00 (PST) | Stadium: Marbella Football Center |
February 6 | Whitecaps FC | v | Brommapojkarna | Marbella, Spain |
06:00 (PST) | Stadium: Marbella Football Center |
Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Major League Soccer | TBA | TBD | Matchday 1 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
Canadian Championship | TBA | TBD | Quarter-finals | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
CONCACAF Champions Cup | TBA | TBA | Round One | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
Last updated: December 12, 2024
Source: Competitions
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: November 27, 2024
Source: [ citation needed ]
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference
February 23 1 – Cascadia Cup | Portland Timbers | – | Whitecaps FC | Portland, Oregon |
1:00 PM | Stadium: Providence Park |
March 22 | Whitecaps FC | – | LA Galaxy | Vancouver, British Columbia |
2:00 PM | Stadium: BC Place |
March 83 | Whitecaps FC | – | CF Montréal | Vancouver, British Columbia |
6:30 PM | Stadium: BC Place |
March 154 | FC Dallas | – | Whitecaps FC | Frisco, Texas |
5:30 PM | Stadium: Toyota Stadium |
March 225 | Whitecaps FC | – | Chicago Fire FC | Vancouver, British Columbia |
7:30 PM | Stadium: BC Place |
March 296 | Toronto FC | – | Whitecaps FC | Toronto, Ontario |
11:30 AM | Stadium: BMO Field |
April 57 | Whitecaps FC | – | Colorado Rapids | Vancouver, British Columbia |
6:30 PM | Stadium: BC Place |
April 128 | Whitecaps FC | – | Austin FC | Vancouver, British Columbia |
4:30 PM | Stadium: BC Place |
April 199 | St. Louis City SC | – | Whitecaps FC | St. Louis, Missouri |
5:30 PM | Stadium: Energizer Park |
April 2610 | Minnesota United FC | – | Whitecaps FC | Saint Paul, Minnesota |
5:30 PM | Stadium: Allianz Field |
May 311 | Whitecaps FC | – | Real Salt Lake | Vancouver, British Columbia |
6:30 PM | Stadium: BC Place |
May 1112 | Whitecaps FC | – | Los Angeles FC | Vancouver, British Columbia |
4:00 PM | Stadium: BC Place |
May 1713 | Austin FC | – | Whitecaps FC | Austin, Texas |
6:30 PM | Stadium: Q2 Stadium |
May 2414 | Real Salt Lake | – | Whitecaps FC | Sandy, Utah |
6:30 PM | Stadium: America First Field |
May 2815 | Whitecaps FC | – | Minnesota United FC | Vancouver, British Columbia |
7:30 PM | Stadium: BC Place |
May 31 16 – Cascadia Cup | Whitecaps FC | – | Portland Timbers | Vancouver, British Columbia |
6:30 PM | Stadium: BC Place |
June 8 17 – Cascadia Cup | Whitecaps FC | – | Seattle Sounders FC | Vancouver, British Columbia |
6:00 PM | Stadium: BC Place |
June 1418 | Columbus Crew | – | Whitecaps FC | Columbus, Ohio |
4:30 PM | Stadium: Lower.com Field |
June 2519 | Whitecaps FC | – | San Diego FC | Vancouver, British Columbia |
7:30 PM | Stadium: BC Place |
June 2820 | Los Angeles FC | – | Whitecaps FC | Los Angeles, California |
7:30 PM | Stadium: BMO Stadium |
July 421 | LA Galaxy | – | Whitecaps FC | Carson, California |
7:30 PM | Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park |
July 1222 | Colorado Rapids | – | Whitecaps FC | Commerce City, Colorado |
6:30 PM | Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park |
July 1623 | Houston Dynamo FC | – | Whitecaps FC | Houston, Texas |
5:30 PM | Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium |
July 1924 | San Diego FC | – | Whitecaps FC | San Diego, California |
7:30 PM | Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium |
July 2625 | Whitecaps FC | – | Sporting Kansas City | Vancouver, British Columbia |
7:30 PM | Stadium: BC Place |
August 926 | San Jose Earthquakes | – | Whitecaps FC | San Jose, California |
7:30 PM | Stadium: PayPal Park |
August 1727 | Whitecaps FC | – | Houston Dynamo FC | Vancouver, British Columbia |
6:00 PM | Stadium: BC Place |
August 2328 | Whitecaps FC | – | St. Louis City SC | Vancouver, British Columbia |
6:30 PM | Stadium: BC Place |
August 3029 | Orlando City SC | – | Whitecaps FC | Orlando, Florida |
4:30 PM | Stadium: Inter&Co Stadium |
September 1330 | Whitecaps FC | – | Philadelphia Union | Vancouver, British Columbia |
6:30 PM | Stadium: BC Place |
September 2031 | Sporting Kansas City | – | Whitecaps FC | Kansas City, Kansas |
5:30 PM | Stadium: Children's Mercy Park |
September 27 32 – Cascadia Cup | Seattle Sounders FC | – | Whitecaps FC | Seattle, Washington |
7:30 PM | Stadium: Lumen Field |
October 533 | Whitecaps FC | – | San Jose Earthquakes | Vancouver, British Columbia |
6:00 PM | Stadium: BC Place |
October 1834 | Whitecaps FC | – | FC Dallas | Vancouver, British Columbia |
6:00 PM | Stadium: BC Place |
First leg | Valour FC/TSS FC Rovers | – | Whitecaps FC | Winnipeg, Manitoba/Burnaby, British Columbia |
-:-- PM | Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium/Swangard Stadium |
Second leg | Whitecaps FC | – | Valour FC/TSS FC Rovers | Vancouver, British Columbia |
-:-- PM | Stadium: BC Place |
February 20First leg | Saprissa | – | Whitecaps FC | San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica |
5:00 PM | Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá |
February 27Second leg | Whitecaps FC | – | Saprissa | Vancouver, British Columbia |
7:00 PM | Stadium: BC Place |
While Vancouver Whitecaps FC qualified for the 2025 Leagues Cup as one of the top 9 teams in the Western Conference for the 2024 season, they were already capped on their two continental competitions they could participate in (2025 Canadian Championship and 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup) and instead gave their spot to expansion team San Diego FC.
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: November 27, 2024
Source: Standings
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | MLS | Canadian Championship | Champions Cup | ||||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||||
1 | GK | JPN | Yohei Takaoka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
32 | GK | CAN | Isaac Boehmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
50 | GK | CAN | Max Anchor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Defenders | |||||||||||||||
2 | DF | URU | Mathías Laborda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
3 | DF | CAN | Sam Adekugbe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
4 | DF | SRB | Ranko Veselinović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
6 | DF | USA | Tristan Blackmon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
12 | DF | SYR | Belal Halbouni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
15 | DF | NOR | Bjørn Inge Utvik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
18 | DF | COL | Édier Ocampo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
27 | DF | AUS | Giuseppe Bovalina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
28 | DF | USA | Tate Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Midfielders | |||||||||||||||
13 | MF | CAN | Ralph Priso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
17 | MF | USA | Sebastian Berhalter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
26 | MF | SCO | Stuart Armstrong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
20 | MF | PAR | Andrés Cubas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
22 | MF | CAN | Ali Ahmed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
25 | MF | SCO | Ryan Gauld | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
26 | MF | CMR | J.C. Ngando | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
45 | MF | ECU | Pedro Vite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
59 | MF | CAN | Jeevan Badwal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Forwards | |||||||||||||||
FW | CAN | Jayden Nelson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
19 | FW | CRO | Damir Kreilach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
24 | FW | USA | Brian White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
52 | FW | CAN | Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Players transferred out during the season |
Source: Competitions
Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | MLS | Canadian Championship | Champions Cup | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | MLS | Canadian Championship | Champions Cup | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | MLS | Canadian Championship | Champions Cup | Total | ||||||||
1 | GK | Yohei Takaoka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | DF | Mathías Laborda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | DF | Sam Adekugbe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | DF | Ranko Veselinović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | DF | Tristan Blackmon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | DF | Belal Halbouni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | MF | Ralph Priso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
15 | DF | Bjørn Inge Utvik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | MF | Sebastian Berhalter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
17 | MF | Stuart Armstrong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
18 | DF | Édier Ocampo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
19 | FW | Damir Kreilach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
20 | MF | Andrés Cubas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
22 | MF | Ali Ahmed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
24 | FW | Brian White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
25 | MF | Ryan Gauld | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
26 | MF | J.C. Ngando | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
27 | DF | Giuseppe Bovalina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
28 | DF | Tate Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
32 | GK | Isaac Boehmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
45 | MF | Pedro Vite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
50 | GK | Max Anchor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
52 | FW | Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
59 | MF | Jeevan Badwal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | Jayden Nelson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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