2026 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Chairman	Jeff Mallett
Head coach	Jesper Sørensen
Stadium	BC Place; (Vancouver, BC)
Major League Soccer	Conference: ; Overall:; ;
MLS Cup playoffs	TBD
Canadian Championship	TBD
CONCACAF Champions Cup	Round one
Leagues Cup	TBD
Top goalscorer	League: ; ; All: ;
Highest home attendance	League/All: ;
Lowest home attendance	League/All: ;
Home colours	Away colours

The 2026 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season will be 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 will be 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 participated 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]

Current roster

As of December 18, 2025^[2]

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Yohei Takaoka	GK	(1996-03-16) March 16, 1996	Yokohama F. Marinos
30	Adrian Zendejas	GK	(1995-08-30) August 30, 1995	Skövde AIK
32	Isaac Boehmer	GK	(2001-11-20) November 20, 2001	Vancouver Whitecaps Development Squad
Defenders
2	Mathías Laborda	DF	(1999-09-15) September 15, 1999	Nacional
3	Sam Adekugbe	DF	(1995-01-16) January 16, 1995	Hatayspor
4	Ranko Veselinović	DF	(1999-03-24) March 24, 1999	Vojvodina
15	Sebastian Schonlau	DF	(1994-08-05) August 5, 1994	Hamburger SV
18	Édier Ocampo	DF	(2003-10-03) October 3, 2003	Atlético Nacional
23	Joedrick Pupe	DF	(1997-06-04) June 4, 1997	FCV Dender
27	Giuseppe Bovalina	DF	(2004-11-11) November 11, 2004	Adelaide United
28	Tate Johnson	DF	(2005-07-10) July 10, 2005	North Carolina Tar Heels
33	Tristan Blackmon	DF	(1996-08-12) August 12, 1996	Charlotte FC
41	Nikola Djordjevic	DF	(2002-11-14) November 14, 2002	Whitecaps FC 2
54	Mihail Gherasimencov	DF	(2005-03-25) March 25, 2005	Whitecaps FC 2
Midfielders
6	Ralph Priso	MF	(2002-08-02) August 2, 2002	Colorado Rapids
13	Thomas Müller	MF	(1989-09-13) September 13, 1989	Bayern Munich
16	Sebastian Berhalter	MF	(2001-05-10) May 10, 2001	Columbus Crew
17	Kenji Cabrera	MF	(2003-01-23) January 23, 2003	FBC Melgar
20	Andrés Cubas	MF	(1996-05-22) May 22, 1996	Nîmes
22	Ali Ahmed	MF	(2000-10-10) October 10, 2000	Whitecaps FC 2
25	Ryan Gauld	MF	(1995-12-16) December 16, 1995	Farense
26	J.C. Ngando	MF	(1999-11-20) November 20, 1999	UNC Greensboro Spartans
59	Jeevan Badwal	MF	(2006-03-11) March 11, 2006	Whitecaps FC 2
97	Liam Mackenzie	MF	(2007-03-15) March 15, 2007	Whitecaps FC 2
Forwards
11	Emmanuel Sabbi	FW	(1997-12-24) December 24, 1997	Le Havre
24	Brian White	FW	(1996-02-03) February 3, 1996	New York Red Bulls
42	Nelson Pierre	FW	(2005-03-22) March 22, 2005	Philadelphia Union
75	Rayan Elloumi	FW	(2007-09-17) September 17, 2007	Whitecaps FC 2
Out on Loan

Transfers

In

Transferred in

#	Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
41	DF	Nikola Djordjevic	Whitecaps FC 2	Free	December 15, 2025	^[3]
54	DF	Mihail Gherasimencov	Whitecaps FC 2	Homegrown player	December 17, 2025	^[4]

Loans in

#	Position	Player	Loaned from	Date	Loan expires	Notes	Source

Out

Transferred out

#	Position	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
12	DF	Belal Halbouni		Option declined	December 8, 2025	^[5]
50	GK	Max Anchor	Seattle Sounders
52	FW	Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau
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	^[6]

Loans out

#	Position	Player	Loaned to	Date	Loan expires	Source

MLS SuperDraft picks

Round	No.	Pos.	Player	College/Club team	Source
1	17	MF	Zach Ramsey	Washington	^[7]
1	29	FW	Daniel Lugo	High Point
2	59	FW	Yeider Zuluaga	Seattle
3	89	MF	Connor Lofy	Washington

Preseason and friendlies

Competition overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Major League Soccer	February 21	TBD	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Canadian Championship	TBD	TBD	TBA	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
CONCACAF Champions Cup	February 18	TBD	Round One	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Leagues Cup	TBD	TBD	Phase One	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: December 8, 2025
Source: Competitions

Major League Soccer

Regular season

League tables

Western Conference

MLS Western Conference table (2026)
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	San Jose Earthquakes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Seattle Sounders FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Sporting Kansas City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	St. Louis City SC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: February 21, 2026. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Overall

Overall MLS standings table
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
26	Seattle Sounders FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	St. Louis City SC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Sporting Kansas City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	Toronto FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: February 21, 2026. Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Results

Overall								Home						Away
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: December 8, 2025
Source:
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

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
Position (West)

Updated to match(es) played on December 8, 2025. Source: ^[8]
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Conference leader; = Playoffs berth; = Wild card berth

Matches

February 21 1	Whitecaps FC	v	Real Salt Lake	Vancouver, British Columbia
4:30 PM				Stadium: BC Place

February 28 2	Whitecaps FC	v	Toronto FC	Vancouver, British Columbia
6:30 PM				Stadium: BC Place

March 7 3 – Cascadia Cup	Portland Timbers	v	Whitecaps FC	Portland, Oregon
7:30 PM				Stadium: Providence Park

March 14 4	Whitecaps FC	v	Minnesota United	Vancouver, British Columbia
7:30 PM				Stadium: BC Place

March 21 5	Whitecaps FC	v	San Jose Earthquakes	Vancouver, British Columbia
7:30 PM				Stadium: BC Place

April 4 6 – Cascadia Cup	Whitecaps FC	v	Portland Timbers	Vancouver, British Columbia
7:30 PM				Stadium: BC Place

April 11 7	Whitecaps FC	v	New York City FC	Vancouver, British Columbia
4:30 PM				Stadium: BC Place

April 17 8	Whitecaps FC	v	Sporting Kansas City	Vancouver, British Columbia
7:30 PM				Stadium: BC Place

April 25 9	Whitecaps FC	v	Colorado Rapids	Vancouver, British Columbia
7:30 PM				Stadium: BC Place

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	v	Whitecaps FC	Houston, Texas
5:30 PM				Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium

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

July 16 15	Chicago Fire	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	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	v	Whitecaps FC	Seattle, Washington
6:00 PM				Stadium: Lumen Field

August 19 20	Whitecaps FC	v	Houston Dynamo	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: Children's Mercy Park

September 5 23	Whitecaps FC	v	St. Louis City	Vancouver British Columbia
7:30 PM				Stadium: BC Place

September 9 24	Whitecaps FC	v	LA Galaxy	Vancouver British Columbia
7:30 PM				Stadium: BC Place

September 13 25	Whitecaps FC	v	Austin FC	Vancouver British Columbia
3:30 PM				Stadium: BC Place

September 19 26	Real Salt Lake	v	Whitecaps FC	Sandy, Utah
6:30 PM				Stadium: America First Field

September 26 27	Whitecaps FC	v	D.C. United	Vancouver British Columbia
7:30 PM				Stadium: BC Place

October 10 28	Los Angeles FC	v	Whitecaps FC	Los Angeles, California
7:30 PM				Stadium: BMO Stadium

October 14 29	St. Louis City	v	Whitecaps FC	St. Louis, Missouri
5:30 PM				Stadium: Energizer Park

October 17 30	Austin FC	v	Whitecaps FC	Austin, Texas
5:30 PM				Stadium: Q2 Stadium

October 24 31	Colorado Rapids	v	Whitecaps FC	Commerce City, Colorado
6:30 PM				Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park

October 28 32	Whitecaps FC	v	San Diego FC	Vancouver British Columbia
7:30 PM				Stadium: BC Place

October 31 33 – Cascadia Cup	Whitecaps FC	v	Seattle Sounders	Vancouver, British Columbia
TBD				Stadium: BC Place

November 7 34	CF Montréal	v	Whitecaps FC	Montreal, Quebec
1:00 PM				Stadium: Stade Saputo

Canadian Championship

The format for the 2026 Canadian Championship has not yet been announced

CONCACAF Champions Cup

Round one

February 18 First leg	Cartaginés	v	Whitecaps FC	Cartago, Costa Rica
7:00 PM				Stadium: Estadio José Rafael Fello Meza Ivankovich

February 25 Second leg	Whitecaps FC	v	Cartaginés	Vancouver, British Columbia
6:00 PM				Stadium: BC Place

Leagues Cup

Cascadia Cup

Overall								Home						Away
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: December 8, 2025
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

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of December 18, 2025

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS		Canadian Championship		Champions Cup		Leagues Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	JPN	Yohei Takaoka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	USA	Adrian Zendejas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK	CAN	Isaac Boehmer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	URU	Mathías Laborda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	CAN	Sam Adekugbe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	SRB	Ranko Veselinović	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	GER	Sebastian Schonlau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	COL	Édier Ocampo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	BEL	Joedrick Pupe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	AUS	Giuseppe Bovalina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	USA	Tate Johnson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	USA	Tristan Blackmon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	DF	USA	Nikola Djordjevic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
54	DF	MDA	Mihail Gherasimencov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	CAN	Ralph Priso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	GER	Thomas Müller	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	USA	Sebastian Berhalter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	PER	Kenji Cabrera	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	PAR	Andrés Cubas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	CAN	Ali Ahmed	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	SCO	Ryan Gauld	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	CMR	J.C. Ngando	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
59	MF	CAN	Jeevan Badwal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
97	MF	CAN	Liam Mackenzie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
11	FW	USA	Emmanuel Sabbi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW	USA	Brian White	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	FW	HAI	Nelson Pierre	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
75	FW	TUN	Rayan Elloumi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season

Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

As of December 8, 2025

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	MLS	Canadian Championship	Champions Cup	Leagues Cup	Total
Own goals					0	0	0	0	0
Totals					0	0	0	0	0

Clean sheets

As of December 8, 2025

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	MLS	Canadian Championship	Champions Cup	Leagues Cup	Total
Totals					0	0	0	0	0

Disciplinary record

As of December 18, 2025

No.	Pos	Nat	Player
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	MLS			Canadian Championship			Champions Cup			Leagues Cup			Total
1	GK		Yohei Takaoka	0	0	0	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	0	0	0
3	DF		Sam Adekugbe	0	0	0	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	0	0	0
6	MF		Ralph Priso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Emmanuel Sabbi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF		Thomas Müller	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Sebastian Schonlau	0	0	0	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	0	0	0
17	MF		Kenji Cabrera	0	0	0	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	0	0	0
20	MF		Andrés Cubas	0	0	0	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	0	0	0
23	DF		Joedrick Pupe	0	0	0	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	0	0	0
25	MF		Ryan Gauld	0	0	0	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	0	0	0
27	DF		Giuseppe Bovalina	0	0	0	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	0	0	0
30	GK		Adrian Zendejas	0	0	0	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	0	0	0
33	DF		Tristan Blackmon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	DF		Nikola Djordjevic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	FW		Nelson Pierre	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
54	DF		Mihail Gherasimencov	0	0	0	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	0	0	0
75	FW		Rayan Elloumi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
97	MF		Liam Mackenzie	0	0	0	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	0	0	0

Notes

References

^ "Whitecaps FC to compete in 2026 Leagues Cup". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. December 16, 2025. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
^ "Players + Vancouver Whitecaps FC". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
^ "Whitecaps FC sign WFC2 defender Nikola Djordjevic to MLS contract". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. December 15, 2025. Retrieved December 15, 2025.
^ "Whitecaps FC sign BMO Academy product Mihail Gherasimencov to MLS contract". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. December 17, 2025. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
^ "Whitecaps FC announce 2026 roster updates". Vancouver Whitecaps. December 8, 2025. Retrieved December 8, 2025.
^ "Whitecaps FC acquire General Allocation Money, MLS SuperDraft pick from Austin FC in exchange for Jayden Nelson". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. December 18, 2025. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
^ "Whitecaps FC select Zach Ramsey, Daniel Lugo, Yeider Zuluaga, and Connor Lofy in 2026 MLS SuperDraft". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. December 18, 2025. Retrieved December 19, 2025.
^ "Vancouver Whitecaps Schedule". Retrieved February 2, 2024.

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