Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club is a soccer club from Canada, from the city of Vancouver in the province of British Columbia, and plays in Major League Soccer (MLS) in the Western Conference.

It was originally founded in 1974 when it played in the North American Soccer League (NASL) and continued until the 1984 season. Two years later, in 1986, the team was refounded as the Vancouver 86ers, but played in various second-division leagues until 2010. Since 2011 it has been part of Major League Soccer, the top division of soccer in the United States and Canada.

It plays its home matches at BC Place, a stadium originally built for Canadian football, with a capacity of 54,500 people.

In MLS, it stands out for being the first Canadian club to play in the playoffs, in the 2012 season; it was crowned champion of the Canadian Championship in 2015 and reached the semifinals of the CONCACAF Champions League in the 2016–17 edition. In 2025 it lost the final of that same tournament to Cruz Azul of Mexico, in a 5–0 rout, at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario in Mexico City.