MLS 2017 Schedule: Top 5 Vancouver Whitecaps Matches
By Gareth Wolff
#2: Welcoming the MLS Champions
Opponent: Seattle Sounders FC
Date: Friday April 14th, 2017
Location: BC Place, Vancouver, BC
Last season:
Seattle Sounders 1-2 Vancouver Whitecaps (MLS Regular Season)
Seattle Sounders 1-0 Vancouver Whitecaps (MLS Regular Season)
Vancouver Whitecaps 1-2 Seattle Sounders (MLS Regular Season)
Vancouver may have won the Cascadia Cup last season. But Seattle won the big one, the MLS Cup, and any Whitecaps fan would be more than willing to trade the two. Cascadia Cup matches are always intense encounters in sold-out stadiums. This year should be no different, as the ‘Caps ‘welcome’ the MLS champions to town in April. It will be the first of three matches against the Sounders in 2017.
Last season also saw Vancouver face Seattle three times. Vancouver started off the series well, picking up their first win of the season at CenturyLink Field with the help of two controversial penalties. However, Seattle ended up winning the season series. A 2-1 Sounders win at BC Place in October killed Vancouver’s waning playoff hopes. At the same time, Seattle were picking up form that took them all the way to the championship.
The Whitecaps will be out for revenge. And with the last two MLS Cups won by their two Cascadia rivals, the pressure is on Vancouver this year to continue the streak.