Brian White scored his team-leading ninth and tenth MLS goals of the season to lift Vancouver Whitecaps FC to a 4-2 win over San Diego FC in California on Saturday, May 23.
The victory means the Whitecaps go into the soccer league’s six-week FIFA World Cup 2026 break in first place in the Western Conference, one point behind MLS leaders Nashville SC.
In a rematch of last season’s MLS Cup Playoffs Western Conference Final, Thomas Müller collected three helpers while Bruno Caicedo and Ralph Priso added second-half strikes.
The Whitecaps lead the conference with a club-best 10 wins, two losses and two draws to start the season, for 32 points.
In non-MLS play, Vancouver will host the home leg of the TELUS Canadian Championship quarterfinal versus Cavalry FC on Wednesday, July 8. The match will kick off at 7:30 p.m. PT at Swangard Stadium. The ‘Caps head to Calgary for the return leg Monday, July 13.
MLS action returns Thursday, July 16 at Chicago Fire FC; the Whitecaps return to BC Place on Saturday, Aug. 1 for the playoff rematch against Los Angeles FC, tickets on whitecapsfc.com/tickets.
Match stats vs. San Diego FC on May 23, 2026, via Whitecaps FC media:
Referee: Drew Fischer
Attendance: 23,906
ERDINGER Man of the Match: Brian White
Scoring Summary
30’ – VAN – Brian White (Thomas Müller, Tristan Blackmon)
45’ – VAN – Brian White (Jeevan Badwal, Kenji Cabrera)
53’ – SD – David Vazquez (Anders Dreyer, Oscar Verhoeven)
67’ – VAN – Bruno Caicedo (Brian White, Thomas Müller)
75’ – VAN – Ralph Priso (Brian White, Thomas Müller)
90’+1 – SD – Bryan Zamblé (Anders Dreyer, Anisse Saidi)
Statistics
Possession: SD 51% – VAN 49%
Shots: SD 10 – VAN 20
Shots on Goal: SD 3 – VAN 11
Saves: SD 7 – VAN 1
Fouls: SD 14 – VAN 15
Offsides: SD 2 – VAN 2
Corners: SD 2 – VAN 4
Cautions
51’ – VAN – Brian White
55’ – SD – David Vazquez
63’ – VAN – Jeevan Badwal
88’ – SD – Oscar Verhoeven
90’+2 – VAN – Bruno Caicedo
Ejection
72’ – SD – Luca Bombino
San Diego FC
1.CJ dos Santos; 5.Kieran Sargeant (27.Luca Bombino HT), 26.Manu Duah, 97.Christopher McVey, 33.Oscar Verhoeven; 19.David Vazquez (70.Alejandro Alvarado 71’), 15.Pedro Soma (29.Anisse Saidi 71’), 8.Onni Valakari; 90.Amahl Pellegrino (25.Ian Pilcher 75’), 7.Marcus Ingvartsen (14.Bryan Zamblé 86’), 10.Anders Dreyer
Substitutes not used
18.Duran Ferree, 9.Lewis Morgan, 21.Bryce Duke, 77.Alex Mighten
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
32.Isaac Boehmer; 18.Édier Ocampo, 33.Tristan Blackmon, 2.Mathías Laborda, 28.Tate Johnson (29.Mihail Gherasimencov 84’); 16.Sebastian Berhalter, 59.Jeevan Badwal (41.Nikola Djordjevic 84’); 17.Kenji Cabrera (6.Ralph Priso 74’), 13.Thomas Müller ©, 22.AZ (14.Bruno Caicedo 63’); 24.Brian White (19.Rayan Elloumi 84’)
Substitutes not used
30.Adrían Zendejas, 4.Ranko Veselinović, 15.Sebastian Schonlau, 97.Liam Mackenzie