The Vancouver Whitecaps are a Major League Soccer team that usually plays home games during the regular season from March to October at BC Place Stadium.
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This article contains the following information about the Vancouver Whitecaps:
Home Game Schedule | Spring & Winter Games | Summer Games | Autumn Games | Whitecaps Tickets | Fan Groups | Whitecaps Team History | Other Information
Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club
The Vancouver Whitecaps are an MLS soccer team. The team plays home games at BC Place Stadium, located at 777 Pacific Boulevard in downtown Vancouver.
The Whitecaps have 17 home games in MLS play each season. The team can also have additional matches in other competitions. This includes the Canadian Championship which is an annual tournament of around a dozen teams from across the country.
The latest addition to the schedule is the Leagues Cup tournament which features teams from both MLS and Mexico’s Liga MX. There’s also the CONCACAF Champions Cup, which the Whitecaps have qualified for a few times (including in 2025). It’s an annual tournament of 27 teams from across North America, Central America and the Caribbean.
Also located in BC Place is the BC Sports Hall of Fame! The museum is a great place to check out before a Whitecaps game (or any other day). Its vast collection includes the ball used in the very first Vancouver Whitecaps game ever played!
2025 Home Game Schedule
Below are the scheduled home games for 2025. All are held at BC Place Stadium. Unless listed otherwise, all games are part of the MLS regular season. The listings are accurate as of January.
For the full broadcast schedule including both these and road games, see the Vancouver Whitecaps‘ website. (Note: Times, dates and other game details are subject to change.)
Spring & Winter Games
- February 27th, 2025 – Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Deportivo Saprissa in CONCACAF Champions Cup first round (7:00 pm)
- March 2nd, 2025 – Vancouver Whitecaps vs. LA Galaxy (2:00 pm)
- March 8th, 2025 – Vancouver Whitecaps vs. CF Montreal (6:30 pm)
- March 22nd, 2025 – Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Chicago Fire (7:30 pm)
- April 5th, 2025 – Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Colorado Rapids (6:30 pm)
- April 12th, 2025 – Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Austin FC (4:30 pm)
- May 3rd, 2025 – Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Real Salt Lake (6:30 pm)
- May 11th, 2025 – Vancouver Whitecaps vs. LAFC (4:00 pm)
- May 28th, 2025 – Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Minnesota United (7:30 pm)
- May 31st, 2025 – Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Portland Timbers (6:30 pm)
Summer Games
- June 8th, 2025 – Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Seattle Sounders (6:00 pm)
- June 25th, 2025 – Vancouver Whitecaps vs. San Diego FC (7:30 pm)
- July 26th, 2025 – Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Sporting Kansas City (7:30 pm)
- August 17th, 2025 – Vancouver Whitecaps vs Houston Dynamo (6:00 pm)
- August 23rd, 2025 – Vancouver Whitecaps vs St. Louis City SC (6:30 pm)
Autumn Games
- September 13th, 2025 – Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Philadelphia Union (6:30 pm)
- October 5th, 2025 – Vancouver Whitecaps vs. San Jose Earthquakes (6:00 pm)
- October 18th, 2025 – Vancouver Whitecaps vs. FC Dallas (6:00 pm)
Whitecaps Tickets
Single game tickets for Whitecaps soccer home games usually start at about $30. There are a variety of season ticket options.
Season Tickets
The price for season tickets for Whitecaps home games depends on where you sit. BC Place Stadium is divided into sections. Below is a list of prices for the 2025 season.
- General Admission (Sec. 253) – $375+
- White – $450+
- Teal – $450+
- Yellow – $629+
- Blue – $950+
- Purple – $1,150+
- Pink – $1,125+
- Orange – $1,550+
In addition to being able to watch all the games, benefits of season tickets include a free MLS Season Pass on Apple TV (which allows you to watch every MLS game live and on demand), discounts on VWFC gear and parking at the stadium, pre-sale access to other BC Place events and invites to member-only events. (Note: Exact details may vary.)
Whitecaps Fan Groups
The Vancouver Whitecaps has six official supporter groups, including the Southsiders.
The Southsiders is known to be the largest and loudest of the supporter groups. This group typically takes over the southeast corner of BC Place Stadium (in sections 249-254).
Southsiders usually meet for pre-game drinks at Dublin Calling which is a pub on Granville Street not far from BC Place Stadium. After its ritual of pre-game beverages, they then march en masse to the game.
Vancouver Whitecaps Team History
Below is the history of Vancouver’s professional soccer team. The first section details the history of the team prior to the year 2000. The second has information about the team since then.
The Soccer Team from 1974 to 2000
Founded in 1974, the Whitecaps played in the North American Soccer League until the league folded in 1984. In 1979 the team won the NASL Championship, the first major North American sports championship for the city in over 60 years. Around 100,000 people attended the championship parade on Robson Street.
When the Canadian Soccer League (CSL) formed in 1986 a new franchise in Vancouver was created. It was named the Vancouver 86ers because of the year the club was founded, the year Canada first qualified for the World Cup (1986), and the year Vancouver became a city (1886). It was also the year of the 1986 World’s Fair, or Expo ’86.
In 1986, its first year with its new name, the team moved from playing at BC Place Stadium (which had opened in 1983) to Swangard Stadium in Burnaby.
The 86ers won four straight CSL championships from 1988 to 1991. During those years the team broke the Canadian pro sports record for the longest undefeated streak (46 games). When the CSL folded in 1992 the 86ers moved to the American Professional Soccer League (or APSL, which was later renamed the USL). The team then remained in that league until its move to MLS in 2011.
The Soccer Team Since 2000
In 2000 the 86ers changed its name back to the Whitecaps. The team won the USL Championship twice, in 2006 and 2008.
In 2009 it was announced that the Whitecaps would join the MLS as an expansion team in 2011, along with Portland. The Whitecaps played most of its first season with the new league in the temporary stadium, Empire Field, which stood at the site of the Pacific National Exhibition. In the fall of 2011 the Whitecaps moved back to BC Place Stadium where the team has played ever since.
In the Whitecaps’ MLS history, the team’s best season was in 2015 where they finished second in the Western Conference standings and won the Canadian Championship for the first time. That meant the Whitecaps qualified for the 2016 CONCACAF Champions League where the team reached the semifinals (its best finish in that competition).
The Whitecaps won three straight Canadian Championships from 2022 to 2024, after previously only ever winning the trophy once. It’s only the third time any team has won the trophy three times in a row.
In both of its first two appearances in the League Cup in 2023 and 2024, the Whitecaps made it to the knockout stage where the team was eliminated in the Round of 32.
Other Information
The Vancouver Whitecaps are one of several professional sports teams in the Lower Mainland.
Check out the Vancouver Whitecaps‘ website for more information about the soccer team, or click BC Place Stadium for details about their home game venue.
To learn more about what professional sports Metro Vancouver has to offer, check out the following:
- Vancouver Professional Sports Teams
- 2026 FIFA World Cup in Vancouver
- Vancouver Canucks Hockey
- BC Lions Football
- Vancouver Canadians Baseball
- Vancouver Giants Hockey