Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Vancouver. The Whitecaps compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference. The club was founded on March 18, 2009, and began play in 2011 as the 17th team to enter Major League Soccer. They are a phoenix club and the third team to use the "Whitecaps" name, which originated in 1974 as a member of the North American Soccer League and was revived in 2001 for a second-division team that last played in the 2010 USSF Division 2. The club has been owned and managed by the same group since they were a second-division franchise.

In the 2012 season, the team became the first Canadian team to qualify for the MLS Cup playoffs. The Whitecaps have won five Canadian Championships, and have advanced to both the CONCACAF Champions Cup and MLS Cup finals in 2025, losing to Cruz Azul and Inter Miami respectively. Vancouver competes against longtime Pacific Northwest rivals Seattle and Portland in the Cascadia Cup, a fan-created trophy awarded based on MLS regular season results.

In 2025, the Whitecaps attracted international attention for the signing of German superstar and 2014 World Cup winner Thomas Müller on a free transfer. Other notable Whitecaps players include former American international Jay DeMerit, the club's first player and captain; Camilo Sanvezzo, the 2013 MLS Golden Boot winner; and current Canadian men's national team captain Alphonso Davies, a homegrown player.