Having first entered Major League Soccer back in 2011, the Vancouver Whitecaps are one of the biggest clubs in Canada and will be hoping to build on a positive 2023 campaign when they reached the MLS playoffs.
Stadium: BC Place
Manager: Vanni Sartini
Captain: Ryan Gauld
Top league scorer last season: Brian White - 15 goals
Last season's position: 6th in Western Conference, 13th Overall
MLS Cup winner: +5000
Western Conference Winner: +2000
To Reach Final: +1600
| Date | Home | Away |
| March 21 | Whitecaps FC | Charlotte FC |
| March 9 | San Jose | Whitecaps FC |
| March 16 | FC Dallas | Whitecaps FC |
| March 23 | Whitecaps FC | Real Salt Lake |
| March 30 | Whitecaps FC | Portland Timbers |
| April 6 | Whitecaps FC | Toronto FC |
| April 13 | Whitecaps FC | LA Galaxy |
| April 20 | Seattle Sounders | Whitecaps FC |
| April 27 | NY Red Bulls | Whitecaps FC |
| May 4 | Whitecaps FC | Austin FC |
| May 11 | Los Angeles FC | Whitecaps FC |
| May 15 | Colorado Rapids | Whitecaps FC |
| May 18 | Seattle Sounders | Whitecaps FC |
| May 25 | Whitecaps FC | Inter Miami CF |
| May 29 | Sporting Kansas | Whitecaps FC |
| June 1 | Whitecaps FC | Colorado Rapids |
| June 15 | New England | Whitecaps FC |
| June 22 | Portland Timbers | Whitecaps FC |
| June 29 | Whitecaps FC | St. Louis City SC |
| July 3 | Minnesota | Whitecaps FC |
| July 6 | CF Montreal | Whitecaps FC |
| July 13 | St. Louis City SC | Whitecaps FC |
| July 17 | Whitecaps FC | Sporting Kansas City |
| July 20 | Whitecaps FC | Houston Dynamo FC |
| August 24 | Whitecaps FC | Los Angeles FC |
| August 31 | Austin FC | Whitecaps FC |
| September 7 | Whitecaps FC | FC Dallas |
| September 14 | Whitecaps FC | San Jose Earthquakes |
| September 18 | Houston Dynamo | Whitecaps FC |
| September 21 | LA Galaxy | Whitecaps FC |
| September 28 | Whitecaps FC | Portland Timbers |
| October 2 | Whitecaps FC | Seattle Sounders FC |
| October 5 | Whitecaps FC | Minnesota United FC |
| October 19 | Real Salt Lake | Whitecaps FC |
| Goalkeepers | Nationality |
| Yohei Takaoka | Japan |
| Max Anchor | Canada |
| Isaac Boehmer | Canada |
| Defenders | |
| Mathias Laborda | Uruguay |
| Sam Adekugbe | Canada |
| Ranko Veselinovic | Serbia |
| Tristan Blackmon | USA |
| Belal Halbouni | Syria |
| Luis Martins | Portugal |
| Bjorn Inge Utvik | Norway |
| Javain Brown | Jamaica |
| Midfielders | |
| Alessandro Schopf | Austria |
| Sebastian Berhalter | USA |
| Damir Kreilach | Croatia |
| Andres Cubas | Paraguay |
| Ali Ahmed | Canada |
| Ryan Gauld | Scotland |
| JC Ngando | Cameroon |
| Ryan Raposo | Canada |
| Pedro Vite | Ecuador |
| Forwards | |
| Fafa Picault | Haiti |
| Brian White | USA |
| Levonte Johnson | Canada |
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Last season was one of ups and downs for the Vancouver Whitecaps but fans can generally reflect on 2023 as a positive year for the club.
Under the guidance of Vanni Sartini, the Whitecaps once again won the Canadian Championship and in MLS, they managed to finish sixth in the Western Conference.
That was a decent improvement on their ninth-placed finish the season before and the big positives from the campaign were the performances of striker Brian White and attacking midfielder Ryan Gauld, who scored a combined 26 goals.
The Whitecaps, however, fumbled their chance in the playoffs, losing over two legs against Los Angeles FC in round one.
They were hammered 5-2 in California, suggesting that, while the team are heading in the right direction, they are a long way off challenging for the MLS Cup.
The season did, however, feature involvement in the quarter-finals of the CONCACAF Champions League and there is reason to be optimistic heading into 2024.
Simply building on last season's foundations will be the focus this year for the Vancouver Whitecaps.
The loss of forward Simon Becher is not ideal, while experienced midfielder Russell Teibert has also left the club, but Vancouver should still carry a decent threat with Gauld and White in the side.
Making the playoffs and progressing a little further will likely be the target, while a deeper run in either the Leagues Cup or Concacaf Champions League would also be big for the club.
However, they are not helped by the fact they must play the first six matches of the regular season without manager Sartini after he was sent off and suspended for multiple violations in their last game of 2023.
| Season | Finish |
| 2019 | 12th Western Conference, 23rd Overall |
| 2020 | 9th Western Conference, 17th Overall |
| 2021 | 6th Western Conference, 12th Overall |
| 2022 | 9th Western Conference, 17th Overall |
| 2023 | 6th Western Conference, 13th Overall |
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