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Vancouver Whitecaps Can Go Top, Clinch Cascadia Cup With Win Over Timbers

Coach Jesper Sorensen says the focus stays on performance despite the table talk.

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Overview

  • Vancouver hosts Portland on Wednesday at BC Place at 10:30 p.m. EDT in a key Western Conference derby.
  • A victory would move the Whitecaps into first place in the West and secure the club’s eighth Cascadia Cup.
  • The Whitecaps enter off back-to-back clean sheets and a 2-0 win at Sporting KC that set a single-season club record of 56 MLS goals.
  • Brian White leads Vancouver with 14 goals, while goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka owns a league-high 13 shutouts.
  • Portland has gone 1-3-2 in its past six league matches and remains without goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau due to a concussion sustained on Canada duty.