Overview

• Vancouver hosts Portland on Wednesday at BC Place, and a win would move the Whitecaps atop the Western Conference and clinch an eighth Cascadia Cup.
• The Whitecaps will be without Thomas Müller (adductor), Ryan Gauld, Joedrick Pupe, Sebastian Schonlau, Tristan Blackmon, Sam Adekugbe and Ranko Veselinović, with Edier Ocampo and Andrés Cubas suspended.
• Brian White, the club’s leading scorer with 14 goals, is available after a recent hamstring issue, while youngsters and squad players such as Mathías Laborda, Belal Halbouni and Tate Johnson are expected to feature.
• Goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka tops MLS with 13 clean sheets, and Vancouver brings a 287-minute shutout streak across competitions into the derby.
• Portland enters with inconsistent form and remains without goalkeeper Maxime Crépeau due to a concussion suffered on international duty.