Overview
- Vancouver exercised its option to keep Thomas Muller for the 2026 season, confirming the German star’s return.
- Muller, 36, produced seven goals and three assists in his first seven MLS games and scored once in five playoff appearances.
- Homegrown goalkeeper Isaac Boehmer signed through 2027 with a 2028 club option after starting all 10 Canadian Championship games in 2024 and 2025, both title runs.
- MLS named sporting director and CEO Axel Schuster the league’s sporting executive of the year; he joined the club in 2019 and orchestrated the mid-August signing of Muller.
- Monday’s announcements followed a 3-1 loss to Inter Miami in the club’s first MLS Cup final and a season that also included a Champions Cup final defeat to Cruz Azul.