Overview
- Vancouver hosts FC Dallas in the Round One opener on Sunday at BC Place in a best-of-three series.
- The club projects a turnout of more than 30,000 and expects to surpass last season’s total attendance of 507,986 after the match.
- Mathias Laborda is suspended and several starters have injury concerns, with Brian White described as back in training but uncertain for Game 1.
- FC Dallas brings back top scorer Petar Musa, with 18 goals, and won the most recent meeting 2-1 in Vancouver.
- Since Thomas Müller’s midseason arrival, the Whitecaps surged in attack, averaging nearly three goals per game and receiving seven goals from him in seven league appearances.