Overview
- Vancouver advanced after a 2-2 draw and a 4-3 penalty shootout in front of a club-record crowd of 53,957 at BC Place.
- Emmanuel Sabbi opened the scoring from a Yohei Takaoka long ball, and Mathías Laborda added a first-half goal then converted the decisive penalty.
- Son Heung-min scored twice for LAFC, including a stoppage-time free kick that forced extra time following Tristan Blackmon’s second yellow card.
- The Whitecaps finished extra time with nine players after Belal Halbouni left injured with substitutions exhausted, yet held on for penalties.
- Hugo Lloris criticized BC Place’s artificial turf post-match, while Vancouver will be without the suspended Blackmon for the conference final.