Overview
- Vancouver advanced after a 2-2 draw through extra time and a 4-3 penalty shootout, capped by Mathias Laborda’s winning kick.
- Emmanuel Sabbi opened the scoring in the 39th minute from Yohei Takaoka’s long pass, and Laborda doubled the lead in first-half stoppage time.
- Son Heung-min rallied LAFC with a 60th-minute goal and a 95th-minute free kick following Tristan Blackmon’s second yellow card.
- The Whitecaps finished extra time with nine players after Belal Halbouni exited injured with no substitutions left, but LAFC failed to find a winner.
- A club-record 53,957 attended at BC Place, and multiple outlets reported the match was Steve Cherundolo’s final game as LAFC head coach.