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Seattle Sounders–Vancouver Whitecaps rivalry
Seattle Sounders FC
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Other namesCascadia Cup
LocationPacific Northwest
First meetingJune 9, 1974
NASL
Vancouver 0–2 Seattle
Latest meetingOctober 2, 2024
MLS regular season
Vancouver 0–3 Seattle
Statistics
Meetings total163
Most winsSeattle (71)
All-time series71–53–39 (Seattle)
Largest victory5–0 (4 games)
Longest win streakVancouver (7)
(May 16, 1981 – June 20, 1983)
Longest unbeaten streakSeattle (15)
(August 23, 2017 – September 17, 2022)

The Seattle Sounders–Vancouver Whitecaps rivalry is a soccer rivalry between Seattle Sounders FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC, both based in the Pacific Northwest region. The rivalry originated in the North American Soccer League of the 1970s,[1] with both cities reviving expansion teams, and has carried into lower-level leagues, including the A-League and USL First Division. The rivalry moved to Major League Soccer, the top division of soccer in the United States and Canada, in 2011. The two clubs are part of the Cascadia Cup, the trophy and competition created in 2004 by supporters of the Portland Timbers, Vancouver Whitecaps, and the Seattle Sounders which is awarded each season to the best top-flight soccer team in the Cascadia region.[2]

Seattle and Vancouver have had rivalries based on various sports teams. Of the five major sports leagues in North America, the two cities each have franchises in the National Hockey League with the Canucks and the Kraken, which joined in 2021.[3] They also had a series between the SuperSonics and Grizzlies of the NBA, before the eventual relocation of both franchises.

History

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Overall stats

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As of October 2, 2024
Competition Matches Wins Ties
Seattle Vancouver
NASL (1974–1983) 25 7 16 2
A-League/USL-1 (1994–2008) 73 36 19 18
MLS (2011–present) 38 18 10 10
League totals (regular season) 136 61 45 30
NASL playoffs 4 4 0 0
A-League/USL-1 playoffs 11 2 3 6
MLS playoffs 2 1 0 1
League totals (playoffs) 17 7 3 7
CONCACAF Champions League 2 1 0 1
International totals (tournaments) 2 1 0 1
Competitive totals 155 69 48 38
Friendlies (all formats) 8 2 5 1
All-time totals 163 71 53 39

NASL era

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Both Pacific Northwest cities joined the North American Soccer League, the top-flight of the American and Canadian soccer systems, in 1974. The clubs were founded on the same date—December 11, 1973[4]—and predated their fellow Cascadian rival Portland by one year.[5] Future Sounders manager Brian Schmetzer played for the NASL incarnation of the franchise and was part of the Washington–British Columbia junior soccer exchange program that sent Seattle athletes to the Vancouver area to play their teams and stay with Canadian families.[6]

The strong cultural and trade links between the two cities in the new soccer rivalry, including the experience of Alan Hinton, who was a player-coach for the Whitecaps in two different stints before becoming a Seattle resident in 1979 and Sounders broadcaster.[7] Hinton recalled the NASL crowds and significant presence of rival fans at away games: "It's a great rivalry...Years ago they'd come down in their thousands. There was no television in those days, so you'd get as much as three or four thousand Vancouver fans."[8] This tradition has manifested itself in the modern-day fan culture and a similar situation can also be seen in Major League Baseball, as Canadian fans flock to Seattle and dominate the stands at T-Mobile Park during Toronto Blue Jays visits to face the Seattle Mariners.[8] As a result, animosity can prevail at the stadiums where "Everyone hates it here when it happens. Everybody is mad at the Canadians."[3]

Ultimately, the series ended after the 1983 North American Soccer League season as the league lost financial stability and would soon collapse. In the final season of competition between the clubs, the Whitecaps defeated Seattle 2 to 1 before 60,342 fans in Empire Stadium, the largest crowd to watch a match between the two in series history. Ultimately, Vancouver led the NASL series 16–11–2 but Seattle took all four postseason matchups.

USL era

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After the NASL's collapse, the cities had a variety of professional soccer teams playing in domestic leagues before reuniting in the A-League in 1994. During this period, the Cascadia Cup was founded by the supporters groups of the teams, in conjunction with those of the Portland Timbers.[9] The A-League ultimately became the USL First Division, which the clubs competed in until the Sounders made the jump to the first-division Major League Soccer in 2009.

MLS era

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Two seasons after the Sounders joined MLS, Vancouver joined them as an expansion franchise in 2011. The first match featured an early lead for the Whitecaps but the Sounders scored two goals from Mauro Rosales and Osvaldo Alonso after the 81st minute. Ultimately, Eric Hassli erased the deficit with one of the greatest goals in MLS history to end the inaugural MLS match in a draw.[9] Several years later, Kekuta Manneh became the youngest player in MLS history to score a hat-trick with three goals in a 4–1 victory in Seattle.[10] The rivalry's intensity was felt on the pitch several times in the 2010s, punctuated by Brad Evans headbutting David Edgar in a 2016 match.[4]

In 2015, the clubs squared off in the CONCACAF Champions League group stage,[11] their first meeting in a continental tournament. The Sounders routed the Whitecaps in the second leg to win 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the quarterfinals. Two years later, the clubs met in the domestic postseason for the first time. The first leg of the conference semifinals was particularly contentious, as teams nearly brawled while security guards ejected leaders of the Emerald City Supporters group for brandishing antifascist signs.[5] After the scoreless draw at BC Place,[12] the Sounders took the second leg 2–0 from second-half goals from Clint Dempsey to send the club to a second straight Western Conference Championship game.[13]

Fredy Montero, one of the Sounders' first stars and all-time leading goal scorer, moved across the border to Vancouver in 2017. During his first season in Vancouver, the former Sounder said, "the supporters took some time to adopt me as one of their own — and I respected that. They knew my history in Seattle, and I knew that I had to earn their love." Montero went on to win the team's Golden Boot award in his first season in Vancouver, highlighted by a brace in his first meeting against his former mates, and then scoring a shorthanded equalizer in the midseason rematch. After three seasons with the Whitecaps, Montero returned to Seattle on a one-year deal with an option for 2023.[14]

MLS honors

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Seattle Competition Vancouver
Domestic
2 MLS Cup —
1 Supporters' Shield —
4 U.S. Open Cup / Canadian Championship 3
7 Aggregate 3
Continental and Worldwide
1 CONCACAF Champions League —
— Leagues Cup —
— Campeones Cup —
1 Aggregate 0
8 Total aggregate 3

Cups

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Further information: Cascadia Cup

Between 2004 and 2008, the USL Seattle Sounders, Vancouver Whitecaps, and Portland Timbers competed for the supporter created Cascadia Cup, to be awarded to the club who finished with the best record in each season series between the three teams. The Cascadia Cup was created to celebrate the strong rivalries between each of the three clubs.[15] Seattle won the Cascadia Cup twice in this five-year period while Portland never won. Seattle was not involved in the 2009 or 2010 competitions, both of which were won by Portland. While both Seattle and Portland consider Vancouver to be a rival, both of the U.S. fanbases consider their rivalries with Vancouver more cordial than with one another. In a 2011 story on the rivalry by Sports Illustrated writer Grant Wahl, one Timbers Army member said about Vancouver fans, "It's hard to dislike them because they're so nice", and an Emerald City Supporters member added, "They're like the nice cousin that's never going to offend anyone at a party."[16] The MLS versions of the Whitecaps, Sounders and Timbers resumed contesting the Cascadia Cup, beginning with the 2011 season.

Results

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For statistical purposes, matches that went to shootouts are counted as draws. Matches ending with a shootout are denoted with an '*'.

NASL era

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Season Date Competition Stadium Home Team Result Away Team Attendance Series Ref
1974 June 9 NASL Empire Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 0–2 Seattle Sounders 11,258 SEA 1–0–0 [1]
August 11 Kingdome Seattle Sounders 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps 14,876 SEA 2–0–0 [2]
1975 April 26 NASL Empire Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 2–1 Seattle Sounders 7,753 SEA 2–1–0 [3]
July 10 Empire Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 2–1 Seattle Sounders 7,205 Tied 2–2–0 [4]
July 19 Memorial Stadium Seattle Sounders 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps 17,925 SEA 3–2–0 [5]
1976 May 2 NASL Kingdome Seattle Sounders 1–0 Vancouver Whitecaps 24,096 SEA 4–2–0 [6]
August 13 Empire Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 3–2 Seattle Sounders 10,533 SEA 4–3–0 [7]
August 18 NASL playoffs Kingdome Seattle Sounders 1–0 Vancouver Whitecaps 30,406 SEA 5–3–0 [8]
1977 July 5 NASL Empire Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 1–0 Seattle Sounders 14,559 SEA 5–4–0 [9]
July 15 Kingdome Seattle Sounders 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps 25,023 SEA 6–4–0
August 10 NASL playoffs Empire Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 0–2 Seattle Sounders 21,915 SEA 7–4–0 [10]
1978 April 9 NASL Empire Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 3–0 Seattle Sounders 11,232 SEA 7–5–0 [11]
May 10 Memorial Stadium Seattle Sounders 1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps 17,085 SEA 7–6–0 [12]
1979 July 7 NASL Empire Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 3–1 Seattle Sounders 20,041 Tied 7–7–0 [13]
August 11 Kingdome Seattle Sounders 1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps 24,196 VAN 8–7–0 [14]
1980 April 12 NASL Empire Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 0–0* Seattle Sounders 27,602 VAN 8–7–1 [15]
August 2 Kingdome Seattle Sounders 1–0 Vancouver Whitecaps 33,363 Tied 8–8–1 [16]
August 27 NASL playoffs Empire Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 1–2 Seattle Sounders 27,231 SEA 9–8–1 [17]
August 30 Kingdome Seattle Sounders 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps 35,254 SEA 10–8–1 [18]
1981 May 2 NASL Empire Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 2–3 Seattle Sounders 25,577 SEA 11–8–1 [19]
May 16 Kingdome Seattle Sounders 1–3 Vancouver Whitecaps 31,325 SEA 11–9–1 [20]
August 12 Empire Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 5–0 Seattle Sounders 26,427 SEA 11–10–1 [21]
1982 May 2 NASL Empire Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 2–1 Seattle Sounders 20,253 Tied 11–11–1 [22]
June 12 Kingdome Seattle Sounders 1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps 17,410 VAN 12–11–1 [23]
August 18 Kingdome Seattle Sounders 1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps 29,488 VAN 13–11–1 [24]
1983 May 7 NASL Kingdome Seattle Sounders 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps 13,039 VAN 14–11–1 [25]
June 20 BC Place Vancouver Whitecaps 2–1 Seattle Sounders 60,342 VAN 15–11–1 [26]
August 13 Kingdome Seattle Sounders 2–2* Vancouver Whitecaps 13,343 VAN 15–11–2 [27]
August 28 BC Place Vancouver Whitecaps 3–2 Seattle Sounders 27,326 VAN 16–11–2 [28]

A-League/USL era

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Cascadia Cup Match‡
Season Date Competition Stadium Home Team Result Away Team Attendance Series Ref
1994 APSL Swangard Stadium Vancouver 86ers 1–1* Seattle Sounders Tied 0–0–1 [29]
Memorial Stadium Seattle Sounders 5–0 Vancouver 86ers SEA 1–0–1 [30]
Swangard Stadium Vancouver 86ers 2–3 Seattle Sounders SEA 2–0–1 [31]
Swangard Stadium Vancouver 86ers 1–4 Seattle Sounders SEA 3–0–1 [32]
September 24 Memorial Stadium Seattle Sounders 3–0 Vancouver 86ers 11,847 SEA 4–0–1 [33]
1995 May 12 A-League Swangard Stadium Vancouver 86ers 1–2 Seattle Sounders 4,021 SEA 5–0–1 [34]
May 20 Memorial Stadium Seattle Sounders 3–1 Vancouver 86ers 4,225 SEA 6–0–1 [35]
July 23 Swangard Stadium Vancouver 86ers 2–2* Seattle Sounders 5,055 SEA 6–0–2 [36]
August 19 Memorial Stadium Seattle Sounders 2–3 Vancouver 86ers 7,634 SEA 6–1–2 [37]
September 5 Swangard Stadium Vancouver 86ers 1–2 Seattle Sounders 4,823 SEA 7–1–2 [38]
September 9 Memorial Stadium Seattle Sounders 3–1 Vancouver 86ers 7,239 SEA 8–1–2 [39]
September 15 A-League playoffs Swangard Stadium Vancouver 86ers 1–0 Seattle Sounders 4,036 SEA 9–1–2 [40]
September 17 Memorial Stadium Seattle Sounders 0–0* Vancouver 86ers 4,339 SEA 9–1–3 [41]
1996 April 27 A-League Memorial Stadium Vancouver 86ers 2–1 Seattle Sounders 4,500 SEA 10–1–3 [42]
May 25 Rotary Stadium Vancouver 86ers 0–2 Seattle Sounders 2,634 SEA 11–1–3 [43]
July 14 Rotary Stadium Vancouver 86ers 2–2* Seattle Sounders 4,185 SEA 11–1–4 [44]
July 27 Memorial Stadium Seattle Sounders 0–1 Vancouver 86ers SEA 11–2–4 [45]
August 24 Memorial Stadium Seattle Sounders 2–2* Vancouver 86ers SEA 11–2–5 [46]
August 30 Rotary Stadium Vancouver 86ers 1–4 Seattle Sounders 3,748 SEA 12–2–5 [47]
1997 April 12 A-League Memorial Stadium Seattle Sounders 0–1 Vancouver 86ers 4,561 SEA 12–3–5 [48]
April 18 Rotary Stadium Vancouver 86ers 0–1 Seattle Sounders 4,119 SEA 13–3–5 [49]
June 14 Memorial Stadium Seattle Sounders 2–1 Vancouver 86ers 2,186 SEA 14–3–5 [50]
June 25 Rotary Stadium Vancouver 86ers 0–1 Seattle Sounders 3,563 SEA 15–3–5 [51]
August 29 Rotary Stadium Vancouver 86ers 2–1 Seattle Sounders 4,650 SEA 15–4–5 [52]
September 12 A-League playoffs Swangard Stadium Vancouver 86ers 3–0 Seattle Sounders 3,607 SEA 15–5–5 [53]
September 14 Memorial Stadium Seattle Sounders 0–0* Vancouver 86ers SEA 15–5–6 [54]
September 14 Memorial Stadium Seattle Sounders 1–1* Vancouver 86ers SEA 15–5–7 [55]
1998 April 24 A-League Swangard Stadium Vancouver 86ers 2–1 Seattle Sounders 6,039 SEA 15–6–7 [56]
May 2 Memorial Stadium Seattle Sounders 0–1 Vancouver 86ers 4,162 SEA 15–7–7 [57]
July 11 Memorial Stadium Seattle Sounders 4–0 Vancouver 86ers SEA 16–7–7 [58]
August 8 Memorial Stadium Seattle Sounders 2–0 Vancouver 86ers 3,168 SEA 17–7–7 [59]
September 7 Swangard Stadium Vancouver 86ers 1–2 Seattle Sounders 5,094 SEA 18–7–7 [60]
1999 May 1 A-League Swangard Stadium Vancouver 86ers 1–2 Seattle Sounders 5,144 SEA 19–7–7 [61]
May 8 Renton Memorial Stadium Seattle Sounders 2–1 Vancouver 86ers 3,778 SEA 20–7–7 [62]
June 3 Swangard Stadium Vancouver 86ers 1–1* Seattle Sounders 2,760 SEA 20–7–8 [63]
June 5 Renton Memorial Stadium Seattle Sounders 0–2 Vancouver 86ers 1,576 SEA 20–8–8 [64]
September 4 Renton Memorial Stadium Seattle Sounders 1–1* Vancouver 86ers 3,105 SEA 20–8–9 [65]
September 6 Swangard Stadium Vancouver 86ers 1–0 Seattle Sounders 5,605 SEA 20–9–9 [66]
2000 May 6 A-League Swangard Stadium Vancouver 86ers 2–4 Seattle Sounders 4,202 SEA 21–9–9 [67]
May 7 Memorial Stadium Seattle Sounders 0–0* Vancouver 86ers 3,563 SEA 21–9–10 [68]
June 18 Memorial Stadium Seattle Sounders 3–0 Vancouver 86ers 1,906 SEA 22–9–10 [69]
July 21 Swangard Stadium Vancouver 86ers 3–0 Seattle Sounders 4,510 SEA 22–10–10 [70]
July 22 Memorial Stadium Seattle Sounders 2–1 Vancouver 86ers 1,334 SEA 23–10–10 [71]
July 30 Swangard Stadium Vancouver 86ers 3–4 Seattle Sounders 4,125 SEA 24–10–10 [72]
September 4 Swangard Stadium Vancouver 86ers 5–0 Seattle Sounders 4,875 SEA 24–11–10 [73]
2001 May 5 A-League Memorial Stadium Seattle Sounders 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps 3,227 SEA 24–12–10 [74]
June 24 Swangard Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 1–5 Seattle Sounders 5,796 SEA 25–12–10 [75]
September 7 Swangard Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 2–1 Seattle Sounders 7,199 SEA 25–13–10 [76]
September 8 Memorial Stadium Seattle Sounders 5–0 Vancouver Whitecaps 3,665 SEA 26–13–10 [77]
2002 May 18 A-League Memorial Stadium Seattle Sounders 1–0 Vancouver Whitecaps 2,274 SEA 27–13–10 [78]
May 19 Swangard Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 1–2 Seattle Sounders 3,171 SEA 28–13–10 [79]
May 26 Swangard Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 1–4 Seattle Sounders 3,872 SEA 29–13–10 [80]
July 28 Seahawks Stadium Seattle Sounders 4–1 Vancouver Whitecaps 25,515 SEA 30–13–10 [81]
September 13 A-League playoffs Swangard Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 2–0 Seattle Sounders 5,686 SEA 30–14–10 [82]
September 15 Memorial Stadium Seattle Sounders 2–6 Vancouver Whitecaps 3,917 SEA 30–15–10 [83]
2003 May 23 A-League Swangard Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 2–2 Seattle Sounders SEA 30–15–11 [84]
May 25 Seahawks Stadium Seattle Sounders 0–0 Vancouver Whitecaps SEA 30–15–12 [85]
June 7 Seahawks Stadium Seattle Sounders 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps SEA 31–15–12 [86]
June 20 Swangard Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 1–0 Seattle Sounders SEA 31–16–12 [87]
July 19 Seahawks Stadium Seattle Sounders 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps SEA 31–16–13 [88]
July 20 Swangard Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 2–0 Seattle Sounders SEA 31–17–13 [89]
September 5 A-League playoffs Seahawks Stadium Seattle Sounders 0–0 Vancouver Whitecaps 2,178 SEA 31–17–14 [90]
September 7 Swangard Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 1–1* Seattle Sounders SEA 31–17–15 [91]
2004 July 9‡ A-League Swangard Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 1–0 Seattle Sounders 4,577 SEA 31–18–15 [92]
July 10‡ Seahawks Stadium Seattle Sounders 0–0 Vancouver Whitecaps 2,759 SEA 31–18–16 [93]
August 15‡ Swangard Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 0–1 Seattle Sounders 5,722 SEA 32–18–16 [94]
August 18‡ Seahawks Stadium Seattle Sounders 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps 2,896 SEA 33–18–16 [95]
September 10 A-League playoffs Seahawks Stadium Seattle Sounders 1–0 Vancouver Whitecaps 2,496 SEA 34–18–16 [96]
September 12 Swangard Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 1–1 Seattle Sounders 5,286 SEA 34–18–17 [97]
2005 May 7‡ USL Qwest Field Seattle Sounders 0–0 Vancouver Whitecaps 2,495 SEA 34–18–18 [98]
June 25‡ Qwest Field Seattle Sounders 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps 2,696 SEA 34–18–19 [99]
June 26‡ Swangard Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 0–0 Seattle Sounders 5,722 SEA 34–18–20 [100]
July 29‡ Swangard Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 0–0 Seattle Sounders 5,434 SEA 34–18–21 [101]
2006 May 26‡ USL Swangard Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 2–2 Seattle Sounders 4,658 SEA 34–18–22 [102]
May 27‡ Qwest Field Seattle Sounders 1–0 Vancouver Whitecaps 2,998 SEA 35–18–22 [103]
August 19‡ Qwest Field Seattle Sounders 2–0 Vancouver Whitecaps 3,584 SEA 36–18–22 [104]
September 8‡ Swangard Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 3–2 Seattle Sounders 5,347 SEA 36–19–22 [105]
2007 April 21 USL Swangard Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 1–0 Seattle Sounders 4,948 SEA 36–20–22 [106]
May 12 Qwest Field Seattle Sounders 1–3 Vancouver Whitecaps 2,577 SEA 36–21–22 [107]
July 12‡ Qwest Field Seattle Sounders 1–0 Vancouver Whitecaps 2,263 SEA 37–21–22 [108]
July 27‡ Swangard Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 2–2 Seattle Sounders 5,288 SEA 37–21–23 [109]
2008 May 23‡ USL Swangard Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 0–2 Seattle Sounders 5,146 SEA 38–21–23 [110]
August 20‡ Starfire Sports Complex Seattle Sounders 0–0 Vancouver Whitecaps 3,203 SEA 38–21–24 [111] [17]
September 20‡ Starfire Sports Complex Seattle Sounders 2–3 Vancouver Whitecaps 4,401 SEA 38–22–24 [112]

MLS era

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Cascadia Cup Match‡
Season Date Competition Stadium Home team Result Away team Attendance Series Ref
2011 June 11‡ MLS CenturyLink Field Seattle Sounders FC 2–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 36,502 Tied 0–0–1 [113]
September 24‡ Empire Field Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–3 Seattle Sounders FC 21,000 SEA 1–0–1 [114]
2012 May 19‡ MLS BC Place Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–2 Seattle Sounders FC 21,000 SEA 1–0–2 [115]
August 18‡ CenturyLink Field Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 55,718 SEA 2–0–2 [116]
September 29‡ BC Place Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–0 Seattle Sounders FC 21,000 SEA 2–0–3 [117]
2013 June 8‡ MLS CenturyLink Field Seattle Sounders FC 3–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 53,679 SEA 3–0–3 [118]
July 6‡ BC Place Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC 22,500 SEA 3–1–3 [119]
October 9‡ CenturyLink Field Seattle Sounders FC 1–4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 38,833 SEA 3–2–3 [120]
2014 May 24‡ MLS BC Place Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–2 Seattle Sounders FC 21,000 SEA 3–2–4 [121]
July 5‡ BC Place Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC 22,500 Tied 3–3–4 [122]
October 10‡ CenturyLink Field Seattle Sounders FC 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 55,765 VAN 4–3–4 [123]
2015 May 16‡ MLS BC Place Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–2 Seattle Sounders FC 21,000 Tied 4–4–4 [124]
August 1‡ CenturyLink Field Seattle Sounders FC 0–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 53,125 VAN 5–4–4 [125]
August 5 Champions League BC Place Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC 19,683 VAN 5–4–5 [126]
September 19‡ MLS BC Place Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–3 Seattle Sounders FC 21,000 Tied 5–5–5 [127]
September 23 Champions League CenturyLink Field Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 37,624 SEA 6–5–5 [128]
2016 March 19‡ MLS CenturyLink Field Seattle Sounders FC 1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 40,012 Tied 6–6–5 [129]
September 17‡ CenturyLink Field Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 47,111 SEA 7–6–5 [130]
October 2‡ BC Place Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC 24,837 SEA 8–6–5 [131]
2017 April 14‡ MLS BC Place Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC 22,120 SEA 8–7–5 [132]
August 23‡ BC Place Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC 22,120 SEA 8–7–6 [133]
September 27‡ CenturyLink Field Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 41,868 SEA 9–7–6 [134]
October 29 MLS Cup playoffs BC Place Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–0 Seattle Sounders FC 27,837 SEA 9–7–7 [135]
November 2 CenturyLink Field Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 39,587 SEA 10–7–7 [136]
2018 July 21‡ MLS CenturyLink Field Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 41,849 SEA 11–7–7 [137]
September 15‡ BC Place Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC 27,863 SEA 12–7–7 [138]
2019 March 30‡ MLS BC Place Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–0 Seattle Sounders FC 24,803 SEA 12–7–8 [139]
June 29‡ CenturyLink Field Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 44,489 SEA 13–7–8 [140]
2020 July 19 MLS is Back ESPN Sports Complex Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 SEA 14–7–8 [141]
October 3 MLS CenturyLink Field Seattle Sounders FC 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 SEA 15–7–8 [142]
October 27 Providence Park Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–2 Seattle Sounders FC 0 SEA 16–7–8 [143]
2021 June 26 MLS Lumen Field Seattle Sounders FC 2–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 25,603 SEA 16–7–9 [144]
September 15‡ Lumen Field Seattle Sounders FC 4–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 31,842 SEA 17–7–9 [145]
November 7‡ BC Place Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC 25,117 SEA 17–7–10 [146]
2022 June 14‡ MLS Lumen Field Seattle Sounders FC 4–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 31,165 SEA 18–7–10 [147]
September 27‡ BC Place Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC 19,722 SEA 18–8–10 [148]
2023 May 20‡ MLS BC Place Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC 19,108 SEA 18–9–10 [149]
July 8‡ BC Place Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–3 Seattle Sounders FC 16,399 SEA 19–9–10 [150]
October 7‡ Lumen Field Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 33,666 SEA 19–9–11 [151]
2024 April 20‡ MLS Lumen Field Seattle Sounders FC 0–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 30,550 SEA 19–10–11 [152]
May 18‡ Lumen Field Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 30,102 SEA 19–10–12 [153]
October 2‡ BC Place Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–3 Seattle Sounders FC 17,362 SEA 20–10–12 [154]

Friendlies

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Season Date Competition Stadium Home team Result Away team Attendance Series Ref
2001 March 6 Canterbury Classic Swangard Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps 2–1 Seattle Sounders 1,251 VAN 1–0–0 [155]
2005 April 16 Preseason Exhibition Park, Chilliwack Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–0 Seattle Sounders 2,000 VAN 2–0–0 [156]
2006 April 14 Preseason Exhibition Park, Chilliwack Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–1 Seattle Sounders 2,022 VAN 3–0–0 [157]
2008 March 22 Preseason Starfire Sports Complex Seattle Sounders FC 1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 752 VAN 4–0–0 [158]
2009 February 21 Preseason Qwest Field Seattle Sounders FC 4–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 VAN 4–1–0 [159]
2010 February 11 Arizona training Grande Sports World, Casa Grande Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–3 Seattle Sounders FC ? VAN 4–2–0 [160]
March 6 Preseason Swangard Stadium Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–0 Seattle Sounders FC ? VAN 4–2–1 [161]
2011 March 6 Cascadia Summit Starfire Sports Complex Seattle Sounders FC 2–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3,100 VAN 5–2–1 [162]

Western Conference standings finishes

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  Sounders   Whitecaps

* indicates Cascadia Cup win
P. 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
1 1
2 2* 2 2 2* 2* 2 2* 2
3 3 3
4 4 4* 4 4
5 5 5*
6 6 6*
7 7*
8 8* 8 8
9 9 9 9
10
11 11
12 12
13
14

• Total: Seattle with 12 higher finishes, Vancouver with 2.

See also

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References

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