Match Centre: Vancouver Whitecaps vs San Diego
Cvetković 24′White 41′Gauld 66′Caicedo 76′Elloumi 90+4′
Valakari 83′
Player of the match Mathías Laborda 8.7
GolVolt rating 3.0GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
Turning point: 24' Cvetković, 1:0-
4 of 10
Vancouver Whitecaps turned that many shots on target into goals, from an xG of 2.5.
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4 → 2
Vancouver Whitecaps climb 2 places in the table. San Diego stay in place 25.
The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 1:0, from 61% to 78% (Vancouver Whitecaps).
How the match went
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90+6' · 4:1Vancouver Whitecaps 92%draw 6%San Diego 2%
90+6' · 4:1xG Vancouver Whitecaps 2.45xG San Diego 2.59
90+6' · 4:1Last 10 minutes: San Diego pressing (6:3 dangerous attacks)
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
xG 5.1.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 41′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 0.8 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 3.5 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Not much was at stake yet. Stakes: 0.3 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% xG 5.1, 5 goals, 36 shots.Plenty of chances and shots at both ends. Quality of play: 9.7 out of 10
Five goals or a hat-trick: the rating never drops below 3.0.
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 3.0more watchable than 30% of MLS matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
Highlights
Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. San Diego FC | Full Match Highlights | Brian White 100TH MLS GOAL!!
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How the match went
5 goals5 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 2' Manu Duahyellow card · foul
- 24' Goal: Aleksa Cvetkovićleft foot · assist: Laborda1:0
- 41' Goal: Brian Whiteheader · assist: Larraz2:0
- Half-time · 2:0
- 55' Jeppe Tverskovyellow card · foul
- 62' 3 substitutionsIngvartsen for BakambuAlvarado for GodoyZamblé for Pellegrino
- 66' Goal: Ryan Gauldheader · assist: Elloumi3:0
- 67' 2 substitutionsCaicedo for DiabyPriso for Larraz
- 74' 2 substitutionsMüller for GauldVeselinović for Blackmon
- 74' 2 substitutionsValakari for TverskovVazquez for Dreyer
- 76' Goal: Bruno Caicedoright foot · assist: Priso4:0
- 82' Tate Johnsonyellow card · time-wasting
- 83' Goal: Onni Valakariheader · assist: Vazquez4:1
- 83' SubstitutionGherasimencov for Johnson
- 90+1' Rayan Elloumiyellow card · foul
- 90+4' Rayan Elloumisecond yellow, sent off · second yellow card
- Full-time · 4:1
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Vancouver Whitecaps
San Diego
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Vancouver Whitecaps
- 32 Isaac Boehmer GK —
- 4 Ranko Veselinović DEF on
- 29 Mihail Gherasimencov DEF on
- 41 Nikola Djordjevic DEF —
- 6 Ralph Priso MID on
- 59 Jeevan Badwal MID —
- 13 Thomas Müller ATT on
- 14 Bruno Caicedo ATT on
- 22 Kwasi Poku ATT —
San Diego
- 1 CJ dos Santos GK —
- 3 Dagur Dan Thórhallsson DEF —
- 25 Ian Pilcher DEF —
- 8 Onni Valakari MID on
- 19 David Vazquez MID on
- 36 David Evra Mimbang Nyangono MID —
- 7 Marcus Ingvartsen ATT on
- 14 Bryan Zamblé ATT on
- 70 Alejandro Alvarado ATT on
Match sheet
- Coaches
- Jesper Sørensen Vancouver Whitecaps Mikey Varas San Diego
- Stadium
- Vancouver Stadium, Vancouver
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Vancouver Whitecaps Mathías Laborda
- 2. place · Vancouver Whitecaps Ryan Gauld
- 3. place · Vancouver Whitecaps Brian White
Vancouver Whitecaps
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Vancouver Whitecaps · 3 out
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Belal Halbouni Injured
since 23 Nov 2025 · return date unknown · 49 matches missed · Knee Bruise
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Kenji Cabrera Injured
since 30 Jun · return date unknown · 24 matches missed · Foot Injury
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Rui Modesto Injured
since 23 Oct · return date unknown · 1 match missed · Hamstring Injury
San Diego
No absences listed.
Injuries and suspensions as reported for this match.