The Seattle Sounders are visiting the Vancouver Whitecaps on Thursday in Leg 1 of the Round of 16 in the Concacaf Champions Cup. Here is everything you need to know:
WHEN AND WHERE: Kickoff is at 7 p.m. PT at BC Place in Vancouver, Canada.
WHERE TO WATCH: The match will be available to watch on FS2 and TUDN.
LEG TWO SCHEDULE: The Sounders will host the Whitecaps in the return leg a week from Thursday from ONE Spokane Stadium in Spokane, Wash., as Lumen Field in Seattle continues its FIFA World Cup upgrades. The match will kick off at 8 p.m. PT on FS2 and TUDN.
2026 CCC FORMAT: Twenty-seven clubs from North America, Central America and the Caribbean will play in a tournament consisting of five rounds: Round One, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Final. Each round up until the final consists of a two-leg series using aggregate scoring to determine a winner. The final will be a single match on May 30.
TIEBREAKERS: If the two teams’ aggregate score is tied after two legs, whichever team scored more away goals will advance. If still tied, two 15-minute extra time periods will be played with the away goals rule no longer in effect. If still tied, a penalty shootout will determine a winner.​
HOW THEY QUALIFIED:
Sounders: 2025 Leagues Cup winner
Whitecaps: 2025 Supporters’ Shield standings
ROUND ONE RESULTS:
Sounders: Bye via Leagues Cup title
Whitecaps: Defeated Costa Rica’s C.S. Cartaginés 2-0 on aggregate
BEST CCC FINISH:
Sounders: Winner (2022)
Whitecaps: Runners-up (2025)
Heritage and History
Heritage Aqua is your front-row seat to the moments and matches that shape a season, loaded with meaning, milestones, and emotion. Be there against Real Salt Lake for the first home match on the new grass pitch installed for the FIFA World Cup, run it back for a 2025 playoff rematch vs. Minnesota, then close with our Fan Appreciation Match vs. LAFC on Decision Day.
PATHWAY TO GLOBAL COMPETITION: The winner of the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup will take place in the 2026 FIFA Intercontinental Cup as well as earn a berth into the next edition of the FIFA Club World Cup in 2029.
YEIMAR INJURY: Seattle will head into its CCC clash without one of its defensive mainstays, as center back Yeimar exited the Sounders’ win over St. Louis CITY SC last weekend with a hamstring strain.
(CASCADIA) CHAMPIONS CUP: Not only will the Sounders kick off their CCC run with an MLS opponent, they’ll do so against one of their bitter rivals in their noisy neighbors to the north. The ‘Caps boast one of the strongest teams in the region, coming up two matches short of completing an MLS Cup and CCC double last year, falling to Inter Miami and Mexico’s Cruz Azul, respectively.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Thomas Müller, M
No surprises here, as one of the generation’s best players is still thriving at 36 in what is now his first full season in Vancouver. The Bayern Munich and German national team legend has 11 goals and three assists in roughly 1,300 minutes in all competitions since joining Vancouver as a Designated Player last summer.
