- Thomas Müller scored his first two goals of the season. In 12 starts and 13 appearances in 2025, the German legend had nine goals and four assists
- With 11 goals, Müller has scored the most goals through his first 17 appearances in the 'Caps MLS era
- Brian White scored his first goal of the season. In 2025, the United States international scored a career high 24 goals with two assists in 29 starts and 36 appearances across all competitions
- With his 80th career goal for Whitecaps FC, White now sits alone in second place all-time in club history, behind only the great Domenic Mobilio with 170 goals
- Newcomer Cheikh Sabaly made his Whitecaps FC debut as a second half substitute
- Whitecaps FC kept a clean sheet for a fourth consecutive match to start the season, across all competitions, now totaling 360 minutes. In 2025, Yohei Takaoka led MLS with 13 clean sheets and set a club MLS era record with 16 total clean sheets
VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Whitecaps FC have claimed all six points from their opening two MLS regular season matches. The Blue and White ran roughshod over Toronto FC, with a clinical 3-0 victory in the Maple Leaf Matchup at BC Place on Saturday.
Thanks to a Thomas Müller brace, along with a historic Brian White goal, Whitecaps FC continued their unbeaten streak against Toronto FC. That streak is now extended to nine straight meetings across all competitions since 2020.
Whitecaps FC head coach Jesper Sørensen made four changes to his starters from the home leg of Concacaf Champions Cup Round One against CS Cartaginés on Wednesday.
Against TFC, Sørensen inserted MathÃas Laborda for Tate Johnson at left back, Andrés Cubas returned to the starting XI for Oliver Larraz, AZ took over from Emmanuel Sabbi on the left wing, and Thomas Müller started in place of Kenji Cabrera.
In the 12th minute, Sebastian Berhalter made a pretty flick-on for onrushing striker Brian White. After slipping past his marker, White cracked a low 16-yard shot that TFC ’keeper Luka Gavran stretched out to deny.
Müller came four feet from opening the scoring after he chipped back across goal to Berhalter. From the top of the box, Berhalter whipped a low pass that connected with the Raumdeuter’s left boot, but the subsequent deflection swerved wide of the far post.
Whitecaps FC played beautiful football to set up their first goal. After a mesmerizing breakout from their own box, White went skyward to nod a ball down the left wing to AZ. At full flight, he juked to his right, and was tripped by Walker Zimmerman for a Blue and White penalty kick.
From the spot, Müller cooly slotted home his first goal of the season. He sent Gavran the wrong way with a powerful drive into the left corner in the 25th minute.
The boys from the Village of Vancouver added an insurance marker before the half. Off a Berhalter corner kick that dipped to the far post, left back MathÃas Laborda headed the ball across goal for Müller, who deflected in his second of the match.
In barely half-a-season of matches, the German superstar has already covered himself in glory. With 11 goals scored in his first 17 matches across all competitions, Müller has notched the most goals for Whitecaps FC in the MLS era in that span.
In first-half stoppage time, another Berhalter banger from the flag deflected off TFC defenders and found White, who tapped in past Gavran. The American moved up to second place on the all-time scoring list for Whitecaps FC, with a total of 80 goals across all competitions. Now, White only trails the late Dominic Mobilio, who scored a prolific total of 170 goals with the club.
Takaoka was grateful to his back line. For the opening 45 minutes, the ’keeper faced no TFC shots on target, along with zero attempts. Come the end of the match, he was tested five times before collecting the clean sheet.
In the second half, Müller almost collected a hat trick with a 21-yard smash that streaked past Gavran – and barely cleared the crossbar.
With 20 minutes left, Sørensen put in new forward Cheikh Sabaly for his Whitecaps FC debut. The Senegalese international signed three weeks ago after being transferred from French Ligue 1 side FC Metz. The 26-year-old also won last year’s Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal.
Next up, Whitecaps FC will continue in MLS regular season play for a Cascadia Cup clash south of the border in Portland versus the Timbers on Saturday, March 7, at 7:30 p.m. PT. The match will be live on TSN and Apple TV, as well as 730 CKNW.Â
The Blue and White will then return home to lace up against their other Cascadia rival, Seattle Sounders FC, in the Round of 16 of the Concacaf Champions Cup. The home leg at BC Place is set for Thursday, March 12, at 7 p.m. PT. That match will be quickly followed by a Sunday, March 15 home match against Minnesota United FC at BC Place, with a 1:30 p.m. PT kickoff.
For ticket information, visit whitecapsfc.com/tickets.
MATCH DETAILS
Referee: Fotis Bazakos
Attendance: 24,533
Scoring Summary
25’ – VAN – Thomas Müller (penalty kick)
37’ – VAN – Thomas Müller (MathÃas Laborda, Sebastian Berhalter)
45’+2 – VAN – Brian White
Caution
66’ – VAN – Édier Ocampo
Statistics
Possession: VAN 58% – TFC 42%
Shots: VAN 14 – TFC 5
Shots on Goal: VAN 5 – TFC 3
Saves: VAN 3 – TFC 2
Fouls: VAN 14 – TFC 15
Offsides: VAN 1 – TFC 6
Corners: VAN 5 – TFC 1Â
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
1.Yohei Takaoka; 18.Édier Ocampo (28.Tate Johnson 71’), 33.Tristan Blackmon, 6.Ralph Priso, 2.MathÃas Laborda; 20.Andrés Cubas; 22.AZ (7.Cheikh Sabaly 71’), 13.Thomas Müller © (26.J.C. Ngando 71’), 59.Jeevan Badwal, 16.Sebastian Berhalter (8.Oliver Larraz, 87’); 24.Brian White (19.Rayan Elloumi 83’)
Substitutes not used
30.AdrÃan Zendejas, 32.Isaac Boehmer, 29.Mihail Gherasimencov, 41.Nikola Djordjevic
Toronto FC
1.Luka Gavran; 19.Kobe Franklin (44.Raheem Edwards HT), 25.Walker Zimmerman, 6.Kosi Thompson (12.Zane Monlouis HT), 22.Richie Laryea; 14.Alonso Coelio, 21.Jonathan Osario ©; 20.Dániel Sallói (78.Malik Henry 83’), 8.Jose Cifuentes; 10.Djordje Mihailovic; 11.Derrick Etienne Jr. (17.Emilio Aristizábal 83’)
Substitutes not used
23.William Yarbrough, 16.Adam Pearlman, 71.Markus Cimermancic, 76.Lazar Stefanovic, 99.Jules-Anthony Vilsaint
