VANCOUVER, BC – After a 5-0 win over San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday night at BC Place, the club's first ever playoff victory in the MLS era, Vancouver Whitecaps FC have advanced to the Western Conference Semifinals for the second time in three years and will face arch-rivals Seattle Sounders FC in a tantalizing two-leg aggregate series.
The first leg takes place this coming Sunday, October 29 at BC Place. Tickets for the match are on sale now at ticketmaster.ca/whitecapsfc. Kickoff will be at 5:30 p.m. PT. The second leg of the Conference Semifinal series against Sounders FC will take place on Thursday, November 2 at CenturyLink Field in Seattle.
All Whitecaps FC matches in the Audi 2017 MLS Cup Playoffs are broadcast live on TSN and on TSN Radio Vancouver.
The last time that Whitecaps FC made it to the Conference Semifinals was in 2015, as they fell 2-0 on aggregate to Portland Timbers. A crowd of 27,837 packed the lower bowl for the second leg at BC Place.
The other Western Conference semifinal series will see top seed Portland Timbers face the winner of Thursday’s Knockout Round match between Houston Dynamo and Sporting Kansas City.
Should the ‘Caps win their Conference Semifinal series against Seattle, they will advance to the Western Conference Championship series, which will also take place over two legs. The first leg will be on Tuesday, November 21, with the return leg on Thursday, November 30.
MLS Cup will be played on Saturday, December 9 at the home venue of the finalist with the best regular season record.
PLAYOFF SCHEDULE
Western Conference Semifinals
First Leg – Seattle at Vancouver – BC Place
Sunday, October 29 - 5:30 p.m. PT
Second leg – Vancouver at Seattle – CenturyLink Field
Thursday, November 2 - kickoff time TBC
Western Conference Championship
First Leg – Tuesday, November 21
Second Leg – Thursday, November 30
MLS Cup
Saturday, December 9
