SEATTLE, WASH. \u2013 Sounders FC (7-8-3, 24 points) fell 2-0 to first-place Vancouver Whitecaps FC (11-3-4, 37 points) on Sunday evening on the Emerald Queen Casino Pitch at Lumen Field. The loss extends Seattle\u2019s club-record losing streak in MLS play to seven, with the last league win coming on May 13. With the result, Vancouver clinches the 2026 Cascadia Cup, the regional competition between Seattle, Vancouver and Portland. Brian Schmetzer\u2019s side remains home to host Austin FC on Wednesday, August 19 (6:30 p.m. PT \/ Apple TV, 950 KJR AM, El Rey 1360 AM) before hitting road to face FC Cincinnati on Saturday, August 22 (4:30 p.m. PT \/ Apple TV, iHeartMedia Seattle, El Rey 1360 AM).\u00a0<\/p>\n
With the result, Seattle sits in 11th place in the Western Conference at time of writing with 24 points (7-8-3).<\/p>\n
Seattle faced Vancouver earlier this year in a two-leg series in 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup play, with the Rave Green winning by a 5-1 aggregate scoreline.<\/p>\n
Tonight was the 159th\u00a0all-time meeting between the two sides dating back to 1974 in the North American Soccer League. Sounders FC leads the series 76-55-28. In regular season play, Seattle holds an 18-12-11 advantage.<\/p>\n
Vancouver wins the 2026 Cascadia Cup with the result, earning nine points through three matches (3-0-0). Portland officially finishes second with six points and no games remaining (2-2-0), with the Rave Green finishing last, currently sitting on zero points with one match remaining (0-3-0).<\/p>\n
Tacoma Defiance players Charlie Gaffney and Xavi Gnaulati were available for selection tonight via Short-Term Agreement.<\/p>\n
Seattle next hosts Austin FC on Wednesday, August 19 on the Emerald Queen Casino Pitch at Lumen Field (7:30 p.m. PT \/ Apple TV, 950 KJR AM, El Rey 1360 AM).<\/p>\n
Seattle Sounders FC 0 \u2013 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1<\/p>\n
Venue:\u00a0Emerald Queen Casino Pitch at Lumen Field<\/p>\n
Referee:\u00a0Armando Villarreal<\/p>\n
Assistants:\u00a0Kathryn Nesbitt, Tyler Wyrostek<\/p>\n
Fourth Official:\u00a0Victor Rivas<\/p>\n
Weather:\u00a068 degrees and mostly cloudy<\/p>\n
VAN \u2013\u00a0Rayan Elloumi (Emmanuel Sabbi) 77\u2019<\/p>\n
VAN \u2013\u00a0Thomas M\u00fcller (Oliver Larraz) 82\u2019<\/p>\n
SEA \u2013\u00a0Jackson Ragen (caution) 56\u2019<\/p>\n
SEA \u2013\u00a0Paul Rothrock (caution) 86\u2019<\/p>\n
Seattle Sounders FC\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Andrew Thomas; Kalani Kossa-Rienzi (Kim Kee-hee 73\u2019), Alex Roldan (Charlie Gaffney* 85\u2019), Jackson Ragen, Nouhou; Peter Kingston, Snyder Brunell (Antino Lopez 58\u2019); Jes\u00fas Ferreira (Sebastian Gomez 36\u2019), Albert Rusn\u00e1k \u2013 captain, Paul Rothrock; Danny Musovski (Osaze De Rosario 73\u2019)<\/p>\n
Substitutes not used:\u00a0Stefan Frei, Stuart Hawkins, Ryan Sailor, Xavi Gnaulati\\, Charlie Gaffney\\<\/p>\n
*Tacoma Defiance player available via Short-Term Agreement<\/p>\n
Vancouver Whitecaps FC \u2013\u00a0Yohei Takaoka; \u00c9dier Ocampo, Mathias Laborda, Ralph Priso (Tristan Blackmon 66\u2019), Tate Johnson; Oliver Larraz, Andr\u00e9s Cubas; Jeevan Badwal (Rayan Elloumi 18\u2019), Thomas M\u00fcller \u2013 Captain, Cheikh Sabaly (Ryan Gauld 58\u2019); Emmanuel Sabbi (Nikola Djordjevic 87\u2019)<\/p>\n
Substitutes not used:\u00a0Isaac Boehmer, Sam Adekugbe, J.C. Ngando, Mihail Gherasimencov, Liam Mackenzie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEATTLE, WASH. \u2013 Sounders FC (7-8-3, 24 points) fell 2-0 to first-place Vancouver Whitecaps FC (11-3-4, 37 points)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[336,54569,477,116,8507,7323,54566,95],"class_list":["post-170639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-336","tag-app-news","tag-match-recap","tag-news","tag-press-release","tag-seattle-sounders-fc","tag-seavsvan-08-16-2026","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}