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The "deep sea" blue represents the maritime landscape of the Vancouver area and the "Whitecaps blue" indicates the reflection of the North Shore Mountains in the Pacific Ocean. The lighter shade of blue also alludes to the primary colour of the original Whitecaps, winners of Soccer Bowl 1979.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC is a Canadian professional soccer team based in Vancouver, British Columbia that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS). The Whitecaps are the 17th team of Major League Soccer and replaced the USSF Division 2 team of the same name, which was owned and managed by the same group that operates the MLS team, and which played through the conclusion of that league's 2010 season.
The Seattle Sounders–Vancouver Whitecaps rivalry is a soccer rivalry between Seattle Sounders FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC, both based in the Pacific Northwest region. The rivalry originated in the North American Soccer League of the 1970s, [1] with both cities reviving expansion teams, and has carried into lower-level leagues, including the A-League and USL First Division.
The 2025 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season will be the club's fourteenth season in Major League Soccer, the top division of soccer in the United States and Canada. Including previous iterations of the franchise , this will be the 48th season of professional soccer being played in Vancouver under a variation of the "Whitecaps" name.
The Whitecaps attendance at Empire Stadium grew to an average of 28,000 per game with playoff matches reaching the 32,000 capacity. [3] The team also recorded two tracks, with "White Is the Colour" (a takeoff on Chelsea 's " Blue Is the Colour ") becoming a hit on local radio during the run-up to their championship win.
Brewster Whitecaps, an American summer collegiate amateur baseball team; Minnesota Whitecaps, an American women's ice hockey team; Tampa Bay Whitecaps, a proposed name for the Tampa Bay Rays, an American major league baseball team; Vancouver Whitecaps (disambiguation), several current and former Canadian soccer clubs
Whitecaps FC plays its home games at BC Place. Vancouver Whitecaps FC is a Canadian soccer club in Vancouver, British Columbia. The club was moved up to Major League Soccer (MLS) after the ownership group of Greg Kerfoot, Steve Luczo, Jeff Mallett, and Steve Nash were awarded a franchise to play in Vancouver. [1]
The 2021 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season was the club's eleventh season in Major League Soccer, the top division of soccer in the United States and Canada. Including previous iterations of the franchise, this was the 44th season of professional soccer being played in Vancouver .