Vancouver Whitecaps v Real Salt Lake: Hosts ´daring to dream´ of titles, says White

Brian White said that the Vancouver Whitecaps are “daring to dream” astir what they could execute this play aft reaching the CONCACAF Champions Cup final.

White was connected people successful Vancouver’s 3-1 triumph successful their second-leg clash against Inter Miami, sealing a 5-1 aggregate triumph and a day against Cruz Azul successful the showpiece match.

Jesper Sorensen’s broadside person been successful good signifier this season, sitting apical of the Western Conference by 5 points aft 10 games of their campaign.

With 11 goals successful 16 games successful each competitions, White has been the driving unit successful the Whitecaps’ caller tally and insisted that helium had nary plans of slowing down.

“The fans had a tifo that said we allowed them to imagination again, and I deliberation that was the connection that the players brought arsenic well,” White said.

“We each person this dream, and we’re thrilled that Vancouver came retired to enactment america and that we tin bash this for them, and everyone who’s been astir the nine for truthful long.

“This has been rather a thrust for america and rather a thrust for [the fans]. The sky’s the bounds to what we tin execute this year.

“Hopefully, we tin enactment humble, cognize wherever we travel from, judge successful ourselves, and proceed to propulsion forward.”

WE’RE OFF TO THE SHOW!

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— Vancouver Whitecaps FC (@WhitecapsFC) May 1, 2025

But lasting successful betwixt an eighth MLS triumph of the play for Vancouver is Real Salt Lake, who are looking to physique connected their 3-1 triumph implicit San Diego FC past clip out.

Diego Luna stole the amusement with 2 goals astatine the Snapdragon Stadium, scoring twice, with the 21-year-old earning praise from caput coach, Pablo Mastroeni.

“I don’t deliberation we tin speech astir Diego processing anymore. He’s the guy,” Mastroeni told reporters.

“He’s the feline that plays with the spot connected his shoulder. He’s 1 of our champion defenders. He’s evidently the feline that’s putting the shot successful the backmost of the net. He’s doing it each for our group.”

Luna, however, was not getting carried distant by the sound astir his caller performances.

“For me, it doesn’t alteration what I’m doing connected the regular oregon what I’m trying to bash for myself and the vocation I’m trying to physique for myself,” Luna said of Mastroeni’s praise.

“He’s my coach, so, of course, he’s up there, right? But it’s conscionable similar anyone other talking oregon anyone other saying something.”

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Vancouver Whitecaps – Pedro Vite

Vite came disconnected the seat to people doubly successful Vancouver’s triumph implicit Minnesota connected Sunday.

He is the 4th Whitecaps player, and archetypal since Blas Perez successful 2016, to people aggregate goals disconnected the seat successful a regular-season match.

Real Salt Lake – Diego Luna

Luna bagged a brace successful Real Salt Lake’s triumph implicit San Diego, taking his tally to 5 MLS goals successful 9 appearances this season.

The American (18 goals, 15 assists) is besides 1 of conscionable six players successful MLS past to grounds astatine slightest 15 goals and 15 assists earlier turning 22.

MATCH PREDICTION: VANCOUVER WHITECAPS WIN

Vancouver are the 12th squad successful MLS past to grounds astatine slightest 23 points done their archetypal 10 matches of a season. Seven of the erstwhile 11 person gone connected to triumph the Supporters’ Shield.

RSL, though, person won 4 consecutive matches against Vancouver, each by 2-1 scorelines. It equals the longest winning streak by either squad against the different successful 33 all-time meetings (Whitecaps – 4 consecutive wins from 2014-15).

They person besides mislaid lone 2 of their past 8 matches successful Canada dating backmost to October 2019 (W5 D1). Prior to that, RSL had made 22 visits to Canada and recorded conscionable 2 wins (D3 L17).

OPTA WIN PROBABILITY

Vancouver Whitecaps – 53.8%

Draw – 23.7%

Real Salt Lake – 22.5%