Vancouver Whitecaps Crush Philadelphia Union at BC Place
In a match held at BC Place in Vancouver, the Whitecaps demonstrated overwhelming superiority by defeating the Philadelphia Union with a resounding score. The game, corresponding to matchday 30 of the 2025 Major League Soccer regular season, was characterized by clear dominance from the home team, which enjoyed 57% of the ball possession.
From the start, the Whitecaps imposed their rhythm, although not without receiving some early yellow cards to T. Muller and T. Blackmon. M. Laborda opened the scoring in the 18th minute, assisted by S. Berhalter, quickly followed by E. Sabbi in the 24th minute, with an assist from A. Ahmed. T. Muller increased the lead with a penalty in the 29th minute.
Although M. Uhre of the Philadelphia Union managed to score, the goal was disallowed for offside thanks to VAR review in the 40th minute. Just before halftime, T. Muller converted another penalty, further widening the gap.
In the second half, the Whitecaps’ dominance continued. E. Sabbi scored his second goal of the match in the 61st minute, followed by R. Elloumi in the 80th minute. To close out the rout, T. Muller completed his hat-trick in the 88th minute.
Despite some attempts by the Philadelphia Union, which generated 10 shots, only 2 managed to be directed at the goal defended by the Vancouver goalkeeper. The Whitecaps, on the other hand, were much more effective, with 19 shots, 12 of them on target. The match was marked by a total of 6 yellow cards, three for each team, reflecting the intensity of the contest. Finally, Vancouver earned 9 corner kicks, showing the constant siege of the opponent’s goal, while their opponent managed a single corner.
Substitutions philadelphia union: at minute 45 M. Uhre came in and T. Baribo went out., at minute 45 A. Bedoya came in and K. Wagner went out., at minute 45 J. Bueno came in and D. Jean Jacques went out., at minute 63 I. Vassilev came in and B. Damiani went out., at minute 70 M. Iloski came in and N. Pierre went out.
Substitutions vancouver whitecaps: at minute 67 A. Ahmed came in and J. Nelson went out., at minute 68 D. Rios came in and R. Elloumi went out., at minute 68 E. Ocampo came in and T. Johnson went out., at minute 82 A. Cubas came in and J. Badwal went out., at minute 88 T. Blackmon came in and G. Bovalina went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Vancouver Whitecaps
Philadelphia Union
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