Vancouver Whitecaps host San Diego in Matchday 32 of MLS

Vancouver Whitecaps host San Diego in Matchday 32 of the 2026 MLS season, on 29 October 2026 at 05:30 Saudi Arabia and Damascus time, with the match broadcast on Apple TV.

Vancouver Whitecaps sit top of the Western Conference with 55 points from 31 matches, having recorded 16 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses, scoring 63 goals and conceding 32. San Diego, meanwhile, are 12th in the same conference with 35 points from 31 matches, with 8 wins, 11 draws and 12 losses, scoring 55 goals and conceding 58.

In their last five matches, Vancouver Whitecaps suffered two defeats, against Colorado Rapids 0-1 and Chicago Fire 1-3, against a single win over Austin 2-1, and two draws against St. Louis City 0-0 and Los Angeles FC 1-1.

San Diego's recent results have been mixed, drawing four consecutive matches against Seattle Sounders 2-2, Los Angeles Galaxy 2-2, Houston Dynamo 3-3 and Austin 3-3, before suffering a 1-4 defeat to New York Red Bulls.

In head-to-head meetings between the two sides, Vancouver Whitecaps have had the upper hand in recent encounters, winning 4-2 against San Diego on 24 May 2026 and 3-1 on 30 November 2025, while the match on 20 July 2025 ended in a 1-1 draw, and San Diego won 5-3 at Vancouver's ground on 26 June 2025.

Vancouver Whitecaps will be without six players through injury: Samuel Adekugbe, Kenji Giovanni Cabrera Nakamura, B. Al-Halbouni, Thomas Muller, Ryan Raposo, and Emmanuel Afriyie Sabbi. San Diego, meanwhile, are missing two players through injury: E. Al-Ashwuri and Oswald Gabriel Soh.