Vancouver, BC · MLS · men’s game · updated 23 September 2026
Vancouver Whitecaps is an MLS men’s soccer club in Vancouver, BC. On the Ranked XI national table it rates 1937 (from real league standings), #2 in MLS and #2 of 2,142 rated men’s clubs in the US soccer pyramid. Figures updated 23 September 2026. Its league and national positions are the same number this week — MLS supplies the top 2 men’s clubs in the country. Nearest rated rival: Western Washington University Vikings (NCAA Division II, 1432).
Real league standings. The division publishes a table but not usable match-by-match results, so the rating is fitted to points and goal difference and moves as the table moves. Cross-league placement is calibrated on roughly 600 U.S. Open Cup results, the only competition where clubs from different tiers actually play each other — full methodology.
Vancouver Whitecaps is #2 of 2,142 rated men’s clubs in the United States, and #2 of 30 rated clubs in MLS. Both figures come from the same scale, so the national number already accounts for every league above and below MLS. In British Columbia it is #1 of 2 rated clubs (state table).
| Competition | Titles | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Western Conference (Playoffs) | 1 | 2025 |
| MLS Best XI | 2 | 2015, 2017 |
| Tristan Blackmon | 1 | 2025 |
| Sebastian Berhalter | 1 | 2025 |
| MLS Defender of the Year Award | 1 | 2025 |
| George Cross Memorial Trophy | 1 | 2015 |
| Best Young Canadian Player Award | 1 | 2022 |
| MLS Sporting Executive of the Year | 1 | 2025 |
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