Whitecaps vs. Sounders: Highlights, stats, quotes

The Seattle Sounders scored one of their most impressive Concacaf road victories ever on Thursday, securing a 3-0 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps to seize control of their Round of 16 series. Paul Arriola scored a brace and Paul Rothrock added the capper while Stefan Frei got the shutout in his first appearance of the season. The return leg will be next Wednesday in Spokane.

Highlights

Stats

** MATCH SUMMARY**

Seattle Sounders FC 3 – Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0

Thursday, March 12, 2026

Venue: BC Place

Referee: César Ramos

Assistants: Alberto Morín, Marco Bisguerra

Fourth Official: Jesus Lopez

VAR: Erick Miranda

Attendance: 12,446

Weather: Indoors and 38 degrees

** SCORING SUMMARY**

SEA – Paul Arriola (Jesús Ferreira) 45’

SEA – Paul Arriola 58’

SEA – Paul Rothrock (Cristian Roldan) 70’

** MISCONDUCT SUMMARY**

None

** LINEUPS & STATS**

Seattle Sounders FC – Stefan Frei – Captain; Kalani Kossa-Rienzi, Alex Roldan (Antino Lopez 89’), Jackson Ragen, Nouhou; Cristian Roldan, Snyder Brunell; Jesús Ferreira (Peter Kingston 77’), Albert Rusnák (Nikola Petković 77’), Paul Arriola (Paul Rothrock 62’); Osaze De Rosario (Danny Musovski 62’)

Substitutes not used: Andrew Thomas, Max Anchor, Cody Baker, Sebastian Gomez, Yu Tsukanome

Total shots: 10

Shots on goal: 5

Fouls: 7

Offside: 1

Corner-kicks: 2

Saves: 2

Vancouver Whitecaps FC – Yohei Takaoka; Édier Ocampo, Tristan Blackmon (Ralph Priso HT), Mathías Laborda, Tate Johnson; Sebastian Berhalter, Oliver Larraz (Jeevan Badwal 75’); Emmanuel Sabbi (Cheikh Sabaly 62’), Thomas Müller, Kenji Cabrera (Aziel Jackson 82’), Rayan Elloumi (Brian White 62’)

Substitutes not used: Abraham Zendejas, Isaac Boehmer, Mihailo Gherasimencov, Nikola Djordjevic, Jean Claude Ngando

Total shots: 16

Shots on goal: 2

Fouls: 14

Offside: 0

Corner-kicks: 11

Saves: 2

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