The Seattle Sounders punched their ticket to the Concacaf Champions League quarterfinals with a 2-1 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps that gave them a 5-1 aggregate-goal victory in the series. The Whitecaps managed to make it interesting when they scored in the first half to make it 3-1 on aggregate, but the Sounders shored up their defense and then added a pair of second-half goals by Danny Musovski and Paul Rothrock to finish it out.
This marks just the second time the Sounders have won both legs of a CCC series and also runs their home unbeaten streak to 17 games, tying a franchise record they’ve previously achieved twice (from 2017-18 and 2020-21).
They will next face the winner of the FC Cincinnati-UANL Tigres Round of 16 series that concludes on Thursday. Cincinnati takes a 3-0 lead into Mexico.
Highlights
Stats
MATCH SUMMARY
Seattle Sounders FC 2 – Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Venue: ONE Spokane Stadium (Spokane, WA)
Referee: Oshane Nation
Assistants: Caleb Wales, Ojay Duhaney
Fourth Official: Steffon Dewar
Attendance: 5,126
Weather: 52 degrees and cloudy
SCORING SUMMARY
VAN – Jeevan Badwal (Brian White) 24’
SEA – Danny Musovski (Peter Kingston) 79’
SEA – Paul Rothrock (Peter Kingston) 83’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
VAN – Mathías Laborda (caution) 4’
VAN – Aidan Jackson (caution) 15’
SEA – Snyder Brunell (caution) 45+2’
VAN – Ryan Raposo (caution) 77’
VAN – Sebastian Berhalter (caution) 81’
SEA – Stefan Frei (caution) 89’
LINEUPS & STATS
Seattle Sounders FC – Stefan Frei – Captain; Kalani Kossa-Rienzi, Alex Roldan, Jackson Ragen, Nouhou Tolo; Snyder Brunell, Cristian Roldan; Jesús Ferreira (Peter Kingston 66’), Albert Rusnák (Nikola Petković 81’), Paul Arriola (Paul Rothrock 65’); Osaze De Rosario (Danny Musovski 65’)
Substitutes not used: Andrew Thomas, Max Anchor, Cody Baker, Antino Lopez, Sebastian Gomez, Georgi Minoungou
Total shots: 11
Shots on goal: 4
Fouls: 7
Offside: 0
Corner-kicks: 2
Saves: 4
Vancouver Whitecaps FC – Yohei Takaoka; Mathías Laborda, Ranko Veselinović, Andrés Cubas (Emmanuel Sabbi 38’), Tate Johnson; Ryan Raposo, Sebastian Berhalter (Jean-Claude Ngando 85’); Brian White (Rayan Elloumi 84’), Jeevan Badwal (Óscar Larráz 75’), Édier Ocampo; Ali Ahmed (Kevin Cabrera HT)
Substitutes not used: Alejandro Zendejas, Isaac Boehmer, Mladen Gherasimencov, Sebastian Schonlau, Belal Caicedo
Total shots: 13
Shots on goal: 5
Fouls: 15
Offside: 0
Corner-kicks: 5
Saves: 2
