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Toronto FC–Vancouver Whitecaps rivalry
	First MLS game between Toronto and Vancouver.
	Toronto FC Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Location	Canada
First meeting	TOR 0–1 VAN; Can. Champ. (Jul 1, 2008)
Latest meeting	VAN 4–0 TOR; MLS (Apr 6, 2024)
Statistics
Meetings total	34
Most wins	Tied (12 each)
All-time series	Toronto: 12; Draw: 10; Vancouver: 12
Largest victory	VAN 4–0 TOR; MLS (Apr 6, 2024)
Largest goal scoring	TOR 3–4 VAN; 2016 MLS; TOR 5–2 VAN; 2018 Can. Champ.
Longest win streak	Toronto (2); Jun 29–Jul 2, 2011; May 23–Jul 11, 2012; Aug 18–21, 2020
Longest unbeaten streak	Toronto (6); May 18, 2011–Jul 11, 2012
Current win streak	Vancouver (2); Sep 16, 2023–present
Current unbeaten streak	Vancouver (6); Sep 5, 2020–present
	BC Place BMO Field

The Toronto FC–Vancouver Whitecaps FC rivalry is an intra-Canadian soccer rivalry between Major League Soccer clubs Toronto FC and the Vancouver Whitecaps FC. It is a competitive rivalry that was first contested in 2008 (as Toronto FC started playing in 2007), however supporters of both clubs recognize that it is fueled by rivalries between previous iterations of the Vancouver Whitecaps, and other former Toronto based teams throughout the 1970s, 80s, and 90s. Toronto and Vancouver have met in five Canadian Championship finals, making it the most common finals fixture in the history of the competition. They are also the only current Canadian clubs who have won a first division U.S. based league championship, with the Vancouver Whitecaps winning the 1979 North American Soccer League, and Toronto FC having won the 2017 MLS Cup.

History[edit]

Summary[edit]

Toronto		Vancouver
Incarnation	Name(s)	Incarnation	Name(s)
NASL (1971–1984)	Toronto Metros	NASL (1974–1984)	Vancouver Whitecaps
	Toronto Metros-Croatia (1975)
	Toronto Blizzard (1979)
CSL/APSL (1986–1993)	Toronto Blizzard	CSL/APSL/USL (1986–2010)	Vancouver 86ers
APSL (1994–1995)	Toronto Rockets		Vancouver Whitecaps (2001)
USL (1997–2006)	Toronto Lynx		Vancouver Whitecaps FC (2003)
MLS (2007–)	Toronto FC	MLS (2011–)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Before 2007[edit]

2007–2010[edit]

Major League Soccer era[edit]

Results[edit]

Competitive fixtures
Season	Competition	Date	Home team	Result	Away team	Venue	Series
2008	Canadian Championship	Jul 1, 2008	Toronto FC	0–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	BMO Field, Toronto	VAN 1–0–0
2008	Canadian Championship	Jul 9, 2008	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–2	Toronto FC	Swangard Stadium, Burnaby	VAN 1–0–1
2009	Canadian Championship	May 6, 2009	Toronto FC	1–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	BMO Field, Toronto	Tied 1–1–1
2009	Canadian Championship	Jun 2, 2009	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–0	Toronto FC	Swangard Stadium, Burnaby	VAN 2–1–1
2010	Canadian Championship	May 19, 2010	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0–0	Toronto FC	Swangard Stadium, Burnaby	VAN 2–1–2
2010	Canadian Championship	Jun 2, 2010	Toronto FC	0–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	BMO Field, Toronto	VAN 2–1–3
2011	Major League Soccer	Mar 19, 2011	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	4–2	Toronto FC	Empire Field, Vancouver	VAN 3–1–3
	Canadian Championship	May 18, 2011	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–1	Toronto FC	Empire Field, Vancouver	VAN 3–1–4
	Major League Soccer	Jun 29, 2011	Toronto FC	1–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	BMO Field, Toronto	VAN 3–2–4
	Canadian Championship	Jul 2, 2011^[a]	Toronto FC	2–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	BMO Field, Toronto	Tied 3–3–4
2012	Canadian Championship	May 16, 2012	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–1	Toronto FC	BC Place, Vancouver	Tied 3–3–5
	Canadian Championship	May 23, 2012	Toronto FC	1–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	BMO Field, Toronto	TOR 4–3–5
	Major League Soccer	Jul 11, 2012	Toronto FC	3–2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	BMO Field, Toronto	TOR 5–3–5
2013	Major League Soccer	Mar 2, 2013	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–0	Toronto FC	BC Place, Vancouver	TOR 5–4–5
2014	Canadian Championship	May 7, 2014	Toronto FC	2–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	BMO Field, Toronto	TOR 6–4–5
	Canadian Championship	May 14, 2014	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–1 (a.e.t)^[b]	Toronto FC	BC Place, Vancouver	TOR 6–5–5
	Major League Soccer	Jul 16, 2014	Toronto FC	1–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	BMO Field, Toronto	TOR 6–5–6
2015	Major League Soccer	Mar 7, 2015	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–3	Toronto FC	BC Place, Vancouver	TOR 7–5–6
2016	Major League Soccer	May 14, 2016	Toronto FC	3–4	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	BMO Field, Toronto	TOR 7–6–6
	Canadian Championship	Jun 21, 2016	Toronto FC	1–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	BMO Field, Toronto	TOR 8–6–6
	Canadian Championship	Jun 29, 2016	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–1	Toronto FC	BC Place, Vancouver	TOR 8–7–6
2017	Major League Soccer	Mar 18, 2017	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0–2	Toronto FC	BC Place, Vancouver	TOR 9–7–6
2018	Canadian Championship	Aug 8, 2018	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–2	Toronto FC	BC Place, Vancouver	TOR 9–7–7
	Canadian Championship	Aug 15, 2018	Toronto FC	5–2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	BMO Field, Toronto	TOR 10–7–7
	Major League Soccer	Oct 6, 2018	Toronto FC	1–2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	BMO Field, Toronto	TOR 10–8–7
2019	Major League Soccer	May 31, 2019	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–1	Toronto FC	BC Place, Vancouver	TOR 10–8–8
2020	Major League Soccer	Aug 18, 2020	Toronto FC	3–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	BMO Field, Toronto	TOR 11–8–8
		Aug 21, 2020	Toronto FC	1–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	BMO Field, Toronto	TOR 12–8–8
		Sep 5, 2020	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	3–2	Toronto FC	BC Place, Vancouver	TOR 12–9–8
2021	Major League Soccer	Apr 24, 2021	Toronto FC	2–2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Exploria Stadium, Orlando^[c]	TOR 12–9–9
2022	Major League Soccer	May 8, 2022	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–0	Toronto FC	BC Place, Vancouver	TOR 12–10–9
2022	Canadian Championship	Jul 26, 2022	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–1^[d]	Toronto FC	BC Place, Vancouver	TOR 12–10–10
2023	Major League Soccer	Sep 16, 2023	Toronto FC	1–2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	BMO Field, Toronto	TOR 12–11–10
2024	Major League Soccer	April 6, 2024	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	4–0	Toronto FC	BC Place, Vancouver	Tied 12–12–10

^ The second leg of the 2011 Canadian Championship Final was initially played on May 25, but was abandoned due to poor weather.
^ Toronto advanced 3–1 on penalties.
^ Toronto played many of their 2021 home games at the Exploria Stadium in Orlando, Florida due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.
^ Vancouver won 5–3 on penalties.

Exhibition
Competition	Date	Home team	Result	Away team	Venue
2012 Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic	Mar 3, 2012	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–0	Toronto FC	ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Bay Lake, Florida
2023 Coachella Valley Invitational	Feb 8, 2023	Toronto FC	0–3	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Empire Polo Club, Indio, California

All time results[edit]

Updated: April 6, 2024

Competition	Matches	Wins		Draws
Competition	Matches	TOR	VAN	Draws
Major League Soccer	17	6	8	3
Canadian Championship	17	6	4	7
Competitive Total	34	12	12	10

Cup and post-season results[edit]

Canadian Championship
Season	Round	Advanced	Score(s)
2011	Final	Toronto	3–2 on aggregate
2012	Final	Toronto	2–1 on aggregate
2014	Semi-finals	Toronto	3–3 on aggregate (5–3 p)
2016	Final	Toronto	2–2 on aggregate (away goals rule)
2018	Final	Toronto	7–4 on aggregate
2022	Final	Vancouver	1–1 (5–4 p)

Honours[edit]

Toronto	Competition	Vancouver
First division
1	League championships	5
1	Regular season titles	0
8	Domestic cup titles	3
10	Aggregate	8
Second division
0	League championships	2
0	Aggregate	2
10	Total aggregate	10

Players who played for both clubs[edit]

Transferred back and forth

Toronto, then Vancouver[edit]

Player	in Toronto	in Vancouver
Srdjan Djekanovic	2007	2005–2006, 2008
Chris Pozniak	2007	2008–2010
Marco Reda	2007	2009
Kevin Harmse	2008–2009	2004–2005, 2011
Matías Laba	2013	2014–2017
Robert Earnshaw	2013	2015
Aaron Maund	2012	2017–2019
Tony Tchani	2011	2017
Doneil Henry	2010–2014, 2022	2018–2019
Tosaint Ricketts	2016–2018	2019–2022
Richie Laryea	2019–2023	2023–present (loan)

Vancouver, then Toronto[edit]

Player	in Vancouver	in Toronto
Srdjan Djekanovic	2005–2006, 2008	2007
Diaz Kambere	2006–2008	2008
Kevin Harmse	2004–2005, 2011	2008–2009
Rick Titus	2000–2001	2008
Adrian Cann	2006–2008	2010–2012
Terry Dunfield	2010–2011	2011–2013
Eric Hassli	2011–2012	2012
Steven Beitashour	2014–2015	2016–2017
Doneil Henry	2018–2019	2010–2014, 2022

References[edit]

[1] The second leg of the 2011 Canadian Championship Final was initially played on May 25, but was abandoned due to poor weather.

[2] Toronto advanced 3–1 on penalties.

[3] Toronto played many of their 2021 home games at the Exploria Stadium in Orlando, Florida due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.

[4] Vancouver won 5–3 on penalties.

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