Vancouver Whitecaps FC have unveiled a 40-metre scarf at BC Place and say their Round One opener is set for Nov. 22.
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The Vancouver Whitecaps FC say the playoff atmosphere is already building at BC Place, where a giant club scarf now hangs above Terry Fox Plaza.
The scarf measures 40 metres (130 feet) and was installed on Monday by Whitecaps FC preferred supplier Blast Media.
Whitecaps FC say 10 scarves will be offered at a free “Take a Free Scarf” billboard on the Arbutus Greenway at 12th Avenue and Arbutus Street next week, with scarves distributed on a first-come, first-served basis as the billboard is restocked periodically throughout the playoffs.
Tickets for the MLS Cup Playoffs Game 1 on Sunday, November 22, are also available for the upper bowl, according to the club. Whitecaps FC directed fans to ticketmaster.ca/whitecaps and provided contact emails for premium suites and group tickets: premium@whitecapsfc.com and groups@whitecapsfc.com.
Whitecaps FC’s Round One Best-of-3 series schedule starts with Game 1 on Sunday, November 22 at 6:30 p.m. from BC Place. Game 2 is scheduled for Friday, November 27 at 8 p.m. at either Lumen Field or America First Field, with Game 3 (if necessary) set for Wednesday, December 2 at BC Place; kickoff time for Game 3 is listed as TBC.
In Round One, Vancouver will face the winner of the Western Conference Wild Card match between the eighth-seeded Seattle Sounders FC and ninth-seeded Real Salt Lake on Thursday, November 19 at Lumen Field in Seattle.
If a Wild Card or Best-of-3 series match is tied at the end of regulation, the club says there will be no extra time and the winner will be decided by penalty kicks. The first team to win two matches in the Best-of-3 series will advance to the 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs Conference Semifinals.
Whitecaps FC say the club qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs for the fourth consecutive season and the fifth time in six years, after setting club records during the 2026 regular season for points (64), wins (19), goals scored (74), goals allowed (34) and goal differential (+40).
The club also says the winner of Vancouver’s Round One series will advance to the Western Conference Semifinals to face the winner of the series between fourth-seeded San Jose Earthquakes and fifth-seeded Houston Dynamo. It lists the Conference Semifinals as Saturday, December 5 through Sunday, December 6, the Conference Finals as Friday, December 11 through Saturday, December 12, and MLS Cup on Friday, December 18 at either 6 p.m. PCT or 7 p.m. PCT, depending on the matchup.
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