St. Louis CITY SC can take over first place in the Western Conference when it hosts Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Wednesday, Oct. 14.
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St. Louis CITY SC will host Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 8:30 pm ET/5:30 pm PT at Energizer Park in St. Louis.
The matchup features a close Western Conference race, with St. Louis in second place on 50 points (14W-6L-8D) and Vancouver in first on 51 points (15W-7L-6D).
St. Louis enters the game riding a historic unbeaten stretch, having extended its run with a 6-2 victory over LA Galaxy on Sunday.
Carlo Holse scored a hat trick for St. Louis within the opening 21 minutes, while designated player newcomer Rafael Navarro added two goals and two assists in the win.
Vancouver, meanwhile, played to a 1-1 draw with LAFC on Saturday after Tristan Blackmon was sent off in the seventh minute.
Oliver Larraz and Denis Bouanga traded goals, and Vancouver secured a point while clinching its fourth straight Audi MLS Cup Playoffs berth.
St. Louis is unbeaten in 18 consecutive league games and 20 across all competitions, and the club can claim the all-competitions record outright and tie the league record (19) with a result against Vancouver.
A St. Louis win would also send the team atop the Western Conference and move it closer to its first Audi MLS Cup Playoffs trip since its inaugural 2023 season.
The preview also notes that St. Louis is pursuing another chance at silverware, with a US Open Cup final against the Columbus Crew looming on Oct. 21.
On Vancouver’s side, Brian White has 17 goals to lead the club’s all-time scoring and is among the Golden Boot conversation.
Vancouver captain Ryan Gauld is back after injury troubles, and Édier Ocampo made his senior debut for Colombia during the September/October international window, playing 83 minutes against Paraguay.
Yohei Takaoka co-leads MLS in clean sheets with 12 this season alongside Nashville’s Brian Schwake and LAFC’s Hugo Lloris.
The Whitecaps are looking to build on a 2025 run that included reaching the Concacaf Champions Cup and MLS Cup finals for the first time, and the club has maintained its place among the Western Conference’s top teams despite transferring USMNT midfielder Sebastian Berhalter to Middlesbrough this summer.
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