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Vancouver Looks for a Soccer Savior After Whitecaps Pile Up Huge Losses

Plus: A genius inside Bank of Montreal

Players stand at midfield for the national anthems prior to the MLS match between Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Colorado Rapids at BC Place in Vancouver.Photographer: Elizabeth Ruiz Ruiz/Getty Images

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By Thomas Seal and Derek Decloet

May 1, 2026 at 9:31 PM UTC

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Can elite professional soccer survive in Vancouver? Time appears to be running out on the Vancouver Whitecaps, a club that’s near the top of the standings in Major League Soccer with eight wins in nine games but is, in financial terms, a big loser.