The 2021 Vancouver Whitecaps FC season was the club's eleventh season in

Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States. The league comprises 29 teams—26 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada ...

, the top division of

soccer in the United States Soccer in the United States is run by different organizations. The United States Soccer Federation (USSF) governs most levels of soccer in the country, including the national teams, professional leagues, and amateur leagues, being the highest ...

and Canada. Including previous iterations of the franchise, this was the 44th season of professional soccer being played in Vancouver. Due to COVID-19 cross-border restrictions imposed by the Canadian government, Vancouver Whitecaps FC along with two other Canadian MLS teams began playing home matches in the United States at the start of the season while also sharing stadiums with other American MLS teams. The team temporarily played home matches at Real Salt Lake's Rio Tinto Stadium at Sandy, Utah at the start of the season. On July 23, MLS announced that the Whitecaps will play home matches in Vancouver in August. On August 27, the Whitecaps parted ways with head coach Marc Dos Santos and assistant coach Phillip Dos Santos.

Vanni Sartini Vanni Sartini (born 14 November 1976) is an Italian professional football coach, who is the head coach of Major League Soccer club Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Early life Sartini was born in Florence, Italy, to a teenage couple - both his parents ...

was named as acting head coach.

Current roster

Transfers

In

Transferred in

Loans In

Out

Transferred out

Loans out

Major League Soccer

Preseason

Regular season

League tables

= Western Conference

= Overall

Results

Matches

Playoffs

Canadian Championship

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goalscorers

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

Notes

References

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