Brian White Breaks VWFC MLS Era Goalscoring Record, ‘Caps Earn a Hard-Fought Road Point

April 27, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC News Release

HARRISON, NJ – It was a heated affair in the Garden State as Vancouver Whitecaps FC earned a tough 1-1 draw on the road against New York Red Bulls, after Brian White scored his historic 44th goal for the club.

On 17 points (5W-2L-2D), the ‘Caps equaled 2012 with their best start in MLS through the first nine matches

VWFC sit third in the conference, one point out of first with a game in-hand on both LA Galaxy and Real Salt Lake

With a +8 goal difference, the ‘Caps are tied with RSL for second best in the league, two behind Inter Miami CF

Whitecaps FC are the only team in MLS to have scored in every match this season

Whitecaps FC remain undefeated on the road in MLS action (3W-0L-1D) and have conceded a league best two goals away from home

The ‘Caps and FC Cincinnati share the best road record in MLS since June 24, 2023 at 7W-3L-4D

Vancouver are now 2W-1L-3D all-time at Red Bull Arena

With his goal, New Jersey product, Brian White is now the club’s leading goalscorer with 44 goals across all competitions in the MLS era. White has five goals and three assists in 10 games across all competitions this year

Ryan Raposo has increased his goal contributions to five in nine MLS appearances this season – two goals, three assists

The game began in lightning fashion, with New York Red Bulls calling Yohei Takaoka into quick action. Lewis Morgan tried twice to get past Takaoka after slipping in behind the ‘Caps defence, but the Japanese keeper came out big to deny both shots from the in-form striker. Takaoka was called to duty once again as his fingertips denied a dangerous cross into the box off a Red Bulls counter-attack inside 15 minutes.

Yet, despite being under heavy Red Bull pressure, it was Whitecaps FC that opened the scoring just a minute later. Pedro Vite sent Ryan Raposo through on the right side, who managed to cut it across the box. Brian White, making his return to his home state, neatly finished it to give the ‘Caps the lead. With that goal, White became the club’s all-time record goalscorer in the MLS era across all competitions.

White nearly made it a brace inside half-an-hour when he was sent through clean on goal, but was denied when trying to squeeze it underneath RBNY keeper Carlos Coronel. The Red Bulls continued to search for that equalizer in the first half, but were consistently denied by the likes of Ranko Veselinović, Mathías Laborda and Tristan Blackmon in…