On Sunday, September 19th, the Vancouver Whitecaps will travel south of the border to take on the Colorado Rapids at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Vancouver will be traveling Down to Colorado to keep up with the fanatic playoff race in the Western Conference. Currently, the Caps are sitting in 9th in the west, and should they win against the Rapids; they will move into 8th and only one point shy of the six and seven seeds currently held by Real Salt Lake and LAFC. Getting a result will not be an easy task for the Caps as the Rapids are sat in third in the west, only three points behind Sporting KC, who are in first, but Colorado has also played two fewer games than Sporting.

Vancouver and Colorado have already played each other once before this season, and that came back in May at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah. Colorado got the better of the Caps that day, winning 1-0 on a super free kick in the 25th minute. There were no fans in attendance on that night in Utah, but there definitely will be this time around when the two sides meet in Commerce City in Colorado. Vancouver hasn’t beaten the Rapids since May of 2019, so Sunday will be a good opportunity for the Caps to get the monkey off their back.

However, history isn’t on Vancouver’s side in this fixture, as Colorado has gotten the better of the Caps in their head-to-head history. Out of the 25 games between the two sides, Colorado has won 11 times, Vancouver has won nine times, and there have been five ties. With the playoff race getting closer and closer in the West, these games coming down to the end of the season for Vancouver get increasingly more important. This will be a must-watch game for all Whitecaps fans.