Match Report
Austin edged past Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1 on 13 September 2026. Christian Ramirez opened the scoring in the 28th minute for Austin, set up by Facundo Daniel Torres Perez, to make it 1-0. Brian White levelled it 49 minutes into the game for Vancouver Whitecaps, set up by Ryan Gauld, to make it 1-1. Austin regained the lead through Christian Ramirez 60 minutes into the game, set up by Joseph Rosales, to make it 2-1. Jon Bell (35'), Joseph Rosales (37'), Guilherme Biro (47'), Oliver Love Larraz (48'), Jesper Ingemann Sørensen (77') and Emmanuel Sabbi (80') were booked. Our current Elo ratings make Vancouver Whitecaps clearly the stronger side, by 223 rating points over Austin, even though it was Austin who won this one. On current ratings our Elo-Poisson model gives Austin only a 7.1% chance in this pairing, the least likely of the three outcomes. Austin are unbeaten in the latest 7 matches of their recorded form in Major League Soccer 2026.