With the Voyageurs Cup win, he surpassed Toni Kroos as the most decorated German player ever<\/a>, adding the Canadian title to his resume, which is highlighted by two UEFA Champions League<\/a> titles and the 2014 World Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cToday I feel more about winning the Canadian Championship and not my personal collection of trophies. It\u2019s a nice number, but in the end, it\u2019s the feeling with the boys, with the crowds, and that\u2019s what I\u2019m looking for and what\u2019s enjoyable for me,\u201d M\u00fcller told reporters post-match, while rushing to get back to the celebrations.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt was another good step in a decisive game, but at the moment, I just want to keep it short and go back to the boys to celebrate.\u201d<\/p>\n This is becoming a common event \ud83d\ude09@WhitecapsFC<\/a> lift their fourth-straight Canadian Championship trophy. \ud83c\udfc6\ud83c\udfc6\ud83c\udfc6\ud83c\udfc6pic.twitter.com\/2u86mqsWBe<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Major League Soccer (@MLS) October 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n The Whitecaps were heavy favourites entering the match, sitting fifth in MLS while taking on the last-place team in the CPL, the Canadian first division, which features a lower level of play and looked the part.\u00a0<\/p>\n M\u00fcller\u2019s piercing pass set up Canadian international winger Ali Ahmed, who scored a brace\u2014in the fifth minute to open the scoring, before netting a penalty in the 10th minute, marking the 2\u20130 lead and the 300th goal of his professional career with the Whitecaps<\/a>, Bayern Munich and Germany.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cDid you count the goals in training too?\u201d the 36-year-old German quipped as Whitecaps FC staff handed him a celebratory 300 goals cake <\/a>ahead of the Voyageurs Cup trophy presentation, before adding later, \u201ctoday is a good day for us, for the Whitecaps. We won a final and I know we were the clear favourites before this game, but we took it seriously from the beginning, and I think in the end, it was a well-deserved win.\u201d<\/p>\n Ryan Gauld (left) came into the match for Thomas M\u00fcller (right), returning from over six months of injury. \/ Elizabeth Ruiz Ruiz\/Getty Images<\/p>\n It was an embrace Whitecaps<\/a> supporters had been waiting for, as M\u00fcller stepped off the pitch in the 79th minute and handed the armband to longstanding captain Ryan Gauld to finish off the match.\u00a0<\/p>\n For Gauld, a Scottish international and key star for the Whitecaps, it marked his first involvement since March 8, when he suffered a knee injury against CF Montr\u00e9al<\/a>, which ended up holding him out for 208 days.<\/p>\n How we’ve missed you! Gauldy secures his first within 4 minutes on the pitch! \ud83d\udc4a#VWFC<\/a> | #CanChamp<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/hhUHeaVIvX<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 X – Vancouver Whitecaps FC (@WhitecapsFC) October 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n It did not take long for the player dubbed the MLS \u201cWorking Class MVP\u201d to make his impact, either, scoring on one of his first touches before celebrating with the ball in his shirt, a celebration he had been waiting to do as he and his wife await a child.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been waiting a long time to do that… my wife\u2019s been pregnant for seven months. I waited a long time to do it, and I\u2019m happy my first goal in my first game back,\u201d Gauld said after the match. \u201cI don\u2019t think you\u2019ll ever get tired of winning trophies, and it\u2019s nice to have the fourth one now, and hopefully it\u2019s not our only one this year.\u201d<\/p>\n The Raumdeuter strikes for his 300th career goal for club and country \ud83e\udd2f\ud83d\udd25#VWFC<\/a> | #CanChamp<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/n0wkE8VJP5<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 X – Vancouver Whitecaps FC (@WhitecapsFC) October 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n The Whitecaps are expected to be patient in ramping up Gauld\u2019s minutes. His return and potential with M\u00fcller likely raise the team\u2019s level, as they continue to build form ahead of the 2025 MLS Cup Playoffs, where they have already clinched a top-four seed in the Western Conference.\u00a0<\/p>\n Wednesday\u2019s victory secured the Whitecaps a spot in the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup as well, and Vancouver FC could also qualify for the tournament should the Whitecaps finish in the top four in the MLS Supporters\u2019 Shield table.\u00a0<\/p>\n Kings of Canada \ud83c\udfc6\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 pic.twitter.com\/lImW7Sxt2F<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Major League Soccer (@MLS) October 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Yet, it also marked the \u2018Caps 46th match in all competitions this season, but outside of a continued lengthy injury list, it isn\u2019t a number that concerns them\u2014especially as they dream of a successful nine more, with plans of lifting the club\u2019s first MLS Cup<\/a> on Dec. 6 to top it off.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI enjoy having a long season, because that\u2019s what I’m looking for playing football, to play, and not to lie on the beach,\u201d M\u00fcller added. \u201cI think it\u2019s very good to get this winning feeling, to confirm that we are able to win trophies, and sustain in tough moments.<\/p>\n \u201cI hope that gives us, in this last chapter of this season, this feeling together to get something bigger. I don\u2019t know too much about the last few years [of Whitecaps in the playoffs], but the first playoff round was always the last stage, so we want to go further, and then we will see, but that\u2019s our goal.\u201d<\/p>\n The Whitecaps return to MLS play on Saturday against the San Jose Earthquakes, followed by matches against Orlando City SC and FC Dallas to close out the regular season, before the first round of the MLS Cup Playoffs, which features a best-of-three series. <\/p>\n READ THE LATEST MLS NEWS, TRANSFER RUMORS AND GOSSIP<\/p>\n