{"id":601120,"date":"2026-04-13T12:09:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/601120\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T12:09:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:09:30","slug":"brian-white-vancouver-whitecaps-continue-record-pace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/601120\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian White &#038; Vancouver Whitecaps continue record pace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/vancouver-whitecaps-fc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Whitecaps FC<\/a> continued the best start in their MLS history Saturday night, improving to 6W-1L-0D, and they have a familiar hero to thank.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEver since Jesper [S\u00f8rensen] has come in, they\u2019ve tried to push me to be more comfortable on the ball. Whether it&#8217;s holding the ball up, switching sides. I\u2019ve pushed myself to be more selfish,\u201c said White.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2019Selfish\u2019 \u2013 like my half chances to really try and push myself and try and create goals. I just kept trying to score, my teammates giving me good passes, just kept trying and trying, and then finally, it fell in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old was active throughout against NYCFC and put seven shots on frame, repeatedly denied by USMNT goalkeeper\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/matt-freese\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Freese<\/a>, before being rewarded three minutes from full-time with a diving header inside the six-yard box.<\/p>\n<p>White then honored former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/red-bull-new-york\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Red Bull New York<\/a> teammate Bradley Wright-Phillips with his goal celebration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that he is now a little bit more dynamic in the part of our buildup, and also a guy who can turn and go in front against their goal. I also have to say that Freese had a very good game and he had some very good saves,\u201d said S\u00f8rensen, Vancouver&#8217;s head coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne or two might have been in another time, but I think in general, Brian plays well and looks to be in good shape. &#8230; it\u2019s nice to see that he is not bothered by a miss, even though, of course, everybody is. But he kept going, and in the end, he found the back of the net.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition, USMNT midfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/sebastian-berhalter\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sebastian Berhalter<\/a>\u2019s fifth assist of the season set up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/mathias-laborda\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Math\u00edas Laborda<\/a>\u2019s opening goal for Vancouver. They&#8217;re now atop the Supporters\u2019 Shield and Western Conference standings, leading the league in points (18), goals scored (19) and goal differential (+15) through Matchday 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vancouver Whitecaps FC continued the best start in their MLS history Saturday night, improving to 6W-1L-0D, and they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[214442,49,48,59211,24855,55,16534,227582],"class_list":["post-601120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-brian-white","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-match-reaction","tag-sendtonews","tag-vancouver","tag-vancouver-whitecaps-fc","tag-vanvsnyc-04-11-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}