Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. New England Revolution 6/26/22 - Major League Soccer Picks & Predictions

The Vancouver Whitecaps host the New England Revolution on Sunday in a MLS inter-conference fixture. Vancouver is eighth in the Western Conference table at 6-2-8 on 20 points with a goal difference of -10. Vancouver pulled off a big upset on the road when defeating Dallas 2-0 last Saturday. Lucas Cavallini opened the scoring for Vancouver with a goal in the second minute and Deiber Caicedo added a second goal in the 44th minute.

Vancouver has lost only two of its 16 matches at home since returning to play at BC Place following the pandemic. The Whitecaps have won 11 matches over that stretch with three draws. Lucas Cavallini is the leading goal scorer for Vancouver with five, while four others have scored two goals apiece. Deiber Caicedo and Cristian Dajome are the leaders in assists with two each.

New England is seventh in the Eastern Conference table at 6-5-5 on 23 points with a goal difference of +1. New England was a 2-1 winner at home over Minnesota United in its most recent MLS fixture. Minnesota opened the scoring with a goal in the 37th minute but Dylan Borrero scored an equalizer for New England in the 53rd minute and Gustavo Bou scored the winner in the 69th minute for the Revolution.

New England rallied from a deficit to beat Minnesota last Sunday and only seven of New England's 16 matches in the MLS have been won by the club that has scored first. Carles Gil is the leading goal scorer for New England with four, while Gustavo Bou has scored three. Gil is also the leader in assists with six and Brandon Bye has four.