It is likely to be the strangest Vancouver - Montreal derby (if that’s the right term) of them all and hopefully for some time to come as well.
Sandy, Utah is the venue as the Whitecaps face the Snowflakes almost 1300 metres above sea-level.
For the first time this season Montreal goes into a game slightly the bookies’ favourite. You can get a best-priced 27/20 (+135) on the men from the East, while their Vancouver ‘hosts’ are listed at 39/20 (+195). It’s 2/1 the draw.
In other words the odds-makers call it close. It’s a tough one to predict given all the unusual conditions attached, with Montreal seeking to go unbeaten over the first four games of a new MLS season for only the second time in history.