The teams just below the playoff cutoff line in Major League Soccer’s Eastern and Western Conferences meet Saturday when expansion Atlanta United visits the Vancouver Whitecaps for a match at B.C. Place.
Atlanta is riding a three-game unbeaten streak and is looking for its third win in a row as it makes its first-ever visit to Vancouver. Atlanta (5-4-3) sits seventh in the East, two points behind the New York Red Bulls.
Vancouver is seventh in the West, a point behind the LA Galaxy. The Whitecaps (5-6-1) lost two of their past three games, including a 1-0 defeat to D.