After winning Group C at the Academy Playoffs, Whitecaps FC U-16 Residency have advanced to the quarterfinal stage for the third time. The U-16s will host Seattle Sounders FC Academy this coming Thursday, July 6, 6 p.m. PT at UBC's Ken Woods Field. The winner of that match will move on to the final four, taking place from July 14-16 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, California.
As Northwest Division rivals, Whitecaps FC and Sounders FC played three times at the U-16 level during the 2016-17 Development Academy season. Seattle won the first match 3-0 at SFU on October 29, but the ‘Caps responded with a pair of 2-0 road victories at Starfire Sports Complex, first on March 11, then in the regular season finale on May 31 to clinch the Northwest Division title.