Elke Porter | Westcoast German News | Wednesday, March 18, 2026 The matchday experience has been reimagined through a concept known as The Last Mile, visualized here as a vibrant river of fans flowing along the False Creek seawall. This is not a static viewing area, but a dynamic, pedestrian-only spectator corridor designed to build…
Prost, Vancouver! ERDINGER Weissbräu Partners with the Whitecaps in a Match Made in Bavaria Vancouver Whitecaps FC have announced a new official partnership with ERDINGER Weissbräu, one of Germany’s most celebrated wheat beer producers, naming the Bavarian brewery the Official Import Beer of the club through the 2026 season. The deal reflects not only a…
A Historic Sunday at BC Place — March 15, 2026 Even before a single ball was kicked, Sunday’s match against Minnesota United FC had already earned a nickname among the faithful: The Cherry Blossom Match. Vancouver’s iconic pink blooms were in full splendour around the city, and the Whitecaps community leaned into the season with…
It was August 17, 2025, and Vancouver’s BC Place buzzed with an electricity the city hadn’t felt since the Stanley Cup Final. A German legend had landed — not just in British Columbia, but in our hearts. Thomas Müller, the Raumdeuter, the man who turned Bayern Munich’s pitch into a personal canvas for 25 years,…
Westcoast German News | World Cup 2026 Series — 94 Days to Go In just 94 days, the world stops. The 2026 FIFA World Cup — the largest in the tournament’s history — kicks off on Thursday, June 11, 2026, with an opening ceremony and first match at one of football’s most hallowed grounds: the…
100 Tage bis zum Anpfiff: Vancouvers Wirtschaft im FIFA-Fieber VANCOUVER – Gestern verwandelte sich der Corner Club im BC Place in ein strategisches Hauptquartier für die lokale Wirtschaft. Unter dem Titel „100 Days to Kickoff: The Business of the Beautiful Game“ lud das Greater Vancouver Board of Trade zu einem Briefing ein, das keinen Zweifel…
From our sports correspondent Elke Porter | Westcoast German News *All Photos by Porter — shot live and at full speed at BC Place on Saturday, February 28, 2026. It was an evening Vancouver fans had been waiting a long time for. Thomas Müller — the great tactician, the “Raumdeuter,” the man with the famous…
World Cup 2026: Why Switzerland Is Still Waiting While Other Groups Are Fully Set As excitement builds toward the FIFA World Cup 2026, not all groups are equally settled — and that is exactly what is creating tension for Swiss fans. While Group E (featuring the Germany national football team) already has all four teams…
Ein Spiel, das man nicht verpassen darf: Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Toronto FC BC Place ist bereit — und es gibt gleich mehrere Gründe, dabei zu sein. Fußballfreunde an der Westküste, aufgepasst! Die Vancouver Whitecaps empfangen dieses Wochenende Toronto FC im BC Place — und für deutschsprachige Fans bietet diese Partie gleich mehrere Gründe, sich ein…
Foreign Languages: Homages to the Misunderstood Dal Schindel Gallery, Regent College | April 8 – May 30, 2026 The Dal Schindel Gallery at Regent College is proud to present Foreign Languages: Homages to the Misunderstood, a landmark exhibition by Vancouver-based artist Brigitte Potter-Mael. Running from April 8 to May 30, 2026, this retrospective draws together…
VANCOUVER — It started quietly. Very quietly. When the referee’s whistle kicked off Wednesday night’s Concacaf Champions Cup second leg between the Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Costa Rica’s Club Sport Cartaginés at BC Place, only a handful of fans dotted the lower bowl. The cavernous stadium felt almost surreal for a continental knockout tie —…
VANCOUVER, BC – The Vancouver Whitecaps have locked up one of their most important players, announcing on Tuesday that Paraguayan midfielder Andrés Cubas has signed a contract extension that will keep him at the club through the 2028 season. Who Is Andrés Cubas? Cubas, 29, first arrived in Vancouver back in April 2022 after being…
