White sends Vancouver Whitecaps to quarterfinals on away goals | OneFootball

TORREON, Mexico – CF Monterrey and Vancouver Whitecaps FC played to a 2-2 draw in the second leg of their Round of 16 series, with the Canadian advancing on away goals with a 3-3 draw on aggregate, on Wednesday in the 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup at Estadio Corona in Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico.

Sergio Canales opened the scoring for Rayados in the 4’ when he fired home a cross from Luis Reyes.

Édier Ocampo netted the equalizer in the 56’ as Vancouver pieced together an excellent build-up play to break down the Monterrey defense.

Brian White, who subbed on in the second half, came up clutch as he snuck behind the defense and scored a go-ahead strike in the 78’ for Whitecaps FC.

White has now scored five career goals in the Champions Cup, tying Cristian Techera for the most in Whitecaps FC history in the modern era of the tournament.

Sergio Ramos converted a penalty kick chance in the 90’+7 after a handball in the box was called on Vancouver. The Rayados captain equalized the aggregate, but the Mexican side could not earn the additional goal to avoid elimination.

The MLS side advances to the quarterfinals, where it will face either Pumas UNAM or LD Alajuelense.

Post-Match data

Vancouver Whitecaps are the second MLS team to advance against

a Liga MX team in the modern era of the Concacaf Champions Cup (since

2008) after failing to win the first leg at home, joining Columbus Crew,

who did so against Tigres in the quarter-finals in 2024.

● Monterrey have scored at least one goal in their last 26 home

matches in the Concacaf Champions Cup (W21 D3 L2), the longest streak

in the modern era of the competition (since 2008).

● Sergio Ramos played his 1000th game as a professional tonight

against Vancouver Whitecaps. The Spaniard played 671 games with Real

Madrid, 180 with the Spanish national team, 87 with Sevilla, 58 with PSG

and today’s was his fourth with Monterrey.

● Vancouver Whitecaps scored their first goal in Mexico in Concacaf

Champions Cup play, thanks to Édier Ocampo’s strike, in their third match

on Mexican soil in the competition. The Whitecaps had hit only two shots

on target in their two-plus matches in Mexico in the competition before

Ocampo’s goal.

● Sergio Canales goal, at 3:10, was the fastest for Monterrey in the

Concacaf Champions Cup since Maximiliano Meza’s strike at 2:43

against Columbus Crew in the 2021 quarter-finals.

● Vancouver’s Ali Ahmed was fouled six times tonight against

Monterrey, tied with Ian Fray for the most fouls won in a single Concacaf

Champions Cup game in 2025.

● Three of Brian White’s five goals in the Concacaf Champions Cup

have been scored as a substitute. He is tied for the most goals by a

substitute in the competition since 2023 along with Giacomo Vrioni