Nearly 50 years have passed since professional soccer teams from Kansas City and Vancouver first played in 1968 with three meetings between the Kansas City Spurs and the Vancouver Royals in the North American Soccer League.
May 19, 1968 - KC 2, VAN 2 (NASL)
June 2, 1968 - KC 2, VAN 1 (NASL)
June 26, 1968 - VAN 2, KC 0 (NASL)
Four decades would pass before the inter-city match-up resumed when the Vancouver Whitecaps FC entered Major League Soccer in 2011 and played Sporting Kansas City seven times in their first five seasons.