The Vancouver Whitecaps came out of the international break with a home match against their Cascadian rival, Seattle Sounders. Heading into this one, there was not a lot of optimism among Whitecaps fans. Vancouver had started the season 0-3, with a goal differential of -3, whereas Seattle had started 3-0 and a goal differential of +7.
The Derby saw the 2019 debut of Russell Teibert and the Whitecaps debut of loanee left back Ali Adnan. While South Korean Inboem Hwang and Yordy Reyna started on the bench after lengthy flights home from international duty.