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Dénis Bouanga scored his league-leading 20th goal of the season for Los Angeles FC, but Ali Ahmed answered in the second half for Vancouver as the defending champions and the Whitecaps played to a 1-1 draw in a regular-season finale on Saturday night. Bouanga, who entered the final day of the regular season with a two-goal lead, wrapped up the Golden Boot Award when he took a pass from Ilie Sánchez in the 34th minute and scored to give LAFC (14-10-10) the lead.

Yohei Takaoka finished with five saves for Vancouver to offset Stefan Frei's league-leading 13th clean sheet of the season as the Whitecaps played the Seattle Sounders to a scoreless draw on Saturday night. Frei did not face a shot on goal in posting his shutout for the Sounders (13-9-11), who would have clinched a top-four seed in the Western Conference with a victory. Seattle extends its unbeaten streak at home to eight, going 3-0-5 in the run.

Vancouver (11-8-8) has secured 10 of a possible 12 points after four games of a seven-game road trip. The Whitecaps were winless in their first seven road games (0-4-3) this season. Toronto (4-14-10) was looking for its first back-to-back league wins since August 2022.

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Jaineil Hoilett contract and salary cap details, contract breakdowns, dead money, and news.

Richmond Laryea contract and salary cap details, contract breakdowns, dead money, and news.

Ranko Veselinovic contract and salary cap details, contract breakdowns, dead money, and news.

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Andres Cubas contract and salary cap details, contract breakdowns, dead money, and news.

The Whitecaps are coming off a 3-2 win over Los Angeles FC last Saturday, and they're unbeaten in their last five games.