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Seattle Sounders FC<\/a> ousted Cascadia rivals Vancouver Whitecaps FC<\/a> 5-1 on aggregate in the 2026\u00a0Concacaf Champions Cup<\/a> Round of 16, following a 2-1 second-leg victory<\/a> on Wednesday evening in Spokane, Washington.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n The Sounders, who won 3-0<\/a> in the first leg at Vancouver’s BC Place, will face either FC Cincinnati<\/a> or LIGA MX’s Tigres UANL in the quarterfinals next month.\u00a0<\/p>\n Seattle nearly put the series to bed within the first minute of the match, though Albert Rusn\u00e1k<\/a> sent a close-range opportunity wide.<\/p>\n The Whitecaps responded by growing into the game, resulting in their lone goal (24′) via Jeevan Badwal<\/a>‘s guided curler from the top of the box, nestling into the top left corner despite a touch from goalkeeper Stefan Frei<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pressure mounted in the second half as Vancouver threw numbers forward in an effort to close the aggregate gap, but that only allowed Seattle to slam the door shut with a pair of goals at the other end.<\/p>\n First, Danny Musovski<\/a> equalized with a towering header in the 79th minute before Paul Rothrock<\/a> added the nail in the coffin on the counterattack in the 83rd minute.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n