If the world seems upside down right now, it isn’t because you’re a forlorn Pierre Poilievre supporter or distressed Donald Trump romantic. You must be a Vancouver sports fan.

Early May 2025 ought to be when we would be gathering feverishly to watch the Stanley Cup-contending Vancouver Canucks.

Early May 2025 also ought to be when we would be casting a trifling glance at the unlikely-to-matter Vancouver Whitecaps.

Yet here we are in the best of times, in the worst of times, a tale of two city franchises dashing in different directions, doing exactly what they ought not to be doing, disrupting their business models and fan bases. One is a new source of satisfaction, one a new source of sheepishness.

First, pinch yourself and squeeze hard, because it does not seem real that the Whitecaps are what the footie faction refers to as top of the table in Major League Soccer—the best squad, one loss in 11 games, in what the soccer seers were sure would be a sour season. Instead, it has mainly mauled the opponents, including not once but twice humiliating Lionel Messi, the world’s most accomplished player, in advancing past his Inter Miami club and into the CONCACAF final June 1.

This wasn’t supposed to happen.

Skepticism was grounded: a new coach........

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