VANCOUVER, BC – Major League Soccer announced on Monday that Vancouver Whitecaps FC winger Emmanuel Sabbi has been named to the MLS Team of the Matchday for Matchday 8 following his performance in the ’Caps 3–0 win over Sporting Kansas City on Friday night. The victory extended Vancouver's best-ever start to an MLS regular season and kept them atop the Supporters’ Shield standings with a 7W-1L-0D record (21 points).
Sabbi opened the scoring in the 13th minute, smashing home a loose ball off the crossbar. Fifteen minutes later, the product of Columbus, Ohio did well to keep the ball in along the right sideline before delivering a picture-perfect cross onto the head of Thomas Müller, extending the ’Caps lead to 3–0.  Sabbi now has four goal contributions on the season (2G, 2A) and earns his first selection to the MLS Team of the Matchday this year.
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Along with Sabbi, the 'Caps have had a heavy presence on the MLS Team of the Matchday through the opening weeks of the season, with midfielder Sebastian Berhalter (Matchday 1, Matchday 3, Matchday 4, Matchday 6), Brian White (Matchday 3, Matchday 4, Matchday 7), attacking midfielder Thomas Müller (Matchday 2), defender MathÃas Laborda (Matchday 4), defender Tristan Blackmon (Matchday 3), and head coach Jesper Sørensen (Matchday 3).
The 'Caps are back in action this coming Saturday, April 25 as they host Colorado Rapids at BC Place in their final home match at BC Place until August 1. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. PT. For tickets, visit whitecapsfc.com/tickets.