Wondering how to use Whitecaps in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Whitecaps meaning
plural of whitecap
Using Whitecaps
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of whitecap
- In the example corpus, whitecaps often appears in combinations such as: the whitecaps, vancouver whitecaps, whitecaps fc.
Context around Whitecaps
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 10 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Whitecaps
- In this selection, "whitecaps" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, vancouver, former, front, road and russell stand out and add context to how "whitecaps" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include against the whitecaps and dallas and and vancouver whitecaps russell teibert. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "whitecaps" sits close to words such as ache, advani and afi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with whitecaps
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Yohei Takaoka stopped four shots for the Whitecaps. (8 words)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4 – Los Angeles Galaxy 2: Gauld continues hot. (11 words)
Toronto FC hosts the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday as both teams return to action after the international break. (18 words)
LA Galaxy midfielder Tyler Boyd, right, kicks the ball past Vancouver Whitecaps FC midfielder Andrés Cubas during the first half of a Leagues Cup group stage soccer match at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. on Sunday, July 30, 2023. (41 words)
Toronto FC's Jayden Nelson and Vancouver Whitecaps' Russell Teibert vie for the ball during the first half of the Canadian Championship soccer final, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, July 26, 2022. (31 words)
The Whitecaps are unbeaten in their last five road games in all competitions for the first time since a six-match run (5-0-1) from August to September 2021. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
Ahmed is one of three former Whitecaps FC 2 players who signed MLS deals with Vancouver in November after getting a taste of the first team last year.
A youth movement powered the Vancouver Whitecaps to their first win of the Major League Soccer season on Saturday.
Brian White added a goal and an assist for the Whitecaps (9-8-7, 34 points), who were opening a stretch of seven consecutive road matches.
Canadian defender Karifa Yao is one of the new players looking to make an impression with the Vancouver Whitecaps this season.
Dunfield was alternate captain when the Whitecaps were runner-up in 2011 and won the Voyageurs Cup with Toronto in 2012.
Gauld had put the Whitecaps in the lead once again in the 72nd minute, racing on to a flick from striker Brian White and calmly tucking the ball away.
LA Galaxy midfielder Tyler Boyd, right, kicks the ball past Vancouver Whitecaps FC midfielder Andrés Cubas during the first half of a Leagues Cup group stage soccer match at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. on Sunday, July 30, 2023.
Maarten Paes, who finished with three saves against the Whitecaps, and Dallas have not allowed more than one goal in the last 16 home matches.
Now retired a player, Tosaint Ricketts is working in the Vancouver Whitecaps' front office as a liaison with the club and player engagement department.
Ryan Gauld scored on a penalty kick late in the second half to rally the Vancouver Whitecaps to a 1-1 draw with Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night.
Striker Brian White and Scottish playmaker Ryan Gauld have contributed 25 goals for the Whitecaps this season, with White accounting for 14 of them.
The Whitecaps are unbeaten in their last five road games in all competitions for the first time since a six-match run (5-0-1) from August to September 2021.
The Whitecaps’ road woes continue as Vancouver dropped a 3-1 Major League Soccer match to host St. Louis City on Saturday night.
This year will mark the third time the Whitecaps have played in the competition, with the club's best result coming in 2016-17 when Vancouver reached the semifinals.
Toronto FC hosts the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday as both teams return to action after the international break.
Toronto FC's Jayden Nelson and Vancouver Whitecaps' Russell Teibert vie for the ball during the first half of the Canadian Championship soccer final, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, July 26, 2022.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4 – Los Angeles Galaxy 2: Gauld continues hot.
Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Vanni Sartini gestures while speaking with the fourth official during action against the Seattle Sounders in the first half at BC Place in September, 2022.
Yohei Takaoka stopped four shots for the Whitecaps.
Barred from the Vancouver Whitecaps’ first four games of the Major League Soccer season, the club’s head coach has had time.
Common combinations with whitecaps
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the whitecaps 35×
- vancouver whitecaps 28×
- whitecaps fc 11×
- whitecaps to 4×
- whitecaps are 4×
- whitecaps have 4×
- whitecaps on 3×
- minnesota whitecaps 3×
- whitecaps this 2×
- whitecaps were 2×