Vancouver Whitecaps FC MLS   I wanted to discuss about the recent reverting of the Vancouver Whitecaps franchise that plays in MLS Like the few MLS teams that adopted the name from teams that played in the NASL from  the Vancouver Whitecaps were one of them This incarnated Whitecaps franchise are not the same franchise that established in NASL That reference is only valid as a recognition of the Legacy that the MLS team is a part of similar to the San Jose Earthquakes Seattle Sounders Portland Timbers This Vancouver Whitecaps franchise began playing as an MLS franchise along with Portland Timbers in  both franchise being treated as a new franchise established in  in MLS that began play in the  season