the first league game was played on march 19, 2011 against vancouver whitecaps fc. it was the first match between two canadian clubs in major league soccer history. dwayne de rosario scored the 8,000th goal in league history in a match against the vancouver whitecaps. the first home match was march 26, 2011 versus the other 2011 expansion club, portland timbers. the regular season ended on october 22, 2011.