CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP | VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC vs CAVALRY FC

Jul 14, 2026

Didn’t photograph soccer for awhile now and with the soccer World Cup is going on, it was very nice to get an opportunity to shoot Canadian Championship Quarterfinals game between Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Cavalry FC. Photographs for Imagn Images.

CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO100, F2.8, 1/3200

Prior to the game I setup in the media room and went out to take a few shots of the soccer pitch followed by some shots of players warming up before the match.

CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO100, F2.8, 1/5000

It was great to take some photos of Vancouver Whitecaps FC midfielder Thomas Muller, who I always enjoyed watching playing for Germany in the World Cups.

CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO200, F5, 1/2500
CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO100, F2.8, 1/4000

For the first half I started on Cavalry FC attacking side of the pitch.

CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO400, F6.3, 1/1000
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO800, F5, 1/3200
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO400, F6.3, 1/2000
CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO200, F2.8, 1/4000
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO400, F7.1, 1/1250
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO1600, F5.6, 1/2500
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO4000, F7.1, 1/640
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO4000, F6.3, 1/1000
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO4000, F4.5, 1/4000

Calgary finally scored in the second half, but since they needed to score at least 3 goals because of the two-legged aggregate format, there was not much of a goal celebration to photograph.

CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO4000, F7.1, 1/800
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO4000, F7.1, 1/640

I did get a few shots of the fans celebrating 🙂

CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO4000, F5.6, 1/4000
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO4000, F4.5, 1/2000

Rule number one, don’t get killed.. this one was a close one 🙂

CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO8000, F4.5, 1/3200

Vancouver Whitecups FC are moving up and Calgary are out.

CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO8000, F5.6, 1/2000
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO8000, F5.6, 1/1000
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO8000, F6.3, 1/1250

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