Welcome back, everyone.

Following a frustrating home loss to the Sounders in the Champions Cup, the Whitecaps are back at it on Sunday as they take on Minnesota United at BC Place.

The Loons have a fresh face in James Rodríguez, and they are 1-1-1 to start their MLS season, most recently falling 3-1 in Nashville.

As for Vancouver’s squad, Andrés Cubas is back for this match after serving his suspension in midweek. Otherwise, there’s no new team news to report.

Alright, on to rules and standings. On that note, I’m trialling moving the predictions over to a Google Form, as it could help me collect and tabulate the results more efficiently each week. Consider this a beta test for now.

If you have any issues using the Google Form — or if you don’t read this far down the page — feel free to leave your predictions in the comments as usual, and we’ll see how this goes over the next couple of weeks.

Guess the XI – Competition Rules

• Predictions are considered valid only if posted in the correct match thread before the official lineup is announced (typically about one hour before kickoff).

• You earn...