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The Whitecaps will open their CONCACAF Champions League in Trinidad.

The CCL opener vs. Central FC at Ato Boldon Stadium goes Tuesday, Aug. 2.

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The Caps will host Central in a return fixture at the end of September at BC Place (Sept. 28).

In between are two matches vs. Sporting KC, first at home at the Dome on Aug. 23, then away at Childern’s Mercy Park in Kansas City on Sept. 13.

It will take more than two months to play out the group, with the Whitecaps’ trip to Trinidad opening the group — but the final match in group play won’t be until Oct. 19, when Central visits Kansas City. That could be the ultimate dead rubber for SKC, coming smack in the middle of their final two regular season matches: away to Real Salt Lake on Oct. 16, then home vs. San Jose on Oct. 23.

The Whitecaps’ two home matches will kickoff at 7 p.m. PT, while both away matches will go at 5 p.m. PT.

The addition of the Trinidad trip makes for quite the two weeks of travel for the Whitecaps: