Canada head coach Jesse Marsch alleged that the players were 'poisoned' after a MLS team left the tournament with illness for the second straight year.

The teamwide illness caps a disappointing week for the Whitecaps, who saw their impressive 15-game unbeaten streak across all competitions come to a crushing end with a resounding 5-0 defeat to Cruz Azul in Saturday’s Champions Cup final. Vancouver had been hoping to capture its first major continental trophy.

The Vancouver Whitecaps said a “significant number” of players who traveled to Mexico for last weekend's CONCACAF Champions Cup final have become ill. The Whitecaps lost 5-0 to Cruz Azul in