Pittinari stunner kills Vancouver’s early momentum

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Colorado Rapids 1 : 0 Vancouver

Photos by Corbin Elliott

Captions by Graham Tooke, @chelskitooke

17' Froese lays off nicely to Manneh and he almost snipes inside the left hand post. Irwin pushes it wide.

17′ Froese lays off nicely to Manneh and he almost snipes inside the left hand post. Irwin pushes it wide.

24’ YELLOW Kianz Froese picked up his first booking of his young career catching Irwin late. Not nearly as bad as the goalkeeper made out.

24’ YELLOW Kianz Froese picked up his first booking of his young career catching Irwin late.

HT The match was interrupted by a lightning and rain delay. Fortunately it wasn’t nearly as long as seen in Dallas last month. But even the old legs of Rosales would have trouble dealing with an extended break.

HT: The match was interrupted by a lightning and rain delay. Fortunately it wasn’t nearly as long as seen in Dallas last month. But even the old legs of Rosales would have trouble dealing with an extended break.

51' GOAL Referee missed a foul on Gershon Koffie that allowed the Rapids to flood forward. Powers lays off to Torres and his lovely flick was superbly side volleyed by Pittinari for the winning goal.

51′ GOAL Powers lays off to Torres and his lovely flick was superbly side volleyed by Pittinari for the winning goal.

57' Gabby Torres got away with an excessive barge on Matias Laba but luckily David Ousted stood up big to deny Solignac.

57′ Gabby Torres tangles with Matias Laba but Caps keeper David Ousted stood up big to deny Solignac.

71' All the talk might have been about Kevin Doyle’s debut but Dillon Powers was most impressive hammering an absolute bullet from 25 yards that Ousted just managed to tip over.

71′ All the talk might have been about Kevin Doyle’s debut but Dillon Powers was most impressive hammering an absolute bullet from 25 yards that Ousted just managed to tip over.

76' Waston’s poor clearance falls for Solignac to control and pick out the bottom corner but Ousted stretches superbly. Another MLS Save of the Week contender.

76′ Waston’s poor clearance falls for Solignac to control and pick out the bottom corner but Ousted stretches superbly. Another MLS Save of the Week contender.

86' Morales picked out the top corner with a wonderful set piece. Celebrations were soon tempered as the referee called it back for an apparent foul. A push by Harvey? Maybe Kah? A match littered with weak decisions by the referee.

86′ Morales picked out the top corner with a wonderful set piece. Celebrations were soon tempered as the referee called it back for a foul.

90' Mattocks broke down the left and squared nicely to Waston but the temporary striker could only stick it into the side netting.

90′ Mattocks broke down the left and squared nicely to Waston but the temporary striker could only stick it into the side netting.

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