Photos by John & Hazel May
Captions by Graham Tooke, @chelskitooke
Carl Robinson returned to his strongest lineup for the challenge of Real Salt Lake
Jeff Cassar rested much of his lineup who beat Municipal in the SCCL midweek
7′ GOAL Octavio Rivero sends the keeper the wrong way, potting low to Attinella’s left. Rivero was brought down in the box on Mezquida’s set piece.
30′ Jeff Cassar was sent to the stands for berating the referee, even though it was fairly obvious Nico Mezquida was being fouled. From then on Vancouver dominated.
40′ GOAL Kah taps home the Whitecaps second. Kekuta Manneh took a run at the defense and his shot-cum-cross found Kah waiting at the back post for his third goal in two games.
50′ GOAL Jordan Harvey slides a deadly ball in front of goal finding Techera at the back post to poke in from an acute angle.
68′ GOAL Cristian Techera grabs a brace. He collected a rebounded set piece at the edge of the box before caressing the ball into the opposite corner from distance.
73′ Techera is in search of more receiving a short corner and attempting an audacious chip that beats the keeper but clips the crossbar.
88′ RED Mansally had been getting overly frustrated in the closing stages and it eventually boiled over with him lashing out at Waston.
