Vancouver Whitecaps 1 – 1 Toronto FC
By Luis Martinez (Twitter @canadaluis)
Vancouver, BC – Fighting until the end, the Vanney Boys equalize the actions before the referee ends the game.
The visit in Brithish Columbia gives more motivation for the Reds, being on the Whitecaps field is a Canadian Classic and is something nobody wants to miss.
Dominating the match but lagging behind 0-1 after the penalty goal from Fredy Montenero at minute 84′, the Reds were able to economize the difference along the match until the apparition of Altidore and the confusion on the defensive line of Vancouver.
Actually, one of the hero’s of this match is Maxime Crépeau, the former Guardian of Ottawa Fury FC. He is having a great season and is already the best goalkeeper in Canada, a guy called to be part of the Canadian National Team to dispute the Gold Cup of CONCACAF.
On their way to close the encounter, TFC demontrated how they once were Champions, fighting until the end and coming back from the potential loss with the goal from DeLeon literallyat minute 90′. That’s also on Greg Vanney, only the coach originally of Virginia knows the “Key” to keep his group on the maximum competitive level.
At the end of the day with this result the fans of both teams were happy, and all the sports attention was niw turned on the NBA finals with the Toronto Raptors.
The maple leaf country is stepping and shinning in multiple professional sports across the country and continent, especially so in soccer, a necessary effort to get ready and be a strong host in the 2026 World Cup to be celebrated in Mexico, USA & Canada.
Match stats
Lineups
VANCOUVER – Maxime Crepeau; Erik Godoy, Andy Rose, Derek Cornelius; Scott Sutter, Hwang In-Beom (Victor Giro 90’ +1), Jon Erice (C), Russell Teibert (Felipe 70’), Ali Adnan; Lucas Venuto (Yordy Reyna 62’), Fredy Montero
TORONTO FC – Quentin Westberg; Laurent Ciman, Drew Moor (C), Chris Mavinga (Eriq Zavaleta 32’); Richie Laryea (Nick DeLeon 50’), Markey Delgado, Liam Fraser, Alejandro Pozuelo, Justin Morrow; Jozy Altidore, Terrence Boyd (Jordan Hamilton 76’)
Shots: VAN 8 – TFC 14
Shots on target: VAN 1 – TFC 5
Possession: VAN 45% – TFC 55%
Fouls: VAN 9 – TFC 15
Yellow cards: VAN 0 – TFC 1
Offsides: VAN 0 – TFC 0
Corners: VAN 0 – TFC 10
