Photos by John & Hazel May
Captions by Graham Tooke, @chelskitooke
The play was engrossing but there was very little action with both sides feeling each other out for the opening half hour.
30′ Kekuta Manneh made plenty of speedy runs down the left but failed to find a target in the box with his teammates struggling to keep up.
32′ GOAL Cristian Techera turns in his fifth goal of the season. Manneh jetted across the entire defense aiming a shot for the far corner that Techera was on hand to flick in with his back to goal.
41′ Beitashour puts a ball in from the right, Rivero rises and heads a hopeful effort from well out. Catching practice for Gonzalez.
61′ Michael Barrios had the ‘Caps defense scrambling but his effort was straight at Ousted who held out for 10th clean sheet of the season.
There was a nervousness rarely seen in the Vancouver camp as they held on for the victory. You could feel the tension with no one wanting to make a mistake. They now sit atop the Supporter’s Shield standings on 45 points.
