OT: 2024 Soccer and Vancouver Whitecaps Thread
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Caps with another lopsided win over a Portland Timbers squad, that just looks bad. Going down to 10 men on an early red card, didn't help them.
Didn't the Caps end the Timbers season last year with a 5-0 blowout? A packed crowd on a rainy, miserable afternoon in Portland. But by the end, the stands looked half deserted.
Can't get a much better start to the long MLS season.
Didn't the Caps end the Timbers season last year with a 5-0 blowout? A packed crowd on a rainy, miserable afternoon in Portland. But by the end, the stands looked half deserted.
Can't get a much better start to the long MLS season.
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For those interested but who didn't see the game:
Whitecaps 4 / Timbers 1
Vancouver goals: Gauld, Vite, Adekugbe, Nelson
The Whitecaps dominated possession and shots.
Whitecaps 4 / Timbers 1
Vancouver goals: Gauld, Vite, Adekugbe, Nelson
The Whitecaps dominated possession and shots.
I didn’t get to see it, and I will take the points, but it would have been nice to see how the team would look 11 v. 11 for their first game. Getting 80 minutes with a man advantage makes it hard to draw conclusions.
You can't help but be impressed by the turnout of Portland fans on a rainy and miserable day. Stands looked absolutely packed to me for the Timbers home opener.
But after their side basically laid an egg, the stadium emptied out in a hurry. I really hope they can find a way to make the MLS work in Vancouver. Those Cascadia Cup matches between Vancouver-Seattle-Portland, would be something I'd really miss. And I'm not even much of a soccer fan.
But after their side basically laid an egg, the stadium emptied out in a hurry. I really hope they can find a way to make the MLS work in Vancouver. Those Cascadia Cup matches between Vancouver-Seattle-Portland, would be something I'd really miss. And I'm not even much of a soccer fan.
Sorry, but this made me laugh... 73 minutes between these two posts, lol. It's kind of a funny sequence, you must admit. I had no idea who Nelson was prior to this game, but me likey him now. Let's hope this game is a harbinger of things to come.
But yeah, tough to judge the calibre of the Whitecaps when they were a man up for 80 minutes against a team that entered the season with a lot of question marks.
The straight red might have been harsh, but there's no question that Miller made a pretty massive tactical blunder by making any sort of contact in that situation. Miller forced the ref to make a call on a foul that nullified a legitimate scoring opportunity. That's always red card territory.
The Timbers would have been far better off if Miller had simply tried to force White to one side without contact, thereby maximizing Crepeau's chances of making a save. The end result is probably still a goal for White, but at least Portland has 80 minutes without being down a man to erase the 1 goal deficit on home turf.
When a team is down a man for 90% of the game, it's pretty difficult not to lose.
2-0 over Saprissa in the second leg at home (both nice finishes by Brian White) and the Whitecaps advance to play Monterrey in CONCACAF Champions League.
