Vancouver will play in postseason for first time since 2017, will face no. 3 Sporting Kansas City
The Vancouver Whitecaps clinched a playoff spot with a 1-1 draw against the Seattle Sounders on Sunday.Fredy Montero opened the scoring for the Sounders , converting a penalty kick in the eighth minute.Goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau was once again a force in the ‘Caps net, making three saves. Stefan Frei did not register a stop for the Sounders.
Vancouver controlled 59.2 per cent of the possession across the first half but Seattle outshot the home side 7-3 and 4-1 in shots on target.Montero took the ensuing penalty kick, firing a low shot into the bottom-right corner of the net to put Seattle up 1-0 in the eighth minute. Defender Ranko Veselinovic settled a ball at the top of the penalty area, then sent it in to White, who bumped it over to Gauld and the Scottish attacking midfielder headed it in past Frei for the equalizer.
Seattle nearly went ahead again in the 26th minute when Brad Smith got past Vancouver midfielder Russell Teibert and slipped a pass to Montero. The Seattle striker got a sliding shot off but Crepeau kept the score locked at 1-1 with a diving save.
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