Vancouver beats FC 3-0 to knot best-of-three series at one win apiece
It’s been a year since the Japanese goalkeeper and his Vancouver Whitecaps were bounced from the Major League Soccer playoffs by Los Angeles FC. The memory was still fresh as the club prepared to host their rivals in a do-or-die post-season bout again on Sunday.
Ryan Gauld opened the scoring in the 10th minute, then provided a cross that led to an own goal from LAFC’s Ryan Hollingshead four minutes later. An own-goal from Eddie Segura sealed the score at 3-0 in the 68th minute.“It’s the kind of performance and result we all felt we were capable of. So to go out and do it on the pitch was really good,” Gauld said.
“The reward is enormous, but we need to climb the Everest,” he said. “We did the first part of the climbing today, and we need to do the second part, the hardest part, on Friday.”Gauld dished off to Brian White deep in the penalty area and the American striker sent it back moments later. Gauld put a shot up and in over Lloris to give Vancouver a 1-0 lead in the 10th minute.
Gauld struck again in the 14th minute, slicing a ball into the box where it redirected in off the foot of LAFC’s Hollingshead to give the ‘Caps a 2-0 advantage. He had to work harder in the 60th minute when L.A.’s star offensive piece Denis Bouanga got a breakaway and sprinted toward the Vancouver net. Takaoka came up above the six-yard box to challenge and caught the shot in the left shoulder, sending it out of play.
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