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Whitecaps Blank Sounders as Unbeaten Streak Hits 11
- On Sunday at BC Place, the Vancouver Whitecaps secured a 3-0 victory over the Seattle Sounders, extending their MLS unbeaten run to 11 games under first-year coach Jesper Sorensen.
- The team struggled with a gastrointestinal illness that affected half of the squad following their June 1 CONCACAF Champions Cup final match in Mexico City, in addition to missing nine players who were away on international duty.
- Despite these setbacks, seven players listed as questionable started, including defenders Ranko Veselinovic and Tristan Blackmon, and a 19-year-old academy graduate scored the opening goal in the 40th minute.
- Daniel Ríos scored his second goal in the 70th minute while Damir Kreilach added a penalty in the 88th, and the Sounders finished with nine men after two red cards, with attendance at 24,276.
- The victory improved Vancouver’s MLS record to 10-1-5 and maintained their lead atop the Western Conference, highlighting the team’s depth and resilience despite limited preparation.
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Whitecaps blank Sounders as unbeaten streak hits 11
Teenager Jeevan Badwal scored his first MLS goal as the host Vancouver Whitecaps extended their unbeaten streak to a franchise-record 11 matches with a bizarre 3-0 victory against the Seattle Sounders on Sunday night.
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SportsnetResilient Whitecaps blank nine-man Sounders to set club record
Report and Reaction: Undermanned but undeterred – Whitecaps beat sickness and Sounders in derby day rout – AFTN
Who saw this one coming? Undermanned, understrength, and under the weather, Vancouver Whitecaps put in a performance of the ages to come away with a 3-0 derby day rout of the visiting Seattle Sounders at BC Place on Sunday evening, helped along the way by some self destruction from their opponents. Homegrown BC boy Jeevan Badwal set the makeshift ‘Caps on their way with his first MLS goal in the 40th minute, before two red cards for the Sounders…
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Depleted Whitecaps hammer Sounders
Photo: Gerrit te Hennepe Vancouver Whitecaps 3-0 Seattle Sounders VANCOUVER, BC–Despite missing eight players to international duty, Ryan Gauld to his knee injury, and a further eight players questionable due to food poisoning; the Whitecaps still dropped the hammer on arch-rival Seattle Sounders, 3-0. The match was just one in five this weekend due to the international match weekend and the win gives the Whitecaps a five-point cushion at the to…
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