Whitecaps 1, NYCFC 1: Vancouver extends undefeated streak, even when it wasn't fairly

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Even ugly canines have house owners that love them. That’s the sentiment after the Vancouver Whitecaps tied New York Metropolis FC 1-1 on the street at Yankee Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

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After a sloppy, disjointed first half the place it appeared like two baseball groups enjoying on a soccer pitch as an alternative of the alternative, issues picked up within the second half, with each side scoring in a frantic five-minute span.

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Monsef Bakrar put New York (6-10-12t) up 1-0 on the counter, his shot squeaking between the legs of Yohei Takaoka, earlier than the Caps (10-8-8) took issues the opposite course two minutes later — with Ryan Gauld incomes a penalty kick after being hauled down by James Sands.

He cooly transformed his fifth PK on 5 makes an attempt, to push his aim whole to 10 on the season.

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The Whitecaps have now gone undefeated of their first three video games of their seven-game away stretch, and have a two-week worldwide break to relaxation up for the second half of it.

Vancouver are fifth within the West earlier than the remainder of the weekend’s motion kicked off, with 11 convention rivals in motion — together with the Seattle-Portland Cascadia Cup conflict late Saturday at Lumen Subject.


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