Photo: Gerrit te Hennepe
Vancouver Whitecaps 1-1 UNAM Pumas
VANCOUVER, BC–Vancouver Whitecaps will need to get at least one away goal to keep their Concacaf Champions Cup hopes alive after playing to a 1-1 draw with Pumas in the first leg of their quarterfinal. It was a match that the Whitecaps controlled for most of the match, but were unable to break through until the 71st minute when a scramble in front of the Pumas’ area off a corner ended with Brian White getting the final touch to bundle the ball over the line to give the hosts the lead.
Photo: Gerrit te Hennepe
However, three minutes from time, Pumas had a corner of their own and former Houston Dynamo player Carlos Carrasquilla would strike on the volley on the ensuing kick past Yohei Takaoka to level the tie. Emmanuel Sabbi had a last chance to put the Whitecaps back ahead, but Pumas keeper Alex Padilla pushed the ball onto the bar.
The second leg will be next Wednesday at 7:30pm PT at Pumas (FS1/ONE Soccer/TUDN/UniMás). Before that, the Whitecaps will host Colorado in league play on Saturday at 6:30pm PT on Apple TV.
For more of Gerrit te Hennepe’s photos from the night at BC Place, please click on the link to his gallery.
Canada 6-0 Qatar VANCOUVER, BC--Canada eyed this match against Qatar at BC Place as a…
As the so-called Nashama delivered a worthy performance, in the end, they succumbed to a…
What a debut for the greatest player in World Cup history as Leonel Messi…
Foxborough, MA - The Norway National Team cruised to a 4-1 victory over Iraq in…
East Rutherford, NJ - The France National Team cruised to a 3-1 victory over Senegal…
IR Iran 2-2 New Zealand INGLEWOOD, CA--New Zealand's unbeaten streak at World Cups remains intact--albeit…