Photos by Gerrit te Hennepe
Captions by Graham Tooke, @chelskitooke
12′ Mauro Rosales took an early knock and failed to shake it off. Cristian Techera got his chance to shine and did he ever take it.
27′ David Ousted pulled off the best save you will see all season. Ayuk shot from the corner of the box and a deflection off Kah spun to Wenger at the back post. What had looked like an easy tap in for the winger was palmed off the line by a sprawling Dane. Rivero burst to the other end to test Sylvestre.
32′ GOAL All eyes were on Rivero as he looked to break from halfway. Ethan White’s crunching tackle spits the ball to Techera who spoons a pass to the onrushing Morales to lift over the keeper.
44′ GOAL Sleepy Ethan White was too late to notice the Rivero. The Uruguayan brushed off the centre back before slotting past Sylvestre.
47′ Kekuta Manneh bamboozled down the left and had the easiest look in front of goal. But Sylvestre did enough to send the ball over the bar.
56′ Maidana shows he’s spent too much time on Tinder, swiping left.
72′ Ball pops up neatly for Morales but he can only snap his shot into the flailing Sylvestre. The new goalkeeper has had plenty to deal with today.
78′ RED Richie Marquez received a late sending off. His late challenge on Techera was deemed over the top.
80′ GOAL Mattocks gets his goal seconds after chipping high and wide. Turned Maurice Edu Inside out and fired home a lethal effort to send Vancouver back to the top.
Tim Parker enjoyed his first start as a Whitecap keeping the clean sheet.
