{"id":585346,"date":"2026-04-06T07:04:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T07:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/585346\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T07:04:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T07:04:25","slug":"late-drama-berhalter-muller-complete-vancouver-whitecaps-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/585346\/","title":{"rendered":"Late drama! Berhalter & M\u00fcller complete Vancouver Whitecaps comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"

Down 2-1 against Cascadian rivals Portland Timbers<\/a> as the clock struck 90 minutes at BC Place, Vancouver were staring a second straight home defeat in the face.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s a reason the Whitecaps reached the Concacaf Champions Cup<\/a> and MLS Cup presented by Audi finals last year: they don\u2019t go down without a fight.<\/p>\n

Thomas M\u00fcller<\/a> and Sebastian Berhalter<\/a> were determined to prove that Saturday night, as both stars found the back of the net in second-half stoppage time to turn a would-be loss into an incredible 3-2 win<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“To score two goals in stoppage time shows a lot,” Berhalter said postgame.<\/p>\n

“It shows belief, and it shows that we believe in each other and that it doesn\u2019t matter if we\u2019re 2-1 down in the 91st minute. We still have a chance.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n M\u00fcller makes his mark<\/p>\n

Since bagging a brace in a Matchday 2 victory over Toronto FC<\/a>, M\u00fcller struggled to make his typical difference in the final third.<\/p>\n

In his previous five games across all competitions, the Germany and Bayern Munich legend hadn\u2019t registered a single goal contribution.<\/p>\n

But M\u00fcller picked a perfect time to return to form, coolly slotting home the game-tying penalty in the 91st minute.<\/p>\n

\n Bravo Berhalter<\/p>\n

With just over two months remaining until the 2026 FIFA World Cup<\/a>, Berhalter is doing everything he can to ensure his name is among those on USMNT<\/a> head coach Mauricio Pochettino\u2019s final roster.<\/p>\n

Fresh off a sensational 2025 season, in which he earned MLS Best XI and All-Star honors, Berhalter has picked up right where he left off to begin this campaign.<\/p>\n

Now with 3g\/4a through six games, Berhalter leads the Whitecaps in goal contributions and, according to Apple TV analyst Sacha Kljestan, has firmly entrenched himself in the Landon Donovan MLS MVP conversations<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Berhalter’s success has caught Pochettino’s eye, as the USMNT boss handed him a start against Portugal during the last international window.<\/p>\n

“It’s a testament to the culture that Jesper [S\u00f8rensen]’s built, testament to the guys that everyone still believes, no one panics,” said Berhalter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It’s our identity, it’s who we want to be … It’s part of who we are and it’s fun. When you’re a player and you know that, and you have everyone believing in one thing, it’s a good time.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Down 2-1 against Cascadian rivals Portland Timbers as the clock struck 90 minutes at BC Place, Vancouver were…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,59211,214446,24855,14700,55,16534,223126],"class_list":{"0":"post-585346","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-vancouver","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-match-reaction","11":"tag-sebastian-berhalter","12":"tag-sendtonews","13":"tag-thomas-muller","14":"tag-vancouver","15":"tag-vancouver-whitecaps-fc","16":"tag-vanvspor-04-04-2026"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}