VIDEO: A heartbreaker of a loss for Vancouver FC<\/p>\n
Published 9:00 am Monday, April 13, 2026<\/p>\n
A last-minute goal cost Vancouver FC the game Sunday at home, as Hamilton Forge won 1-0.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
VFC had several chances, including twice getting the ball to the goal line, but for the second straight match to start 2026, they couldn\u2019t find the target.<\/p>\n
They finished with six shots, 23 touches in the box, and 1.33 expected goals. But could not find a way to beat Dimitry Bertaud in the Forge goal.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got to find a way to put the ball in the back of the net,\u201d said Vancouver coach Martin Nash. \u201cWe\u2019re creating the opportunities, and just not the final act, or the shots. I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s confidence or whatever, but we\u2019ve got to get over it pretty quick.\u201d<\/p>\n
Captain Callum Irving returned to the net for Vancouver FC after missing the season opener due to injury, while Terran Campbell replaced Luis Toomey on the right.<\/p>\n
After several close calls but no scores, in the 90th minute, Forge player Ben Paton cut down the left and sent a delivery into the box. His initial effort was parried by Irving, but right into the path of Maxim Filion. The Forge striker lifted the ball over Irving to hand his side the win.<\/p>\n
Vancouver pushed late, putting Forge under siege in their box, but could not find a reply before time expired.<\/p>\n
With the win, Forge made it six straight victories in Langley.<\/p>\n
For a behind the scenes look at the game, see Kian Proctor\u2019s Players Diary being run online each week at langleyadvancetimes.com.<\/p>\n
Next up, Vancouver FC go on the road for the first time this season, to York Lions Stadium where they take on Inter Toronto on Sunday, April 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VIDEO: A heartbreaker of a loss for Vancouver FC Published 9:00 am Monday, April 13, 2026 A last-minute…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601696,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-601697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601697","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=601697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}