BURNABY, BC \u2013 For the first time since 2010, Vancouver Whitecaps FC returned to their Swangard Stadium roots and ran it back in a 4-1 victory over Cavalry FC in the first leg of their TELUS Canadian Championship quarterfinal.<\/p>\n
In a rematch of the 2024 and 2022 quarterfinals, the defending Canadian champions took care of business thanks to second-half strikes from Thomas M\u00fcller, Brian White, and Rayan Elloumi.<\/p>\n
The Blue and White will next lace up in Calgary, Alberta for the return leg on Monday, July 13 at 6:30 p.m. PT, live on OneSoccer.<\/p>\n
Whitecaps FC manager Jesper S\u00f8rensen happily welcomed back two veterans from long-term knee injuries into his starting lineup. Ranko Veselinovi\u0107 came in at centre back and captain Ryan Gauld drew in at attacking midfielder.<\/p>\n
In the second minute, blue and white flares lit up on the perimeter of the famous southside in joyful celebration. At the other end, the ball pinwheeled around the box before a Veselinovi\u0107 drive deflected in off Cavalry FC defender Adam Pearlman past goalkeeper Nathan Ingham. It was an early 1-0 lead for the ‘Caps.<\/p>\n
His counterpart, Whitecaps FC \u2019keeper Isaac Boehmer, brought the faithful to their feet when he backpedaled for a strong save \u2013 his palms were stung by hard-charging Cavalry FC captain Sergio Camargo.<\/p>\n
Left winger Bruno Caicedo appeared to spend the break further honing his 40-yard dash, displaying attack after attack as the fastest man on the pitch. Cutting past a defender, the Ecuadorian international darted in to lay off for oncoming Jeevan Badwal, who bent it over the bar.<\/p>\n
Cavalry FC drew level on the eve of half time. Off a Pearlman throw-in, Daan Klomp pounced on a shot over an outstretched Boehmer for 1-1.<\/p>\n
After the break, S\u00f8rensen inserted M\u00fcller for Gauld as the ‘Caps turned up the tempo. Der Raumdeuter\u00a0quickly made a difference, as he correctly interpreted space for the go-ahead goal.<\/p>\n
A mesmerizing series of passes down each wing culminated in Ngando finding M\u00fcller in the box. The German fed White, who then had a\u00a0deflected shot from the centre of the box \u2013 where M\u00fcller arrived to tap in.<\/p>\n
Only three minutes later, Larraz played a through ball for right back \u00c9dier Ocampo, who struck from the edge of the area. Ingham leapt for a desperation stop, but White\u2019s clinical header on the rebound put home the insurance marker, 3-1.<\/p>\n
M\u00fcller then gave way to Elloumi, making his return from the FIFA World Cup. The 18-year-old quickly added his name to the scoresheet off a one-two passing play with White to increase the lead to 4-1.<\/p>\n
The end of the match brought roaring applause from the Swangard faithful, thrilled to see their team back in action.<\/p>\n
Following Monday’s TELUS Canadian Championship match, MLS regular season play returns for the Blue and White on Thursday, July 16 in Chicago against Chicago Fire FC. Kickoff will be at 5:30 p.m. PT live on Apple TV, or check out the\u00a0\u2019Caps & Taps<\/a> list to find the nearest bar showing the match.<\/p>\n The \u2019Caps will return to BC Place on Saturday, August 1 for a playoff rematch against Los Angeles FC. With limited tickets remaining in the lower bowl, the upper bowl has now been opened<\/a>. To secure your seats, visit\u00a0whitecapsfc.com\/tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n Referee: Yusri Rudolf Scoring Summary Statistics Cautions Vancouver Whitecaps FC Substitutes not used Cavalry FC Substitutes not used
Attendance: 5,086<\/p>\n
2\u2019 \u2013 VAN \u2013 Adam Pearlman (own goal)
45\u2019 \u2013 CAV \u2013 Daan Klomp
62\u2019 \u2013 VAN \u2013 Thomas M\u00fcller
64\u2019 \u2013 VAN \u2013 Brian White
74\u2019 \u2013 VAN \u2013 Rayan Elloumi (Brian White)<\/p>\n
Possession: VAN 61% \u2013 CAV 39%\u00a0
Shots: VAN 19 \u2013 CAV 5
Shots on Goal: VAN 6 \u2013 CAV 3
Saves: VAN 2 \u2013 CAV 3
Fouls: VAN 18 \u2013 CAV 10
Offsides: VAN 2 \u2013 CAV 5
Corners: VAN 7 \u2013 CAV 1<\/p>\n
45+2\u2019 \u2013 VAN \u2013 Tristan Blackmon
54\u2019 \u2013 CAV \u2013 Eryk Kobza
77\u2019 \u2013 VAN \u2013 J.C. Ngando
90+3\u2019 \u2013 CAV \u2013 Goteh Ntignee<\/p>\n
32.Isaac Boehmer; 18.\u00c9dier Ocampo, 33.Tristan Blackmon (2.Math\u00edas Laborda 81\u2019), 4.Ranko Veselinovi\u0107, 29.Mihail Gherasimencov (28.Tate Johnson 81\u2019); 26.JC Ngando, 8.Oliver Larraz; 59.Jeevan Badwal, 25.Ryan Gauld \u00a9 (13.Thomas M\u00fcller HT) (19.Rayan Elloumi 72\u2019), 14.Bruno Caicedo (41.Nikola Djordjevic 72\u2019); 24.Brian White<\/p>\n
1.Yohei Takaoka, 30.Adr\u00edan Zendejas, 97.Liam Mackenzie<\/p>\n
29.Nathan Ingham; 16.Adam Pearlman (15.Levi Laing 78\u2019), 4.Daan Klomp, 55.Amer Didi\u0107, 5.Bradley Kamdem; 6.Michael Baldisimo (8.Harrison Paton 70\u2019), 24.Eryk Kobza; 17.Nathaniel Edwards (11.Jay Herdman 70\u2019), 10.Sergio Camargo \u00a9 (28.Niko Myroniuk 78\u2019), 20.Goteh Ntignee; 14.Caniggia Elva (7.Ali Musse 62\u2019)<\/p>\n
21.Joe Holliday, 3.Curtis Ofori, 19.Owen Antoniuk, 22.Max Piepgrass<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BURNABY, BC \u2013 For the first time since 2010, Vancouver Whitecaps FC returned to their Swangard Stadium roots…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":790334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-790333","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\/790333","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=790333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/790334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=790333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=790333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=790333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}