Vancouver vs Toronto

The Vancouver Whitecaps captured the Canadian Championship for the first time since 2015, beating Toronto FC, 5-3 on penalties Tuesday night at BC Place ...

In advance of the final, Toronto FC head coach Bob Bradley singled out Ryan Gauld as a danger man for the Whitecaps and that was proven emphatically inside of 20 minutes when the Scottish DP intercepted a headed clearance and whipped a ball to the far post. After making their anticipated debuts in a 4-0 thrashing of Charlotte FC at BMO Field Saturday night, both Lorenzo Insigne and Federico Bernardeschi were in the Toronto FC starting XI in Vancouver. And it was Insigne who possessed the most dangerous chance to level on the hour mark, but Cody Cropper did well to dive to his left to push away his attempt targeted for inside the far post. In a strange twist, Toronto FC were vying for a second Voyageurs Cup in less than two months after beating Forge FC on penalties to claim the 2020 championship delayed due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.

Brian White scored his third goal of the Canadian Championship off a Ryan Gauld cross to open the scoring, and it stayed that way until the 75th minute when ...

Sartini had said that Bernardeschi and Lorenzo were the Nos. 1 and 2 players in MLS when healthy, but Ryan Raposo’s pre-game opinion was a little more accurate: “They’re human.” Jayden Nelson’s chip that skimmed the post in the 49th minute was their best non-scoring chance, as most of Toronto’s attacks were blunted in the final third by a compact and well organized defensive block. The Whitecaps haven’t won the possession battle against MLS foes this year, and Tuesday’s game was downhill in the direction of their goal all night. After Toronto’s Jordan Perruzza scored to the bottom left, he heard it from the crowd, then egged them on further with a hand to his ear. Article content Article content

Tristan Blackmon scored and the Vancouver Whitecaps won the Canadian Championship on Tuesday, beating Toronto FC 5-3 on penalties in the final.

The 31-year-old Italian was a longtime captain for Napoli in Serie A before he joined Toronto as a designated player in June ... Vancouver topped Toronto 1-0 in MLS play back on May 8 Both the Whitecaps and Reds had played MLS matches on Saturday. The goal gave the ‘Caps a 1-0 lead. MacNaughton rose from the pack and put a header in past Cropper to tie the score at 1-1. Isigne took the kick, sending a right-footed shot well over the Vancouver net. Lucas Cavallini nearly got the scoring started just 35 seconds into the game. His shot hit Bono’s hand and skittered wide of the post.