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The Vancouver Whitecaps have a victory — finally — and it's a historic one for the team.

For just $3.50 per week, you can get unlimited, ad-lite access to The Vancouver Sun, The Province, National Post and 13 other Canadian news sites. 5: The last time the Whitecaps scored five goals at B.C. We don’t take this as losing the series, though. “It wasn’t what we expected from our team. By not giving up an away goal, they can focus on their defensive integrity at Estadio Morazan in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, without fear of losing on an away-goals tiebreaker. Karifa Yao and JC Ngando made their Whitecaps debuts two minutes later. Two minutes after that, it was 3-0 Vancouver, with Gauld’s cross being turned into Espana’s net. It wasn’t what Sartini had intended him to do, tactically, but Raposo said his days as a winger at Syracuse took over his body momentarily. He caused España fits down the left for the entire first half, and continued to torment them in the second half, finishing with a team-best nine duels won. Brian White and Tristan Blackmon also figured in the scoring. Place, cruising to a 5-0 victory in their first CCL game in six years. Article content

Western Conference rivals FC Dallas are in town on Saturday, March 11, and the matinee game is celebrating women excelling in sports. The second annual event ...

Women and Girls in Sport Match will begin with a harmonized national anthem by local singers Marie Hui, Arielle Tuliao, Elizabeth Irving, and Ema Lake. It not only helps character build, but it really shows young women what they’re capable of and what they can go out and really achieve.” “Women and girls in sport are really important to me because I believe it allows a lot of young people to get pushed out of their comfort zones, try new things, and really learn what they’re capable of,” added Kelsie Lee. [Vancouver Whitecaps Women & Girls in Sport Match](https://www.whitecapsfc.com/schedule/matches) There will also be pre-match clinics with 75 girls aged 8 to 14 led by an all-female, all-Whitecaps FC coaching team. The event is open to all women, 2SLGBTQIAQ+, and allies,

Vancouver Whitecaps FC are in the driver's seat following Leg 1 of their Round of 16 Concacaf Champions League series against Honduras' Real España, ...

[FC Dallas](https://www.mlssoccer.com/clubs/fc-dallas/) [Brian White](https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/brian-white/) added a fifth in the 77th, giving España a lofty deficit to overcome in Leg 2. 5 pm ET ( [MLS Season Pass](https://soc.cr/3HON6Bh)) [Yohei Takaoka](https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/yohei-takaoka/), Vancouver quickly regained control. [MLS Season Pass](https://soc.cr/3HON6Bh)), as well as offer up some positive momentum as they look to turn around a league campaign which began with two straight losses. But a comfortable win may have been anything but had Takaoka not come up with this massive save in the 8th minute to keep the visitors off the board.

VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Whitecaps FC opened their Concacaf Champions League campaign against Honduran side Real C.D. España with a 5-0 victory at BC Place ...

Ngando 79’), 25.Ryan Gauld © (31.Russell Teibert 71’); 11.Cristian Dájome, 45.Pedro Vite; 9.Sergio Córdova (24.Brian White 62’) Cautions7’ – VAN – Ranko Veselinović Corners: VAN 5 – RES 1 59’ – VAN – Ryan Raposo (Ryan Gauld) Fouls: VAN 13 – RES 5 The Blue & White would not be done orchestrating opportunities. Saves: VAN 2 – RES 7 As the half progressed, Vancouver continued to create chances. 77’ – VAN – Brian White (Ryan Raposo) He then cut inside and hit a strike from outside the box that would give his side a 2-0 lead in the 59th minute of the match. 70’ – VAN – Pedro Vite (Ryan Gauld) Tristan Blackmon got on the end of his cross with a header that opened the score in the 21st minute.

Wednesday night marks the beginning of the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League, a tournament the 'Caps have not competed in since 2016. That year they reached the ...

With the Sounders breaking new ground for MLS in the CCL last year a shot at glory is available. Real España finished 4th in the Apertura and lost in the first round of the playoffs, and currently sit 5th in the Clausura having only won one of their last six matches. The ‘Caps will really need him to show he’s worthy of the price they paid for him as the top of the attack has looked a little toothless at times in the early going this year. Honduras is currently in the middle of its Clausura season in the 2022/23 campaign. Looking at the visitors, Real España are one of the biggest clubs in Honduras although they’ve only won two titles in the last decade. But it would also be exceedingly wasteful to not put everything behind a CCL campaign when it’s been a rare occurrence for the club to have a shot in this competition.

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps kicked off their CONCACAF Champions League campaign with a decisive 5-0 vi...

The Vancouver Whitecaps kicked off their CONCACAF Champions League campaign with a decisive 5-0 victory over Honduran side Real CD Espana on Wednesday.

? An announced crowd of 13,644 took in the game at B.C. The club's longest run came in 2016-17 when Vancouver reached the semifinals. Blackmon leapt up from the crowd and sent a headed shot soaring past Lopez into the Espana net to make it 1-0. ? This year marks the third time the Whitecaps have played in CONCACAF Champions League. The shot seemed to catch Lopez off guard and the ball skittered under the goalkeeper's arm as he dove across the goal line. NOTES: Real CD Espana currently sit fifth in the Liga Nacional.

The Vancouver Whitecaps will have one foot in the next round of the CONCACAF Champions League, seeing off Real Espana 5-0 at home Wednesday night, ...

Allowing Gauld to play a bit deeper for much of the match amplified this effect and is something that might be worth toying with more in the future. - Espana clearly had a strategy of trying to clog things up in the midfield at the expense of ceding massive amounts of space out wide. This match showed the potential this team has, with the most goals in a match since 2018. It is tough to look past Ryan Gauld in this one, with El Capitaine absolutely pulling the strings, despite serving as a deeper lying playmaker. Brian White should probably have grabbed a sixth in the dying embers of the match but I don’t think anyone will be too picky at this point. Ryan Raposo had lots of space on the left-hand side all night and he finally made it pay off, latching onto a Gauld feed and cutting inside to beat Lopez at the near post from range. It was more of the same in the second half, with Vancouver absolutely dictating terms. The home side remained relentless and kept pressing a fading Real Espana side into submission. The Caps were also content to simultaneously rest some of their key players, giving Gressel, Gauld and Cubas an early night. Real Espana opened with more energy, however, and Takaoka more than recovered to deny Jhow Benavidez from just inside the penalty area. A series of saves from Takaoka and his center backs saved his blushes. With Alessandro Schopf injured, Ryan Gauld dropped back to make room for Pedro Vite and Cristian Dajome in attack.

The Vancouver Whitecaps will host one of Mexico's top clubs at BC Place in the 2023 Leagues Cup, a new competition for MLS and Liga MX teams.

The club is off to a strong start in the Champions League, beating Honduran side RCD Espana 5-0 on Wednesday. The top two teams will then advance to a round of 32 knockout stages as competition creeps toward the Leagues Cup Final set for August 19. [Leagues Cup](https://www.leaguescup.com/) came to be in 2019 as a four-team competition, and due to the pandemic, hasn’t been able to expand to its full potential until 2023.

In the latest edition, we break down Wednesday night's big CONCACAF victory.

The true test of Sartini is what he is going to do with the backline going forward. Cordova provides a nice target in the box for Vancouver, but he still looks like he lacks a bit of confidence with his new side. Hopefully, the CCL success pushes the manager in the right direction. Ryan Gauld (9.0): The Scotsman’s quality really shone through in this match, as he easily cut apart the Real Espana defence, recording two assists. Sergio Cordova (6.5): It was nice to see the new striker get 60+ minutes in this match. He also recorded 3 key passes and won 5 of his 9 ground duels in this match. He also managed to keep some key legs reasonably fresh for this upcoming weekend against After two tough matches in league play, this was a good opportunity for the Whitecaps to build some confidence and get their season properly underway. He had 1 assist and 4 key passes in this one. He only missed 2 of his 46 passes and was generally calm marshalling things at the back. He’s been off to a strong start in Vancouver. Ryan Raposo (8.5): Ideally, Raposo’s showing should convince Vanni Sartini to move away from Luis Martins at left back.