Vancouver Whitecaps vs San Diego 4-1

Vancouver Whitecaps beat San Diego 4-1 at BC Place after two first-half goals gave them control and they added two more after the break. San Diego had more possession and more passes, but Vancouver were more accurate in front of goal and finished with the wider margin.

The hosts went ahead in the 24th minute when Aleksa Cvetkovic scored from a Mathías Laborda assist to make it 1-0. Brian White doubled the lead in the 41st minute, finishing from Oliver Love Larraz’s pass to leave Vancouver 2-0 up at half-time.

San Diego made three changes on 62 minutes, but Vancouver struck again in the 66th minute through Ryan Gauld, who scored from Rayan Elloumi’s assist for 3-0. Vancouver then made two changes on 67 minutes and another two on 74 minutes, before Bruno Caicedo, who came on in the 67th minute, scored on 76 minutes from Ralph Priso’s assist to make it 4-0. San Diego did get one back in the 83rd minute when Onni Valakari, who came on in the 74th minute, scored from David Vazquez’s assist for 4-1.

San Diego had 56% of the ball and 571 passes to Vancouver’s 441, and they also had more shots, 20 to 16. Vancouver had 10 shots on target to 7, eight corners to three and a slightly higher xG at 2.7 to 2.5. The hosts also committed 19 fouls to 8, while San Diego were caught offside 4 times to Vancouver’s 1 and made 6 saves to Vancouver’s 5.

Manu Duah was booked in the 2nd minute and Jeppe Tverskov in the 55th for San Diego. Vancouver’s Tate Johnson was booked in the 82nd minute, Rayan Elloumi was booked in the 90th minute and then sent off in stoppage time.