Vancouver Whitecaps vs Seattle Sounders 5-1

Vancouver Whitecaps beat Seattle Sounders 5-1 at BC Place after racing into a 3-0 half-time lead and adding two more after the break. Brian White scored twice, while Aleksa Cvetkovic also finished the job after Seattle had briefly steadied the game.

White put Vancouver ahead in the first minute from Bruno Caicedo’s assist, Ryan Gauld made it 2-0 in the ninth minute from Édier Ocampo’s pass, and Mathías Laborda added the third in the 43rd minute after being set up by Gauld. That left Seattle with a mountain to climb at half-time, with Vancouver 3-0 up.

Seattle made four changes on 45 minutes and pulled one back through Jordan Morris in the 62nd minute, assisted by Albert Rusnák, but Vancouver answered straight away with three changes on 63 minutes. White had already made it 4-0 in the 53rd minute, again from Bruno Caicedo, before Cheikh Sabaly, who came on in the 63rd minute, set up Aleksa Cvetkovic, who scored on 70 minutes to make it 5-1. Vancouver also replaced Édier Ocampo, Bruno Caicedo and Brian White on 63 minutes, then took Ryan Gauld off on 74 minutes.

Seattle had more of the ball, with 52% possession to Vancouver’s 48%, and they completed 572 passes to 538. Vancouver had more shots, 18 to 11, and more on target, 9 to 5, while the visitors also led corners 5-2. The xG figures were 2.2 for Vancouver and 1.08 for Seattle. Both sides were level on offsides at 3 and saves at 4, while Seattle committed 17 fouls to Vancouver’s 11.

Bruno Caicedo was booked in first-half stoppage time for Vancouver, and Jesús Ferreira was booked three minutes later for Seattle.