Gauld nets winner as Whitecaps beat CF Montreal to claim Canadian Championship
VANCOUVER — Ryan Gauld scored the matchwinner off a penalty within the sixty fifth minute because the Vancouver Whitecaps beat CF Montreal 2-1 to make sure the Canadian Championship trophy stays on the West Coast for an additional yr.
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Montreal scored its lone objective within the 83rd minute after Vancouver defender Tristan Blackmon didn’t clear the ball in his group’s field, permitting Montreal ahead Sunusi Ibrahim to tuck it previous goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka.
The Whitecaps opened the scoring 57 minutes in off an error from Montreal goalkeeper Jonathan Sirois, which allowed striker Brian White to fit the ball residence.
It’s the second straight yr the Whitecaps have claimed the Canadian Championship.
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Up till the breakthrough objective, Vancouver had been denied by Sirois’s a number of acrobatic saves, together with one the place he stopped what regarded like a positive objective along with his toes mid-dive.
The Whitecaps outshot Montreal 20-9 with the Quebec aspect leaving it till late to threaten Takaoka’s objective.
Canada males’s head coach John Herdman introduced the Best Young Canadian Player Award to midfielder Ali Ahmed, who missed the match as he continues his restoration from a concussion.
Canada Soccer interim basic secretary and former nationwide group participant Jason de Vos introduced the George Gross Most Valuable Player Award to Julian Gressel, who recorded an help on White’s opener.
