Gauld shines as Whitecaps double up Galaxy
VANCOUVER — Ryan Gauld scored a brace and Brian White added a aim because the Vancouver Whitecaps led 3-0 after 23 minutes however nonetheless wanted a aim from Sergio Cordova in damage time to defeat the L.A. Galaxy 4-2 in a Major League Soccer sport Saturday evening.
Gauld scored on a reasonably play within the tenth minute and a penalty kick within the twenty third. The Scotsman now has eight objectives and 5 assists in his final 9 video games throughout all competitions.
White opened the scoring within the second minute.
The Galaxy made issues attention-grabbing with midfielder Gaston Brugman scoring within the 61st minute and Marco Delgado within the 74th. It was the Galaxy’s first loss in seven video games (2-1-4).
Cordova determined the sport in further time when he kicked within the rebound of a shot from Deiber Caicedo.
The win strikes the Whitecaps (8-7-7) into seventh place within the MLS Western Conference with 31 factors.
The Galaxy (5-10-7) are thirteenth within the West with 22 factors.
Many within the crowd of 18,354 at BC Place Stadium the place simply getting seated when White opened the scoring together with his eighth MLS aim of the season. Midfielder Ryan Raposo despatched a crossing shot into the field. The five-foot-11 White outleaped a Galaxy defender and headed the ball previous the outstretched fingers of goalkeeper Jonathan Bond.
Gauld made it 2-0 simply 9 minutes later. Midfielder Julian Gressel fired a shot that went off the foot of a Galaxy defender. Gauld collected the rolling ball and launched a right-footed shot into the precise prime nook.
Vancouver had two golden possibilities just some minutes later. First Gauld took a shot from distance that hit the crossbar then bounced again onto the sphere. Midfielder Alessandro Schopf pounced on the ball however his shot from shut vary additionally hit the crossbar and stayed out.
White and Gauld had been additionally concerned within the third Vancouver aim.
White had a breakaway earlier than being tripped up by defender Chris Mavinga within the field. Mavinga was tossed from the sport within the twenty first minute after being assessed his second yellow card of the match, leaving the Galaxy to play a person down.
Gauld simply scored on the penalty kick for his seventh MLS aim of the season.
Whitecaps goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka was pressured to make a diving save within the thirty first minute on L.A. midfielder Riqui Puig’s right-footed shot from exterior the field.
Brugman scored on a right-footed shot from the highest off the field off a cross from Puig.
Delgado drew the Galaxy to inside one after taking a cross from Preston Judd and placing a shot between Takaoka’s legs.
NOTES
Gauld turned the fourth Whitecap to attain two objectives in an MLS sport this season, becoming a member of White, Gressel and Simon Becher. … The Whitecaps defeated Austin FC 2-1 on Wednesday to snap a two-game MLS shedding streak. … The final time the Whitecaps received consecutive MLS video games was an April 1 win over CF Montreal adopted by an April 8 win towards Portland, each at residence. … The Whitecaps wrap up a four-game homestand on Friday once they face Club Leon within the inaugural Leagues Cup match.
