Club Leon takes extra point after 19-round shootout win over Whitecaps

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps and Mexican facet Club Leon performed to a 2-2 draw on Friday night time in Leagues Cup motion at BC Place Stadium.

But in a quirk of Leagues Cup guidelines, the sport then went to a shootout with the crew that gained gaining a degree along with the one for the draw.

Leon’s Borja Sanchez scored the successful kick of the shootout after a surprising 19 rounds of makes an attempt.

A recreation that originally seemed to be dominated by Club Leon — the defending Leagues Cup champions — become a feisty affair with each groups throwing warning to the wind when attacking.

Sergio Cordova scored twice for the Whitecaps, whereas Elias Hernandez responded with a rocket within the 77th minute to tie the match and ship it to identify kicks.

The Leagues Cup options matches between golf equipment from Major League Soccer and Mexico’s Liga MX.

Ivan Moreno opened the scoring for Leon within the twenty third minute, capitalizing on a fluffed clearance by Andres Cubas.

Cordova responded within the dying minutes of the primary half, taking a Sebastian Berhalter cutback and curling it from 20 yards out towards Rodolfo Cota.

Cordova struck once more within the 57th minute after receiving a by ball from Ryan Gauld and held off his man to slip it in.

The Whitecaps will subsequent play MLS foe LA Galaxy on July 29 in group stage motion of the Leagues Cup.