Late penalty helps Vancouver Whitecaps claim point in draw with Kansas
A late penalty from Ryan Gauld helped elevate the Vancouver Whitecaps to a 1-1 Major League Soccer draw with Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night time at B.C. Place.
Vancouver (5-5-6) gave the impression to be heading for defeat after having a objective known as off within the first half for offside and different goalscoring probabilities known as again for a similar.
Kansas (4-8-5) opened the scoring within the twentieth minute after Whitecaps midfielder Pedro Vite went to clear the ball by flicking it up, solely to place it out for a nook.
Sporting captain Alan Pulido was discovered on the fringe of the six-yard field and his header looped over the diving Yohei Takaoka to search out the again of the online.
Vancouver substitute Deiber Caicedo was introduced down within the field within the 88th minute, with the referee awarding a penalty after a video overview, permitting Gauld to attain his second objective in two video games.
The Whitecaps thought they’d tied the sport within the twenty third minute as Gauld’s deflected shot trickled previous goalkeeper Kendall McIntosh just for the referee to deem it offside.
NEXT UP
The Whitecaps host CF Montreal on Wednesday night time within the Canadian Championship closing. Their subsequent MLS match is Saturday towards visiting FC Cincinnati. Sporting KC will host Austin FC subsequent Saturday.
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