VANCOUVER WHITECAPS vs REAL SALT LAKE
BC PLACE, Vancouver, B.C.
May 30, 2015 (WEEK 13, MLS Game #126)
3 p.m. PT (TSN 1,3/MLS LIVE)
A vital match in the Western Conference kicks off as Vancouver Whitecaps FC face Real Salt Lake for a second time this season, at BC Place on Saturday evening. The teams are separated by just three points in the division, Whitecaps FC sitting in a tie for third place with RSL currently outside the top six. Both teams are coming off 1-0 defeats, Whitecaps FC falling at Colorado last weekend, while Real dropped a decision at the LA Galaxy at midweek. The teams also played to a 1-0 result in April, Whitecaps FC winning at Rio Tinto Stadium.
- Whitecaps FC have lost back-to-back games for the first time this season, shut out for a second consecutive match in their 1-0 defeat at the Colorado Rapids on Saturday evening.
- The teams are meeting for the second time this season. Darren Mattocks scored the game’s lone goal in the 80th minute to lead Whitecaps FC to victory, April 18 at Rio Tinto Stadium.
- The first meeting win was the first ever for Whitecaps FC at Rio Tinto Stadium. Real had won three of the first six home matches in the series, with three draws. The only previous victory by a road team in the all-time series came in 2013, a 1-0 Real victory at BC Place.
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REFEREE: Jair Marrufo. AR1 (bench): Jeremy Hanson; AR2 (opposite): Apolinar Mariscal; 4th: Alejandro Mariscal MLS Career: 182 games; FC/gm: 23.3; Y/gm: 2.8; R: 34; pens: 53
SUSPENDED: RSL: Jamison Olave (through May 31)
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: VAN: Sam Adekugbe, Gershon Koffie, Kendall Waston … RSL: Kyle Beckerman
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: VAN: Pa-Modou Kah … RSL: Jordan Allen, Luke Mulholland, Abdoulie Mansally
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: VAN: Deybi Flores (Honduras U-20) ... RSL: Jordan Allen (U.S. U-20); Boyd Okwuonu (U.S. U-23)
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (12 meetings): Whitecaps FC 4 wins, 13 goals … Real 4 wins, 13 goals … Ties 4
AT VANCOUVER (5 meetings): Whitecaps FC 3 wins, 8 goals … Real 1 win, 4 goals … Ties 1
FUTURE MATCH: 8/8: Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. Real Salt Lake, 7 p.m. PT
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