VANCOUVER WHITECAPS vs. SEATTLE SOUNDERS
BC PLACE, Vancouver, B.C.
May 16, 2015 (Week 11, MLS Game #103)
7 pm ET (MLS LIVE in US, TSN1 in Canada)
The Cascadia Cup rivalry is renewed yet again when Vancouver Whitecaps FC take on Seattle Sounders FC for the first time this season at BC Place on Saturday afternoon. Whitecaps FC are tied atop the Western Conference, continuing their homestand following a 3-0 win against Philadelphia Union last weekend. Sounders FC are continuing their three-game road swing, coming off a 3-2 loss at Columbus Crew SC last week to snap a three-game winning run.
- Pedro Morales scored a goal and added an assist – the fourth time in his MLS career he’s been involved in at least one goal and one assist in a game – as Whitecaps FC took a 3-0 win against Philadelphia Union on Saturday afternoon at BC Place.
- Clint Dempsey scored two goals – the sixth multiple-goal game of his MLS career – but Sounders FC fell 3-2 at Columbus Crew SC on Saturday evening. Dempsey has scored in three consecutive games, with four goals over that time; he has a goal and/or an assist in each one of his seven games this season.
- Whitecaps FC have a five-game undefeated streak against their Cascadia rivals – including victories in the last two matches, winning 1-0 on July 5 at BC Place, and 1-0 on Oct. 10 at CenturyLink Field.
- Sounders FC last won in the series on June 8, 2013, a 3-2 victory in Seattle. Sounders FC won on their first visit to Vancouver for an MLS match – and haven’t won there since. At BC Place in MLS play, Whitecaps FC are 2-0-3 vs. Seattle.
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REFEREE: Mark Geiger. AR1 (bench): Ian Anderson; AR2 (opposite): Greg Barkey; 4th: Younes Marrakchi MLS Career: 135 games; FC/gm: 26.7; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 32; pens: 43
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: VAN: Sam Adekugbe, Pa-Modou Kah
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: VAN: Gershon Koffie, Kendall Waston
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (11 meetings): Whitecaps FC 4 wins, 17 goals … Sounders FC 3 wins, 15 goals … Ties 4
AT VANCOUVER (6 meetings): Whitecaps FC 2 wins, 8 goals … Sounders FC 1 win, 7 goals … Ties 3
RETURN MATCHES: 8/1: Seattle Sounders FC vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC, 7 p.m. PT; 9/19: Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. Seattle Sounders FC, 4 p.m. PT
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