Vancouver Whitecaps secure playoff spot with 1-1 draw against Portland Timbers
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“I’m frustrated because it should have been 3-0 for us,” said Sartini. “We were … too soft. Subconsciously I think we thought it was going to be easier.
“We didn’t go through with the killer instinct we should have.”
Vancouver (13-9-8) sits seventh in the MLS Western Conference with 47 points. The Whitecaps’ draw, combined with FC Dallas losing 3-1 to Orlando City SC and Austin FC drawing 2-2 with Real Salt Lake, clinched Vancouver a playoff berth for the second consecutive season and the third time in the last seven years.
Portland (12-10-9) holds the ninth and final playoff spot in the West with 45 points.
White’s goal came before some of the 25,902 fans at BC Place Stadium had found their seats.
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Midfielder Sebastian Berhalter sent a pass from the corner to the front of the net. Levonte Johnson let the ball pass in front of him to White, who beat Portland goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau, a former Whitecap.
A good play by midfielder Santiago Moreno and some bad Vancouver luck resulted in the Timbers tying the game near the end of the opening half.
Moreno threaded Rodriquez a pass through the Whitecaps’ defence. Rodriquez took a left-footed shot from the side of the net that hit the foot of defender Bjorn Inge Utvik, deflecting the ball past the outstretched hand of goaltender Yohei Takaoka.
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