For the Whitecaps, the young players haven’t exactly been centre stage, getting substitute minutes as the team tries to salvage some points.
The 26-year-old Canadian international was injured … Sapong knocked the ball in after Alvaro Medran's shot hammered off the crossbar. Already short-handed, the bad luck continues to cause the Whitecaps grief, as they lost starting goalkeeper Max Crepeau to an injury suffered Sunday night.
Reyna located Dajome, who slotted the ball past Kronholm with his team's second shot on net.Montreal plays Orlando on Saturday and Toronto takes on New York City FC on Sunday. Ali Adnan found him behind the defence and the Peruvian international sidestepped goalkeeper Kenneth Kronholm before slipping the ball in.
Already missing nine players through injury or other reasons, Vancouver lost defender Jasser Khmiri late in the first half with a left knee injury after going down in a tangle with a Fire player near the sideline. A different Whitecaps team came out from the dressing room some 90 minutes later with Dos Santos's substitutions making the difference.Defenders Janio Bikel (adductor strain) and Erik Godoy (quadricep strain) were injured in training.Less than two minutes after play resumed, Reyna broke the deadlock. 10 players injured or missing. But, after video review, the goal was waved off for handball.Backup 'keeper Bryan Meredith left the team earlier in the tournament after the death of his mother.LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Coach Marc Dos Santos laid out the plan, and his young Whitecaps followed it all the way into the round of 16 at the MLS is Back Tournament.Crepeau watched the game from the sidelines, his arm in a sling.
The club said defender Andy Rose and defender/midfielder Georges Mukumbilwa are also sitting out the Florida tournament, which starts Wednesday and runs through Aug. 11.
It marked the first MLS start for Raposo, a 21-year-old rookie from Hamilton.This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 23, 2020.Vancouver came to the tournament without forwards Lucas Cavallini, Fredy Montero and Tosaint Ricketts, along with defender Andy Rose and defender/midfielder Georges Mukumbilwa, who all stayed home because of personal or medical reasons.San Jose had already clinched top spot in the group. Opponents changed in the 11th hour. The Vancouver Whitecaps will be missing five players at the MLS is Back Tournament, including forwards Lucas Cavallini, Fredy Montero and Tosaint Ricketts.