{"id":58294,"date":"2015-08-06T16:51:57","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T08:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=58294"},"modified":"2025-01-08T18:00:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T23:00:41","slug":"whitecaps-sounders-play-to-1-1-draw-in-concacaf-champions-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/08\/06\/whitecaps-sounders-play-to-1-1-draw-in-concacaf-champions-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitecaps, Sounders play to 1-1 draw in CONCACAF Champions League"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Vancouver Whitecaps and the Seattle Sounders played to a 1-1 draw in the CONCACAF Champions League. (Photo from the Whitecaps<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

VANCOUVER \u2013 Tim Parker\u2019s only disappointment with his first professional goal was that it didn\u2019t come in a victory.<\/p>\n

The rookie defender for the Vancouver Whitecaps deftly backheeled a corner kick past Seattle goalkeeper Troy Perkins in the second half Wednesday, but the Sounders responded with an equalizer 11 minutes later as the teams played to a 1-1 draw in the CONCACAF Champions League.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was great to score at home, great to score against Seattle,\u201d said the 22-year-old. \u201cJust a little heartbroken that we didn\u2019t get the win.<\/p>\n

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Lamar Neagle replied in the 72nd minute for the Sounders as both clubs opened up play in Group F with a single point.<\/p>\n

Parker\u2019s goal came off a delivery from Pedro Morales moments after Erik Hurtado recorded Vancouver\u2019s first shot of the night in a game that offered little entertainment value for the first hour.<\/p>\n

\u201cI tried to get to the near post and beat my man,\u201d said Parker.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was fortunate enough that it found the back of the net.<\/p>\n

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Neagle\u2019s response came off a miss-hit Seattle free kick that looped over the Vancouver penalty area to Andy Rose on the right. He sent a ball back into the box to a wide-open Neagle, who quickly fired a shot high over Paolo Tornaghi.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately we switched off at the vital moment and let them back in with a bad goal,\u201d said Whitecaps head coach Carl Robinson, whose team was making its Champions League debut. \u201cBut I think it was fair result.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seattle came in having been shut out in each of its last four games in Major League Soccer \u2013 including a demoralizing 3-0 home defeat to Vancouver on Saturday. Sounders head coach Sigi Schmid said Neagle\u2019s breakthrough was encouraging for a team that prior to Wednesday had lost eight of its last nine.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought we were unfortunate to go behind 1-0,\u201d said Schmid. \u201cHappy to see us get an equalizer. It\u2019s been a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Whitecaps, who sit first in the Western Conference in MLS and have a stated goal of hosting their first-ever playoff game this fall, rested their entire starting 11 from the weekend, while the Sounders made eight changes. Vancouver has an especially busy August with eight matches in the league, Amway Canadian Championship final and CONCACAF competition.<\/p>\n

There was lack of cohesion showed by each team\u2019s mostly youthful units for the first two-thirds of the match \u2013 especially Vancouver\u2019s \u2013 and Parker\u2019s goal sparked the crowd at B.C. Place Stadium that was getting increasingly frustrated with the home team’s performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat happens sometimes when you make that many changes,\u201d said Robinson. \u201cBut it was a win-win because it was important I got these guys games\u2026 it gave me a few answers to questions I had in my mind with some players.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seattle had the only real chance of the opening 45 minutes when Rose’s free header from the penalty spot flashed just over Tornaghi\u2019s crossbar in the 35th.<\/p>\n

The game started with the roof open at B.C. Place despite a light drizzle, but the rain stopped and the sun appeared not long after, one of the only early highlights.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll never fault their work ethic,\u201d Robinson said of his players. \u201cIt was no champagne football, but there was a lot of hard work.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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