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FT Saturday, March 9, 2024
Vancouver Whitecaps LDLDW 2
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San Jose Earthquakes DLLLL 0
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Match Report

Whitecaps blank Earthquakes for first win of season

Reserves Alessandro Schopf and Ali Ahmed scored late in the second half as the Vancouver Whitecaps defeated the host San Jose Earthquakes 2-0 on Saturday night.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
8
2
Saves
1
39.4
Possession
60.6
8
SHOTS
9
4
ON GOAL
2
0.5
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
307
Accurate Passes
500
390
Passes
590
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
6
12
Crosses
26
0.3
Cross %
0.2
62
Long Balls
49
30
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
3
14
Effective Tackles
5
19
Tackles
10
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
13
Interceptions
3
26
Effective Clearances
16
26
Clearances
16

Head to Head

SJ leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

SJ · 4-2-3-1

  1. 42DanielG
  2. 26RodriguesCD-L
  3. 4Bruno WilsonCD-R
  4. 94Vítor CostaLB
  5. 3Paul MarieRB
  6. 16Jack SkahanAM
  7. 14Jackson YueillLM
  8. 7Carlos GruezoRM
  9. 11Jeremy EbobisseF
  10. 9Amahl PellegrinoAM-L
  11. 10Cristian EspinozaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Preston JuddSUB
  2. 25William YarbroughSUB
  3. 6Alfredo MoralesSUB
  4. 17Ousseni BoudaSUB
  5. 28Benjamin KikanovicSUB
  6. 15Tanner BeasonSUB
  7. 55Michael BaldisimoSUB
  8. 22Tommy ThompsonSUB
  9. 24Daniel MunieSUB

VAN · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Yohei TakaokaG
  2. 4Ranko VeselinovicCD
  3. 6Tristan BlackmonCD-L
  4. 2Mathías LabordaCD-R
  5. 20Andrés CubasCM-L
  6. 45Pedro ViteCM-R
  7. 14Luís MartinsLM
  8. 23Javain BrownRM
  9. 19Damir KreilachF
  10. 25Ryan GauldCF-L
  11. 24Brian WhiteCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 11Fafà PicaultSUB
  2. 7Ryan RaposoSUB
  3. 15Bjørn Inge UtvikSUB
  4. 28Levonte JohnsonSUB
  5. 8Alessandro SchöpfSUB
  6. 16Sebastian BerhalterSUB
  7. 12Belal HalbouniSUB
  8. 22Ali AhmedSUB
  9. 32Isaac BoehmerSUB

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Alfredo Morales replaces Jack Skahan.
  2. 62' Bruno Wilson (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 62' Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Ali Ahmed replaces Luís Martins.
  4. 63' Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Fafá Picault replaces Damir Kreilach.
  5. 70' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Preston Judd replaces Jeremy Ebobisse.
  6. 70' Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Ryan Raposo replaces Javain Brown.
  7. 71' Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Alessandro Schöpf replaces Pedro Vite.
  8. 72' Preston Judd (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 74' Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 0, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1. Alessandro Schöpf (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  10. 77' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Benjamin Kikanovic replaces Carlos Gruezo.
  11. 80' Alfredo Morales (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 80' Fafá Picault (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 82' Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Sebastian Berhalter replaces Brian White.
  14. 85' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Tommy Thompson replaces Paul Marie.
  15. 85' Substitution, San Jose Earthquakes. Ousseni Bouda replaces Amahl Pellegrino.
  16. 86' Goal! San Jose Earthquakes 0, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2. Ali Ahmed (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Ranko Veselinovic.
  17. 90'+3' Tommy Thompson (San Jose Earthquakes) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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