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FT Saturday, March 8, 2025
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Match Report

Whitecaps stay perfect through 3 matches, blank CF Montreal

Mathias Laborda and Tate Johnson scored goals Saturday night and the Vancouver Whitecaps made it three wins in as many matches to start the season, blanking CF Montreal 2-0 in Vancouver.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
7
Corner Kicks
8
5
Saves
2
48.1
Possession
51.9
10
SHOTS
14
2
ON GOAL
7
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
360
Accurate Passes
405
433
Passes
477
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
8
Accurate Crosses
7
27
Crosses
20
0.3
Cross %
0.4
37
Long Balls
48
19
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
6
Blocked Shots
2
8
Effective Tackles
7
11
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
5
Interceptions
12
31
Effective Clearances
36
31
Clearances
36

Head to Head

VAN leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

VAN · 4-3-3

  1. 1Yohei TakaokaG
  2. 33Tristan BlackmonCD-L
  3. 4Ranko VeselinovicCD-R
  4. 28Tate JohnsonLB
  5. 2Mathías LabordaRB
  6. 20Andrés CubasCM
  7. 16Sebastian BerhalterLM
  8. 45Pedro ViteRM
  9. 24Brian WhiteF
  10. 25Ryan GauldLF
  11. 22Ali AhmedRF

Substitutes

  1. 26Jean-Claude NgandoSUB
  2. 27Giuseppe BovalinaSUB
  3. 14Daniel RíosSUB
  4. 12Belal HalbouniSUB
  5. 13Ralph Priso-MbongueSUB
  6. 52Nicolas Fleuriau ChateauSUB
  7. 32Isaac BoehmerSUB
  8. 15Bjørn Inge UtvikSUB
  9. 19Damir KreilachSUB

MTL · 3-4-3

  1. 40Jonathan SiroisG
  2. 16Joel WatermanCD
  3. 13Luca PetrassoCD-L
  4. 5Brandan CraigCD-R
  5. 21Fabian HerbersCM-L
  6. 19Nathan SalibaCM-R
  7. 3Tom PearceLM
  8. 39Aleksandr GubogloRM
  9. 9Prince OwusuF
  10. 10Bryce DukeCF-L
  11. 7Kwadwo OpokuCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 11Jahkeele Marshall-RuttySUB
  2. 22Victor LoturiSUB
  3. 4Fernando ÁlvarezSUB
  4. 1Sébastian BrezaSUB
  5. 27Dawid BugajSUB
  6. 28Jules-Anthony VilsaintSUB
  7. 8Dominik IankovSUB
  8. 14Sunusi IbrahimSUB
  9. 23Caden ClarkSUB

Timeline

  1. 24' Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. J.C. Ngando replaces Ryan Gauld because of an injury.
  2. 32' Goal! Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1, CF Montréal 0. Mathías Laborda (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a corner.
  3. 39' Luca Petrasso (CF Montréal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 41' Brandan Craig (CF Montréal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 49' Goal! Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2, CF Montréal 0. Tate Johnson (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Ali Ahmed with a cross.
  6. 61' Substitution, CF Montréal. Jules-Anthony Vilsaint replaces Kwadwo Opoku.
  7. 61' Substitution, CF Montréal. Caden Clark replaces Bryce Duke.
  8. 61' Substitution, CF Montréal. Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty replaces Tom Pearce.
  9. 72' Substitution, CF Montréal. Victor Loturi replaces Fabian Herbers.
  10. 74' Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Ralph Priso replaces Sebastian Berhalter.
  11. 81' Substitution, CF Montréal. Dominik Yankov replaces Nathan Saliba.
  12. 87' Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Damir Kreilach replaces Ali Ahmed.
  13. 87' Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Daniel Ríos replaces Brian White.
  14. 90'+4' J.C. Ngando (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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