Vancouver Whitecaps vs LAFC, 2024 MLS, Western Conference Playoffs - Round One

· Game 2

Vancouver Whitecaps

10': Ryan Gauld
13': Ryan Hollingshead (OG)
68': Eddie Segura (OG)

FT
3 - 0
Game 2

LAFC

Ryan Gauld scores again as Whitecaps blank LAFC, even series

Ryan Gauld scored his fifth goal of the playoffs and was involved in two more as the Vancouver Whitecaps beat visiting LAFC 3-0 to even their Round 1 series Sunday evening.

Match Commentary

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
2': Foul by Sebastian Berhalter (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
4': Foul by Lewis O'Brien (Los Angeles Football Club).
4': Ryan Gauld (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Foul by Mateusz Bogusz (Los Angeles Football Club).
5': Sam Adekugbe (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
7': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Ranko Veselinovic.
7': Attempt missed. Maxime Chanot (Los Angeles Football Club) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Mateusz Bogusz with a cross following a corner.
10': Attempt blocked. Stuart Armstrong (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Brian White.
10': Goal! Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1, Los Angeles Football Club 0. Ryan Gauld (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
12': Corner, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Conceded by Maxime Chanot.
13': Attempt missed. Tristan Blackmon (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the left following a corner.
13': Attempt blocked. Ryan Gauld (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sebastian Berhalter.
13': Own Goal by Ryan Hollingshead, Los Angeles Football Club. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2, Los Angeles Football Club 0.
17': Attempt missed. Fafá Picault (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ryan Gauld.
19': Foul by Brian White (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
19': Maxime Chanot (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
21': Foul by Andrés Cubas (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
21': Lewis O'Brien (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
23': Attempt blocked. Aaron Long (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
23': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Andrés Cubas.
25': Foul by Andrés Cubas (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
25': Lewis O'Brien (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
26': Foul by Ryan Hollingshead (Los Angeles Football Club).
26': Ryan Gauld (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
27': Attempt missed. Ranko Veselinovic (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) header from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ryan Gauld following a set piece situation.
28': Foul by Tristan Blackmon (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
28': Olivier Giroud (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
29': Attempt missed. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Timothy Tillman.
30': Attempt saved. Fafá Picault (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Ali Ahmed.
31': Fafá Picault (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
31': Foul by Sergi Palencia (Los Angeles Football Club).
33': Attempt blocked. Ryan Gauld (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
33': Corner, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Conceded by Ryan Hollingshead.
33': Attempt blocked. Sam Adekugbe (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sebastian Berhalter.
33': Hand ball by Ali Ahmed (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
37': Offside, Los Angeles Football Club. Ryan Hollingshead is caught offside.
38': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Sebastian Berhalter.
39': Ali Ahmed (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
39': Foul by Sergi Palencia (Los Angeles Football Club).
41': Foul by Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club).
41': Stuart Armstrong (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
41': Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
42': Delay in match because of an injury Stuart Armstrong (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
43': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
45': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
45'+2': Attempt blocked. Brian White (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sebastian Berhalter with a cross.
45'+2': Corner, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Conceded by Maxime Chanot.
45'+4': Attempt blocked. Stuart Armstrong (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Gauld.
45'+4': Corner, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Conceded by Aaron Long.
45'+6': First Half ends, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2, Los Angeles Football Club 0.
45': Second Half begins Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2, Los Angeles Football Club 0.
46': Attempt missed. Olivier Giroud (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Dénis Bouanga.
47': Attempt missed. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ryan Hollingshead.
49': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Sam Adekugbe.
50': Foul by Ali Ahmed (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
50': Timothy Tillman (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
50': Ali Ahmed (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
51': Attempt saved. Mateusz Bogusz (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Olivier Giroud with a headed pass.
52': Foul by Ali Ahmed (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
52': Timothy Tillman (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
56': Foul by Cristian Olivera (Los Angeles Football Club).
56': Sam Adekugbe (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
57': Cristian Olivera (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
57': Foul by Sebastian Berhalter (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
57': Sebastian Berhalter (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
58': Attempt blocked. Ali Ahmed (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sam Adekugbe.
58': Corner, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Conceded by Maxime Chanot.
59': Attempt missed. Ranko Veselinovic (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
59': Attempt blocked. Ali Ahmed (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Gauld.
60': Attempt missed. Olivier Giroud (Los Angeles Football Club) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Lewis O'Brien with a cross.
60': Attempt saved. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lewis O'Brien.
61': Attempt missed. Mateusz Bogusz (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Timothy Tillman.
63': Foul by Sam Adekugbe (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
63': Mateusz Bogusz (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
63': Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Mathías Laborda replaces Ali Ahmed.
64': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Eddie Segura replaces Maxime Chanot.
64': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. David Martínez replaces Olivier Giroud.
64': Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Alessandro Schöpf replaces Sebastian Berhalter.
64': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Eduard Atuesta replaces Timothy Tillman.
67': Attempt saved. Eduard Atuesta (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cristian Olivera.
67': Attempt missed. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right.
68': Own Goal by Eddie Segura, Los Angeles Football Club. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3, Los Angeles Football Club 0.
70': Attempt blocked. Fafá Picault (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sam Adekugbe.
70': Corner, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Conceded by Aaron Long.
70': Corner, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Conceded by David Martínez.
71': Corner, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Conceded by Lewis O'Brien.
71': Attempt missed. Tristan Blackmon (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Ryan Gauld with a cross following a corner.
72': Hand ball by Ryan Hollingshead (Los Angeles Football Club).
74': Eduard Atuesta (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
74': Foul by Stuart Armstrong (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
74': Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Bjørn Utvik replaces Sam Adekugbe.
76': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Kei Kamara replaces Ryan Hollingshead.
76': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Jesús Murillo replaces Dénis Bouanga.
77': Fafá Picault (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
77': Foul by Jesús Murillo (Los Angeles Football Club).
78': Attempt blocked. Brian White (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Gauld with a cross.
79': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Tristan Blackmon.
79': Attempt blocked. Cristian Olivera (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by David Martínez with a cross.
80': Attempt saved. Cristian Olivera (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eduard Atuesta.
82': Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Ryan Raposo replaces Fafá Picault.
82': Substitution, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Ralph Priso-Mbongue replaces Stuart Armstrong.
83': Brian White (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
83': Foul by Jesús Murillo (Los Angeles Football Club).
84': Jesús Murillo (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
85': Corner, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Conceded by Jesús Murillo.
86': Eduard Atuesta (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
86': Foul by Alessandro Schöpf (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
87': Attempt missed. Kei Kamara (Los Angeles Football Club) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Eduard Atuesta following a set piece situation.
88': Foul by Eddie Segura (Los Angeles Football Club).
88': Ryan Gauld (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Eddie Segura (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
90'+1': Eduard Atuesta (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+1': Foul by Ryan Gauld (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
90'+1': Attempt missed. Cristian Olivera (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Eddie Segura.
90'+2': Foul by Brian White (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
90'+2': Jesús Murillo (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+2': Eduard Atuesta (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+2': Foul by Ralph Priso-Mbongue (Vancouver Whitecaps FC).
90'+3': Corner, Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Conceded by Eddie Segura.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3, Los Angeles Football Club 0.
0': Match ends, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3, Los Angeles Football Club 0.

Statistics

LAFC		VAN
11	Fouls	15
3	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	0
5	Corner Kicks	10
1	Saves	4
56.1	Possession	43.9
15	SHOTS	17
5	ON GOAL	2
0.3	On Target %	0.1
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
418	Accurate Passes	311
484	Passes	382
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	4
24	Crosses	15
0.2	Cross %	0.3
45	Long Balls	49
19	Accurate Long Balls	21
0.4	Long Balls %	0.4
1	Blocked Shots	10
8	Effective Tackles	15
12	Tackles	18
0.7	Tackle %	0.8
6	Interceptions	12
18	Effective Clearances	25
18	Clearances	25

Game Information

Competition: MLS

Venue: BC Place
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Attendance: 20,695

Line-Ups

Vancouver Whitecaps (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Yohei Takaoka (GK)
4	Ranko Veselinovic
6	Tristan Blackmon
3	Sam Adekugbe
16	Sebastian Berhalter
20	Andrés Cubas
22	Ali Ahmed
26	Stuart Armstrong
24	Brian White
11	Fafà Picault
25	Ryan Gauld

Vancouver Whitecaps Substitutes:

Alessandro Schöpf, Damir Kreilach, Bjørn Inge Utvik, Ralph Priso-Mbongue, Isaac Boehmer, Ryan Raposo, Deiber Caicedo, Pedro Vite, Mathías Laborda.

LAFC (3-4-3)

No.	Name
1	Hugo Lloris (GK)
25	Maxime Chanot
33	Aaron Long
14	Sergi Palencia
8	Lewis O'Brien
11	Timothy Tillman
24	Ryan Hollingshead
13	Cristian Olivera
9	Olivier Giroud
99	Dénis Bouanga
19	Mateusz Bogusz

LAFC Substitutes:

Thomas Hasal, Jesús Murillo, Eduard Atuesta, Ilie Sánchez, David Martínez, Omar Campos, Marlon, Kei Kamara, Eddie Segura.

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