VANCOUVER. Dallas and Vancouver Whitecaps draw 1-1. S. Ibeagha scored the first goal (5′) for Dallas. P. Arriola settled the score (34′) with an own goal. Dallas was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%)

The match was played at the BC Place Stadium stadium in Vancouver on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. In front of 16,780 spectators.​ The referee was Marcos de Oliveira with the assistance of Brooke Mayo and Felisha Mariscal. The 4th official was Fotis Bazakos. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.1 degrees Celsius or 44.83 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Dallas had a strong ball possession 56% while Vancouver Whitecaps was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Dallas had a more offensive attitude with 86 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Dallas to win the match​.

Vancouver Whitecaps shot 10 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Dallas shot 11 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Vancouver Whitecaps received 2 yellow cards (A. Cubas and Alessandro Schöpf). On the other side, Dallas received 2 yellow cards (Nkosi Tafari and Jáder Obrian).

Standings

After this match, Vancouver Whitecaps has 1 points to occupy the 11th place in the standings. On the other side, Dallas has 4 points (5th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Vancouver Whitecaps will host Los Angeles FC on the 20th of October with a 5-4 head to head stats in favor of Los Angeles FC (3 draws).

Dallas will play away agasint LA Galaxy on the 20th of October with a 23-18 head to head stats in favor of Dallas (6 draws).

Vancouver Whitecaps and Dallas will play the return match on the at the Toyota Stadium

Vancouver Whitecaps – Formation

Vancouver Whitecaps started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).

The manager Vanni Sartini decided to play with the following team: Yohei Takaoka (6.5), Javain Brown (7.1), Ranko Veselinović (7.3), Tristan Blackmon (6.8), Ryan Raposo (6.1), Julian Gressel (7.2), Andrés Cubas (7.3), Alessandro Schöpf (6.9), Cristián Dájome (6.2), Ryan Gauld (7.1) and Brian White (5.7).

The home team had on the bench: Sergio Córdova (6.8), Ali Ahmed, Russell Teibert, Pedro Vite (6.7), Thomas Hasal, Karifa Yao, Jean-Claude Ngando, Sebastian Berhalter (6.4) and Mathías Laborda.

Substitutions

Vancouver Whitecaps made 4 changes: Cristian Dájome for Sergio Córdova (46′), Brian White for Pedro Vite Uca (70′), Julian Gressel for Mathías Laborda (83′) and R. Raposo for Ali Ahmed (83′).

Best player: Andrés Cubas​

The most impressive player for Vancouver Whitecaps was Andrés Cubas.

His rating is (7.3) with 39 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 8.

Dallas – Formation

Dallas started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Nicolás Estévez Martínez played with: Maarten Paes (7.4), Ema Twumasi (6.6), Sebastien Ibeagha (7.6), Nkosi Burgess (7.7), Marco Farfan (7.0), Paxton Pomykal (7.4), Edwin Cerrillo (6.2), Sebastian Lletget (6.1), Paul Arriola (6.4), Jesús Ferreira (6.8) and Alan Velasco (7.4).

They had on the bench: Jimmy Maurer, Bernard Kamungo, Tsiki Ntsabeleng, José Mulato, Jader Obrian (6.5), Geovane (7.1), Nolan Norris, Sam Junqua and José Antonio Martinez (6.8).

Dallas could not rely on the presence of Jáder Obrian (injured).

Substitutions

Dallas made 5 changes: Paul Arriola for Jader Obrian (60′), Sebastian Lletget for José Martínez (60′), Ema Twumasi for Geovane de Jesus Rocha (77′), Ema Twumasi for S. Berhalter (78′) and Marco Farfán for Sam Junqua (89′).

Best player: Nkosi Burgess​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Dallas was Nkosi Burgess.

His rating is (7.7) with 82 passes (89% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.​

• Vancouver Whitecaps – Dallas – 1-1
• Charlotte – Atlanta United – 0-3