The Loons endured a rocky start to their week away in Canada, falling to Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3-0 in a match that vaulted Vancouver past its Cascadia Cup rival Seattle and Portland for first place in the Western Conference.
Vancouver got after it early, jumping all over an early miscue to open the scoring. In the fifth minute, the ball looked like it was headed out of bounds along the right side, but Whitecaps FC kept it in, leading to a beautiful long ball ahead from midfielder Marcel de Jong that settled at midfielder Yordy Reyna’s feet. Reyna calmly buried it with the right foot and the Loons found themselves trailing within the first five minutes of a match for the second time in a week.