After a disastrous home loss to Portland on Decision Day, the Vancouver Whitecaps were pushed all the way out of the playoff bye spots and now have to face the San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday at BC Place, three days after San Jose narrowly made the playoffs thanks to a last-second Marco Urena winner. These two played to a 1-1 draw two weeks ago in a compelling attack vs. defense matchup. Expect more of the same on Wednesday night.
Lineups
Vancouver Whitecaps:
They’ll call it a 4-2-3-1, but the Whitecaps will play a narrow 4-4-1-1 with every intention of countering through Peruvian international Yordy Reyna and striker Fredy Montero, flanked occasionally by wingers Cristian Techera and Brek Shea (or maybe Christian Bolanos or Alphonso Davies).