“Sometimes if you go a goal down, it can relax you in an odd way. You go a goal down early like we did, then you get the one goal back and the momentum is with you.”
That’s what former Vancouver Whitecaps player David Cross had to say during halftime at BC Place after spectators witnessed captain Kendall Waston’s trumpeting header find the back of the net to give the ‘Caps the lead before the end of the first 45.
He wasn’t far off the mark either.
Waston’s herculean frame proved to be the difference in a match that saw the ‘Caps concede early before rallying for the 3-1 win against expansion side Atlanta United FC.