VANCOUVER, BC – Exactly one year ago Monday, Vancouver Whitecaps FC took a five-match unbeaten run into Children’s Mercy Park for a heavyweight clash with Sporting Kansas City.
The ‘Caps entered the game as the top team in the Western Conference.
Confidence was running high.
And it translated on the pitch – at least in the early going. Kekuta Manneh put Whitecaps FC ahead 2-0 with a first-half brace, and Pedro Morales scored a free-kick golazo in the 75th-minute to increase Vancouver’s lead to 3-1. It looked like the ‘Caps would cruise to the finish line.