Despite the convincing final scoreline, the Vancouver Whitecaps performance against Minnesota United FC was a rather enigmatic one. Much of the first half was quite dull, at least until Reyna opened the scoring in the 35th minute, and little else happened before the half besides Ghazal being removed with injury and replaced by Felipe. Interestingly enough, this seemingly innocuous moment may just have been the push needed to really open up the match, in both directions.
The Whitecaps looked absolutely deadly for much of the second half, then suddenly switched off with a three goal lead and 10 minutes to go (conceding two in short succession), only for Davies to put a final seal on the match and finish the Loons off for good.