COUVA, TT – It was a long journey – the longest trip Vancouver Whitecaps FC will make this year.
Over 7,000 kilometers from Vancouver. And over 4,000 kilometres from Dallas, where the ‘Caps departed from just yesterday. But it was worth it in the end.
A youthful Vancouver Whitecaps FC (CCL: 1W-0L-0D) side opened the 2016-17 CONCACAF Champions League with a 1-0 win over two-time defending Trinidadian and Caribbean champions Central FC (CCL: 0W-1L-0D) on Tuesday night at Ato Boldon Stadium.
The match was played west-central town of Couva, Trinidad and Tobago.
Cristian Techera scored the game’s only goal in the 34th minute, while WFC2 goalkeeper Spencer Richey made five saves – all in the first half – to keep the clean sheet in his first-team debut.