Oh yeah! we Played a Game Last Night!

So the Whitecaps played last night, and should have pulled off a victory had it not been for a fishy play at the end of the first half that saw Carolina be awarded a penalty in the dying seconds.

Carolina came out strong to start the first half put on a wee bit of pressure in the first five minutes but after that the first half was dominated by the Whitecaps playing with the ball in the Carolina end. Strong game all around for the caps as guys like Johnny Steele and Martin Nash consistently pushed the ball into the box with lovely service. In the 31st minute on one of these such runs up the field Johnny Steele played a lovely ball on to a streaking Zurab Tsiskaridze, as the defender caught up to the ball on the left wing, he struck a low hard cross into the box and Ansu Toure flicked a cheeky little back heel into the goal.

As the half was drawing to a close Carolina's keeper punted a ball out of his box and an airborne Tsiskaridze was undercut by a Railhawks player at half, the play continued on and eventually led to Nelson Akwari bowling over Carolina's Etienne Barbara in the 18 yard box. A penalty was awarded and Barbara converted on the free kick.

After that the best chances of the second half came from a Marcus Haber header in the 53rd minute and then another head by Phillipe Davies in the 65th. Not a whole lot else happened in the later stages, Doudou came in for Ansu, in a Toure for Toure substitution, only to be involved in a head on head collision almost immediately after entering the pitch.

A draw while not ideal still keeps the Caps on top of the table.

The next home game from the men will be on July 8th almost a month away! the Residency Team will play Friday and Sunday this week up at SFU I urge you to come up and check it out. I will be announcing the Friday game but will not be at the Sunday game so maybe you guys could keep ME updated on that one!

The Women's next game is at Mcleod Athletic Park in Langley, on June 27th. They will be facing The Pali Blues from Los Angeles. I would imagine we will finally get to see the recently signed Kara Lang, who will have just graduated from UCLA. She actually was a member of the Pali Blues last season so hopefully she will be able to knock a couple past her former club and win one for the good guys