00:02the attack led by thomas muller in the number 10 spot tonight bruno caicedo is electric down
00:07the left-hand side for a recent designated player signing carlo holsa playing on the right side of
00:13midfield for sung bing jong owning the results only once have they dropped an affair to st louis
00:19city sc who are wearing the team to turn yellow kints here on the road this season the white hoop
00:24jerseys for the vancouver white caps on the right side of your screen
00:30and a healthy crowd of over 22 000 at least expected here tonight as we get set
00:37is this going to be the last match of the season with the roof open here at bc place
00:43decent evening here in the way
00:46haven't had the best of success historically here at bc place how many teams have over the course of
00:51the last couple of seasons a lot of that's down to the early pressure that the white caps put on
00:56the
00:56visitors okay satel beat volum to it but volum did well to get it in front of the ecuadorian there
01:06volum tight quarters dunked it bolvaro's got to be careful with sabby lurking nearby
01:13st louis trying to exit it's half and now getting away again sabby from distance
01:23emmanuel sabby
01:28strikes inside the second minute and vancouver
01:35absolutely pounces on st louis it's 1-0 in central midfield and as the ball's turned over for
01:42edelman and sabby with the left foot picks his corner side netting and the white caps with an early lead
01:48here at bc place
01:52well they don't score many from outside the box just the sixth of the season from outside the area for
01:58vancouver
01:59what's strong well by sabby some of these new players can really help out with that's the type of play
02:05that
02:06yoan damai is wanting from his side as well he loves the growth yoan damai does of this side from
02:12the pre-season to where they are now
02:15sabby
02:171v1 versus paul baron now in the right time just misses the post
02:25wilson attack toteland activated sliding tackle by garrison mancock still there for toteland trailing
02:34is holson left it for edelman can't get the shot away betcher is he on side the save made by
02:42kakaoka
02:45and the flag stayed down in the end
02:4912 and 0 this season as they have done here today
02:55there is a first time for everything and now one gets through to betcher betcher slices one through
03:01and it's a 1-1 match here at bc place
03:06feeling the internal heat in st louis betcher
03:11and again matan centrally puts a beautiful ball right through the heart of the white cap defense
03:17onto the foot of betcher who takes and turns really well that's a terrific first touch
03:22to set himself up for the finishing shot
03:26eyes the corner and buries it
03:29and we've seen one or two of those from st louis city not just
03:32the counter attacking team but one that can create from here
03:37betcher again right into takaoka as durkin created the turnover
03:44to have those types of cracks first corner of the evening for the white caps out swinging ball from
03:51johnson going right towards the spot drops down outside the box kubas loading up it's blocked
03:58now here's some ink off testing parking who has to go airborne
04:03for the plan to eventually come good and a lot of this is with long-term thinking
04:07even for next season the sprint season in 27 some of the building blocks put into place but
04:13while they're on this run they'll continue to work for each other get the kind of results that they have
04:26perky from what's that and now it's edelman in flight betcher had some room around him
04:32stiff goes to the right for volum
04:36volum looking against tate johnson edelman trying to cut it back there it is
04:41toland able to tuck it in underneath yohei takaoka and the visitors are not only back
04:48but they lead it two to one another really well taken goal combination edelman with the final ball
04:55i think it is here as it's volum and then making up the yardage there
05:01it is edelman who centers it across puts it into a blind area but that's what you want to do
05:06is just
05:06put into a dangerous spot and then ahead of garis menkoff is thomas toland reading that first
05:13and executing the nice side-footed finish that has takaoka grasping
05:21wasn't quite a dummy by betcher it was probably out of reach for him but that's what i meant about
05:26the depth that they all of a sudden have in the number nine position but he could play off the
05:30sides as well this needs to get fully up to speed match fitness wise as he hasn't played a game
05:37in a
05:37while element on the touch collected by blackman
05:46rattled off him again so it stays with st louis volum quickly in for mcnaughton
05:52little options going centrally nearly stolen by alumi quickly played by pulvera
06:01a nice little shimmy by matan toteland is in space toteland cutting it back behind everybody
06:09volum
06:15a shocker here in vancouver three in a row in the first half and a 3-1 lead for city
06:23talked about how good he is at setting other players up but there's a move from a town that just
06:28gets away from sabi perfectly weighted ball ahead to toteland it goes beyond edelman but volum's there
06:35to pick up the pieces and swing home and again he puts it into the corner so the keeper can't
06:41get near
06:41it and st louis city three goals inside the first half and deservingly in front three goals to one
06:50just the second career goal
06:56durkin
06:58lost it along the touch line kept alive
07:03also lost it muller a little flick looking for alumi alumi
07:08birking makes the stop as alumi never said die but he can't beat the swiss keeper
07:16and played pretty well in that position they went to penalties in that game against tigris
07:21but they'll also need him in a more advanced position so he won't just sit
07:25and in fact we might see a three center back system
07:32and it's wholesome delivering the service rolling towards the edge of the six and chipped up over the bar
07:42a bit of a thrill ride there can't do anything against him
07:49he jumps it cutting it back muller leaves it for gold and was leaning back and rifles it over the
07:56bar
07:56thomas muller is so good at that always picking out the player who's in a better position to shoot than
08:00he is first step and at the appropriate time just get down to make the sliding block
08:07played short laras rolls the ball through brian white got a piece but off the mark ultimately
08:17chipping far post white is there edge of the six cleared away and a point to the spot
08:26handballed at the edge of the six yard box and the whitecaps may have been handed a lifelike
08:32across well it hits the back of volum
08:40having the right arm out and above his head that maybe if it hits that you could say that
08:44it was blocked on the way in but the referee's gonna have a look and i think when he sees
08:48this
08:50he'll see that rather than the arm it hits the back right along the name of conrad volum
08:58you can see the referee if we get another look at the referee is parked right behind or right in
09:06front of the player and so he was screened by it
09:15we we did the game last year between these two teams here and there was that very controversial
09:19penalty call that was given the whitecaps way i don't think this one
09:25will go to the home team this time and and always a sure indicator as we get the official
09:32read here after review there is no involved fans final decision is no penalty
09:39as we suspected
09:43outside the area he was loading up now takes a shot and nearly able to
09:48find some space beyond the mitts of yohei tako okay took a redirect though so it's a quarter
09:58ball dropping for a tap who's touched a lot of different corners of the pitch here today
10:12edelman chip too
10:15damian jowns who takes the shot and fended off by takaoka
10:20you have to think he is absolutely joyous with the effort there is that final whistle and the point
10:28from michael venn the referee
