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Seattle nearly went ahead again in the 26th minute when Brad Smith got past Vancouver midfielder Russell Teibert and slipped a pass to Montero. The Seattle striker got a sliding shot off but Crepeau kept the score locked at with a diving save. Toronto FC finished its campaign second-last in the Eastern Conference with a record. The Sounders were also without midfielders Joao Paulo hamstring and Nicolas Loderio knee inflammation.
The year-old Canadian 'keeper had a career-high six clean sheets in 27 regular-season starts. News Video Medal Table. We can't forget about that. We've come from far," Crepeau said. Place, the team really pulled together. This team never gave up. The closeness of the locker room has helped achieve results on the field, said attacking midfielder Ryan Gauld. Vancouver's post-season spot nearly slipped away in the dying seconds of Sunday's game. With the score knotted at , Seattle made a final push, with Fredy Montero crashing the net and Crepeau was forced to make a goal-line stop, his third save of the night.
While there were some tense moments, interim Whitecaps head coach Vanni Sartini said his group executed the moment as planned. Basically they were all the team there so it was really hard to defend," he said. Pushing and shoving ensued after a boot came dangerously close to Crepeau's face and another 'Caps player was kicked in the Achilles tendon.
The Sounders took an early lead after Cristian Dajome was called for hand ball in the penalty area. Montero took the ensuing penalty kick, firing a low shot into the bottom-right corner of the net to put Seattle up in the eighth minute. The fact that the goal came from the Colombian striker was particularly painful for Vancouver fans — Montero played three seasons for Vancouver , '19 and '20 but opted to return to Seattle as a free agent in March.
Defender Ranko Veselinovic settled a ball at the top of the penalty area, then sent it in to Brian White, who bumped it over to Gauld and the Scottish attacking midfielder headed it in past Seattle 'keeper Stefan Frei for the equalizer. White was knocked in the face on the play and lay on the field being looked at by trainers as his teammates celebrated.
He eventually walked off the field, then got a fresh jersey and some medical attention on the sidelines before returning to the game as fans cheered. Vancouver will face No. After playing his final MLS game, veteran fullback Justin Morrow said he was stepping aside because it was "time for the next generation.
Just how much turnover there will be at Toronto FC in the off-season remains to be seen. But Sunday's regular-season finale — a loss to D. United — was a reminder that plenty needs to be fixed. Toronto and the year-old Morrow still have the Canadian Championship final to play against CF Montreal, with date and venue yet to be determined.
During those first 17 games, goalies Thatcher Demko , 3. It was the first sign of an outbreak that extended to 22 players and four staff members, including coach Travis Green, testing positive. Vancouver, at that point, had nine games postponed, didn't play again until April 18 and lost all hope when they went in their next 10 games after resuming play.
Pettersson injury: Having the year-old center limited to 26 games because of an upper-body injury was too much to overcome. Pettersson, who scored 21 points 10 goals, 11 assists , is one of Vancouver's most explosive performers, having scored 66 points 27 goals, 39 assists in 68 games last season.
Without him since March 2, a game-breaker was lost.
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