On the 9th of July, Vancouver Whitecaps will host Minnesota United at Bc Place Stadium in a meeting of these two evenly matched Major League Soccer teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, a perfect day for football. 9th placed Vancouver Whitecaps is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Los Angeles FC. Andrés Cubas struck first for Vancouver Whitecaps in the 89th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Los Angeles FC couldn’t manage to score, and Vancouver Whitecaps took the shutout win. Vancouver Whitecaps should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 8th placed Minnesota United, recorded a 3-2 win against Real Salt Lake. Emanuel Reynoso struck first for Minnesota United in the 9th minute, then Emanuel Reynoso added another in the 3rd minute of the first half’s stoppage time. Minnesota United looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win and 1 draw each.
Minnesota United is fortunate enough to have Emanuel Reynoso in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored five goals. Vancouver Whitecaps is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Ryan Gauld and Ranko Veselinović each only have 1 goal in their last 5.