In this 3rd week match, on Saturday Mar 5th, Vancouver Whitecaps will play host to New York City in a clash of these two closely matched Major League Soccer teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 14th placed Vancouver Whitecaps is fresh off their 0-4 loss against Columbus Crew. M. Berry struck first for Columbus Crew in the 8th minute, then Derrick Etienne added another in the 25th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Vancouver Whitecaps couldn’t manage to score, and Columbus Crew took the shutout win. Vancouver Whitecaps looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10, while in their last match, 11th placed New York City, recorded a 0-1 loss against LA Galaxy. Javier Hernández struck first for LA Galaxy in the 90th minute on a feed from Raheem Edwards, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, New York City was frustrated by LA Galaxy’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. LA Galaxy ended the match with the shutout victory. New York City looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Valentin Mariano Jose Castellanos Gimenez has been the most prolific scorer on New York City in the last five matches with three goals. Cristián Dájome has been the most effective weapon for Vancouver Whitecaps lately. The attacker has netted 2 goals in his last five matches.