WFC2 fall to LAFC2

BURNABY, BC – Whitecaps FC 2 fell to a 3-1 defeat against LAFC2 at Swangard Stadium on Thursday evening.

WFC2 started a young lineup, featuring the first career MLS NEXT Pro starts for Whitecaps FC BMO MLS Academy products Brennen Fuerst and Edwin Espinal.

Christian Diaz opened the scoring for LAFC2 in the 39th minute, poking home a corner kick.

The visitors extended their lead in the 55th minute, as Yekeson Subah headed in a cross from Christian Torres. 

In the 71st minute, substitute Levonte Johnson took on two LAFC2 players in the box before being taken down. Captain Gloire Amanda stepped up to take the penalty kick and buried it into the bottom corner to score his third goal of the season and cut the deficit to 2-1.

In the 79th minute, Elage Bah was shown a red card on a play in the LAFC2 box.

With time ticking down, Torres again connected with Subah to make it a 3-1 final score.

Next up for WFC2 is a July 2 road match at Sporting KC II before returning for home matches against Colorado Rapids 2 on July 8 and Timbers2 on July 15. 

MATCH DETAILS

Referee: Melvin Rivas

Scoring Summary
39’ – LAFC – Christian Diaz
55’ – LAFC – Yekeson Subah (Christian Torres)
73’ – VAN – Gloire Amanda (penalty kick)
90’+3 – LAFC – Yekeson Subah (Christian Torres)

Statistics
Possession: VAN 47%  – LAFC 53%
Shots: VAN 12 – LAFC 14
Shots on Goal: VAN 3 – LAFC 6
Saves: VAN 3 – LAFC 2
Fouls: VAN 9 – LAFC 19
Offsides: VAN 2 – LAFC 3
Corners: VAN 7 – LAFC 4

Cautions
45'+2’ – LAFC – Matthew Evans
72’ – LAFC – Jeremy Batioja
74’ – LAFC – Abraham Romero
81’ – LAFC – Tamir Ratoviz
87’ – LAFC – Christian Torres
89’ – VAN – Antoine Coupland

Ejection
79' – VAN – Elage Bah

Whitecaps FC 2
50.Max Anchor; 46.Darko Ilić, 95.Joshué Ndakala, 56.Lucas Dasovic, 57.Elage Bah; 82.Brennen Fuerst, 41.Malcolm Johnston; 76.Joe Hanson, 43.Antoine Coupland, 78.Edwin Espinal (28.Levonte Johnson HT); 44.Gloire Amanda ©

Substitutes not used
90.Cohen Park, 47.Amir Ghasemi, 77.Joven Mann, 81.Nikos Clarke-Tosczak, 85.Sydney Wathuta

LAFC2
1.Abraham Romero; 62.Joshua Santiago (32.Shakir Nixon 73'), 15.Christian Diaz, 5.Noah Dollenmayer, 24.Javen Romero (42.Luca Bombino HT); 6.Jeremy Batioja, 29.Tamir Ratoviz, 39.Matthew Evans (23.Alixson Soukup 60'); 7.Yekeson Subah, 9.Dustin Aguirre, 21.Christian Torres

Substitutes not used
30.Jassem Koleilat, 33.Adrian Wibowo