VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Hugo Cuypers scored within the first minute, Philip Zinckernagel had an help and his first profession purpose and Rominigue Kouamé performed simply eight minutes and scored in his debut because the Chicago Hearth rallied at hand the Vancouver Whitecaps their first lack of the season with a 3-1 victory at BC Place on Saturday night time.
Chicago has gained three straight matches on the highway for the primary time since 2009.
Cuypers scored 53 seconds into the match to provide the Hearth (3-1-1) the lead. Vancouver hadn’t allowed a purpose in 231 minutes till Cuypers struck. All 5 of his targets this season have come within the final 4 matches. Zinckernagel notched his second help in his fourth profession begin and look.
“We all know that they’re an aggressive, attacking group, and so they put a whole lot of stress in your penalty field and we knew we might anticipate that,” coach Gregg Berhalter mentioned. “However we additionally knew that their midfield actually has to shift to cowl the large areas. So the thought was to get it from one aspect to a different. We did that on the primary purpose, and it was a very good play, actually good understanding from the gamers of tips on how to harm them.”
Daniel Ríos pulled the Whitecaps (4-1-0) even within the 14th minute together with his first purpose in his first begin and fourth look this season. Ríos scored 19 targets over 4 seasons with three earlier golf equipment earlier than becoming a member of Vancouver. Jayden Nelson had the helper on the rating and has already collected a career-high 4 assists this season. The 22-year-old midfielder had three assists in 45 profession appearances with Toronto FC.
Zinckernagel scored the winner unassisted within the 62nd minute.
“He was the coaches’ Man of the Match for his contributions,” Berhalter mentioned. “We all know what Philip can do. He’s an excellent participant, and as he will get into kind, I believe you’re going to see him rating some targets.”
Kouamé capped the scoring within the fifth minute of stoppage time after getting into within the 87th minute. Maren Haile-Selassie notched his first help this season and the thirteenth of his profession in his third season.
Berhalter coached in opposition to his son, Sebastian, who’s a midfielder for the Whitecaps.
“Each time there was a set piece, I held my breath as a result of he places in such good balls,” Gregg mentioned. “It’s type of annoying. I hoped he was going to mis-hit a few them, however sadly it didn’t occur.
“We obtained everybody right here. We obtained aunts, uncles, grandparents, siblings. Everyone seems to be right here for the sport, and fortunately we gained, and so I don’t have to purchase dinner.”
Chris Brady totaled one save in purpose for the Hearth. Yohei Takaoka saved two photographs for the Whitecaps, who turned the seventh group in league historical past to win 4 straight matches to start the season.
The Hearth posted a 3-1 victory in its final journey to Vancouver in 2022. The Whitecaps lead the sequence 7-4-3.
The Whitecaps journey to play Toronto FC on Saturday. The Hearth will host CF Montreal on Saturday.
