Denne St. Clare, while visiting Minnesota United, made three savings, went into a tie for the second place at the Western Conference, which was with a 0–0 draw against the first place Vancouver Whitecap on Wednesday night.
Yohei Takaoka ended with a sev for his seventh clean sheet for Vancouver (9–1-5, 32 points), which extended his point streak in 15 matches in all competitions. Draw extended the MLS unbeaten line of whitakaps to 10 games, setting the team records from July-September 2021.
WhiteCaps now heads Mexico City to face Cruise Azul on Sunday night in the ConcacAF Champions Cup final.
It was an MLS-Agni eighth clean sheet for St. Claire. Lones (7-3-6, 27 points), who extended their unbeaten line to four games (2–0-2) and also moved into a tie with San Diego FC, 1-0 loser for Seattle Soundlers on Wednesday night, second place.
Vancouver controlled the action during a scoreless in the first half, with a 59–41 percent gain in possession and attempted 10 shots for just two for the loan. WhiteCaps Midfielder Jean-Cloud Nagando had the best scoring chance in the 32nd minute, a right-leg shot outside the box that was easily saved from the lower left corner of the net.
Whitakaps, which ended with a 21–4 lead in shot efforts, had two best scoring opportunities after Haftime. Defender Ranko Veselinovic had a header from the edge of a six-yard box from a nagando cross in the 77th minute, sealed to the top of the target. Three minutes later, Jayden Nelson, who ended with five shot attempts, took a Bryan White pass in the middle of the box and slammed a right-leg shot that went away a huge stent.
The Vancouver ended with the benefit of 56.4–43.6 and an 8–0 lead in the corner kick.
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