Rafael Navaro led the eighth goal of the season to his team and three assistance to collado Rapids to lift Colorado Rapids 3–0 at the Vancouver Whitcaps on Saturday night.
Calvin Harris scored early in the first half and Andreas Maxo found the net early in the second for Rapids (8–10–6, 30 points), who scored three or more goals for the first time in 14 league matches, a stretch that reached mid-April.
Potential American men’s national team World Cup goalkeeper Zack Stephen placed its fourth clean sheet and seventh in Colorado since 14 May. He was forced to remember the Gold Cup with USMNT in June and July to undergo the right meniscus surgery.
Yohai Takoca of Vancouver saved the half penalty kick late to stop the second goal of Navaro.
But this was the only real promising moment for whitcaps (11–5–5, 38 digits), who lost four out of five after suffering just one necklace in their first 16 MLS games.
Vancouver’s American International Brian White and Sebstian Burhelter returned to MLS Action from Gold Cup duty, but could not give a boost to the third place side in the Western Conference table.
Harris opened the scoring in the 12th minute when Ted Ku-Deepiatro’s incentive Diagonal Pass found Mihleovic on the left side of the penalty region.
Instead of taking the shot, Mihalovic composed himself and played the square pass to his open team partner, who defeated Takoca in the right corner.
Navarro set his target after 18 minutes. This time it was a widespread step, before the Mihleovic was curl in an outwinging cross. The Brazilian striker reached his right leg and made it out of the wind and inside the right post.
Navaro then grabbed the ball the ball just before the Hafatime, when the Birthlter’s dishonesty gave Rapids a chance to increase their lead from the spot, since a surprise, Mihlovic had tried one of the last six punishments in Colorado since a surprise.
Takoca erected his ground, then left to save the pigeon and at the moment, keep your team in the match.
But the Vancouver keeper should have performed better on the third of the rapids, when he failed to stop the header at the bottom of Maxo in the 60th minute to stop the myhelovic corner kick.
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