Key performers in Tacoma Defiance’s loss to Whitecaps 2

Jeremiah Oshan -

The Tacoma Defiance fell 3-1 to the Vancouver Whitecaps 2 on Saturday, getting a goal from Snyder Brunell. The Defiance were a bit wasteful in front of goal, squandering several good scoring chances. This was the first time in five meetings that the Sounders had lost to the Whitecaps.

Highlights

Key Performers

Synder Brunell: Not necessarily known as an offensive-minded player, it’s notable that the midfielder scored his third goal of the season. This one came on a well-taken shot from about 22 yards out after a turnover he helped create. He also completed 73/82 passes, created two more chances, was 3/3 on tackles, and was 5/10 on duels. Just another very solid performance.

Chris Aquino: The midfielder squeezed off five shots in just one half of play and probably should have had an assist when he found Tino Lopez at the back post on a corner kick, but ultimately had nothing to show for his efforts. You’d like him to be a bit more clinical in front of goal than he was in this one and he was basically a non-presence defensively. Still, this could be seen as progress as he was at least assertive with 27/32 passing in addition to those shots.

Mohammed Shour: Giving up three goals is obviously not ideal and he surely could have commanded his box a bit better, but he did make three saves and at least one was very well done. He was also 16/19 passing, which included 4/7 on long balls. Keeping in mind that this is a 16-year-old goalkeeper and it’s not hard to see why he’s so promising.

Stats

MATCH SUMMARY 

Tacoma Defiance 1 – Whitecaps FC 2 3

Saturday, September 21, 2024 

Venue: Swangard Stadium

Referee: Alain Ruch

Assistants: Prem Gundarah, Eray DeMirtas

Fourth official: Niko Jecanski

Weather: 68 degrees and partly cloudy 

SCORING SUMMARY

VAN – Liam Mackenzie (Antoine Coupland) 4’

VAN – Eliot Goldthorp (Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau) 48’

TAC – Snyder Brunell 89’

VAN – Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau (Mihail Gherasimencov) 90’ 

MISCONDUCT SUMMARY 

VAN – Mihail Gherasimecov (caution) 38’

LINEUPS & STATS  

Tacoma Defiance – Mohammed Shour; Cody Baker, Antino Lopez – captain, Stuart Hawkins, Kalani Kossa-Rienzi (Burke Fahling 72’); Snyder Brunell, Sota Kitahara; Dylan Teves (Blake Bowen 72’), Chris Aquino (Braudilio Rodrigues 46’) Sebastian Gomez (Elias Katsaros 77’); Yu Tsukanome (Gio Miglietti 72’) 

Substitutes not used: Lars Helleren, Owen O’Malley

Total shots: 14

Shots on goal: 5

Fouls: 9

Offside: 4

Corner-kicks: 12

Saves: 4

Whitecaps FC 2 – Alexander Milosevic; Mihail Gherasimencov, Finn Linder, Buster Sjoberg – captain, Dembo Saidykhan, Antoine Coupland (Darko Ilic 64’), Jeevan Badwal (Malek Mehri 81’), Liam Mackenzie, Eliot Goldthorp, Cyprian Kachwele (Myles Morgan 64’), Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau 

Substitutes not used: Trystan Read, Malcolm Simmons, Joshue Ndakala

Total shots: 19

Shots on goal: 7

Fouls: 11

Offside: 1

Corner-kicks: 3

Saves: 4