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The Paris Games' grandiose opening ceremony is being squeezed by security and transport issues
PARIS (AP) — The talk before the opening ceremony of the Paris Games ideally should be about its grandiose backdrop: a summer sun setting on the Seine River as athletes drift by in boats and wave to cheering crowds. But behind the romantic veneer that Paris has long curated,...
Paintsil, Fagúndez spark Galaxy to 3-1 victory over Whitecaps
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Joseph Paintsil and Diego Fagúndez scored two minutes apart late in the second half to spark the Los Angeles Galaxy to a 3-1 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night in a match that featured three Japanese born starters for the first time in...
Raposo's late goal gives Whitecaps 3-2 win over Timbers
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Ryan Raposo scored the winning goal in the 87th minute and the Vancouver Whitecaps nearly squandered an early lead but prevailed 3-2 over the rival Portland Timbers on Saturday night. Ryan Gauld and Fafa Picault scored first-half goals in...
Julio, Katranis score in second half, Real Salt Lake rallies past Whitecaps 2-1
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Anderson Julio and Alexandros Katranis scored second-half goals with assists from Fidel Barajas and Real Salt Lake rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday. Vancouver (2-1-1) took a 1-0 lead into halftime after former...
Vancouver Whitecaps score 3 first-half goals to beat Dallas 3-1
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Brian White and a goal and an assist, and the Vancouver Whitecaps scored three goals in the first half and beat Dallas 3-1 on Saturday night. Vancouver (2-0-1) has won two straight while Dallas (1-3-0) has lost three in a row. The Whitecaps...
Alessandro Schöpf, Ali Ahmed score goals as Whitecaps beat Earthquakes 2-0
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Alessandro Schöpf scored his first MLS goal in more than a year to help the Vancouver Whitecaps beat the San Jose Earthquakes 2-0 Saturday night. Schöpf opened the scoring in the 74th minute when he beat goalkeeper Daniel De Sousa Britto — known as...
Raposo, Vancouver earn 1-1 draw with Charlotte in season opener
VANCOUVER, B.C. (AP) — Ryan Raposo scored five minutes into stoppage time at the end of the first half to pull Vancouver even and the Whitecaps earned a 1-1 draw with Charlotte on Saturday night at BC Place in front of 29,624 — the biggest crowd to watch a season opener in franchise history. ...
3 MLS teams are celebrating 50 years of North American pro soccer this season
Well before Major League Soccer kicked off, the North American Soccer League was at the top of professional soccer in the United States. And in 1974, three new teams joined that fold: the Seattle Sounders, the Vancouver Whitecaps and the San Jose Earthquakes. All three teams...
