{"id":49655,"date":"2017-10-30T06:35:47","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T06:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=49655"},"modified":"2017-10-30T06:35:47","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T06:35:47","slug":"whitecaps-sounders-open-west-semis-0-0-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/whitecaps-sounders-open-west-semis-0-0-draw.html","title":{"rendered":"Whitecaps, Sounders open West semis with 0-0 draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Whitecaps, Sounders open West semis with 0-0 draw<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Whitecaps, Sounders open West semis with 0-0 draw:- The Vancouver Whitecaps and Seattle Sounders combined for just one shot on target in a 0-0 draw to open their Western Conference semifinal on Sunday night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Vancouver, which missed the MLS playoffs last season, and Seattle, the 2016 MLS Cup winner, kept things tight with neither team willing to take many risks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">The return leg is Thursday at Seattle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">The Whitecaps, who finished third in the West standings, were coming off the club&#8217;s first-ever playoff victory \u2014 a 5-0 demolition of the San Jose Earthquakes in Wednesday&#8217;s single-elimination knockout round.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">The Sounders, meanwhile, won three of their last four in the regular season, including a 3-0 home win over Vancouver to grab second spot in the conference and secure a bye to the semis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">The Sounders were without leading scorer Clint Dempsey, who was suspended, while fellow striker Jordan Morris (hamstring) was among Seattle&#8217;s walking wounded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Sounders defender Chad Marshall rose to head the match&#8217;s one and only shot on target in the 48th minute, but goalkeeper Stefan Marinovic was there to make a comfortable save.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">The Portland Timbers visit the Houston Dynamo in the first leg of the other Western Conference semifinal on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 8pt\">Source:-https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/mls\/2017\/10\/30\/whitecaps-sounders-open-west-semis-with-0-0-draw\/107159334\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/whitecaps-sounders-open-west-semis-0-0-draw.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whitecaps, Sounders open West semis with 0-0 draw Whitecaps, Sounders open West semis with 0-0 draw:- The Vancouver Whitecaps and Seattle Sounders combined for just one shot on target in a 0-0 draw to open their Western Conference semifinal on Sunday night. 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