VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - The Vancouver Whitecaps and Seattle Sounders combined for just one shot on target in a scoreless draw to open their Western Conference semifinal on Sunday night.
Whitecaps, Sounders open West semis with scoreless draw
Vancouver, which missed the MLS playoffs by eight points last season, and Seattle, winners of the 2016 MLS Cup, kept things tight to the vest with neither team willing to take many risks.
The second leg of the two-game aggregate series is Thursday at Seattle.
The Whitecaps, who finished third in the West standings, were coming off the club's first-ever playoff victory - a 5-0 demolition of the San Jose Earthquakes in Wednesday's single-elimination knockout round.