VANCOUVER, BC – The Seattle Sounders’ 2-1 Cascadia Cup victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps at BC Place on Sunday was a mixed bag for Brad Evans.
After missing the club’s last four matches with back tightness, Seattle’s 31-year-old captain made his return to the field as a second-half substitute in dramatic fashion, scoring the game-deciding goal on an 84th-minute penalty kick.
But Evans will now be suspended for Seattle’s next game after picking up a late red card for whipping his head at Whitecaps’ defender David Edgar after the two were jostling for position on a corner kick, a sequence that Evans expanded on in his postgame comments to reporters.