A draw at home, against a Colorado Rapids team that is joint bottom of the Western Conference and that the ‘Caps have already beaten this year, was not ideal. Especially, when a win would have propelled the Vancouver Whitecaps up into the coveted playoff places level on points with Minnesota United.
Instead, the Whitecaps had a lackadaisical start to their first match in almost three weeks and fell behind by two goals early thanks to some very poor defending, and some suspect ball watching.
Speaking to the gathered media – and about 15 people that apparently won a contest or auction of some sort to sit in on the press conference – Marc Dos Santos in his usual blunt nature, admitted that “it wasn’t good.