After an early goal from Fredy Montero, the Whitecaps withstood continued pressure from the Portland Timbers through the rest of the game to see out the win. At the end, the final shot tally had 27 attempts from the Timbers compared to just 12 from the Whitecaps.
As the simple stats showed, they certainly made tough work of it in the second half, something of a recurring trend through the first two months of the season, but the Vancouver Whitecaps still came out with all 3 points. Marc Dos Santos as usual was very animated on the touchline, and afterwards said that his team dealt with the pressure well but that, “Look, no, you never want to [defend like that], because I’m going to be 42 in May, the 26th, and if I continue like that at the end of the season I’m going to be 58.