The Vancouver Whitecaps fell 3-1 to the Colorado Rapids in a dispiriting but not totally unsurprising result. There was some slightly baffling refereeing but, at the end of the day, I don’t think you can point to that as the main reason the Whitecaps fell.
The Whitecaps came out with a change in shape, something that a huge number of people on Twitter were demanding. For about 15 minutes it looked like maybe this change in shape would pay off. Brian White capitalized on a dreadful defensive error and put the Whitecaps up a goal. But it quickly became apparent, to me at least, that the change in shape made no significant difference.