In his pre-match introduction, Carl Valentine aptly noted that the Whitecaps seem to keep getting to host the hottest team in the league as Atlanta Untied arrived on the back of four consecutive victories – having conceded zero goals across those four matches. Not only did United maintain that record, they kept yet another clean sheet in Vancouver on their way to a 1-0 win on Wednesday.
After a very positive result over a Portland team that is clearly beginning their usual mid-season surge toward the playoffs, Marc Dos Santos and the Vancouver Whitecaps aimed to keep the positive momentum of their own having reeled off a run of three wins, one loss and one draw over their previous five matches.