Report Card: Facing Reality in Colorado

Saturday night in Colorado, the Vancouver Whitecaps dropped a 3-1 contest to the Colorado Rapids which in essence ended their 2022 MLS Cup playoff hopes.

For Vanni Sartini’s team, the disappointing road defeat was emblematic of their struggles down the stretch: poor goalkeeping, error prone defensive play and a complete inability to maximize chance creation with their attacking players.

While keeping the ball out of their own net has drawn much of the criticism surrounding the team this year, the fact that Vancouver’s attacking play has regressed since the addition of Julian Gressel and Alessandro Schopf is a rather damning inditement of the current coaching staff. Over the past five matches,…