Report Card: Whitecaps vs. San Jose Earthquakes

Stan Szeto-USA TODAY Sports And I thought last week against Seattle was a tale of two halves.

Going into Wednesday night, I was genuinely worried we’d bare witness to something akin to one of two scenarios: either the 4-3 collapse the Vancouver Whitecaps suffered through at MLS is Back at the hands of San Jose earlier this season, or the absolute shellacking the Earthquakes laid out the last time the ‘Caps came to town.

Instead, it was an all new brand of disappointment. There were fits and starts of promising play, where Vancouver was certainly intent on pressuring their hosts on to the back foot, but there’s not much to be said about best-laid plans when the gut punch of a red card is…