Union Blanked by Vancouver, 3-0

Report From Philadelphia Union

Philadelphia, Pa. – Philadelphia Union lost to Vancouver Whitecaps FC, 3-0 on Saturday in front of 20,183 fans at BC Place. First-half goals from Pedro Morales and Octavio Rivero paced the Whitecaps. Darren Mattocks added the club’s third. For the Union, Brian Sylvestre made seven saves in his first career MLS start. That was a season-high for a Union goalkeeper this season and tied for the fifth-most by an MLS goalkeeper.

MATCH RECAP

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3, Philadelphia Union 0

BC Place

Vancouver, British Columbia

SCORING SUMMARY

VAN – Pedro Morales (Cristian Techera) 34’ HIGHLIGHT: http://bit.ly/1Rpu6rg

VAN – Octavio Rivero 44’ HIGHLIGHT: http://bit.ly/1Es1VOz

VAN – Darren Mattocks 81’ HIGHLIGHT: http://bit.ly/1Esb9dI

DISCIPLINE SUMMARY

PHI – Richie Marquez (red) 78’

VAN – Cristian Techera (yellow) 80’

POST-GAME AUDIO

Union head coach Jim Curtin: http://bit.ly/1Jzasni

Union goalkeeper Brian Sylvestre: http://bit.ly/1zOSr4j

MATCH DAY STATS

Box score: http://bit.ly/1Jz4Wku

Stats: http://bit.ly/1zOCknj

UNION STARTING XI

Brian Sylvestre, Sheanon Williams, Richie Marquez, Ethan White (Conor Casey 76’), Raymon Gaddis, Maurice Edu ©, Zach Pfeffer, Andrew Wenger (Vincent Nogueira 62’), Cristian Maidana, Eric Ayuk Mbu, Fernando Aristeguieta (Sebastien Le Toux 62’).

Unused subs: Trey Mitchell, Fabinho, Brian Carroll, Fred.

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC STARTING XI

David Ousted, Tim Parker, Kendall Watson, Pa-Modou Kah, Jordan Harvey, Matias Laba, Russell Teibert, Mauro Rosales (Cristian Techera 12’), Pedro Morales © (Robert Earnshaw 87’), Kekuta Manneh, Octavio Rivero (Darren Mattocks 70’).

Unused subs: Paolo Tornaghi, Sam Adekugbe, Nicolas Mezquida, Gershon Koffie.

OFFICIALS

Ismail Elfath (referee), Paul Scott (assistant), Eduardo Mariscal (assistant), Juan Guzman (fourth).

ATTENDANCE

20,183

TEAM NOTES

• The Union fell to 2-2-2 all-time against Vancouver. It was also the club’s first loss at BC Place, falling to 1-1-0 at the Whitecaps new stadium.
• This was Ray Gaddis’ 53rd consecutive start, third longest by an outfield player in franchise history.
• Defender Richie Marquez made his first career MLS start.
• Goalkeeper Brian Sylvestre made his first career MLS start.
• The seven saves for Sylvestre were a season-high by a Union keeper. It was also tied for the fifth-most by an MLS keeper this year.