Field Level Media
01 Mar 2026, 10:25 GMT+10
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Thomas Muller scored a first-half brace, leading the Whitecaps to a 3-0 victory over visiting Toronto FC on Saturday night in Vancouver.Brian White also scored a first-half goal, while keeper Yohei Takaoka made three saves for his second consecutive clean sheet to open the MLS season.With the victory, Vancouver (2-0-0, 6 points) improved to 4-0-1 in its last five regular-season matches against Toronto.The Reds (0-2-0, 0 points) are now 6-9-4 in 19 MLS meetings against their Western Canadian rivals.Trailing 3-0, Toronto had an excellent chance to cut into the lead early in the second half. Djordje Mihailovic thought he'd put Toronto on the board in the 55th minute, but the midfielder was caught offside.Then in the 74th minute, Takaoka made a diving save off Toronto midfielder Jose Cifuentes - the Reds' first shot on target of the match.Vancouver controlled possession in the first half with five shots on target.Aziel Jackson was awarded a penalty kick after being taken down in the area by Walker Zimmerman in the 24th minute. On the ensuing penalty kick, Muller opened the scoring, putting his right-footed strike in the bottom-left corner past Luka Gavran.Muller added his second of the half 12 minutes later as Sebastian Berhalter's corner was headed across to Muller by Mathias Laborda, and the German midfielder ripped his left-footed shot into an open goal.In first-half stoppage time, off another Berhalter corner, Gavran was caught out of position, allowing White to score on a right-footed strike.Up next, Vancouver travels to Portland for its first away match of the season next Saturday. Toronto visits Cincinnati next Sunday to wrap up a three-game road trip to open the season.
--Field Level Media
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