CINCINNATI (AP) — Pavel Boucha scored two goals Wednesday night to help FC Cincinnati beat the Vancouver Whitecaps 4-3.
Evander da Silva Ferreira (known simply as “Evander”) added a goal and an assist for Cincinnati, and Kevin Denke also had a goal. Roman Celentano made three saves for Cincinnati (6-5-5).
Evander scored on a counterattack in the 36th minute, giving Cincinnati a 3-2 lead. As the defense rushed back to set up, Evander stopped just outside the top of the penalty box and fired a shot that hit the left post. his 10th goal This season.
The Whitecaps (10-3-2) played for the first time since before the World Cup suspension after a game in Chicago originally scheduled for Thursday was postponed to Oct. 6 due to poor air quality in the area.
Boucha scored the opening goal in the 9th minute and added another in the 56th minute. Evander hit the ball from near the penalty spot to the right post, and a rushing first-touch finish gave Cincinnati a 4-2 lead in the 56th minute.
Denky made it 2-2 in the 28th minute when his header deflected off defender Tate Johnson and into the net.
Jeevan Badwal scored his first goal of the season (and second of his career) with a first-touch shot from Bruno Caicedo’s cross into the area in the 12th minute. Ryan Gold added goals in the 25th and 58th minutes.
Gold made his season debut after missing the first 14 games of the regular season while recovering from knee surgery.
Yohei Takaoka made two saves for the Whitecaps.
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