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White scored with an unassisted netter two minutes into stoppage time. It was White&#8217;s 80th goal in all competitions for Vancouver. <\/p>\n<p>Muller&#8217;s penalty came after Toronto&#8217;s Walker Zimmerman fouled Aziel Jackson. The second goal came in the 37th minute with assists from Matias Laborda and Sebastian Berhalter.<\/p>\n<p>Takaoka finished with three saves against the Whitecaps (2-0-0) &#8212; one week after opening the season with two saves in a 1-0 win over Real Salt Lake. Jackson scored the only goal.<\/p>\n<p>Luka Gavran saved two shots in his 18th career start for Toronto. Toronto lost to FC Dallas 3-2 in the opening game, starting the season with two road games for the fourth straight season.<\/p>\n<p>The Whitecaps are 5-0-4 in their last nine games against Toronto and haven&#8217;t won in Vancouver since March 2017.<\/p>\n<h2>to the next<\/h2>\n<p>Vancouver: At the Portland Timbers on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto: FC Cincinnati on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP Soccer: <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/soccer<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/toronto-fc-vancouver-whitecaps-score-mls-847cdf7dc0213d24d0ad902b3a27b4f4\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) &#8211; Thomas Muller scored twice in the first 22 minutes, Brian White added a goal and Yohei Takaoka kept his scoreless for the second straight year as the Vancouver Whitecaps defeated Toronto FC 3-0 on Saturday night. 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