Takaoka's clean sheet leads Vancouver past Montréal 2-0

Vancouver beat CF Montréal 2-0 at Stade Saputo, scoring twice in the second half to move to 19-7-8. Goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka was the player of the game with a Chirp Rating of 8.0, making 3 saves for the clean sheet.

The first half ended 0-0. Vancouver broke through five minutes after the restart. Cheikh Sabaly took the ball in the centre of the box and sent a left-footed shot into the top right corner for a 1-0 lead at 50 minutes.

Mihail Gherasimencov sealed it at 83 minutes. Bruno Caicedo set him up, and Gherasimencov hit a left-footed shot from a tight angle on the left into the bottom right corner to make it 2-0.

Montréal never found a way past Takaoka. Wikelman Carmona led them with 2 shots, and the club fell to 6-8-20. Rayan Elloumi led Vancouver with 4 shots.

Chirp's Sim had Vancouver at 52% before the game, a near coin flip that the Whitecaps settled in the second half.