{"id":35983,"date":"2021-08-14T14:11:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T18:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/?p=35983"},"modified":"2021-08-14T14:11:55","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T18:11:55","slug":"vancouver-whitecaps-unbeaten-streak-extended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2021\/08\/14\/vancouver-whitecaps-unbeaten-streak-extended\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver Whitecaps unbeaten streak extends to six in San Jose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flashback to 2020 for a minute. Two teams struggled out of the gates yet found form in the second half of the season and made a playoff. One clinched the final playoff spot. One was the first team to miss out. San Jose played the victor to Vancouver&#8217;s disappointment.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, we find ourselves in a similar position heading into Friday night&#8217;s clash in Northern California. The Earthquakes found themselves within three points of a playoff spot as we hit the halfway mark of the season. As for Vancouver, a turbulent year seems to be easing off as the Whitecaps were undefeated in five games and a week away from returning home for the first time this year.<\/p>\n<h2>Vancouver Whitecaps unbeaten streak now six games<\/h2>\n<h3>Lineups for both teams<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The tweet you&#39;ve been waiting for.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intermedia_net?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@intermedia_net<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VamosSJ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#VamosSJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/57bryxVgLd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/57bryxVgLd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; San Jose Earthquakes (@SJEarthquakes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SJEarthquakes\/status\/1426358593922555907?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Matias Almeyda strutted out his side with his preferred 3-4-3. Just one change to the starting lineup saw Jeremy Ebobisse replace Cade Cowell in a front three of himself, Cristian Espinoza and Eduardo Lopez. The Earthquakes were unbeaten in seven heading into this one, with limited changes (minus a pair of red cards) during the run.<\/p>\n<p>For Marc Dos Santos it wasn&#8217;t as straightforward. Cristian Dajome, Cristian Gutierrez, Erik Godoy and Lucas Cavallini were all missing for Vancouver, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhitecapsFC\/status\/1426358061388730371\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">forcing a handful of replacements to step up<\/a>. Brian White and Ryan Raposo joined Deiber Caicedo upfront, with Jake Nerwinski sliding to left-back and Andy Rose pairing with Ranko Veselinovic at centre back. Former &#8216;Quake Florian Jungwirth was on the bench for Vancouver after he was acquired last week. Also worth noting that Whitecaps signing Ryan Gauld is yet to crack the starting 11.<\/p>\n<h3>A very stale stale-mate and Vancouver Whitecaps extends unbeaten streak<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No one scored.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VWFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#VWFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SJvVAN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SJvVAN<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AWCanada?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@AWCanada<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A8zCDYGKU2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/A8zCDYGKU2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vancouver Whitecaps FC (@WhitecapsFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhitecapsFC\/status\/1426402198896922625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>90 minutes of very even, yet static play later, the game concluded 0-0. A couple of chances at either end, but never anything too threatening for JT Marcinkowski or Maxime Cr\u00e9peau. Possession was close, chances were limited and really not a lot to write home about. Or even write on here about.<\/p>\n<p>Both teams were able to get through with no injuries and pick up a point to continue their unbeaten runs. However, for Vancouver, only one of those games ended up in a win. This was last month when <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2021\/07\/18\/vancouver-whitecaps-snap-winless-streak\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">the Whitecaps defeated the LA Galaxy by a scoreline of 2-1<\/a>. San Jose now welcomes the tricky Minnesota United to PayPal Park on Tuesday in an important clash to their playoff push. Meanwhile, Vancouver makes their first-ever trip to Austin to face Austin FC before returning home on Saturday to play LAFC.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"t1SWRkUyS3JyfoY3PR5peQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/1234667880\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'t1SWRkUyS3JyfoY3PR5peQ',sig:'0hYb5ON7WJ9Hiy8pHYqyhP0TQOmlgWLUM2cIDYxHsnw=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1234667880',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flashback to 2020 for a minute. Two teams struggled out of the gates yet found form in the second half of the season and made a playoff. One clinched the final playoff spot. One was the first team to miss out. San Jose played the victor to Vancouver&#8217;s disappointment. 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