Shea hits winner for Vancouver in Howard's return for Colorado
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. -- Brek Shea scored his first goal of the season
in the 84th minute and the Vancouver Whitecaps beat the Colorado Rapids
1-0 on Friday night.
Vancouver won in Colorado for the first time
since 2012 for its second-straight road victory. Colorado had its
losing streak extended to five games and an overall winless stretch
reached seven matches.
Shea entered as a substitute in the 69th
minute. Fellow sub Nicolas Mezquida played a nice through ball to start a
breakaway and Shea raced down the left side to roll a shot past
goalkeeper Tim Howard from the corner of the penalty area.
Howard
played for the first time since serving a three-game suspension. He
didn't get much help up front as Colorado's first shot on goal came in
the 59th minute on Shkelzen Gashi's non-threatening effort from
distance.
Vancouver nearly had an own goal in the 55th minute.
Defender Jordan Harvey poked a loose ball toward his own goal and it hit
the post, but David Ousted batted it away on the goal line.
CLR
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