Vancouver Whitecaps- Top 5 Goals of 2023!

Ortiz gets it back in the corner. He'll cross a ball in. It's deflected to Berhalter. Seb Berhalter is on the board for the first time this season and it's five to two. Whitecaps in the dying moments of this one. Does very well to just calmly allow that to drop down. Hit it on the half volley and powered high and beyond. Steve Clark beautifully taken postage stamp goal to seal the deal for the Whitecaps. 5-2 now for the Vancouver Whitecaps. White touches that down for Vitae. Numbers here for the Whitecaps. Gall touches that ahead for Loria in space into the area. Loria across the face of Gall. He'll get another chance now as White is taken down. Gall all the way up. Berhalter from into the back of the net. So well after the Whitecaps have so many players in the attack here. It can't come through there initially from Loria but once it's recycled and goes to the edge of the box Berhalter sizes up the opportunity with no one closing him down and shapes it with the left foot. Curls it inside the post. One can't get near it. It's an outstanding strike. He takes a little bit off it and favors the accuracy which is perfect and more often than not when we've seen him in those positions. And Houston foregoing the orange for the charcoal. He's seconds into the match. It's one. And when it's chested down it finally falls for Pedro Vitae. He smashes it home. He hasn't been confident with his finishing for the most part this year although he had two and three in the last three games. And he makes it three and four now. Brian White always tough to handle near the edge of the area. Just lays it off simply wide open. Hard for the Whitecaps. Good hold up play again from Brian White and what a two-point pass from Ryan Gold. Kip Keller gets sold there and why he didn't shoot the first time I'll never know but he certainly does as he measures it up a second time. This is where I thought he'd shoot the first time with the right foot or there. He lets one more man pass him and then guides it into the side netting beyond Stuber to give the Whitecaps the lead. A huge moment for Sergio Cordova and big smiles all around in Vancouver. We were talking about the the witchcraft that is the expected goal stat and how you calculate it. Does he get to keep on multiplying there with the numerous chances he passed out? Three goals there alone. Moving in a good spot again. Charging down the middle. Lorea closes down on him. No foul. Villarreal keeps it in his pocket and now Brian White versus Lund. 15 on the season and that one will count. The Whitecaps on top. Just drawing the goalkeeper down. Here's the challenge on Lund that he thought was a foul. Not much in it but White does so well there to get in front. Villarreal headed down and into his own path and the weight on the ball teased the keeper coming off his line but he was able to keep control and then chip it at the vital moment. Didn't need a lot of pace just needed direction. Tim Parker could not catch up to it and the Whitecaps after a slow start to this second half able to catch St. Louis City out on the break. Brian White 15 goals on the air.