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90+' A late foul by Igboananike outside the Vancouver penalty area has drained some time from the match. #CHIvVAN

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90' Four minutes of stoppage time to play. #CHIvVAN

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. @WhitecapsFC goal in the 86th minute. A poor clearance falls to Beitashour, who slots it to Rivero for the goal. 1-0 visitors. #CHIvVAN

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82' Fire back line continues to find ways to snuff out the Whitecaps' counter-attacking ways. #VWFC's Rivero shown a yellow for simulation.

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72' Nervy moments as the Whitecaps very nearly had a 3-on-1. The final touch is just enough to reach Jon Busch off his line, however. #cf97

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69' Harry Shipp carves his way through the Whitecaps back line, and his ball lands at Stephens' feet. Stephens left-footed blast is high.

[Chicago Fire FC @ChicagoFire]

Matt Polster out, Kennedy Igboananike on for the Men In Red. Immediately the Nigerian and Quincy Amarikwa creating chances together. #cf97

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Maloney's free kick from just outside the box is on the money, forcing a nervy header out of danger by Vancouver. 58th minute. #cf97

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54' Vancouver corner kick lands at the feet of Octavio Rivero, who bends a ball wide of the far bar. #cf97 #CHIvVAN

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49' Dangerous free kick for the Whitecaps in the middle of the pitch, dealt with well by Jon Busch. #cf97 #CHIvVAN

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HT: A last-second chance by Pedro Morales goes wide as Buschy cuts down the angle. Scoreless at the break, but a strong 45 by #cf97.

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45+' Mauro Rosales unable to continue, exits for #VWFC, replaced in the midfield by Nicolas Mezquida. #CHIvVAN

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43' Action pauses as Mauro Rosales is tended to on the Toyota Park turf. Not the first time he's taken a hit today. #cf97

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37' Stephens threads his pass through the legs of his defender to find Shipp at the corner of the 6. Great turn and fire but Ousted saves.

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Quincy has his prints on most of #cf97's best chances so far. Harry Shipp testing Ousted off an Amarikwa setup this time. Good form.

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29' Maloney's corner finds the dome of Eric Gehrig, whose header goes high of the target. #cf97 #VWFC

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27' #cf97 with good sustained possession, winning a free kick which Maloney one-timed toward the far bar before being cleared. #VWFC

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21' And now Kendall Waston of @WhitecapsFC goes into the book for a challenge on Amarikwa. Fire pressing up after the foul. #cf97

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20' Kekutah Manneh steps in front of a Fire defender to win the ball and snaps a ball across the face of goal. No one to receive it. #cf97

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16' Michael Stephens & Harry Shipp seeing plenty of the ball early. Shipp's incisive attempt to J. Jones is batted down by a #VWFC defender.