Whitecaps beat Dynamo 3-0, finish second in West
Posted October 25, 2015 7:00 am
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Kekuta Manneh and Kendall Waston scored in the second half and the Vancouver Whitecaps beat the Houston Dynamo 3-0 on Sunday to finish second in the Western Conference.
Vancouver (16-13-5) earned a first-round bye in the playoffs with the second-place finish.
Manneh took a pass from Gershon Koffie at the top of the penalty area and fired a low strike from 25 yards that went inside the post past goalkeeper Joe Willis in the 59th minute. Waston headed in a corner kick in the 72nd minute, and Robert Earnshaw added another in stoppage time on header of his own.
Houston finished 11-14-9.
Vancouver Whitecaps' Kendall Waston, left, of Costa Rica, and Tim Parker celebrate Waston's goal against the Houston Dynamo during the second half of an MLS soccer game in Vancouver, British Columbia on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015. Oct. 25, 2015. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Houston Dynamo's Raul Rodriguez, left, of Spain, and Vancouver Whitecaps' Octavio Rivero, of Uruguay, vie for the ball during the first half of an MLS soccer game in Vancouver, British Columbia on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015. Oct. 25, 2015. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Houston Dynamo's Will Bruin, center, moves the ball between Vancouver Whitecaps' Kekuta Manneh, left, of Gambia, and Russell Teibert during the first half of an MLS soccer game in Vancouver, British Columbia on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015. Oct. 25, 2015. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Houston Dynamo's Giles Barnes, of England, knocks down the ball during the first half of an MLS soccer game against the vie for the ball in Vancouver, British Columbia on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015. Oct. 25, 2015. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Houston Dynamo's Giles Barnes, center, of England, gets his head on the ball against Vancouver Whitecaps' Steven Beitashour, right, during the first half of an MLS soccer game in Vancouver, British Columbia on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
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