Gerso Fernandes helps Sporting KC beat Whitecaps 3-0
Posted July 14, 2019 7:00 am
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Gerso Fernandes played a role in all three goals and Sporting Kansas City beat the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-0 on Saturday night.
Fernandes scored in the 91st minute and set up an own goal that went off the foot of Whitecaps defender Ali Adnan in the first half. Fernandes assisted on Felipe Gutierrez's goal in the 56th minute.
Sporting Kansas City (6-7-7) improved to 2-4-4 on the road.
The Whitecaps (4-9-8) have lost three straight and are 1-4-5 in their last 10 games.
Sporting Kansas City's Gerso Fernandes, left, and Vancouver Whitecaps' Ali Adnan vie for the ball during the first half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, July 13, 2019, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Sporting Kansas City's Graham Zusi (8), Gerso Fernandes (12) and Botond Barath, back left, celebrate after the Vancouver Whitecaps scored an own goal during the first half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, July 13, 2019, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Vancouver Whitecaps' Ali Adnan, front right, is upended by Sporting Kansas City's Gerso Fernandes during the first half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, July 13, 2019, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Sporting Kansas City's Graham Zusi (8) stumbles after after colliding with Vancouver Whitecaps' Yordy Reyna (29) during the first half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, July 13, 2019, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Sporting Kansas City's Ilie Sanchez (6) and Gerso Fernandes (12) celebrate after the Vancouver Whitecaps scored an own goal during the first half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, July 13, 2019, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Vancouver Whitecaps goalkeeper Zac MacMath, right, punches the ball away as Sporting Kansas City's Botond Barath attempts to get his head on it off a corner kick during the first half of an MLS soccer game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, July 13, 2019. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
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