Vancouver Whitecaps earn three points away at New England Revolution

Jun 28, 2015 at 12.30am UK

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Goals from Cristian Techera and Octavio Rivero help the Vancouver Whitecaps beat New England Revolution.

Published: June 28 2015 | 02:39

Last updated: June 28 2015 | 19:43

The Vancouver Whitecaps have held on to beat 10-man New England Revolution in the MLS.

New England made a fast start to the game and had the first shot on goal as Teal Bunbury let fly from the edge of the box with an effort which was saved low down, while Jose Goncalves shot marginally wide of the post minutes later.

However, the Canadian side took the lead in the 18th minute as Cristian Techera rolled the ball into the back of the net following a mistake in New England's defence.

Things got better for the visitors 10 minutes later when the referee awarded them a penalty for a foul by Andrew Farrell, who was sent off for second yellow card.

Octavio Rivero confidently stood up, and sent the keeper the wrong way to double their lead.

After the break, Kekuta Manneh went close to scoring a third as he steered a low effort marginally past the post from the edge of the box, while Tim Parker hit the post with a low drive.

Revolution gave themselves hope late on when Bunbury found the back of the net when a rebound fell perfectly for him to tap in.

They came close to grabbing an equaliser when Juan Agudelo got his head to a set piece, which missed the goal by inches, but their efforts weren't enough as Vancouver held on to win.

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Eastern Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Inter Miami Inter Miami	34	22	8	4	79	49	30	74
2	Columbus Crew	34	19	9	6	72	40	32	66
3	FC Cincinnati Cincinnati	34	18	5	11	58	48	10	59
4	Orlando City	34	15	7	12	59	50	9	52
5	Charlotte FC Charlotte FC	34	14	9	11	46	37	9	51
6	New York City FC NY City	34	14	8	12	54	49	5	50
7	New York Red Bulls NY Red Bulls	34	11	14	9	55	50	5	47
8	CF Montreal Montreal	34	11	10	13	48	64	-16	43
9	Atlanta United Atlanta	34	10	10	14	46	49	-3	40
10	DC United	34	10	10	14	52	70	-18	40
11	Philadelphia Union Philadelphia	34	9	10	15	62	55	7	37
12	Toronto	34	11	4	19	40	61	-21	37
13	Nashville SC Nashville	34	9	9	16	38	54	-16	36
14	New England Revolution New England	34	9	4	21	37	74	-37	31
15	Chicago Fire	34	7	9	18	40	62	-22	30

Western Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Los Angeles FC Los Angeles	34	19	7	8	63	43	20	64
2	Los Angeles Galaxy LA Galaxy	34	19	7	8	69	50	19	64
3	Real Salt Lake Salt Lake	34	16	11	7	65	48	17	59
4	Seattle Sounders Seattle	34	16	9	9	51	35	16	57
5	Houston Dynamo Houston	34	15	9	10	47	39	8	54
6	Minnesota United Minnesota Utd	34	15	7	12	58	49	9	52
7	Colorado Rapids Colorado	34	15	5	14	61	60	1	50
8	Portland Timbers Portland	34	12	11	11	65	56	9	47
9	Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver	34	13	8	13	52	49	3	47
10	Austin FC Austin	34	11	9	14	39	48	-9	42
11	Dallas	34	11	8	15	54	56	-2	41
12	St Louis City	34	8	13	13	50	63	-13	37
13	Sporting Kansas City Kansas	34	8	7	19	51	66	-15	31
14	San Jose Earthquakes Earthquakes	34	6	3	25	41	78	-37	21