Manneh scores as Whitecaps tie Red Bulls in first leg of CONCACAF Champions League
HARRISON, N.J. — Kekuta Manneh scored in the 39th minute as the Vancouver Whitecaps tied the New York Red Bulls 1-1 on Wednesday in the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions League quarter-final.
Manneh headed the ball off a New York defender for the Whitecaps’ lone offence with Kendall Waston and Christian Techera adding assists. Vancouver was playing its first meaningful game of 2017.
Techera was given a red card in the 70th minute after a high boot on New York’s Sal Zizzo.
“The effort, the application, the determination that we put in, especially when we went down to 10 men for the last half an hour, was phenomenal,” said Vancouver head coach Carl Robinson. “If you put the work in, you get the rewards. Today we got a little reward, we know there’s a lot of work to do in the game, but we’re fairly happy.”