Vancouver Whitecaps trounce Real CD Espana 5-0 in CONCACAF Champions League play
VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps kicked off their CONCACAF Champions League campaign with a decisive 5-0 victory over Honduran side Real CD Espana on Wednesday.
Tristan Blackmon, Ryan Raposo, Pedro Vite and Brian White all scored for Vancouver, who enter the tournament between the top clubs in North America, Central America and the Caribbean as winners of last year’s Canadian Championship.
Espana midfielder Devron Garcia added an own goal in the 64th minute.
Goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka stopped both on-target shots he faced to collect his first clean sheet for the Whitecaps and Luis Lopez had nine saves for the visitors.