Now if you wanted to watch some great soccer last night, some really entertaining soccer, I hope you tuned into the Cascadia Cup on FSC. Honestly, the last goal in this game, I don't know if I'll ever see a better goal. Period. More on that in a minute.
Despite the recent tumult in Vancouver, it was easy to see from the opening minutes that the Whitecaps came to play. This rivalry dates all the way back to 1974, and it looked the derby part all game long.
Vancouver got on the board first in the 29th minute. Ozzie Alonso tackled Camilo in the box to give up a PK. Big Eric Hassli stepped up to face Goal Keeping legend Kasey Keller. Hassli is pretty damn good when he's actually on the pitch. With ice in the veins, he sent Keller off to the side and calmly chipped the ball right down the middle. Nice. 0-1 to the Caps.
Seattle had the better of possession all game long. However, we went to the break at the 0-1 score. The second half really started to pick up the intensity though. The fireworks really started in the 80th minute though. Tyson Wahl put a ball into the box that eventually found it's way to the foot of Rosales, he put it past a badly positioned Joe Cannon to tie it at 1-1.
Then, for some reason, Seattle took out Rosales. It didn't seem like it would matter though. In the 84th, Alonso collected the ball near the top of the 18 and smacked it past Joe Cannon, who again was in a really odd position, and gave Seattle the 2-1 lead. It looked to be over.
However, hero became goat just a few seconds later when Alonso gave up the ball to Hassli on the edge of his own Penalty area. Hassli somehow turned and lofted the ball at an impossible angle toward Keller, who had no chance. It sailed into the far post corner and equalized at 2-2. Qwest Field exploding with all kinds of different emotions. This has to be goal of the year. I really can't imagine anything topping it:
Big result for the Whitecaps, I really want to see them heading in the right direction.
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