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Levonte Johnson scored twice to help the Vancouver Whitecaps open defence of their Canadian Championship with a 2-1 win over Cavalry FC in the opening leg of their quarterfinal Tuesday.
Johnson’s first goal was a spectacular strike in first-half injury time. The second came off a Cavalry error in the 78th minute.
Substitute Malcolm Shaw pulled one back for Cavalry in second-half stoppage time, taking a deft Lucas Dias pass and slipping through two defenders before poking the ball past Vancouver ‘keeper Isaac Boehmer.
It was a chilly, wet and windy evening at ATCO Field at Spring Meadows, with a temperature of 5 C feeling more like zero. The conditions did not help the quality of football to start.
Vancouver’s XG (expected goals) was a paltry 0.04 and Cavalry’s 0.06 in a first half that saw each team manage just one shot on target.
The Whitecaps scored on theirs, however.
Johnson broke the deadlock with a …
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