{"id":5571,"date":"2025-11-02T17:14:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T20:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2025\/11\/02\/vancouver-whitecaps-win-thrilling-playoff-game-against-dallas-after-late-goal-penalties\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T17:14:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T20:14:27","slug":"vancouver-whitecaps-win-thrilling-playoff-game-against-dallas-after-late-goal-penalties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2025\/11\/02\/vancouver-whitecaps-win-thrilling-playoff-game-against-dallas-after-late-goal-penalties\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver Whitecaps win thrilling playoff game against Dallas after late goal, penalties"},"content":{"rendered":"
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British ColumbiaRalph Priso scored the tying goal in the third minute of stoppage time and Belal Halbouni scored the decisive goal in a penalty-kick shootout on Saturday night to help the VancouverWhitecapsbeat FC Dallas on Saturday night in a thrilling playoff game.Ralph Priso scored in third minute of stoppage time as Vancouver swept Dallas in playoff seriesThe Associated Press \u00b7 Posted: Nov 02, 2025 10:36 AM EST | Last Updated: 3 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe Vancouver Whitecaps celebrate after the decisive penalty kick goal scored by Belal Halbouni during Game 2 in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs against FC Dallas in Frisco, Texas, on Saturday. The Whitecaps swept Dallas and will now host the one-game conference semifinals. (LM Otero\/The Associated Press)Ralph Priso scored the tying goal in the third minute of stoppage time and Belal Halbouni scored the decisive goal in a penalty-kick shootout on Saturday night to help the VancouverWhitecapsbeat FC Dallas on Saturday night in a thrilling playoff game.The win, after a 1-1 tie over 90 minutes, allowed the Whitecaps to sweep the best-of-three first-round series in the Major League Soccer Cup playoffs.They will host the Western Conference semifinal on Nov. 22 at B.C. Place stadium.Vancouver, the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference, will play either third-seeded Los Angeles FC or No. 6 seed Austin in the one-game conference semifinals.FC Dallas forward Petar Musa (9) scores a goal against Vancouver Whitecaps goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka (1) during the first half. Dallas were set to win the game before a stoppage time goal from the \u2018Caps. (LM Otero\/The Associated Press)Musa scored his first career goal in an MLS Cup playoffs game to give Dallas a 1-0 lead in the 25th minute. Musa, on the counterattack, ran onto a long ball played ahead by Ramiro Benetti and flicked a shot from the corner of the six-yard box past Whitecaps goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka and into the net.Whitecaps midfielder Ralph Priso, left, celebrates his tying goal with teammate, defender \u00c9dier Ocampo (18), during stoppage time. (LM Otero\/The Associated Press)But very late into the game, Priso\u2019s header \u2014 theWhitecaps\u2019 first shot on goal \u2014 was parried by rookie goalkeeper Michael Collodi, but Priso put away the rebound to make it 1-1.After Vancouver\u2019s Thomas M\u00fcller and Sebastian Berhalter sandwiched goals around another by Dallas\u2019 Musa to open the shootout, his teammate Patrickson Delgago\u2019s shot hit the crossbar. Vancouver\u2019s Kenji Cabrera and Dallas\u2019 Shaq Moore traded goals before Halbouni scored what ended up being the decisive penalty.FC Dallas defender Nolan Norris (32) gets a hug from teammate Sebastien Ibeagha (25) after Norris missed the last kick in the shootout. (LM Otero\/The Associated Press)Nolan Norris missed high for Dallas to seal it.TheWhitecapswere dominant throughout a 3-0 win in Game 1.Yohei Takaoka made two saves for Vancouver. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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