Vancouver Whitecaps

13-8-13, 47 PTS

Gyasi Zardes - 29'

Brek Shea - 51'
Kei Kamara - 78'

Kei Kamara leads Vancouver Whitecaps to win in Columbus

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Columbus 1-2 Vancouver: Kamara propels Whitecaps - Via MLS

Kei Kamara's second half winner completed the comeback for the Vancouver Whitecaps against his former club Columbus Crew SC.

Updated: May 17, 2023, 05:32 am

Kei Kamara scored the go-ahead goal on a diving header in the 78th minute and the Vancouver Whitecaps beat Columbus Crew SC 2-1 on Saturday.

Gyasi Zardes pounced on a rebound in the 29th minute to open the scoring for Columbus, who had their four-game unbeaten streak to open the season snapped.

Brek Shea smashed home a deflection off of Crew goalkeeper Zack Steffen in the 51st minute to tie it for Vancouver, before Kamara's winner.

Artur had a header hit the crossbar in the 86th minute that would have equalized for Columbus.

The Whitecaps moved to the top of the Western Conference on 10 points with three wins in their first five games.

Historic Crew Stadium

8:00 PM, 31 March 2018

Columbus, Ohio, USA

Attendance: 8,992

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LAFC	34	19	7	8	+20	64
LA Galaxy	34	19	7	8	+19	64
Real Salt Lake	34	16	11	7	+17	59
Seattle Sounders FC	34	16	9	9	+16	57
Houston Dynamo FC	34	15	9	10	+8	54
Minnesota United FC	34	15	7	12	+9	52
Colorado Rapids	34	15	5	14	+1	50
Vancouver Whitecaps	34	13	8	13	+3	47
Portland Timbers	34	12	11	11	+9	47
Austin FC	34	11	9	14	-9	42
FC Dallas	34	11	8	15	-2	41
St. Louis CITY SC	34	8	13	13	-13	37
Sporting Kansas City	34	8	7	19	-15	31
San Jose Earthquakes	34	6	3	25	-37	21

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Inter Miami CF	34	22	8	4	+30	74
Columbus Crew	34	19	9	6	+32	66
FC Cincinnati	34	18	5	11	+10	59
Orlando City SC	34	15	7	12	+9	52
Charlotte FC	34	14	9	11	+9	51
New York City FC	34	14	8	12	+5	50
New York Red Bulls	34	11	14	9	+5	47
CF Montréal	34	11	10	13	-16	43
Atlanta United FC	34	10	10	14	-3	40
D.C. United	34	10	10	14	-18	40
Toronto FC	34	11	4	19	-21	37
Philadelphia Union	34	9	10	15	+7	37
Nashville SC	34	9	9	16	-16	36
New England Revolution	34	9	4	21	-37	31
Chicago Fire FC	34	7	9	18	-22	30

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