Match Recap
Vancouver Whitecaps didn't just beat Real Salt Lake, they dismantled them. Bright White got it rolling in the 9th minute, T. Muller doubled the lead before the half-hour mark, and Y. Diaby put the finishing touch on a 3-0 rout in the 64th to cap a one-sided demolition in Major League Soccer. The gulf on the table matches what played out on the pitch: Vancouver sit top with 49 points and three wins in their last five, while Real Salt Lake are mired in 12th, winless in that same stretch and now stuck in a five-game losing skid. History was already against the hosts too, having lost both of their last meetings with Vancouver without so much as a draw to show for it. White's goal was his 29th of the season, keeping him inside the league's top ten scorers and firmly in the shadow of table-topper L. Messi's 50. For Real Salt Lake, there's nothing to salvage here, only questions. Watch how White ghosts in behind the defense for that early opener, the moment this rout truly began.
