Post Match: Vancouver Whitecaps Draw 2-2 with F.C Dallas
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The Vancouver Whitecaps drew 2-2 with F.C Dallas in a matchup between the Western Conference’s two bottom teams. Vancouver could have won the game but they started and finished the match very poorly.
The Whitecaps began the first half looking awful. Dallas had all the shots, literally every single one, in the first 15 minutes of the match. If not for a double save by Maxime Crepeau Dallas could have easily been up 2-0. Dallas finally managed to put one away after poor marking by Rose and poor keeping by Crepeau allowed 18 year old Ricardo Pepi to open the scoring.
Michael Barrios and Dallas’ natural 21
st overall pick to the Rapids in exchange for its higher First Round pick and an International roster spot. Dallas also received its final two Third Round picks via previous trades with Orlando City and Minnesota United.
2. FCD s Pre-Draft Move
In some ways, Dallas has already made its first move for this year’s SuperDraft in the signing of former Philadelphia Union academy winger Kalil ElMedkhar last week. ElMedkhar recorded 20 goals and 21 assists over 66 games at the University of Kentucky and was projected to go early in the First Round of this year’s SuperDraft. However, Dallas was impressed by ElMedkhar in a recent combine and initiated a trade with Philadelphia for the 21-year-old’s Homegrown rights, enabling the club to sign him before he entered the draft. In exchange, Dallas sent the $50,000 in General Allocation Money (GAM), a fee which could rise if ElMedkhar reaches certain performance metrics with FCD.