Clint Dempsey scored twice in the second half Thursday as the Seattle Sounders defeated the Vancouver Whitecaps 2-0 to win their Western Conference semifinal. Clint Dempsey, Sounders eliminate Whitecaps1:06Vancouver and Seattle played to an uneventful scoreless draw in the first leg of the two-game aggregate series on Sunday at B.C. Place Stadium in a match that set a Major League Soccer playoff record for attacking futility with just one combined shot on target. The Sounders striker then iced the game in the 88th minute after getting in front of Whitecaps defender Jordan Harvey and tapping in a cross from substitute Victor Rodriguez. Those teams also played to a scoreless draw in the first leg, with the return match set for Portland on Sunday.

Source: CBC News November 03, 2017 04:52 UTC