After scoring at least two goals in every competitive match they’ve played this season, the Tacoma Defiance came crashing back to earth with a 5-0 loss to Vancouver Whitecaps 2 on Wednesday. The Defiance were missing several of their mainstays — including leading scorer Osaze De Rosario and leading defender Stuart Hawkins, who were both with the Seattle Sounders — and gave 17-year-old Mohammed Shour a rare start in goal. Shour actually came up with several big saves but was repeatedly left out to dry by a defense that surrendered many quality chances.
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MATCH SUMMARY
Tacoma Defiance 0 – Whitecaps FC 2 5
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Venue: Swangard Stadium
Referee: Mo Mohseni
Assistants: Eray DeMirtas, Chris Harrop
Fourth official: Alain Ruch
Weather: 61 degrees and mostly sunny
SCORING SUMMARY
WF2 – Belal Halbouni (Jackson Castro) 6’
WF2 – Nelson Pierre (Nikola Djordjevic) 18’
WF2 – Nelson Pierre 49’
WF2 – Mark O'Neill (Antoine Coupland) 89’
WF2 – Rayan Elloumi (Yuma Tsuji) 90’+3’
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
TAC – Kaito Yamada (caution) 64’
WF2 – Deylen Vellios (caution) 71’
LINEUPS & STATS
Tacoma Defiance – Mo Shour; Cody Baker, Kaito Yamada, Antino Lopez – Captain (Leo Burney 31’) (Demian Alvarez 61’), Reed Baker-Whiting (Joonmo Kang 61’); Snyder Brunell (Rafferty Pedder 70’), Peter Kingston; Jackson Khoury, Sebastian Gomez (Danny Robles 70’), Travian Sousa; Yu Tsukanome
Substitutes not used: Lars Helleren, Birame Diaw, Ryan Baer, Charlie Gaffney
Total shots: 11
Shots on goal: 3
Fouls: 13
Offside: 1
Corner-kicks: 7
Saves: 3
Whitecaps FC 2 – Isaac Boehmer; Deylen Vellios (Daniel Russo 88’), Mark O'Neill, Belal Halbouni (Dembo Saidykhan 61’), Giuseppe Bovalina; Jeevan Badwal, Yuma Tsuji, Jackson Castro; Johnny Selemani (Mateo Clark 83’), Nelson Pierre (Rayan Elloumi 83’), Nikola Djordjevic (Antoine Coupland 61’)
Substitutes not used: Alexander Milosevic, Adrián Pelayo
Total shots: 14
Shots on goal: 8
Fouls: 9
Offside: 3
Corner-kicks: 7
Saves: 3
