Overview
- Seattle Sounders beat Vancouver Whitecaps 3-0 in the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16 first leg at BC Place.
- Paul Arriola scored in first-half stoppage time and the 58th minute, with Paul Rothrock adding a third in the 70th minute.
- Thomas Müller started and played the full match for Vancouver, hitting the crossbar with a stoppage-time volley at an unguarded goal.
- Speaking to broadcaster OneSoccer, Müller called the deficit difficult but not impossible and vowed a response in the March 19 return match in Seattle.
- Vancouver qualified by winning the Canadian Championship, and the tournament is the region’s counterpart to the UEFA Champions League and a pathway to the Club World Cup.