Overview
- Houston won 1-0 when Guilherme’s shot in second-half stoppage time deflected off Brian White and beat backup goalkeeper Isaac Boehmer.
- Vancouver went down to 10 men after goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka was sent off in the 64th minute for sliding into Mateusz Bogusz outside the box.
- A match columnist argued the foul did not deny an obvious goal-scoring chance, the threshold for a red under MLS rules that referees and video review use.
- Play paused for about 12 minutes when Houston’s Diadie Samassékou left by ambulance after a collision, and the team said he was alert on the way to the hospital.
- The defeat snapped Vancouver’s seven-match league unbeaten run and continued Houston’s surge of five wins in seven, with the Whitecaps now set for San Diego without Andrés Cubas and with Takaoka’s availability dependent on any appeal.