Wednesday night: CCL Cascadia clash ends in stalement

• by Paul Kennedy  @pkedit, Aug 6, 2015

After their MLS match on Saturday that left Vancouver in first place and Seattle reeling, neither team was ready to send out its first team for Wednesday's Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League opener that ended in a 1-1 draw. Of the two teams, the Sounders, losers of seven of their previous eight MLS matches, will happily take the point.

CCL Week 1, Results:
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5
Arabe Unido (PAN) 3 Montego Bay (JAM) 0
Vancouver Whitecaps 1 Seattle Sounders 1
Club America (MEX) 4 Motagua (HON) 0

TUESDAY, AUGUST 4
Queretaro (MEX) 2 San Francisco (PAN) 0
Santos (MEX) 4 W Connection (TRI) 0
Municipal (GUA) 0 Real Salt Lake 1

Rookie Tim Parker continues to stand out at center back and scored his first pro goal, but the Whitecaps could not hold on. Lamar Neagle equalized 11 minutes later for Seattle, which finished with a 12-6 edge in shots.

Vancouver started an entirely different team from the one that won, 3-0, on Saturday in Seattle. For the Sounders, only captain Brad Evans and Chad Barrett kept their starting spots.

Aug. 5 in Vancouver
Vancouver Whitecaps 1 Seattle Sounders 1. Goals: Parker 61; Neagle 72.
Vancouver -- Tornaghi; Sampson, Parker, Rodriguez, Dean; Flores, Teibert; Hurtado (Bustos 77), Morales (Earnshaw 65), Froese (Adekugbe 70); Mattocks.
Seattle -- Perkins; Fisher, Evans, Scott, Remick; Rose, Azira, Roldan, Kovar (Thomas 72'); Neagle (Jones 88), Barrett (Friberg 79).
Att.: 19,683.



CCL Week 1, Schedule:
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6
10 pm ET LA Galaxy vs. Central FC (TRI)
10 pm ET Herediano (CRC) vs. Isidro Metapan (SLV)