Loons scrap to a scoreless draw with first-place Vancouver

Minnesota United goalkeeper Dayne St Clair on Tuesday shared primary goal for this Vancouver match Don t loose to a group twice in a season Coming off a - loss to the Whitecaps on April the Loons achieved the aim with a - draw with Vancouver on Wednesday at BC Place But MNUFC - - points fell short of St Clair s next aim moving ahead of first-place Vancouver - - points by the end of the week That would have taken a win over the Caps and Seattle on Sunday Last month Vancouver had a Concacaf semifinal against Miami three days after playing Minnesota and rotated its lineup But as more regulars subbed into the second half the Whitecaps rolled to a domination Vancouver put out less than its best lineup with the Concacaf final vs Cruz Azul coming Sunday and were still extend its unbeaten run in MLS to straight games Minnesota s attack was disjointed in the first half and Eric Ramsay brought on forward Tani Oluwaseyi for midfielder Robin Lod and exchanged wingbacks Julian Gressel for Bongi Hlongwane MNUFC s offense didn t generate much more in the second half Vancouver outshot Minnesota - overall and - on target Three tidbits Owen Gene was named to the Guadeloupe preliminary roster for the Concacaf Gold Cup in June but the -year-old says he wants to stay with MNUFC to help solidify a spot in the first unit Darius Randell received his fourth loan from MNUFC to MNUFC for Wednesday s match Joseph Rosales and Emmanuel Sabbi did not have an event in this match Last month Sabbi accused Rolales of saying a discriminatory comment toward him It led to Rosales who denied the allegation being suspended three games by MLS