![]() Minnesota United midfielder Franco Fragapane (7) celebrates a goal against the Vancouver Whitecaps during the first half at Allianz Field. If you do that, you can be proud of putting on this jersey, wearing this badge and when the season ends, you know you left it all out there.” … I think each individual in that locker room made an inner promise to play to the final whistle, and that makes me super proud to be one of the leaders of this group. “That was (Sartini’s halftime) message and we did just that. “Just to keep going, no matter what minute of the game it was, to keep going, never to stop fighting and to fight to the final whistle,” midfielder Russell Teibert said. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. And even at halftime, still trailing by one, there was hope. They kept hope alive, even when Franco Fragapane put the home side up 1-0 just 17 minutes in, taking advantage of an uncharacteristic turnover from Andres Cubas, the team’s most reliable midfielder. They watched their team pull - nay, claw - itself out of its own deep, self-dug grave with three straight excellent performances, then wondered as all the improbable and unlikely results elsewhere clicked into place to put them in the drivers’ seat heading into Decision Day.Īll they had to do was beat Minnesota United FC, a team that had been swirling around the toilet bowl the past six weeks with an unfortunately-timed six-game winless streak.Īll they had to do was score, and it would have heaped even more pressure on a team that had plummeted from the heights of third place in the West. The next issue of Canucks Report will soon be in your inbox. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. Manage Print Subscription / Tax ReceiptĪ welcome email is on its way.
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