![]() Giantsopoulos got a foot to it but the ball went to Whitecaps captain Russell Teibert whose shot hit the crossbar and then bounced in off the back of York's Elijah Adekugbe, who knew nothing about it. Vancouver's breakthrough came in the 64th minute after Ali Ahmed sent in a dangerous low cross. York 'keeper Niko Giantsopoulos made some big saves early in the second half to keep the Whitecaps off the board. Santini said he changed his formation to a 4-4-2 in the second half in a bid to create more space. Vancouver outshot York 12-2 in the first half but only put two of those on target, compared to one for York. The Whitecaps had more of the ball and created plenty of chances but lacked clinical finishing. The teams played a scoreless first half with York growing in confidence after a shaky start. Austin Ricci pulled one back for York in the 90th minute only to see Vancouver's Julian Gressel score on a stoppage-time penalty. York conceded an own goal with the Whitecaps' Simon Becher and Levonte Johnson adding insurance goals. Probably a two-goal lead would be the right, I would say, distance for the game." ![]() "I think the 4-1 (scoreline) is even too much against them. "In the end, I think we won comfortably," he added. "For 60 minutes, it was very hard," echoed Sartini. "Once they scored the goal, we lost our way a little bit to be fair." "I thought for 60 minutes we did a lot right," said York coach Martin Nash. The game was scoreless until the 64th minute with four more goals coming after the 75th minute. "It's a massive trophy for the club, the Canadian Championship," said the charismatic Italian. Vancouver coach Vanni Sartini said his team, which as champion had a preliminary-round bye, talked about the importance of the cup competition prior to the game. If it keeps winning, Vancouver will host either CF Montreal or CPL champion Forge FC in the championship game at B.C. The Whitecaps will visit Pacific FC, which topped semi-pro TSS Rovers FC 2-0 in the other quarterfinal on Wednesday in Langford, B.C., in the May 23 semifinal. TORONTO - The Vancouver Whitecaps opened defence of their Canadian Championship title with a 4-1 quarterfinal victory over York United FC on Wednesday, a result that means the road to the Voyageurs Cup now goes through B.C.
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