Black Meteors midfielder Fatawu Safiu scores in Vancouver Whitecaps defeat

Published on: 05 August 2016

Ghana U23 midfielder Abdul Fatawu Safiu scored for his side Vancouver Whitecaps FC despite their 3-2 defeat to Arizona United SC on Thursday.

Daniel Haber opened the scoring for Whitecaps in the 45 minute before Safiu increased the tally in the 54th minute.

But a determined Luke Rooney scored a brace to cancel the lead and restore parity for the Arizona side before Chris Cortez hit the winner in added time.

Despite the loss, Whitecaps FC 2 remain atop the Western Conference with a 10W-5L-6D record, while Arizona United SC improve to 6W-8L-6D.

Whitecaps will host their Cascadia rivals Seattle Sounders at the Thunderbird Stadium on Saturday, August 6.

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