Blackmon scores 1st goal since 2023, Whitecaps beat Dallas 1-0
Vancouver Whitecaps defender Tristan Blackmon, second from left, scores a goal against FC Dallas defenders Shaq Moore (18), Marco Farfan (4) and goalkeeper Maarten Paes (1) during second-half MLS soccer match action in Frisco, Texas, Saturday, March 15, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/LM Otero]
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Tristan Blackmon scored a goal in the 51st minutes and Vancouver didn’t allow a shot on goal as the Whitecaps beat FC Dallas 1-0 on Saturday night for their fourth win in a row.
Vancouver (4-0-0) is just the seventh team in MLS history to win each of its first four games.
Blackmon scored his first goal since a 2-1 win over Toronto on Sept. 16, 2023. Pedro Vite rolled a corner kick to the near corner of the area, where J.C. Ngando played an arcing ball-in to the back post and Blackmon slammed home a header.
Maarten Paes had four saves for Dallas.
Dallas (1-2-1), which had a 1-0 lead over Chicago last time out but conceded three goals in the final 10 minutes of a 3-1 loss to to the Fire, has lost back-to-back games.
FCD has won just once (five losses, five ties) in its last 11 meetings with the Whitecaps.
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