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The 20th week of play in Major League Soccer saw seven games played across five days, and in most of those matchups, offense reigned supreme.

Valeri pounced on a giveaway by Mamadou Danso, the former Timbers defender making his first appearance for the Impact, and fired a shot past goalkeeper Evan Bush.

FC Dallas and Vancouver Whitecaps FC shared the spoils on Sunday as the Western Conference rivals played to a thrilling 2-2 draw at BC Place.

After spending last week on the road, Vancouver Whitecaps FC will be pleased to return to BC Place on Sunday as the team entertains an FC Dallas side in good form.

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B.C. residents generally find public campgrounds clean and secure, but when it comes to the reservation system and user fees, not everyone is a happy camper.

Real Salt Lake defender Nat Borchers and Real Salt Lake midfielder Kyle Beckerman complain about a penalty kick against Real that resulted in a goal for Vancouver FC in Sandy Sunday, July 20, 2014.

Coming off a heated affair in Utah, Vancouver come's back home to face a side as red hot as their jerseys; FC Dallas .

Darren Mattocks has scored both goals in the Vancouver Whitecaps' last two games.

Sandy a For reasons unknown and quite puzzling, an emerging theme to this season has been the blowing of the whistle and the pointing to the spot.

Entering this past week, Robbie Keane had gone four games without a goal - his longest MLS drought in more than two years.

Things got a little testy at Rio Tinto Saturday night, as the Caps and Real Salt Lake drew 1-1.

Feilhaber opened the scoring in the 11th minute, drilling a free kick from just outside the box into the upper left corner past Galaxy goalkeeper Jaime Penedo.

Joao Plata scored in the 81st minute to help Real Salt Lake earn a 1-1 draw against Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Rio Tinto Stadium on Saturday.

Joao Plata scored in the 81st minute to help Real Salt Lake earn a 1-1 draw against Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Rio Tinto Stadium on Saturday.

Sandy a The drums pounded and the smoke bombs erupted inside CenturyLink Field in downtown Seattle Sunday night as they typically do.

Vancouver Whitecaps forward Darren Mattocks celebrates his goal with forward Russell Teibert and midfielder Pedro Morales and midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker against the Toronto FC Vancouver Whitecaps forward Darren Mattocks celebrates his goal with forward Russell Teibert and midfielder Pedro Morales and midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker against the Toronto ... (more)

With a humbling 3-1 defeat to Chivas USA fresh in their minds, expectations were high for the Vancouver Whitecaps to come out of the gate swinging against their Canadian rival Toronto FC .

Vancouver took a 1-0 lead on Darren Mattocks' goal in the 50th minute after former Toronto FC midfielder Matias Laba pounced on a loose touch by striker Luke Moore near the halfway line.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Toronto FC traded second-half goals in a 1-1 draw at BMO Field on Wednesday as TFC's Jermain Defoe scored the equalizer from the penalty spot in the 64th minute.