Lamar Neagle scores on penalty kick as D.C. United downs Whitecaps
Vancouver Whitecaps’ coach Carl Robinson didn’t mince his words.
“Awful,” is how Robinson described a dubious call which resulted in D.C. United defeating the Whitecaps 1-0 on a penalty kick in a Major League Soccer game Saturday.
The Whitecaps outplayed United all game but fell behind in the 61st minute after forward Lamar Neagle scored on the penalty kick. The win snapped a three-game United losing streak.
The penalty was awarded after Whitecaps’ defender Kendall Waston was called for hauling down United’s Jose Oritz in the box. The crowd of 20,905 at B.C. Place Stadium booed loudly when replays showed Ortiz tumbling to the ground without Waston touching him.