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BY THE NUMBERS

The Whitecaps were outshot 24-12, 8-5 on target, and had 45 per cent possession in the game, but Seattle had 74 per cent of the ball in the final 10 minutes. In that span, the Caps blocked six of their 10 total blocks, but Leerdam’s shot squeaked between Andy Rose’s legs and in.

Dos Santos wasn’t happy about the closing stages of the game — “I’m pissed, guys. I’m an emotional guy,” he said after the game — but his ire wasn’t directed at his players, nor Seattle’s.

“If you look at the 19 interviews I give after every game (this season), I never attack the ref. But today, I’ll just say this: go see the last three minutes, that leads to the goal of Seattle, and go count the amount of fouls that should have been called,” he said. “A handball that wasn’t called. The foul on Yordy that wasn’t called. And then (Seattle) came wave after wave. But it has to be better. I never criticize refs, but you go watch the last three minutes and see if for yourself.”

ALI ALI?

This may have been the final game in a Whitecaps uniform for left back Ali Adnan. His loan from Serie A side Udinese expires June 30, and there has been no word whether it has been extended nor if his rights have been purchased from the Italian club.

On his post-game chat on TSN 1040, Caps coach Marc Dos Santos said he had nothing new to report, although he did add: “It looks promising, but we’ll have to see how the next 24 hours are going to be.”

CASCADIA UPDATE

The Whitecaps are the only squad to have won back-to-back Cascadia Cup titles (2013/2014), but Seattle is in the drivers’ seat to do it again.