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“I think we created the trouble for ourselves. We’ll definitely get it right in video,” said Henry, who partnered with Erik Godoy between Jake Nerwinski and Cornelius.

“We have a structure of how we want to play defensively. We take real pride in defending. We try not to complicate our game; (Godoy and I) want to be the calming presence on the team when things get really hard.”

Maxime Crepeau, who got the start in goal for the Whitecaps over MLS veteran Zac MacMath, saw his team struggle to advance the ball at times, with crucial turnovers in critical areas.

“We just have to be a little more on the same page here, and stick to our principles where I think we can get out of there way easier than we did. There’s room for improvement, that’s for sure,” said the Greenfield Park, Que., native.

“t’s just paying attention to little details. We saw it in actions that were dangerous against us. It’s just little details. Half a step, to drop to be on the same line. We did a good job defending as a block. They put in a lot of crosses, but didn’t go through us, so it’s a good sign that we’re nice and compact.

“Building out, I think we were a little too spread out. We need to be closer to each other, to get more solutions, to get diamonds around it.”

The Whitecaps took a 1-0 lead off of Godoy’s sixth-minute goal, but coach Marc Dos Santos called it a “hidden moment” since his team was under the cosh for the first 20 minutes, holding just 33 per cent of the ball. The Caps did start trending upwards after, closing the gap to nearly 50 per cent by game’s end, but their ball dominance of just under 68 per cent between the 50th and 70th minutes was when their defence was ventilated by some bad giveaways.