The Good:
Johnny Leveron
Very good game for Johnny Leveron, maybe even his best game of the season so far. The last 5 games has seen the Honduran step up his defensive game. He was great defending Caps killer Cubo Torres all game long. He stepped up when he had to and did very well clearing the box with headers when he had to.
His partnership with Andy O'Brien has been solid the past few games and with a big man like Kendall Waston waiting in the wings any slip ups could mean time of the bench.
The Average:
Caps Corners
The dreaded corner kick has been a nemesis for the Whitecaps since joining MLS. You know they are bad at in when after three and a half seasons you can count how many they have scored from on one hand. Actually, you don't even need the whole hand.
Even with Pedro Morales adding more quality swingers this season they still can't find the back of the net with them.
Russell Teibert had some great swingers this game that Omar Salgado got some good touches on. Sooner or later the dam is going to break and they are going to get rewarded, possibly with the help of new signing Kendall Waston.
The Bad:
Lack of creativity without Pedro Morales
Nicolas Mezquida's job as Pedro Morales back up is a job where you will not get a lot of minutes. When he does, he has to step up and make them quality minutes. He failed at that this game. He lacks Morales' level of creativity in the middle of the pitch. He failed to find that open spot between the Chivas midfielders and defenders. When he did he just wasn't good enough with his passes.
It might be another 8-10 games before he gets the start over Morales again and when he does get the chance he will have to take better advantage of it.