USSF D-II: Whitecaps travel to face Islanders

Posted Jun 16, 2010 by Nick Murray

Updated Jun 16, 2010 at 11:15 AM

While the U.S. members of the USSF Division II played in the U.S. Open Cup last night, Montreal and Vancouver begin Week 11 of the league season on Wednesday night.

VANCOUVER (5-2-4) AT PUERTO RICO (3-5-0): The Whitecaps are undefeated in the league in June and could continue that run against an Islanders side that has lost its last two games.

Vancouver recorded an impressive victory in the opening game of its five-game road-trip on Saturday night, coming back from a halftime deficit to earn a 2-1 win at league-leader Austin. Marcus Haber scored a goal and added an assist in that contest, but tonight will play his final game for the club before returning English Premier League club West Bromwich Albion as his loan spell with the Whitecaps comes to an end.

The Islanders will want to try and regain their home form after a 1-0 loss against AC St. Louis on Saturday. In past seasons the Estadio Juan Ramon Loubriel has been a tough place for opponents to play, but the Islanders are only 2-2-0 at home so far this season. That’s more losses at the Loubriel already than they had in the 2009 USL-1 season, when they went 11-1-3 at home.