{
    "title": "Crucial Nutrilite re-match set for Wednesday night",
    "modified_at": "2026-05-05 17:21:53",
    "published_at": "2009-05-26 11:00:00",
    "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/crucial-nutrilite-re-match-set-for-wednesday-night",
    "short_url": "http://prez.ly/SwFd",
    "culture": "en",
    "language": "EN",
    "subtitle": "Vancouver Whitecaps FC host the Impact de Montr\u00e9al at Swangard Stadium on Wednesday night in a key Nutrilite Canadian Championship match up. Second-place Vancouver (1-0-1, 3 points), will be looking to build on its 2:0 victory last week over Montr\u00e9al, the first every victory for the club at Montr\u00e9al\u2026",
    "slug": "crucial-nutrilite-re-match-set-for-wednesday-night",
    "body": "<p>Vancouver Whitecaps FC host the Impact de Montr&eacute;al at Swangard Stadium on Wednesday night in a key Nutrilite Canadian Championship match up. Second-place Vancouver (1-0-1, 3 points), will be looking to build on its 2:0 victory last week over Montr&eacute;al, the first every victory for the club at Montr&eacute;al&rsquo;s Stade Saputo. Montr&eacute;al meanwhile will be eager to rebound from the loss to Vancouver, a match in which they missed a number of scoring chances, including three chances that hit the crossbar.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bWith a victory Vancouver would set up a massive clash with first-place Toronto FC (2-0-0, 6 points), next Tuesday, 2 June at Swangard. Last-place Montr&eacute;al (0-0-2, 0 points), the 2008 champions, desperately need all three points Wednesday night in Vancouver to maintain their hopes of repeating in 2009.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bFans across the country will be able to follow the match in both English and French. The match will broadcast live coast-to-coast in English on Sportsnet starting at 19.30 PT (22.30 ET). Sportsnet&rsquo;s Gerry Dobson and Craig Forrest will have the call. Radio-Canada will handle the French language broadcast on tape-delay at 23.00 ET. Radio-Canada will simultaneously webcast the match at www.Radio-Canada.ca/sports. Philippe Germain and Guillaume Dumas will call the match for Radio-Canada.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bBoth clubs will be without key defenders due to suspension for accumulating two yellow cards. Vancouver will be missing Wesley Charles while Montr&eacute;al will have to do without the services of Nevio Pizzolitto.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bNeither club played a United Soccer Leagues First Division match over weekend, meaning both teams should be fresh for Wednesday night&rsquo;s showdown.<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200b<br>\u200bThe 2009 Nutrilite Canadian Championship runs 6 May to 18 June in Toronto, Montr&eacute;al and Vancouver. The winning team not only claims the Voyageurs Cup, but also qualifies for the 2009-10 CONCACAF Champions League season.<br>\u200b</p>",
    "author": {
        "first_name": "Integration",
        "last_name": "Integration"
    },
    "format_version": 5
}