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Brian White, Thomas Müller combine for 7 goal contributions as Whitecaps top San Diego 4-2

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Brian White had two first-half goals and two second-half assists and Thomas Müller added three assists to propel the Vancouver Whitecaps to a 4-2 victory over San Diego FC on Saturday night.

White staked the current and reigning Western Conference leaders to a 1-0 lead in the 30th minute with assists from Müller and Tristan Blackmon.

Vancouver took a 2-0 lead into halftime after White used assists from Jeevan Badwal and Kenji Cabrera to score his 10th goal of the season.

David Vazquez scored his third goal of the season and career to get San Diego within 2-1 in the 53rd minute.

White and Müller set up rookie Bruno Caicedo’s second goal for a 3-1 lead in the 67th minute after Caicedo subbed in for his eighth appearance four minutes earlier.

Luca Bombino was booked for a second yellow card five minutes later to leave San Diego short-handed.

White and Müller set up defender Ralph Priso for his first netter in four seasons for a three-goal advantage in the 75th minute. Priso entered the match one minute earlier.

Rookie Bryan Zamblé scored in the first minute of stoppage time for San Diego’s final goal. He has two goals in his first 132 minutes of play.

Anders Dreyer had assists on both San Diego goals to tie Los Angeles FC’s Son Heung-min for the league lead with nine.

White collected his first two assists of the season, while Müller has four to go along with four goals in 12 matches this season. Müller has 11 goals and seven assists in his first 19 appearances in the league.

Isaac Boehmer saved one shot in his first appearance this season for Vancouver (10-2-2).

Boehmer filled in for Yohei Takaoka, who was suspended for the match after picking up a red card in a 1-0 road loss to the Houston Dynamo last time out.

CJ Dos Santos finished with seven saves for San Diego (4-6-5) in his second start of the season.

Vancouver improves to 3-1-2 on the road, while San Diego falls to 3-3-3 at home.

Up next

The league takes a break for the FIFA World Cup and will return to action on July 16.

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NYPD says dozens rescued from human trafficking during World Cup

By WTOP Staff
▶ Watch Video: Inside look at security preparations for World Cup Forty-three people, including seven minors, were rescued from human traffickers during the World Cup matches in the New York City area, according to the New York City Police Department's Special Victims Unit.The rescue operations were carried out between June 11 and July 19 by specialized NYPD detectives who arrested 89 individuals."The surprise was really the outpouring of support behind the mission and the collaboration with all our partners," said Inspector Gary Marcus, commanding officer of the Special Victims Unit.Those rescued, largely the victims of sex trafficking, are now being supported with an array of social services for the victims, including food, housing and counseling.The 87 operations carried out during the World Cup have generated new leads, officials said, and law enforcement agencies are building more cases based on the investigations already underway."We have ongoing investigations now as a result of these operations," an NYPD official told CBS News.Major sporting events are known to law enforcement as hotbeds of human trafficking.Years in advance, the NYPD devoted significant resources to preparing for the World Cup. Eight matches were played at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium, including the final on Sunday."When we talk about the outreach and the prep we do, a large part of that involved visiting the known sex offenders, particularly the known human traffickers, in our registry," Marcus said. "Whether they're on parole or probation for human trafficking, we visited them to make sure they're compliant with the terms of their release, and secondly, to let them know that the NYPD is watching."The matches were held in multiple cities around the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Preparations to secure those games and prepare for crimes like human trafficking were coordinated between local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.Police departments in many locations that hosted World Cup matches have made arrests and rescues connected to human trafficking, including in Georgia, New England and Missouri. Nationally, there were more than 673 arrests on human-trafficking charges made during the World Cup, and 61 adults and 13 minors rescued, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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