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Paging Alex Burrows: Whitecaps need someone to slay the LAFC dragon

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Vancouver Whitecaps head into do-or-die playoff game against LAFC at B.C. Place on Sunday .

The Whitecaps are down 1 -0 in a best-of-three Round 1 series to LAFC , coming home to host Game 2 .

Coach Vanni Sartini says the Caps are not bored to play LAFC because they want to play them one more time.

The Lions take on the Roughriders for a chance to travel to Winnipeg for the West Final .

Vancouver hasn’t beaten LAFC at B.C. Place since 2022 when midfielder Andres Cubas scored his first goal for the Caps.

LAFC improved to 8-1-2 against the Caps across all competitions in the past two years .

The first 10,000 fans through the gate Saturday will get a gold and white captain’s armband.

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