Thomas Müller has in his second MLS game for the Vancouver Whitecaps with a Last minute-MALL to the match winner.
In his starting eleven debut for the Canadians, the long-time Munich team scored the decisive goal for 3: 2 (1: 1) success against St. Louis City.
“The fact that I could score the gate here in front of our audience was an incredible feeling, incredible”said Müller afterwards. “The Müller-era has officially started”wrote his club at X after the 35-year-old’s premiere, who also listed the Whitecaps as captain on Sunday night.
Müller transforms penalty
Vancouver got on the artificial turf of the BC Place Due to the goals of the former Bundesliga professionals Eduard Löwen (13th) and Joao Klauss (73rd) twice, Brian White (45.+4) equalized by penalty and Daniel Rios (79.) before Müller’s big moment followed.
At the last second, Müller converted a penalty against the former BVB goalkeeper Roman Bürki with a lifter into the middle. Then he roared out his joy and cheered in typical Müller manner.
Some Germans in the game
Only after a long view of the video pictures had the referee decided on a penalty. Müller, who had left a great chance of leading the lead in the initial phase, met other ex-professionals from Germany in his second MLS game:
At St. Louis, in addition to Bürki, Marcel Hartel and Timo Baumgartl also stood in the starting eleven, Lutz Pfannenstiel is sports director at the club from the US state Missouri.
Whitecaps above
In his first game for Vancouver against Houston Dynamo (1-1), Müller also hit on Monday after his substitution – but the gate did not count on the side.
In the Western Conference the Major League Soccer (Mls) The white caps remain in third place with their 14th win of the season.