It’s the seventh minute of stoppage time on a damp, humid night in Orlando. The Vancouver Whitecaps had just been denied, incredibly, what seemed like a fairly clear goal due to some inscrutable set of rules
around VAR and evidentiary standards to overturn — and were on the verge of dropping points.
Cue Thomas Müller.The former Bayern Munich forward collected at the edge of the box and, in his space-interpreting custom, scanned around for options while seemingly opening up space around himself, like an anti-gravity well. The Orlando defenders were wary of an immediate strike or a lay-off to teammates in good positions, and so it was that three bodies stationed somewhere in Müller’s secondary orbit stood by casually and watched as the 36-year-old suddenly lined up his shot and rifled it, left-footed, into the bottom corner. Just like Arjen Robben would.
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That’s now six goals and three assists in six matches (five starts) for the Whitecaps. Müller, formerly Bayern’s talisman, is the VWFC magic-maker now. The win and the three points has Vancouver three points clear at the top of the MLS Western Conference standings, with the old legend at the center of it all — and writing himself legends anew.
