VANCOUVER, B.C. – Two teams sitting outside the playoff race in the USL Western Conference do battle in an effort to close the gap on Sunday. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 welcomes the LA Galaxy II to McLeod Athletic Park for a 3 p.m. PT kickoff.

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 news and notes

• Current record: 4-13-7, 19pts

• WFC2 faces a tight turnaround as it travels back home following a 1-0 loss to San Antonio FC at Toyota Field on Wednesday night.

• Vancouver gave up a goal in the first 15 minutes and could not get back into the match against a SAFC side desperate to turn its form around.

• The loss extended a long winless streak for 14th-place WFC2, which is now in the middle of a 13-game run without a victory that extends to June 10th.

• There were moments that WFC2 impressed in San Antonio, and it looked dangerous in the closing stages, but will need more than two shots on target to win on Sunday.

LA Galaxy II news and notes

• Current record: 6-12-4, 22pts

• The Galaxy II come into Sunday's contest off a road victory, with the side having taken victory against Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 2-1 last Friday night.

• After taking the lead through Ariel Lassiter in the 52nd minute, an own goal from Sean McFarlane handed Los Dos a vital victory to keep them in touch with the USL Western Conference playoff places.

• The Galaxy II find themselves back on form, having lost just one match in their last six, and while there is still more work to be done, they find themselves back in with a chance of making the USL Cup Playoffs for a fourth consecutive season.

• LA has a better record away from home, having won four matches, and will need to continue that record to stay in touch.

Series Notes

• The Galaxy II lead the all time series 3-1-1, having won the earlier match this season 2-0 in LA.

Squads

• Vancouver – GK: Spencer Richey, Sean Melvin, Mark Village, Thomas Hasal; D: Brett Levis, Chris Serban, Jacob Nerwinski, Kadin Chung, Francis de Vries, Cole Seiler, Dominick Zator, Deklan Wynne; M: Thomas Gardner, David Norman Jr., William Seymore, Matthew Baldisimo, Michael Baldisimo, Marco Bustos, Patrick Metcalfe, Nazeem Bartman; F: Terran Campbell, Thomas Sanner, Gloire Amanda, Andrew Thoma

• Los Angeles – GK: Clement Diop, Jon Kempin, Eric Lopez, Bennett Sneddon; D: Hugo Arellano, Jake Arteaga, Zico Bailey, Robert Castellanos, Bradley Diallo, Jeffrey Payeras, Leonardo Sepulveda, Nathan Smith, Tyler Turner; M: Miguel Aguilar, Alejandro Covarrubias, Ryo Fujii, Jonathan Hernandez, Bradford Jamieson IV, Raul Mendiola, Adrian Vera, Jaime Villarreal, Andre Zanga; F: Jonah Estrada, Ariel Lassiter, Jack McBean, Jose Villarreal, Ethan Zubak

Discipline

• Vancouver – Suspended: Myer Bevan; Accumulation warning: Francis DeVries, Ben McKendry

• Los Angeles – None

Officials

• REF: MICHELLE PYE

• AR1: Peter Manastyrsky

• AR2: Jasmain Parr

• 4TH: Darnell Smith

Game hashtag:

• #VANvLA

Twitter social handles

• Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 - @WFC2

• LA Galaxy II - @LAGalaxyII