VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Jimmy Maurer had four saves in his first start of the season for FC Dallas and Yohei Takaoka stopped two shots for the Vancouver Whitecaps as the two clubs battled to a scoreless draw on Saturday night.

Takaoka notched his sixth clean sheet of the season for Vancouver (12-8-6).

Maurer earned the 15th shutout of his career in his 62nd start for Dallas (9-12-7) since 2018.

Dallas improves to 3-7-6 on the road in a series it leads 11-9-9.

Seven of the Whitecaps 12 wins this season have come on the road.

The Whitecaps will host the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday. Dallas is idle until Sept. 18 when it travels to play Real Salt Lake.

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