Vancouver FC claimed ITS first-ever Salish Sea Derby with a big come-from-behind victory over rivals Pacific FC on Saturday, Aug. 19, winning 3-2 with a 87th minute winner from Gabriel Bitar at 91原创鈥檚 Willoughby Stadium.

Mika毛l Cantave found the net for Vancouver inside just 11 minutes to give his team their first-ever lead over Pacific.

Pacific responded with second-half goals from Thomas Meilleur-Gigu猫re in the 65th minute and Djenairo Daniels in the 73rd minute to completely turn around the score, putting them in the driver鈥檚 seat with 15 minutes to go.

Vancouver鈥檚 Gabriel Bitar turned the game around.

Despite only coming on in the 75th minute, he鈥檇 first tie up the game in the 76th minute, before completing his brace with a winner in the 87th, giving his team their first-ever derby win.

Our vacation got cancelled but we got to watch a get a massive W over #1 Pacific WE ARE HERE FOR IT!!!!

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鈥淒erbies, they mean more than anything else,鈥� Bitar explained. 鈥淪o to win this one, (especially) seeing that we hadn鈥檛 won in a while, this one was always going to feel extra special.鈥�

鈥淚鈥檓 really proud for our fans,鈥� head coach Afshin Ghotbi added. 鈥淏ecause through a lot of difficult times, they鈥檝e stuck with this team, they鈥檝e supported this team, so to see them so happy after this match just means a lot to me.鈥�

鈥淭his derby is special, derbies are special for so many different reasons, and I think this victory will just add more history and texture to this derby, which will create more interesting stories for the upcoming derbies, and Canadian football needs these sorts of derbies and stories.鈥�

Bitar was named CanPL.ca Player of the Match.

Next, Vancouver FC heads out on the road for their next match, as they get set to take on York United at York Lions Stadium in Toronto on Friday, Aug. 25 at 4:30 p.m. B.C. time.

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