Salgado winner lifts Whitecaps past Crew

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By ODEEN DOMINGO

PHOENIX – The absence of creases on the cheekbones of his weathered face tells you enough.

Vancouver Whitecaps coach Teitur Thordarson is not one for smiling.

But Thordarson couldn't help but force a hint of a smirk after the Whitecaps' 2-1 win in a scrimmage of two 45-minute halves over the Columbus Crew at the Reach 11 Soccer Complex.

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