A point is a point, but the Whitecaps deserved more.

The Vancouver Whitecaps made their return to BC Place Stadium after three months away, as they hosted LAFC in a marquee Saturday matchup.

Jesper Sørensen made a couple of changes to the side that grabbed a 0-0 draw against Minnesota United, as the returning Édier Ocampo came in for the injured Ranko Veselinović. At the same time, club captain Ryan Gauld was slotted in at left wing for Cheikh Sabaly. Ralph Priso and Emmanuel Sabbi made their returns from injury, as they slotted onto the bench for Adrían Zendejas and Mihail Gherasimencov, who was unavailable due to illness. After a short-term agreement was made for Johnny Selemani last week, Trevor Wright got one and replaced the winger on the bench.

The game kicked off, and it was clear that LAFC was looking to catch Vancouver on the counter, while the hosts were looking to pound on Hugo Lloris' goal early on.

After Lloris made a simple save on a long shot from Andrés Cubas, a scramble in the LAFC box saw Jeevan Badwal and Ryan Gauld have shots blocked by LAFC, as they got it out for a corner, with the sequence ending as Mathías Laborda headed over the bar.

The next chance would come ten minutes later, as Yehven Cheberko gave the ball away from his left-back position, but Lloris easily smothered Brian White's shot.

Marc Dos Santos' side would surprisingly be the side to take the lead, as after Canadian winger Jacob Shaffelburg won possession off Tristan Blackmon, Denis Bouanga played it to Son Heung-Min, who turned before firing a great shot past Yohei Takaoka.

After two additional minutes, Elijio Arreguin blew for half-time, as the Whitecaps had some work to do.

Two minutes after the restart, Ryan Hollingshead received the game's first yellow card for a bad foul on Oliver Larraz.

Not long after, the Whitecaps would receive a booking, as Ryan Gauld was shown a yellow card after taking down Jacob Shaffelburg.

The 'Caps kept pushing for the equalizer, but they never created a clear-cut opportunity.

In search of some spark, Jesper Sørensen brought off Ryan Gauld and Andrés Cubas for Emmanuel Sabbi and Cheikh Sabaly, with the former making his first appearance since May 13 against FC Dallas.

Eventually, Vancouver would get a golden opportunity, as Thomas Müller was clearly fouled by Yehven Cheberko.

In typical Raumdeuter fashion, Müller stepped up and sent Hugo Lloris the wrong way, striking the penalty into the bottom right corner.

After Vancouver got its deserved equalizer, they pushed for a winner, as Brian White nearly got in behind, but Lloris was alert and sniffed out any danger.

After Jeevan Badwal went down with a cramp, Ralph Priso was introduced for Badwal, as Priso made his first appearance for Vancouver since the restart.

Brian White would have a half-chance in the five minutes of stoppage time, as his toe flick was quickly saved by Lloris, who had to be alert to that shot.

After a late blocked free kick from Son Heung-Min was followed up by a long shot that was too high, Elijio Arreguin shortly after blew the whistle for full-time, but an argument can be made for an additional minute to have been added on due to Son wasting quite a bit of time during his preparation for the free kick.

Nonetheless, it was a performance from Vancouver that was better than the past two against Cincinnati and Minnesota, as they did dominate and create chances, but none were clear-cut barring the penalty.

For Vancouver, the focus shifts to Leagues Cup, as they will take on Atlante FC on Tuesday at BC Place Stadium, with kickoff scheduled for 7:30 pm PT.