<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>Vancouver, BC (SportsNetwork.com) - Sebastian Fernandez netted inside the first 15 minutes of play on Saturday and Vancouver Whitecaps FC held on for a nervy 1-0 win over Seattle Sounders FC at BC Place<wm> Stadium, in Vancouver's third and seventh outing for club this season.
Fernandez made his Whitecaps FC debut on this day in his third season as the team's full-time starting center back, and helped put pressure on Sounders FC from the start.
After being pushed around by Sounders right back Steven Maxwell in Vancouver, it wasn't until Fernandez made a stunning run behind the Sounders defense to the edge, then found space to deliver a precise free-kick that was cleared by Sounders</wm> goalkeeper Michael Lee at goal.
"That opened up space behind the defenders, and that gave our forward,