Vancouver Whitecaps' Thomas Müller yells to his team during the second half of an MLS soccer match against the Houston Dynamo in Vancouver, B.C. on Sunday.

Thomas Müller’s Major League Soccer debut was almost perfect.

Almost.

The German soccer icon came off the bench for the Vancouver Whitecaps on Sunday and put the ball into the back of the net just minutes later.

Then the offside flag went up.

“I think the moment when I scored the goal was amazing. The noise in the stadium and then also the reaction of my teammates, that was a great start for me,” Müller said. “In the end, the result was a little bit disappointing. But that’s the game. That’s the game.”

The Whitecaps (13-6-7) settled for a 1-1 draw with the Houston Dynamo (7-11-8).

Hours before kickoff, hundreds of fans gathered a

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