The Vancouver Whitecaps are suffering from a scoring drought. The 'Caps are winless in their last four contests and have only scored two goals in that span.

The Vancouver home crowd was frustrated with back-to-back scoreless draws against the Montreal Impact and Crystal Palace Baltimore.

The Whitecaps now head into their most important match of the season with Voyageurs Cup on the line against Toronto FC.

"Goals will come, it's a part of the game," said Vancouver midfielder Wes Knight. "We've shown defensively we're solid and offensively it's going to come."

Knight thinks patience is a big part of the Whitecaps game. The team is equipped with a new group of players for 2010 and progress can be a slow process, said Knight.

"This is a brand new group of guys, all playing in a new situation. It's going to take time for us to come together and gel and become a solid squad."

There is no doubt the Whitecaps have talent. It's just a matter of working on team chemistry and making new, unfamiliar faces, familiar.

Centre back Mouloud Akloul signed with the club in Apr. 8. He was stretchered off the pitch with a fractured ankle after scoring the game-winning goal in his Whitecaps debut on Apr. 24.

The team doesn't expect to see him in the lineup for at least another three months.

The French born Algerian has plenty of experience under his belt and will certainly bolster the Whitecaps offensive core when he returns.

"As time goes on you'll see more goals," said Marcus Haber. "It's always frustrating when goals aren't going in. As a player and as a team you need to stay confident and just believe in the people around you."

The key to scoring against Toronto for the Whitecaps will be patience. Vancouver players understand trying to force goals and overcompensating will not produce numbers on the score card.

"The worst thing to do is try to put in a little too much effort and try to score a little too hard," said Knight.

"When you go out and you try to do any job more than what comes naturally, you tend to feel a little less I think."

The Whitecaps are confident the balls will hit the back of the net against Toronto and keeper Jay Nolly will do his job to keep balls out.

"If we keep our shape well from the forward all the way back, I think we can hold them [Toronto] off the score sheet," said Nolly.

"It's a Nutrilite tournament that we want to win," added Nolly. "It's a little round robin tournament and anyone can win it."

With a report from CTV British Columbia's Perry Solkowski