Wednesday, May 21, 2014

MLS Wednesday May 21st, 2014

There are a pair of games on tonight, beginning with...

DC United hosting the Houston Dynamo. Tally Hall of Houston and Bill Hamid of DC are in goal. DC began in the twenty-eighth minute on a Chris Rolfe goal, passed from Fabian Espindola. United picked up a yellow card in the thirty-sixth minute for a foul by Davy Arnaud, and another yellow card was issued for Lewis Neal's foul in the fifty-sixth minute as well. DC added on with an Espindola goal in the sixty-third minute, and Rolfe was there with the assist. Houston's Giles Barnes was booked for a foul in the sixty-fifth minute, earning him a yellow card. United's Espindola was also shown a yellow card in the seventy-second minute for unsporting behavior. The Dynamo got chippy in stoppage time, and Brian Ownby was whistled for a fight, earning him a straight red card in the second minute of stoppage time. DC won 2-0, with Espindola being the man of the match.

The other game comes from Los Angeles, where the Galaxy host FC Dallas. Raul Fernandez and Jaime Penedo are the keepers. Los Angeles opened with a Robbie Keane goal in the twenty-fourth minute, made possible by Gyasi Zardes. The teams exchanged yellows later in the half, as Kofi Opare of the Galaxy and Tesho Akindele of Dallas were booked for fouls. Los Angeles added on with a Zardes goal, passed from Juninho. Dallas got on the board in the sixty-fifth minute when Akindele scored, thanks to Jair Benitez. Dallas was booked again in the seventy-first minute on a Je-Vaughn Watson foul. The Galaxy hung in for a 2-1 win, with the man of the match being Zardes.

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