Wednesday, May 7, 2014

MLS Wednesday May 7th, 2014

Three midweek games on tonight, beginning with...

The Houston Dynamo hosting the Columbus Crew. Steve Clark of Columbus and Tally Hall of Houston are the keepers. Houston was first to score in the fiftieth minute as Will Bruin found the back of the net with an assist by Brad Davis. In the 60th minute, Columbus' Bernardo Anor was shown a yellow card for a foul, and in the sixty-first minute, Federico Higuain was booked on a yellow card for a foul as well. The Crew had another yellow card shown to Dan Paladini in the eightieth minute. The Dynamo took a yellow as Warren Creavalle was shown one for a foul. Houston took the match 1-0, and the man of the match was Hall, whose clean sheet included five saves.

Northwest to Seattle, as the Sounders FC welcome Dallas FC. Raul Fernandez of Dallas and Stefan Frei of Seattle play between the posts. Dallas led off in the sixteenth minute with a goal by Michel, going in unassisted, but he also picked up a yellow card for a foul in the seventeenth minute. Dallas' Matt Hedges picked up a yellow card for dissent in the twenty-third minute. Seattle answered with a pair of yellow cards, one to Brad Evans in the thirty-seventh minute and one to Marco Pappa in the forty-second minute, both for fouls. Dallas' Blas Perez was shown a yellow in the forty-eighth minute, also for a foul. The Sounders tied the score in the sixty-second minute on a Lamar Neagle goal, with an assist from Obafemi Martins. Seattle took the lead with a Kenny Cooper goal in the eighty-eighth minute, and Martins again picked up the assist. They held on for a 2-1 win, with the man of the match being Martins for his two helpers.

Finally, in San Jose, the Earthquakes bring in the Colorado Rapids. Clinton Irwin of Colorado and Jon Busch of San Jose received the starting nods in goal. Colorado was the first team with a booking as Charles Eloundou was shown the yellow card for a foul in the forty-third minute. San Jose picked up a yellow card in the seventy-eighth minute on a foul by Victor Bernardez. This was all the activity in the game, which ended in a scoreless draw. The man of the match was Irwin, who kept the game scoreless with a big seven saves.

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