Wednesday, July 2, 2014

MLS Wednesday July 2nd, 2014

Two matches tonight, beginning in...

Chicago, as the Fire host Toronto FC. Joe Bendik and Sean Johnson are the goalies. Toronto did not start well, as Luke Moore was sent off in the twenty-ninth minute with a straight red card for a serious foul. Toronto bounced back in the forty-second minute with a Jackson goal, made possible by Jermain Defoe. Chicago's Quincy Amarikwa picked up a yellow card in the second minute of first half stoppage time for a foul. Toronto had a yellow card of their own issued to Steven Caldwell in the fifty-third minute for a handball. The Fire tied the score in the fifty-sixth minute on a Harrison Shipp goal, via Mike Magee. Chicago was booked again in the eighty-seventh minute for a foul by Lovel Palmer. The final score was 1-1, with the man of the match being Bendik for his five saves to preserve a tie.

The other game is in San Jose, as the Earthquakes host Chivas USA. Dan Kennedy and Jon Busch are the keepers. San Jose was the first team to receive a yellow card for a foul by Jordan Stewart in the twenty-first minute. Chivas answered with a forty-second minute yellow card to Donny Toia for a yellow card. Chivas began the scoring in the fifty-third minute as Erick Torres put away a goal. The Earthquakes picked up another yellow card in the sixty-second minute when Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi was booked for a foul. Chivas lacked discipline late in the match, as Mauro Rosales in the seventy-sixth minute, Tony Lochhead in the eighty-second minute, and Bobby Burling in the second minute of stoppage time all picked up yellow cards for fouls. This didn't affect the final, which favored Chivas 1-0. The man of the match was Torres for his goal.

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