Sunday, September 14, 2014

MLS Weekend, September 12-14, 2014

Nine games scattered throughout the weekend, beginning in...

Seattle on Friday, as the Sounders FC host Real Salt Lake. Nick Rimando and Stefan Frei are the keepers. Seattle took the first yellow card in the twenty-fifth minute for a Lamar Neagle foul. Salt Lake opened in the thirtieth minute on a Javier Morales goal, made possible by Luke Mulholland. The Sounders tied it on a thirty-eighth minute goal by Neagle, set up by DeAndre Yedlin. Seattle took the lead with an Obafemi Martins goal in the forty-third minute, fueled by Clint Dempsey. Real retied it in the fiftieth minute on a Joao Plata goal, courtesy of Morales. In the sixty-eighth minute, Salt Lake went down a man as Nat Borchers committed a professional foul that saw him ejected on a straight red card. Real was booked again in the seventy-first minute for a Chris Wingert off the ball foul. The Sounders took the lead in stoppage time with an Andy Rose goal, with a helper from Yedlin. They took the match 3-2, with the man of the match being Yedlin for his two assists.

The other Friday game was Chivas USA welcoming Sporting Kansas City. Andy Gruenebaum and Dan Kennedy man the nets. Chivas took the first yellow card in the twelfth minute for a Marvin Chavez foul. Kansas City got on the board in the fortieth minute with a Dominic Dwyer goal, made possible by Graham Zusi. Two minutes into first half stoppage time, Benny Feilhaber scored an unassisted goal to add on to the Sporting lead. Kansas City extended the lead in the fifty-second minute as Zusi scored, thanks to Igor Juliao. Sporting took a pair of yellow cards in the sixty-seventh minute, for fouls by Lawrence Olum and Mikey Lopez. Kansas City iced it at 4-0 with a Claudio Bieler goal in the eighty-seventh minute, going in unassisted. The man of the match was Zusi for his goal and assist.

Beginning on Saturday, the Philadelphia Union bring in the New York Red Bulls. Luis Robles and Zac MacMath are in goal. Philadelphia took a thirtieth minute yellow card for a Danny Cruz foul. New York opened in the thirty-seventh minute on a Peguy Luyindula penalty kick goal. The Red Bulls added on in the fortieth minute with a Thierry Henry goal, passed from Chris Duvall. The Union got on the board when Pedro Ribeiro scored an unassisted goal in the forty-first minute. New York took three straight yellow cards in the second half. The first went to Tim Cahill for persistent infringement in the sixty-second minute. The next went to Robles for time wasting in the sixty-ninth minute. The last went to Roben Bover Iziquierdo in the eighty-first minute for a foul. Philadelphia pulled level with a Sebastien Le Toux penalty kick conversion in stoppage time. This produced the 2-2 final. The man of the match was Ribeiro for keeping the Union in the game after two quick goals against.

Over in New England, the Revolution host the Montreal Impact. Troy Perkins and Bobby Shuttleworth received the starting nods in goal. Montreal began in the thirteenth minute on a Calum Mallace goal, set up by Jack McInerney and Mamadou Danso. New England's Andrew Farrell was booked on a yellow card for a seventeenth minute foul. The Revolution tied the game in the twenty-third minute on a Kelyn Rowe goal, going in unassisted. New England pulled ahead in the twenty-fifth minute on a Lee Nguyen goal, courtesy of Charlie Davies and Jermaine Jones. The teams exchanged yellow cards early in the second half, as Krzysztof Krol of the Impact and Teal Bunbury of the Revolution each got one around the forty-eighth minute. Montreal went down a man in the sixty-second minute as Krol picked up his second yellow card of the game and was ejected for his second bad foul. The Impact saw another yellow card handed to Wandrille Lefevre in the sixty-fifth minute for his foul. The deficit in goals and manpower was too much for Montreal, and they lost 2-1. The man of the match was Perkins for stopping eight of the ten shots directed on goal.

Down in Texas, the Houston Dynamo welcome the Columbus Crew. Steve Clark and Tyler Deric protect the nets. Houston got a gift in the twelfth minute to open the scoring, as Aaron Schoenfeld put the ball in his own net for an own goal. Making his night worse, Schoenfeld gave Columbus their first yellow card in the thirty-fourth minute for his foul. The Dynamo added on with a thirty-eighth minute Giles Barnes goal, set up by Omar Cummings. Houston's Oscar Garcia was booked on a yellow card for his foul in first half stoppage time. In the forty-eighth minute, the Crew got on the board with a Wil Trapp goal, via Waylon Francis. Columbus tied it in the fifty-fourth minute as Ethan Finlay scored, thanks to Francis. The Dynamo took another yellow card for Barnes' foul in the sixty-fourth minute. The Crew were booked again as well in the sixty-ninth minute as Bernardo Anor committed a yellow card-worthy foul. Houston took the next yellow card for Kofi Sarkodie's eighty-sixth minute foul. Columbus saw the last yellow card go to Francis in the ninetieth minute for his foul. The match stayed tied at 2, and the man of the match was Francis for setting up both Crew goals.

Staying in the state, FC Dallas brings in the Vancouver Whitecaps FC. David Ousted and Raul Fernandez will block the shots. Dallas began in the twentieth minute with a Blas Perez goal, courtesy of Je-Vaughn Watson. Vancouver took a yellow card for a twenty-ninth minute foul by Kendall Watson. The Whitecaps took another yellow card in first half stoppage time, for a foul by Russell Teibert. Vancouver tied the game in the sixty-seventh minute with an Erik Hurtado goal, assisted by Mauro Rosales. Dallas pulled ahead again in the seventy-eighth minute on another Perez goal, via Tesho Akindele. The Whitecaps saw Jordan Harvey get booked for his eighty-ninth minute foul. The final favored Dallas 2-1, and Perez was the man of the match for his brace.

Up in Chicago, the Fire host Toronto FC. Joe Bendik and Sean Johnson are the gloved men. Chicago got going with an eleventh minute goal by Lovel Palmer, assisted by Sanna Nyassi. The Fire took a yellow card in the forty-first minute for dissent from Nyassi. Toronto matched that yellow card in the forty-seventh minute on a foul by Nick Hagglund. Toronto took another yellow card for a sixty-second minute foul by Justin Morrow. Toronto tied the game in the eighty-ninth minute on a Dwayne De Rosario goal, fueled by Gilberto and Hagglund. The game ended in a 1-1 draw, with the man of the match being Bendik for his six saves on seven shots to allow Toronto the chance to get a point.

Closing out Saturday, the Colorado Rapids welcome the Portland Timbers. Donovan Ricketts and John Berner draw the starts in goal. Portland started in the forty-third minute with a Diego Valeri goal, assisted by Fanendo Adi and Diego Chara. Colorado tied it in the forty-eighth minute as Dillon Powers converted a penalty kick for a goal. The Rapids pulled ahead in the sixty-sixth minute with a Deshorn Brown goal, set up by Marc Burch and Powers. The teams exchanged yellow cards after this, with Valeri getting one for a foul for the Timbers in the sixty-seventh minute and Kamani Hill getting one for encroachment in the seventy-third minute for Colorado. Portland tied the game on a Gaston Fernandez goal in the seventy-sixth minute, thanks to Maximiliano Urruti and Valeri. The Rapids took another yellow card in stoppage time for a Nick LaBrocca foul. The game ended in a 2-2 final, with the man of the match being Valeri for his goal and assist.

Finally, the San Jose Earthquakes close out the season's Cali Clasico by bringing in the Los Angeles Galaxy. Brian Rowe and Jon Busch will protect the nets. Los Angeles took a yellow card for Omar Gonzalez displaying unsporting behavior in the twenty-fifth minute. Gonzalez made up for his transgression by scoring in the twenty-eighth minute, with the help of Stefan Ishizaki. San Jose's Jason Hernandez was shown a yellow card in the thirty-seventh minute. The yellow cards started flying rapidly after the hour mark, with Robbie Rogers getting one for Los Angeles in the sixtieth minute, followed by two yellows to the Earthquakes for a sixty-third minute foul by Atiba Harris and unsporting behavior by Steven Lenhart in the sixty-fourth minute. San Jose tied the game with a Chris Wondolowski goal in the sixty-sixth minute, set up by Jordan Stewart. Over the course of ten minutes, four more yellows were given out. Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi and Sam Cronin got them for the Earthquakes, for not retreating in the sixty-ninth minute and a foul in the seventy-fourth minute. The Galaxy's contributions to discipline were in the seventy-fifth minute by Juninho and in the seventy-ninth minute by Robbie Keane, both for arguments. The game ended in a 1-1 draw, with the man of the match being Busch for turning aside seven of eight shots and preserving the point for San Jose.

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