Sunday, September 7, 2014

MLS Weekend September 5-7, 2014

Friday has just one game of the nine this weekend, and it's in...

Los Angeles, as the Galaxy host the Colorado Rapids. Brian Rowe and Joe Nasco get the starts in goal. Nasco didn't last long, as he received a straight red card for a professional foul in the very first minute of the game. In corresponding moves, Dillon Serna was subbed out for goalie Clint Irwin, and Colorado had to play almost the entire game at ten men. Also resulting from the play was a penalty kick by Landon Donovan, putting Los Angeles on the board first. The Galaxy added on in the thirtieth minute with a Baggio Husidic goal, passed from Alan Gordon and Marcelo Sarvas. After the goal, Husidic got a garbage yellow card for excessive celebration. The celebration here was in honor of teammate A.J. DeLaGarza's recently deceased newborn child, Luca. There should have been a yellow card on the referee for insensitivity in this case. In the second minute of first half stoppage time, Gyasi Zardes extended the Los Angeles lead with a goal, set up by Donovan and Husidic. The Galaxy padded the lead as Donovan deposited another penalty kick goal in the forty-seventh minute. Los Angeles' Stefan Ishizaki took a yellow card for a fiftieth minute foul. The Rapids also had a yellow card, given to Marc Burch in the fifty-seventh minute for a foul, followed by a yellow card for Thomas Piermayr in the seventieth minute, also for a foul. The Galaxy kept going in the seventy-fifth minute with another Zardes goal, fueled by Ishizaki. Colorado was booked again with an eighty-fourth minute foul by Marlon Hairston that brought out another yellow card. Los Angeles iced it at 6-0 with Husidic's second of the game, via Donovan and Sarvas. The man of the match was Husidic for his brace and heartfelt tribute to Luca DeLaGarza.

On Saturday, the games begin in the afternoon in Toronto, as Toronto FC welcomes the Philadelphia Union. Zac MacMath and Joe Bendik are in the six-yard boxes. Philadelphia began in the eighth minute on a Conor Casey goal, with an assist by Sheanon Williams. Toronto took a yellow card in the twenty-eighth minute for a foul by Doneil Henry. The Union added on in the forty-fourth minute with an Andrew Wenger goal, helped along by Williams. This was it for the game, with Philadelphia winning 2-0. Williams was the man of the match for setting up both goals.

Down in the States, the New York Red Bulls bring in Sporting Kansas City. Andy Gruenebaum and Luis Robles are the goalies. New York struck first in the eleventh minute on a Bradley Wright-Phillips penalty kick conversion. The Red Bulls took a yellow card for unsporting behavior in the fourth minute of stoppage time by Ibrahim Sekagya. New York added on in the fifty-second minute with a Thierry Henry goal, guided in by Lloyd Sam. Kansas City got on the board with a Dominic Dwyer goal in the fifty-fourth minute, passed from Seth Sinovic and Graham Zusi. Sporting saw Igor Juliao get booked for a foul in the fifty-seventh minute, giving him a yellow card. Kansas City took another yellow card in the sixty-second minute for a Zusi foul. Sporting was visited by the referee again in the sixty-eighth minute for a foul by Lawrence Olum. This was it for the game, with the final being 2-1. Henry's goal made him the man of the match.

South to Houston, as the Dynamo host the Montreal Impact. Evan Bush and Tyler Deric protect the nets. Houston led off in the thirtieth minute with an unassisted goal by Giles Barnes. Montreal tied it in the fortieth minute with a Dilly Duka goal, set up by Felipe Martins. The Impact took the lead in the fifty-fifth minute on an Ignacio Piatti goal, courtesy of Marco Di Vaio. The Dynamo retied it with a sixty-second minute Barnes goal, coming off of Omar Cummings. Houston took the lead in the sixty-fifth minute on a goal by Ricardo Clark, made possible by David Horst and Brad Davis. Montreal's Martins took a yellow card in the seventy-first minute for a foul. The final was 3-2, and Barnes was the man of the match for his brace.

Up in Canada again, the Vancouver Whitecaps FC welcome DC United. Bill Hamid and David Ousted are the solid goalies. DC's Bobby Boswell was given a yellow card for a foul in the eighteenth minute. This was the only action in the 0-0 draw, with the man of the match being Hamid for his three save clean sheet to earn a point for United.

Closing out Saturday, Real Salt Lake brings in FC Dallas. Raul Fernandez and Nick Rimando are the keepers. Salt Lake struck first in the thirty-first minute with a Robbie Findley goal, going in unassisted. Dallas was given a yellow card in the fifty-fourth minute for a Zach Loyd foul. Dallas tied the game on a sixty-second minute goal by Michel. Real took the lead in the seventy-seventh minute on an Alvaro Saborio goal, via Javier Morales. Salt Lake's Tony Beltran was given a yellow card for an eighty-fifth minute foul. The final was 2-1, and the man of the match was Saborio for his decisive goal.

For starters on Sunday, we have the Columbus Crew hosting Chivas USA. Dan Kennedy and Steve Clark will protect the nets. Chivas was first to be visited by the referee in the fortieth minute for an Andrew Jean-Baptiste foul, giving him a yellow card. Columbus struck first with a fifty-second minute Justin Meram goal, via Waylon Francis. The Crew added on as Meram scored an unassisted goal in the fifty-ninth minute. Columbus took a yellow card for a sixty-ninth minute foul by Eric Gehrig. The Crew extended their lead in the eightieth minute on a Bernardo Anor goal, made possible by Hector Jimenez. This made it 3-0, the final, and Meram was the man of the match.

Out west, the Portland Timbers welcome the San Jose Earthquakes. Jon Busch and Donovan Ricketts are the keepers. San Jose, despite an early flurry in front of their net, struck first in the twenty-first minute with a Chris Wondolowski goal, going in unassisted. The Earthquakes added on with a Cordell Cato goal in the forty-eighth minute, passed from Wondolowski. Portland got on the board with a fifty-fourth minute goal by Alvas Powell, set up by Diego Valeri. The Timbers took a yellow card for dissent by Will Johnson in the fifty-seventh minute. Portland pulled even in the seventy-fourth minute as Liam Ridgewell scored, with a helper from Valeri. San Jose took a yellow card for a seventy-sixth minute Shaun Francis foul, followed by another yellow card going to Shea Salinas in the eighty-first minute for time wasting. The Earthquakes pulled ahead in the eighty-fifth minute as Wondolowski scored his second of the game, with the help of ol' lazy bones, Salinas. The Timbers equalized in the eighty-sixth minute on a Kalif Alhassan goal, assisted by Powell and Valeri. Portland's Powell was given a yellow card in the eighty-eighth minute for a foul. San Jose had another pair of yellow cards in stoppage time, going to Victor Bernardez for a foul in the first added minute, and to Wondolowski for a foul a minute later. After the late flurry of activity, the final stood at 3-3, and the man of the match was Busch with his ten out of thirteen save performance. Without him, the Earthquakes would have lost handily.

Finally, the New England Revolution bring in the Chicago Fire. Sean Johnson and Bobby Shuttleworth are the gloved men. Chicago struck first in the twenty-eighth minute with a Sanna Nyassi goal, assisted by Quincy Amarikwa. The Fire took two yellow cards for fouls, with Lovel Palmer getting one in the thirty-sixth minute and Razvan Cocis getting the other in the thirty-ninth minute. New England tied it in the forty-first minute on a Diego Fagundez goal, courtesy of Lee Nguyen and Jose Goncalves. Chicago got a yellow card in the fifty-eighth minute for a Bakary Soumare foul. The Revolution took the lead in the sixtieth minute on a goal by Charles Davies, helped along by Jermaine Jones. In the seventy-fourth minute, New England was given a yellow card for an argument by Barnes. The Revolution were booked twice in the seventy-eighth minute, with yellow cards going to Scott Caldwell for a foul and Jones for dissent. This was it for the game, with the final being 2-1, and the man of the match was Davies for the winning goal.

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