Sunday, October 12, 2014

MLS Weekend October 10-12, 2014

Nine games to go with for the next three days, beginning on Friday in...

Kansas City, as Sporting hosts the Chicago Fire. Sean Johnson and Andy Gruenebaum are the goalies. Chicago's Matt Watson picked up a yellow card for his fourth minute foul. The Fire had another yellow card for a foul by Bakary Soumare in the sixtieth minute. Kansas City took a yellow card for a Matt Besler foul in the seventy-first minute. Sporting opened the scoring in the eightieth minute as Graham Zusi scored, thanks to Kevin Ellis. In the eighty-eighth minute, Quincy Amarikwa of Chicago was shown a yellow card for his foul. Kansas City added on in stoppage time with a Dominic Dwyer goal, via Zusi. This made it 2-0, the final, with the man of the match being Zusi for his goal and assist.

The other Friday game comes from Seattle, as the Sounders FC welcome the Vancouver Whitecaps FC. David Ousted and Stefan Frei are the reliable goalies. Seattle's Leonardo Gonzalez received a yellow card for a foul in the forty-first minute. Vancouver struck first in the forty-fifth minute with a Kekuta Manneh goal, courtesy of Pedro Morales. The Sounders got another yellow card for dissent by Clint Dempsey in the sixty-fourth minute. The Whitecaps were booked for a foul by Kendall Watson in the seventy-fifth minute. Vancouver took another yellow card for a Matias Laba foul in the eighty-fifth minute. They held on to win 1-0, and the man of the match was Manneh for his goal late in the first half.

For Saturday, the first game is in Montreal, as the Impact bring in the New England Revolution. Bobby Shuttleworth and Evan Bush are in the six-yard boxes. Montreal began in the twelfth minute with a Marco Di Vaio goal, with an assist from Calum Mallace. New England tied it in the sixteenth minute with a Kelyn Rowe goal, made possible by Charlie Davies. The Impact pulled ahead again with a Di Vaio goal, assisted by Andres Romero in the thirty-ninth minute. The Revolution took a yellow card in the forty-seventh minute for a Jermaine Jones foul. New England pulled level in the sixty-ninth minute as Lee Nguyen scored, thanks to Scott Caldwell. The final stayed level at 2-2. The man of the match was Di Vaio for his brace.

Down in Philadelphia, the Union host the Columbus Crew. Steve Clark and Zach MacMath protect the nets. Philadelphia opened in the sixty-eighth minute on a Danny Cruz goal, helped along by Amobi Okugo and Fabinho. In the seventieth minute, Cruz was shown a yellow card for his foul. The Union added on in the seventy-fifth minute with an unassisted goal by Andrew Wenger. Columbus got on the board in the seventy-eighth minute as Ethan Finlay scored, thanks to Hector Jimenez. The Crew tied it on a Justin Meram goal in the seventy-ninth minute, made possible by Jairo Arrieta. Columbus took the lead with an Arrieta goal in the eighty-second minute, guided in by Tony Tchani and Bernardo Anor. The Crew saw a booking for a Chad Barson foul in stoppage time that brought out a yellow card. They held on for a 3-2 win, and Arrieta's late goal and assist earned him man of the match honors.

Over in New York, the Red Bulls welcome Toronto FC. Joe Bendik and Luis Robles guard the woodwork. New York had the first yellow card in the fifteenth minute for a Richard Eckersley foul. The Red Bulls led off in the twenty-sixth minute on a Bradley Wright-Phillips goal, via Kosuke Kimura and Thierry Henry. Toronto saw a yellow card in the thirty-third minute for a foul by Warren Creavalle. New York added on in the thirty-fifth minute with an unassisted goal by Ruben Bover Izquierdo. The Red Bulls extended their lead in the forty-fourth minute as Dax McCarty scored, thanks to Wright-Phillips and Lloyd Sam. Toronto got on the board in the fifty-fifth minute with a Jonathan Osorio goal, passed from Justin Morrow and Michael Bradley. New York had a yellow card go to Eric Alexander in the seventy-eighth minute for his foul. Toronto went down to ten men in the eighty-sixth minute, as Nick Hagglund was sent off on a straight red card for his foul. Toronto took another booking on a yellow card for dissent from Bradley in the eighty-ninth minute. The Red Bulls took a yellow card in stoppage time for an argument from Jamison Olave. The final was 3-1, and the man of the match was Wright-Phillips with a goal and an assist.

Out west, Real Salt Lake brings in the San Jose Earthquakes. Jon Busch and Jeff Attinella draw the starts in goal. Salt Lake began in the twenty-fourth minute with an unassisted Ned Grabavoy goal. Real added on in the twenty-eighth minute as Sebastian Velasquez scored, with an assist from Luke Mulholland. San Jose took a yellow card for a foul by Yannick Djalo in the thirty-second minute. The Earthquakes took another yellow card for a foul by Ty Harden in the seventy-fourth minute. Salt Lake's Grabavoy was booked on a yellow card for his eighty-first minute foul. The final was 2-0, and the man of the match was Grabavoy.

Closing out the day, Chivas USA hosts the Colorado Rapids. Clint Irwin and Dan Kennedy are the veteran goalies. The teams exchanged yellow cards in the first half with Colorado's Jose Mari getting one in the twenty-third minute, followed by one for Chivas' Eriq Zavaleta a minute later, both for fouls. Colorado struck first in the thirtieth minute on a goal by John Neeskens, set up by Charles Eloundou. Chivas had a pair of yellow cards later in the half for a foul by Oswaldo Minda in the forty-second minute and persistent infringement in the forty-fourth minute by Akira Kaji. Chivas tied the score in the sixty-fifth minute with a Kristopher Tyrpak goal, coming off of Matthew Dunn. In the eighty-fifth minute, Chivas took the lead with a Felix Borja goal, courtesy of Kaji. Chivas had another yellow card go to Tony Lochhead in stoppage time for his foul. The final stood at 2-1, with the man of the match being Borja for his late winner.

Sunday's first game has the Houston Dynamo welcome DC United. Bill Hamid and Tyler Deric man the nets. DC started in the forty-first minute with a Taylor Kemp goal. United added on in the sixty-fourth minute with a Fabian Espindola goal, set up by Sean Franklin. Hamid took a yellow card for DC for time wasting in the seventieth minute. Houston got on the board with an eighty-third minute Giles Barnes penalty kick conversion. United shot back in the eighty-seventh minute as Eddie Johnson scored, thanks to David Estrada and Franklin. This made it 3-1, the final, with the man of the match honors going to Espindola.

The final game of the weekend has FC Dallas bring in the Los Angeles Galaxy. Jaime Penedo faces a lesser foe in Chris Seitz in goal. Los Angeles had a yellow card for an A.J. DeLaGarza foul in the seventeenth minute. The Galaxy scored first with a twenty-second minute goal by Stefan Ishizaki. Los Angeles took another yellow card in the forty-fourth minute for a foul by James Riley. Dallas tied it in the fifty-second minute on a David Texeira, set up by Andres Escobar. Dallas took the lead in the eighty-seventh minute on a Fabian Castillo goal. Dallas went down to ten men in the eighty-ninth minute as Moises Hernandez was given a red card for his foul. They held on for a 2-1 win, with the man of the match being Castillo.

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