Sunday, March 22, 2015

Major League Soccer Week 3

Eight games on again this weekend, with six on Saturday and two on Sunday. Saturday begins with...

The New England Revolution hosting the Montreal Impact. Evan Bush and Bobby Shuttleworth are the goalies. Montreal had yellow cards given to Victor Cabrera in the eighth minute, Hassoun Camara in the twenty-ninth minute, and Calum Mallace in the thirty-ninth minute, all for fouls. The Impact saw Camara sent off in the sixty-first minute with a second yellow card for another foul. New England's Jeremy Hall received a yellow card in stoppage time, as did Montreal's Jack McInerney. The game ended 0-0. Bush was the man of the match for keeping a clean sheet with four saves.

Out west, the Colorado Rapids welcome New York City FC. Josh Saunders and Clint Irwin are in goal. New York City's Shay Facey received two separate yellow cards, going in the fifty-first and eighty-second minutes to put his team down to ten men after the two bad fouls. New York City saw yellow cards assessed to Saunders in the ninetieth minute and Chris Wingert in stoppage time, both for time wasting, but they held on for a 0-0 final. Saunders was the man of the match for maintaining a seven-save clean sheet.

East again to Philadelphia, as the Union bring in FC Dallas. Chris Seitz and Rais M'bolhi are the gloved men. Philadelphia's Vincent Nogueira received a yellow card for a twenty-third minute foul. Dallas took a yellow card in the twenty-sixth minute for a foul by Michel. Dallas had another yellow card given to Victor Ulloa in the thirty-first minute for a foul. The Union had another yellow card assessed to Fabinho for his thirty-second minute foul. Philadelphia went down to ten men as Zach Pfeffer received a straight red card for his forty-second minute foul. Dallas began in the forty-ninth minute on a Tesho Akindele goal. Dallas added on in the fifty-ninth minute as Ryan Hollingshead scored, thanks to Fabian Castillo. The Union received a yellow card for an eighty-sixth minute foul by Sebastien Le Toux. Dallas took a yellow card on a stoppage time foul by Hollingshead. The final favored Dallas 2-0. The man of the match went to Akindele.

Down to Orlando City SC hosting the Vancouver Whitecaps FC. David Ousted and Donovan Ricketts are between the posts. Vancouver had three yellow cards in the first half: Gershon Koffie in the twenty-second minute for a foul, Sam Adekugbe in the thirty-sixth minute for a foul, and Raul Octavio Rivero in the forty-fourth minute for persistent infringement. The Whitecaps took another yellow card in the sixty-fifth minute on a Kekuta Manneh foul. Orlando City saw a seventy-eighth minute foul by Aurelien Collin go for a yellow card. In stoppage time, Jordan Harvey of Vancouver received a yellow card for time wasting. The Whitecaps struck late in stoppage time on a Rivero goal, passed from Pedro Morales. This went for a 1-0 win, and Rivero was the man of the match for his late winner.

Northwest to Kansas City, where Sporting welcomes the Portland Timbers. Adam Larsen Kwarasey and Luis Marin protect the nets. Portland's Diego Chara took a yellow card for a seventy-second minute foul. Kansas City saw a yellow card given to Benny Feilhaber in the eighty-second minute for a foul. The game ended in a 0-0 draw, with the man of the match being Marin with a three-save clean sheet.

Closing out Saturday, the Los Angeles Galaxy bring in the Houston Dynamo. Tyler Deric and Jaiem Penedo are in the six-yard boxes. Los Angeles started with a Robbie Keane goal in the third minute, set up by Jose Villarreal. Houston's Giles Barnes took a yellow card for a fifth minute foul. The Dynamo tied the game with a Nathan Sturgis goal in the eleventh minute, thanks to Davis Horst and Oscar Garcia. In the thirty-ninth minute, both teams had yellow cards for fouls, given to Luis Garrido of Houston and Baggio Husidic of the Galaxy. Los Angeles' Juninho took a yellow card for a fifty-ninth minute foul. In the seventy-seventh minute, Kofi Sarkodie of the Dynamo received a yellow card for a foul. The final ended 1-1, with the man of the match being Sturgis for his equalizer.

The first of Sunday's two games has the New York Red Bulls host DC United. Bill Hamid and Luis Robles are in goal. New York led off in the twenty-fifth minute on a Bradley Wright-Phillips goal, set up by Dax McCarty. The Red Bulls added on in the seventy-first minute on a Lloyd Sam goal, coming off of Wright-Phillips. DC had a yellow card for a seventy-eighth minute foul by Bobby Boswell. New York received a yellow card for a Damien Perrinelle bout of time wasting. The final stood at 2-0 for a Red Bulls victory. The man of the match was Wright-Phillips.

Finally, the San Jose Earthquakes host the Chicago Fire. Sean Johnson and David Bingham make the starts in goal. San Jose began in the fifth minute with an Abdul-Fatai Alashe goal, passed from Clarence Goodson and Ty Harden. The Earthquakes added on with a Harden goal in the twenty-first minute. Chicago took a yellow card for a Matt Polster foul in the twenty-sixth minute. The Fire got on the board with a Harrison Shipp goal in the twenty-ninth minute, set up by Joevin Jones. This was it for the scoring, with the final being 2-1, and the man of the match was Harden.

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