Sunday, April 5, 2015

Major League Soccer Week 5

Another eight-game week, beginning with a Friday game in...

DC, as United hosts Orlando City SC. Donovan Ricketts and Bill Hamid are the gloved men. Orlando City's Kevin Molino took a yellow card for a handball in the twenty-seventh minute. DC's Davy Arnaud received a yellow card for a sixtieth minute foul. Orlando City saw Darwin Ceren take a yellow card for a foul in the sixty-fifth minute, followed by an eighty-third minute foul by Carlos Rivas. United struck late on a stoppage time goal by Luis Silva. This stood for a 1-0 win, and Hamid was the man of the match, making five saves to preserve a clean sheet.

The first of five games on Saturday had the Chicago Fire welcoming Toronto FC. Joe Bendik and Jon Busch are in the six-yard boxes. Toronto saw a yellow card go to Warren Creavalle in the fifth minute for a foul. Chicago began on a Joevin Jones goal in the fourteenth minute, passed from Shaun Maloney. Toronto tied it as Sebastian Giovinco scored in the twentieth minute, thanks to Ashtone Morgan. The Fire saw a thirty-second minute yellow card given to Adailton for his foul. Toronto took the lead on a fifty-fourth minute goal by Benoit Cheyrou, via Giovinco. Chicago retied it in the fifty-sixth minute with a Maloney goal, made possible by Harrison Shipp. Toronto went to ten men when Creavalle picked up another yellow card in the sixty-seventh minute for a foul. The Fire took the lead on a sixty-eighth minute goal by Jeff Larentowicz, assisted by Shipp. Chicago's Eric Gehrig received a yellow card for his seventy-third minute foul. Toronto saw a yellow card go to Justin Morrow in the ninetieth minute. Chicago held on for a 3-2 win, with the man of the match being Maloney.

Out west, the Colorado Rapids host the New England Revolution. Bobby Shuttleworth and Clint Irwin are the experienced keepers. New England struck first in the eighteenth minute on a Juan Agudelo goal, via Kelyn Rowe. The Revolution saw a yellow card for a twenty-sixth minute handball by Charlie Davies. Colorado had a yellow card for a Marcelo Sarvas foul in the thirty-second minute. New England's Andy Dorman received a yellow card for his thirty-fourth minute foul. The Revolution added to their lead with a Lee Nguyen penalty kick goal in the fifty-fourth minute. The Rapids had yellow cards assessed to Dillon Powers for dissent in the sixtieth minute and Michael Harrington for a sixty-sixth minute foul. New England took a yellow card for Chris Tierney's time wasting in the ninetieth minute. Colorado saw a stoppage time yellow card for Marc Burch's dissent. The final was 2-0, and the man of the match was Shuttleworth for a five-save clean sheet.

Northwest to the Seattle Sounders FC bringing in the Houston Dynamo. Tyler Deric and Stefan Frei are the gloved men. Seattle took a yellow card for an Andy Rose foul in the seventeenth minute. In the thirty-ninth minute, Luis Garrido of Houston took a yellow card for a foul, and Obafemi Martins scored for the Sounders, with the help of Clint Dempsey. In first half stoppage time, Ricardo Clark of the Dynamo took a yellow card for a foul. Houston had another yellow card for a fifty-second minute Jermaine Taylor foul. In the fifty-sixth minute, Seattle went to ten men when Gonzalo Pineda took a red card for his foul. This was it for the game, with the final favoring the Sounders 1-0. Martins was the man of the match.

Up in Vancouver, the Whitecaps FC hosts the Los Angeles Galaxy. Jaime Penedo and David Ousted are the goalies. Vancouver had a yellow card given to Pa Modou Kah in the forty-first minute for a foul. The Whitecaps began with a fifty-sixth minute Kekuta Manneh goal, via Pedro Morales and Russel Teibert. Vancouver saw Sam Adekugbe take a yellow card for his fifty-ninth minute foul. The Whitecaps added on with a Raul Octavio Rivero goal in the sixty-sixth minute. Los Angeles' Gyasi Zardes took a yellow card for an eighty-fifth minute foul. The final stood at 2-0, and the an of the match was Manneh. 

The last of Saturday's games has the Portland Timbers welcoming FC Dallas. Chris Seitz and Adam Larsen Kwarasey are in the six-yard boxes. Dallas had a yellow card go to David Texeira in the fifteenth minute for a foul. Portland started in the twenty-third minute with a Nat Borchers goal, via Jorge Villafana. Dallas tied it in the twenty-ninth minute with a Tesho Akindele goal, fueled by Atiba Harris and Michel. The Timbers retook the lead on a Maximiliano Urruti goal in the sixty-second minute, passed from Dairon Asprilla and Darlington Nagbe. Portland took a yellow card for Liam Ridgewell's dissent in the sixty-fourth minute. Dallas had a yellow card given to Harris in the sixty-fifth minute for his foul. The Timbers finished it at 3-1 with an eighty-seventh minute Diego Chara goal, set up by Fanendo Adi. The man of the match was Urruti.

Starting Sunday, the San Jose Earthquakes host Real Salt Lake. Nick Rimando and David Bingham are between the posts. San Jose's Innocent Emeghara took a yellow card for his forty-third minute foul. Salt Lake began with a forty-fourth minute goal by Javier Morales. In the sixtieth minute, Chris Wondolowski took a yellow card for dissent. Real had yellow cards given to Olmes Garcia in the seventy-third minute and Ken Mansally in the eighty-second minute, for time wasting. San Jose's Fatai Alashe took a yellow card in stoppage time for a foul. The final stood at 1-0, and Morales was named man of the match.

 Finally, Sporting Kansas City brings in the Philadelphia Union. Rais M'bolhi and Luis Marin are the goalies. Philadelphia received an early gift as Jacob Peterson put the ball in his own net in the third minute for an own goal. Kansas City tied it on a Dominic Dwyer goal in the sixteenth minute, set up by Benny Feilhaber. In the eighteenth minute, Sporting had a yellow card given to Marcel de Jong for a foul. The Union took the lead back on a Fernando Aristeguieta goal in the nineteenth minute, made possible by Sebastien Le Toux. Philadelphia took two yellow cards for fouls, going to Maurice Edu in the sixty-second minute and Brian Carroll in the sixty-eighth minute. Kansas City retied it on a Jalil Anibaba goal in stoppage time, coming off of Roger Espinoza. Sporting won with another goal three minutes later by Krisztian Nemeth, passed from Matt Besler and Feilhaber. The man of the match honor went to Nemeth for the late winner.

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