Sunday, April 12, 2015

Major League Soccer Week 6

We have nine games for the weekend, beginning on Friday with a lone game in...

Dallas, with FC Dallas hosting the Colorado Rapids. Clint Irwin and Chris Seitz are in goal. Colorado began in the second minute with a Dominique Badji goal, via Dillon Powers. The Rapids added on in the forty-third minute on a Powers goal, passed from Marcelo Sarvas. Dallas had a fifty-ninth minute yellow card given to Ryan Hollingshead for a foul. Colorado extended the lead on a Gabriel Torres goal, assisted by Juan Ramirez. The Rapids padded the lead as Dillon Serna scored, with the help of Torres. Dallas took a yellow card for a Je-Vaughn Watson foul in stoppage time. The final stood at 4-0 for Colorado. Powers was the man of the match for a goal and an assist.

The first of six games on Saturday saw the New England Revolution welcome the Columbus Crew SC. Steve Clark and Bobby Shuttleworth are the keepers. New England took a yellow card for a twelfth minute foul by Jermaine Jones.  In the fifty-fifth minute, the Revolution's Juan Agudelo had a yellow card for a foul. Columbus took yellow cards for Tony Tchani's sixty-second minute foul and Federico Higuain's encroachment in the sixty-fifth minute. New England saw another yellow card going to Andy Dorman in the sixty-eighth minute for a foul. The Crew took a yellow card in the eighty-seventh minute as Mohammed Saeid committed a foul. The game ended 0-0, and Clark was the man of the match for a road clean sheet on three saves.

Over in Philadelphia, the Union bring in New York City FC. Josh Saunders faces a lesser foe in John McCarthy in goal. Philadelphia started in the twenty-seventh minute on a Zach Pfeffer goal, courtesy of Eric Ayuk Mbu and Sebastien Le Toux. New York City tied it in the fifty-fifth minute on a David Villa goal. The Union had a yellow card for an eighty-first minute foul by Michael Lahoud. New York City's Kwame Watson-Siriboe took a yellow card for his foul in the eighty-fifth minute. Philadelphia took the lead back in stoppage time on a Vincent Nogueira goal. The final stood at 2-1, and Nogueira was the man of the match for his late winner.

Into DC, where United hosts the New York Red Bulls. Luis Robles and Bill Hamid are in the six-yard boxes. DC struck first in the twenty-sixth minute with a Perry Kitchen goal, via Taylor Kemp. United had a yellow card given to Kemp for his thirty-sixth minute foul. New York took a yellow card for a Mike Grella foul in the forty-fifth minute. The Red Bulls saw Damien Perrinelle take a yellow card for his fifty-eighth minute foul. DC added on with another Kitchen goal in the sixty-seventh minute, assisted by Chris Rolfe. New York got on the board with a sixty-eighth minute goal by Perrinelle, made possible by Felipe. The Red Bulls tied it in the ninetieth minute with a Lloyd Sam goal. This made it a 2-2 final, and the man of the match was Kitchen with a brace.

Southwest to Houston, as the Dynamo welcome the Montreal Impact. Evan Bush and Tyler Deric are the goalies. Houston opened in the fifteenth minute on a Giles Barnes goal, set up by Brad Davis. Montreal had a yellow card for a sixty-fifth minute foul by Eric Alexander. The Dynamo took a yellow card in the sixty-seventh minute for a Jermaine Taylor foul. Houston added on in the seventy-second minute with a Ricardo Clark goal, coming off of Rob Lovejoy. The Dynamo extended the lead on a Lovejoy goal in the eightieth minute. Montreal's Nigel Reo-Coker took a yellow card in stoppage time for a foul. The final stood at 3-0, and Lovejoy was the man of the match with a goal and an assist.

North to Kansas City, as Sporting brings in Real Salt Lake. Nick Rimando and Luis Marin protect the nets. Salt Lake had a yellow card for a Tony Beltran foul in the forty-fourth minute. In the sixty-first minute, Alvaro Saborio of Real and Servando Carrasco of Kansas City both received yellow cards for an argument. Salt Lake's Kyle Beckerman took a yellow card in the sixty-fourth minute for dissent. Real's Kenny Mansally took a yellow card for time wasting in the eightieth minute. The game ended in a 0-0 draw, with the man of the match honors bestowed upon Rimando for a one-save clean sheet.

The last of Saturday's games sees the San Jose Earthquakes host the Vancouver Whitecaps FC. David Ousted and David Bingham are the gloved men. Vancouver's Darren Mattocks took a yellow card for a foul in the third minute. San Jose had a yellow card for a Bingham handball outside of the 18-yard-box. The Whitecaps took two more first half yellow cards for fouls by Kekuta Manneh in the twenty-sixth minute and Pa Modou Kah in the thirty-second minute. Vancouver had another yellow card given to Deybi Flores in the sixty-first minute. The Earthquakes were first to score in the seventy-fifth minute with a Sanna Nyassi goal. In the eighty-eighth minute, the Whitecaps lost Pedro Morales and San Jose lost Adam Jahn to red cards for their roles in a fight. In stoppage time, Vancouver's Kendall Waston took a yellow card for a foul. The final favored the Earthquakes 1-0, and Nyassi was the man of the match for the winner.

The last two games of the week come on Sunday, with the Portland Timbers welcoming Orlando City SC. Donovan Ricketts faces his former team in general and Adam Larsen Kwarasey in goal. Portland saw a yellow card go to Alvas Powell in the twenty-eighth minute for a foul. Orlando City began in the thirtieth minute with a Cyle Larin goal, via Kevin Molino. In the forty-fifth minute, Diego Chara of the Timbers had a yellow card for a foul. Orlando City's Amobi Okugo took a yellow card in first half stoppage time for time wasting. Orlando City had a yellow card given to Brek Shea in the eighty-second minute for a foul. In the eighty-fourth minute, Portland's Maximiliano Urruti took a yellow card for dissent, and his dissent likely did not improve after Kaka deposited the penalty kick goal to extend the Orlando City lead a minute later. The final stood at 2-0, and the man of the match was Larin for his first MLS goal and the game winner.

Finally, the Los Angeles Galaxy bring in the Seattle Sounders FC to renew their rivalry. Stefan Frei and Jaime Penedo tend the twines. Los Angeles struck first in the twenty-third minute on an Alan Gordon goal, passed from Omar Gonzalez and Juninho. In the twenty-seventh minute, the Galaxy took a yellow card for a Dan Gargan foul. Seattle had a yellow card in the thirty-fourth minute for an Obafemi Martins foul. The Sounders took another yellow card in first-half stoppage time, as Chad Marshall committed a foul. Los Angeles' Baggio Husidic took a yellow card on a foul in the eighty-first minute, as did Juninho in the eighty-eighth minute, also for a foul, and Gordon had a yellow card for a foul in stoppage time. The Galaxy held on for a 1-0 win, and the man of the match was Penedo for a ten-save clean sheet. 

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