We begin the week with two games on Friday. I must warn you that tomorrow's coverage is likely to be late due to me packing up and moving back home for the summer, as part of the great college ritual. For the first of the games...
The Houston Dynamo host FC Dallas. Dan Kennedy and Tyler Deric are the solid goalies. In the ninth minute, Dallas began with a Ryan Hollingshead goal, via Fabian Castillo. Dallas added on in the twenty-first minute on a David Texeira goal, passed from Castillo and Mauro Diaz. Houston got one back with a thirty-second minute goal by Giles Barnes. Dallas' Moises Hernandez was assessed a yellow card for his thirty-ninth minute handball. Dallas replied with a goal in the fifty-second minute by Diaz, assisted by Texeira. Dallas extended the lead as Castillo scored, thanks to Diaz and Hollingshead in the fifty-fifth minute. This made it 4-1, the final, with the man of the match being Castillo for assisting the first two goals and adding insurance later.
Closing out Friday, Real Salt Lake welcomes the San Jose Earthquakes. David Bingham and Nick Rimando are the gloved men. Salt Lake had a yellow card given to Kyle Beckerman for a foul in the first minute. San Jose started with a nineteenth minute goal by Chris Wondolowski. In the twenty-first minute, the Earthquakes' Innocent Emeghara took a yellow card for arguing. Real had a yellow card for a forty-eighth minute foul by Jordan Allen. Salt Lake tied the game as Victor Bernardez put the ball in his own net for an own goal in the seventy-first minute. The final stood at 1-1, and the man of the match honors went to Rimando for one save on two shots to give his team a chance at a result.
Five games occurred Saturday, beginning with the Philadelphia Union bringing in Toronto FC. Chris Konopka and John McCarthy are the unknown goalies. Toronto started with a Sebastian Giovinco goal in the thirty-fourth minute. Toronto's Nick Hagglund took a yellow card for his forty-third minute foul. Philadelphia had a yellow card given to Raymon Gaddis in the fifty-sixth minute for his foul. The final stood at 1-0, and Giovinco was the man of the match for his winner.
Over in DC, United hosts the Columbus Crew SC. Steve Clark and Bill Hamid are the veteran goalies. DC opened in the fifteenth minute on a Fabian Espindola goal, courtesy of Chris Rolfe. United added on with a Sean Franklin goal in the forty-first minute, set up by Espindola. DC saw a yellow card assessed to Espindola for encroachment in the seventy-first minute. United took another yellow card in the ninetieth minute as Franklin was caught wasting time. The final stood at 2-0 for DC, and Espindola was the man of the match with a goal and an assist.
North a bit to New England, where the Revolution welcome the New York Red Bulls. Luis Robles and Bobby Shuttleworth are the gloved men. New England was first to score on a ninth minute goal by Charlie Davies, set up by London Woodberry. In the thirty-sixth minute, Andy Dorman of the Revolution had a yellow card for a foul. New York took a yellow card on a forty-fifth minute Dane Richards foul. The Red Bulls saw another yellow card go to Karl Ouimette in the fifty-second minute for a foul. New England added onto their lead in the sixtieth minute as Teal Bunbury scored, thanks to Lee Nguyen and Scott Caldwell. In the sixty-second minute, New York's Sacha Kljestan took a yellow card for a foul. The Red Bulls got on the board in the seventy-third minute with a redeeming goal by Kljestan, assisted by Mike Grella. The Revolution saw three more yellow cards, all for fouls, going to Juan Agudelo in the seventy-sixth minute, Chris Tierney in the eighty-seventh minute, and Bunbury in stoppage time. The final stood at 2-1 for the Revolution, and the man of the man was Bunbury for the winner.
Way out west, the Los Angeles Galaxy bring in the Colorado Rapids. Clint Irwin and Jaime Penedo are between the posts. Los Angeles had a yellow card for a Dan Gargan foul in the thirteenth minute. Colorado's Nick LaBrocca took a yellow card his foul in the twenty-fifth minute. The Rapids struck first in the fortieth minute with a Gabriel Torres, goal, courtesy of Michael Harrington. In the forty-ninth minute, Sam Cronin of Colorado took a yellow card for a foul. The Galaxy tied it in the seventy-fifth minute with an Alan Gordon goal, passed from Stefan Ishizaki. Los Angeles' Robbie Rogers took a yellow card for his eighty-second minute foul. The Rapids saw James Riley get booked on a yellow card for time wasting in the eighty-eighth minute.
The last Saturday game has the Portland Timbers hosting the Vancouver Whitecaps FC. David Ousted and Adam Larsen Kwarasey are the keepers. Vancouver saw Ethen Sampson take a yellow card for a foul in the nineteenth minute. Portland took a booking for a Rodney Wallace forty-fourth minute foul. The Whitecaps received a yellow card for a foul by Pa Modou Kah in the fifty-seventh minute. The game ended in a scoreless draw, and Kwarasey was the man of the match for a clean sheet with two saves.
On Sunday, we began with Sporting Kansas City welcoming the Chicago Fire. Sean Johnson and Tim Melia are in the six-yard boxes. Chicago had a yellow card for persistent infringement by Adailton in the thirty-second minute. Kansas City saw Seth Sinovic take a yellow card for a thirty-eighth minute foul. The Fire had another yellow card in the fifty-eighth minute for time wasting by Chris Ritter. Sporting dented the scoreboard in the seventy-fifth minute on a Paulo Nagamura goal, set up by Jalil Anibaba and Graham Zusi. Chicago went down to ten men in the eighty-ninth minute as David Accam drew a red card for his fight. Kansas City took a yellow card in stoppage time for a Nagamura foul. The final stood at 1-0, with Nagamura being the man of the match.
Finally, New York City FC brings in the Seattle Sounders FC. Stefan Frei faces a lesser foe in Josh Saunders in goal. Seattle got going with a twenty-third minute goal by Obafemi Martins, assisted by Marco Pappa. In the twenty-eighth minute, Kwame Watson-Siriboe took a yellow card for his foul for New York City. The Sounders had yellow cards for time wasting by Pappa in the thirty-ninth minute and a forty-fourth minute foul by Tyrone Mears. New York City saw another yellow card on a Mix Diskerud foul in the fiftieth minute. New York City tied it on a Mehdi Ballouchy goal in the fifty-fourth minute, passed from Patrick Mullins. Seattle retook the lead in the fifty-eighth minute as Clint Dempsey scored, thanks to Pappa and Martins. The Sounders added on with a Martins goal, coming off of Dempsey. In the seventy-ninth minute, Seattle's Martins received a yellow card for a dive. New York City's Kwadwo Poku was booked in the eighty-fifth minute on a yellow card for a foul. In the eighty-eighth minute, New York City went down to ten men as Watson-Siriboe took a second yellow card for another foul. The final remained 3-1 for the Sounders, and Martins was the man of the match with a brace and an assist.
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