MLS Wednesday Week 13

Three Wednesday games in what's becoming a common pattern for the middle of the week. We begin in...

Seattle, with the Sounders FC hosting the Colorado Rapids in a game I attended. Clint Irwin and Stefan Frei man the nets. Seattle struck first with a fifteenth minute Marco Pappa goal. In the forty-fourth minute, Colorado took a yellow card for a Jared Watts foul. The Sounders had two yellow cards in the second half, given to Osvaldo Alonso in the fifty-fifth minute and Brad Evans in the sixty-fourth minute, both for fouls. The game ended 1-0 for the Sounders, and Pappa was the man of the match for his beautiful, curling goal.

Down I-5, the Portland Timbers welcome DC United. Bill Hamid and Adam Larsen Kwarasey are the gloved men. Portland began in the fifth minute with a Maximiliano Urruti goal, passed from Gaston Fernandez. In the twenty-ninth minute, DC's Jared Jeffrey took a yellow card. The Timbers had a yellow card for a Norberto Paparatto foul in the fifty-sixth minute, as well as a yellow card for a seventy-sixth minute foul by Diego Chara. In stoppage time, Bobby Boswell of United took a yellow card for his foul. The final stood at 1-0, and the man of the match was Urruti for his early strike.

Finally, the Los Angeles Galaxy bring in Real Salt Lake. Nick Rimando and Jaime Penedo guard the nets. Los Angeles led off with a seventh minute penalty kick goal by Juninho. In the tenth minute, Kyle Beckerman of Salt Lake had a yellow card. The Galaxy saw yellow cards for Alan Gordon in the fortieth minute and a foul by Baggio Husidic in first half stoppage time. In the sixty-third minute, Mika Vayrynen took a yellow card for Los Angeles for his foul. Real went down to ten men as Jamison Olave took a straight red card for his offense in second half stoppage time. Los Angeles won 1-0, and the man of the match was Juninho for the early winner.

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