MLS Wednesday Week 14

Three games on the Wednesday slate again, beginning in...

DC, as United hosts the Chicago Fire. Jon Busch and Andrew Dykstra are the goalies making spot starts. Chicago had a yellow card for a Joevin Jones foul in the twenty-fourth minute. The Fire started in the twenty-eighth minute with a David Accam goal, passed from Quincy Amarikwa and Harry Shipp. DC saw a yellow card for a Markus Halsti foul in the thirtieth minute. United had another yellow card in the fifty-seventh minute when Fabian Espindola did not retreat. Chicago's Matt Polster took a yellow card for his fifty-eighth minute foul. DC tied it in the sixty-first minute with a Jairo Arrieta goal, via Espindola. United took the lead on another Arrieta goal. DC iced it at 3-1 with a seventy-fifth minute Conor Doyle goal, assisted by Espindola and Nick DeLeon. The man of the match was Arrieta with the brace.

Over in Philadelphia, the Union welcome the Columbus Crew SC. Steve Clark faces a lesser foe in Brian Sylvestre in goal. Philadelphia opened in the forty-first minute with a C.J. Sapong goal, courtesy of Sebastien Le Toux and Cristian Maidana. The Union added on with a fifty-second minute Vincent Nogueira goal. Philadelphia extended the lead as Le Toux scored in the fifty-eighth minute, thanks to Sheanon Williams. Columbus had a yellow card go to Hector Jimenez in the eighty-fifth minute for a foul. The Union took a yellow card on an Eric Ayuk Mbu foul in the eighty-sixth minute. The final stood at 3-0 with the man of the match being Le Toux for his goal and assist.

Finally, the Montreal Impact bring in the Vancouver Whitecaps FC. David Ousted and Evan Bush are the gloved men. Montreal led off in the fourteenth minute with a Jack McInerney goal. Vancouver took a yellow card for a forty-sixth minute Diego Rodriguez foul. The Whitecaps had another yellow card in the seventy-first minute as Tim Parker committed a foul. Vancouver tied it on a seventy-ninth minute penalty kick goal by Pedro Morales. The Impact retook the lead on an Ignacio Piatti goal, set up by Andres Romero in the eighty-third minute. The Whitecaps had a yellow card go to Jordan Harvey in the ninetieth minute for his foul. The final stood at 2-1, and the man of the match was Piatti for the winner.

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