Sunday, November 22, 2015

MLS Conference Finals, First Legs

The two conferences are down to their last two teams each to determine who will go to MLS Cup. The first games in each two-leg series are today, beginning with...

The Columbus Crew SC hosting the New York Red Bulls. Luis Robles and Steve Clark protect the nets. Columbus started in the first minute with a Justin Meram goal, actually coming only nine seconds into the match. In the forty-sixth minute, the Crew had a yellow card given to Tyson Wahl. In the eighty-fifth minute, Columbus added on with a Kei Kamara goal. This made it 2-0, the final, with the man of the match being Meram for his quick winner. The Crew will take a 2-0 lead into the second leg next weekend.

The other game has the Portland Timbers hosting FC Dallas. Jesse Gonzalez and Adam Larsen Kwarasey are in goal. Portland opened in the twenty-third minute with a Liam Ridgewell goal, via Dairon Asprilla and Darlington Nagbe. Jorge Villafana of the Timbers took a yellow card for a thirty-eighth minute foul. Portland added on with an Asprilla goal in the fifty-third minute. Dallas got on the board with a sixty-second minute goal by David Texeira, set up by Je-Vaughn Watson and Mauro Diaz. Diego Chara of the Timbers took a yellow card for a foul in the seventy-eighth minute. Dallas saw a yellow card given to Kellyn Acosta in the eighty-sixth minute for his foul. Portland made it 3-1 with a Nat Borchers stoppage time goal. This was the final, with Asprilla as the man of the match. Portland has a 3-1 advantage to travel with.

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