The four games are return matches of last week's games, to complete the two-leg series for the Conference Semifinals. There will be no games next weekend, with the Conference Finals starting two weeks from today. First up...
The New York Red Bulls host DC United. Bill Hamid and Luis Robles are the gloved men. In the twenty-fifth minute, Chris Rolfe of DC had a yellow card for a foul. United took a yellow card for a Perry Kitchen foul in the sixty-ninth minute. New York saw a yellow card go to Sacha Kljestan in the seventy-fourth minute for his foul. The Red Bulls got going with a stoppage time goal by Bradley Wright-Phillips, made possible by Gonzalo Veron. This made it a 1-0 game, with the man of the match being Robles for his two-save clean sheet. The Red Bulls are in the Eastern Conference Final on a 2-0 aggregate win.
Over in Columbus, the Crew SC welcomes the Montreal Impact. Evan Bush and Steve Clark are the goalies. Columbus led off in the fourth minute on a Kei Kamara goal, passed from Waylon Francis and Federico Higuain. The Crew had a yellow card go to Gaston Sauro in the thirtieth minute for a foul. Montreal tied it on a fortieth minute Dilly Duka goal, coming off of Victor Cabrera and Laurent Ciman. Columbus regained the lead in the seventy-eighth minute on an Ethan Finlay goal. The Impact's Marco Donadel took a yellow card for time wasting in the eighty-fifth minute. In stoppage time, Montreal had a yellow card for a Hassoun Camara foul. The Impact had a yellow card go to Nigel Reo-Coker in the 104th minute for his foul. The Crew took the lead back on a Kamara goal in the 111th minute, assisted by Cedrick. This stood for a 3-1 win in the game, with Kamara being the man of the match. Columbus advances on a 4-3 aggregate win in overtime.
Down in Texas, FC Dallas brings in the Seattle Sounders FC. Stefan Frei and Jesse Gonzalez guard the woodwork. Dallas took a yellow card in the forty-sixth minute for Mauro Diaz's encroachment. Seattle saw Erik Friberg take a yellow card for his seventieth minute foul. Blas Perez of Dallas had a yellow card for his eighty-third minute foul. Dallas dented the scoreboard in the eighty-fourth minute on a Tesho Akindele goal, via Je-Vaughn Watson. The Sounders retied it on a Chad Marshall goal in the ninetieth minute, set up by Marco Pappa. In stoppage time, Dallas retied it on a Walker Zimmerman goal, coming off of Perez. In the ninety-fifth minute, Pappa of Seattle took a yellow card for his foul. In the 111th minute, Andreas Ivanschitz of the Sounders received a yellow card for a foul. The aggregate tie went to a shootout, where Mauro Diaz, Ryan Hollingshead, Akindele, and Zimmerman scored to top Clint Dempsey and Andy Rose tallies, giving Dallas the 4-3 aggregate win, 4-2 in the shootout. Zimmerman was named man of the match for doing everything that mattered.
Finally, the Vancouver Whitecaps FC hosts the Portland Timbers. Adam Larsen Kwarasey and David Ousted are in goal. Portland began in the thirty-first minute on a Fanendo Adi goal, guided in by Diego Valeri and Rodney Wallace. Vancouver had a yellow card for an Octavio Rivero foul in the fifty-fifth minute. The Timbers took yellow cards for Wallace's persistent infringement in the sixtieth minute and a Valeri foul in the sixty-second minute. The Whitecaps saw Steven Beitashour take a yellow card for his seventy-second minute foul. Portland iced it at 2-0 with a stoppage time goal by Diego Chara, set up by Adi. The man of the match was Adi for his goal and assist, with Portland advancing to face Dallas on the 2-0 aggregate win.
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