MLS is back for the 2016 season, and everything starts with Soccer Sunday. All teams are in action to kick things off this season, with eleven straight hours of games. The festivities begin with...
The New York Red Bulls hosting Toronto FC. Clint Irwin and Luis Robles are the experienced keepers. Toronto FC saw a yellow card for Daniel Lovitz in the thirty-eighth minute for his foul. New York had a yellow card given to Ronald Zubar in the forty-seventh minute for a foul. In the eighty-second minute, Toronto got going with a Sebastian Giovinco penalty kick goal. Giovinco took a yellow card for an eighty-eighth minute foul. Marco Delgado added to the Toronto lead with a stoppage time goal, set up by Giovinco. Toronto took the game 2-0, with the man of the match being Giovinco.
Over in Illinois, the Chicago Fire welcome New York City FC. Josh Saunders and Matt Lampson are set to start in goal. New York City began with a tenth minute Thomas McNamara goal, assisted by Khiry Shelton. In the fourteenth minute, Frederic Brillant of New York City took a yellow card for a foul. Chicago tied it in the nineteenth minute with a Razvan Cocis goal, passed from Arturo Alvarez. In the twenty-ninth minute, New York City retook the lead with a Tony Taylor goal. The Fire had a yellow card given to Joao Meira in the thirty-second minute for his foul. New York City added on with a thirty-sixth minute goal by Shelton, passed from Mix Diskerud. Chicago pulled back with a Kennedy Igboananike goal in the forty-ninth minute, courtesy of David Accam. New York City saw a yellow card given to Taylor for delaying the restart of play in the fifty-ninth minute. Matt Polster of the Fire had a yellow card for his foul in the sixty-second minute. New York City replied with a Diskerud goal in the sixty-third minute, via McNamara. Chicago edged closer again with a seventy-second minute penalty kick goal by Accam. This made it 4-3, which stood as the final. New York City's Diskerud took man of the match honors with the winner.
Down to Orlando City SC bringing in Real Salt Lake. Nick Rimando and Joe Bendik play goal. Salt Lake had a bit of early misfortune, as Demar Phillips took a yellow card for an eleventh minute foul and then another yellow card in the twentieth minute for another foul, putting his team at ten men. Salt Lake led off with a twenty-sixth minute penalty kick goal by Joao Plata. In the thirty-second minute, Pedro Ribeiro of Orlando City received a yellow card for his foul. Orlando City's Darwin Ceren took a straight red card for his foul in first half stoppage time, and both teams returned to even strength on ten men aside. Real added to their lead with a Plata goal in the sixty-sixth minute, coming off of Tony Beltran and Juan Manuel Martinez. Chris Wingert of Real had a yellow card for a seventy-fourth minute foul, as did Seb Hines of Orlando City in the seventy-sixth minute. Orlando City got on the board four minutes into second half stoppage time with a Cyle Larin goal, helped along by Brek Shea and Hadji Barry. Orlando City tied it a minute later with an Adrian Winter goal, fueled by Larin and Servando Carrasco. The game ended in a 2-2 draw, with Larin's late heroics making him the man of the match as they salvaged a tie.
Down in Texas, FC Dallas hosts the Philadelphia Union. Andre Blake and Jesse Gonzalez are the goalies. Dallas started with a Fabian Castillo goal in the twenty-second minute, courtesy of Mauro Diaz. Philadelphia had a yellow card for a Brian Carroll foul in the thirty-fourth minute. Dallas saw Matt Hedges take a yellow card for a foul in the seventy-first minute. Dallas added on with a Maximiliano Urruti goal in the seventy-ninth minute, via Diaz. This stood for a 2-0 win, with the man of the match named as Castillo.
Staying in the state, the Houston Dynamo welcome the New England Revolution. Bobby Shuttleworth faces a lesser foe in Joe Willis in goal. New England opened in the third minute with a Diego Fagundez goal. In the twenty-seventh minute, Teal Bunbury of the Revolution had a yellow card for his foul. Houston tied it on a Cristian Maidana goal in first half stoppage time. New England saw a yellow card for a foul by Je-Vaughn Watson in the forty-ninth minute. The Dynamo took the lead on a fiftieth minute Andrew Wenger goal, via Will Bruin and Ricardo Clark. The Revolution retied it in the fifty-second minute with a Charlie Davies goal, made possible by Fagundez. Houston's Jalil Anibaba had a yellow card for a fifty-fifth minute foul. The Dynamo gained the lead with a Giles Barnes goal in the seventy-seventh minute, helped along by Bruin. New England tied it in second half stoppage time on a Daigo Kobayashi goal, set up by Fagundez. The final held at 3-3, with the man of the match being Fagundez for having a hand in every Revolution goal.
Out in California, the San Jose Earthquakes bring in the Colorado Rapids. Zac MacMath and David Bingham are the gloved men. Colorado had a yellow card for Micheal Azira foul in the forty-third minute. San Jose dented the scoreboard with a forty-sixth minute Chris Wondolowski goal, passed from Alberto Quintero and Quincy Amarikwa. In the seventy-second minute, Anibal Godoy had a yellow card for a foul, and Quintero received a yellow card in the seventy-fifth minute for persistent infringement as the Earthquakes receive discipline. Dillon Powers of the Rapids had a yellow card in the eighty-sixth minute for a foul. San Jose claimed a 1-0 victory, with the man of the match honors given to Bingham for the five-save clean sheet.
Up in Portland, the Timbers host the Columbus Crew SC. Steve Clark and Adam Larsen Kwarasey protect the nets. Portland struck first in the twenty-third minute with a Diego Valeri goal. Columbus had a yellow card go to Gaston Sauro in the twenty-fifth minute for a foul, and another in the forty-fifth minute to Wil Trapp for the same reason. The Timbers saw Jermaine Taylor receive a yellow card for a forty-sixth minute foul. The Crew tied it in the sixty-eighth minute with a Federico Higuain goal, helped along by Ethan Finlay. Portland retook the lead with a Fanendo Adi goal in the seventy-ninth minute. The Timbers had yellow cards for fouls by Alvas Powell in the eighty-first minute and Adi in the eighty-seventh minute. The Timbers won 2-1, with the man of the match being Adi for his winner.
North to Vancouver, where the Whitecaps FC welcome Canadian rivals in the Montreal Impact. Evan Bush and David Ousted are in the six-yard boxes. Montreal was first to score in the nineteenth minute with an Ignacio Piatti goal, via Harry Shipp. The Impact added on in the forty-second minute with a Dominic Oduro goal, passed from Piatti. Vancouver got on the board with a forty-fifth minute Jordan Harvey goal, set up by Pedro Morales, while Montreal's Ambroise Oyongo took a yellow card for a foul in the same minute. Christian Bolanos of the Whitecaps took a yellow card for a sixty-second minute foul. Vancouver's Fraser Aird took a yellow card in the seventy-seventh minute for a foul. The Impact extended the lead in the eighty-eighth minute with a Piatti goal, with an assist form Oduro. The Whitecaps got one back in stoppage time with a Kendall Waston goal, helped along by Bolanos. This made it 3-2, but the Impact held on to win by that margin. The man of the match honor was awarded to Piatti for a brace and assist.
Backtracking to Seattle, the Sounders FC bring in Sporting Kansas City. Tim Melia and Stefan Frei guard the woodwork. Seattle went down to ten men when Oniel Fisher took a straight red card in the forty-first minute. Kansas City drew first blood with a Nuno Coelho goal in the seventy-third minute, set up by Jordi Quintilla. Graham Zusi of Sporting took a yellow card for a foul in the seventy-sixth minute, as did their Roger Espinoza in the seventy-seventh minute. The final held at 1-0 for Sporting, with Coelho's goal earning him the man of the match title.
Finally, the Los Angeles Galaxy host DC United. Andrew Dykstra and Dan Kennedy are the keepers. DC cracked the scoresheet with a fifth minute Lamar Neagle goal. At the twentieth minute, Brian Rowe had to replace an injured Kennedy in the Los Angeles goal. In the forty-eighth minute, United's Neagle had a yellow card for his foul. Los Angeles tied it with a Daniel Steres goal in the fifty-fourth minute, made possible by Mike Magee. DC had a yellow card for a fifty-ninth minute foul by Sean Franklin. The Galaxy took the lead with a Magee goal in the sixty-fourth minute, set up by Sebastian Lletget. Los Angeles added on with a Robbie Keane penalty kick goal in the eighty-third minute. United saw Nick DeLeon take a yellow card for an eighty-sixth minute foul. The Galaxy extended the lead as Magee scored in the eighty-seventh minute, thanks to Steven Gerrard. This made it a 4-1 win, with the man of the match being Magee for his brace and assist.
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