Sunday, March 20, 2016

Major League Soccer 2016 - Week 3

We have another ten games of American soccer this weekend, beginning with…

New York City FC hosting Orlando City SC. Joe Bendik and Josh Saunders man the nets. Orlando City began in the seventh minute with a Cyle Larin goal, assisted by Rafael Ramos. In the thirty-ninth minute, New York City saw a yellow card for a foul by Tony Taylor. Orlando City saw yellow cards assessed to Cristian Higuita in the ninetieth minute and Seb Hines in stoppage time for fouls. Orlando City held on for a 1-0 win, with the man of the match being the goalscorer Larin.

On Saturday, the first of six games has the Chicago Fire welcoming the Columbus Crew SC. Steve Clark and Matt Lampson draw the starts in goal. Columbus had a yellow card for a foul by Justin Meram in the thirty-eighth minute. This was the only written action of the game, with the final holding at 0-0, and the man of the match was Lampson for a four-save clean sheet.

Over to the New York Red Bulls bringing in the Houston Dynamo. Joe Willis and Luis Robles are the gloved men. In the twenty-second minute, New York led off with a Sacha Kljestan goal. Houston tied it on a Will Bruin goal in the thirty-fifth minute, via Boniek Garcia. The Dynamo took the lead in the forty-first minute on Bruin's second of the game. In the fiftieth minute, David Horst of Houston had a yellow card for his foul. In the sixty-second minute, Felipe of the Red Bulls received a yellow card for dissent. The Red Bulls tied the game in the sixty-third minute with a Mike Grella goal. The Dynamo regained the lead with a sixty-fifth minute Alex goal, passed from Garcia. New York tied it again in the seventy-seventh minute with a Felipe goal, coming off of Kljestan. The Red Bulls took the lead as Felipe scored in the eighty-third minute. This stood for a 4-3 win, with the man of the match being Felipe for a brace consisting of the tying and winning goals.

Down in Texas, FC Dallas hosts the Montreal Impact. Evan Bush and Jesse Gonzalez are between the posts. Walker Zimmerman of Dallas had a yellow card for his thirty-fourth minute foul. Montreal saw a yellow card given to Donny Toia for a forty-third minute argument. Dallas received a yellow card for a seventy-second minute Maynor Figueroa foul. Dallas struck first in the seventy-ninth minute on a Mauro Diaz goal. Dallas added on in the eighty-seventh minute as Maximiliano Urruti scored, thanks to Tesho Akindele. This stood for a 2-0 win, with the man of the match being Diaz.

Northwest to Seattle, where the Sounders FC welcomes the Vancouver Whitecaps FC in a Cascadia Cup match. David Ousted and Stefan Frei are the keepers. Vancouver started in the tenth minute with a Pedro Morales penalty kick goal. In the thirty-fifth minute, Octavio Rivero of the Whitecaps took a yellow card for his foul. Seattle's Andreas Ivanschitz received a yellow card for dissent in the forty-fourth minute. Vancouver saw a yellow card given to Morales for a foul in the fifty-first minute. The Sounders tied the game on an Ivanschitz goal in the fifty-second minute. Seattle had yellow cards for fouls by Tyrone Mears in the seventy-first minute and Chad Marshall in the seventy-third minute. The Whitecaps regained the lead on a seventy-fourth minute Morales penalty kick goal. In the eighty-second minute, Blas Perez of Vancouver took a yellow card for dissent. The final held at 2-1, with Morales' brace earning him man of the match honors.

Down in Los Angeles, the Galaxy bring in the San Jose Earthquakes for a Cali Clasico. David Bingham and Brian Rowe are the goalies. Los Angeles had the first three yellow cards, for persistent infringement by Mike Magee in the eleventh minute and fouls from Jelle Van Damme and Nigel de Jong in the twenty-first and twenty-second minutes, respectively. San Jose saw the next batch of discipline, taking a forty-first minute yellow card for a foul by Andres Imperiale and then going down a man in first half stoppage time when Simon Dawkins had a straight red card for his foul. The Earthquakes saw more yellow cards for Fatai Alashe's fifty-second minute dissent and a fifty-sixth minute Marvell Wynne foul. The Galaxy got going with a Gyasi Zardes goal in the fifty-sixth minute, passed from Van Damme and Magee. Los Angeles added on with a Zardes goal in the sixty-second minute. San Jose got on the board with a Chris Wondolowski goal in the eighty-ninth minute, coming off of Wynne. The Galaxy shot back with a Robbie Keane penalty kick goal in the first minute of second half stoppage time. Los Angeles saw a yellow card for a foul by Alan Gordon two minutes later, but they took a 3-1 win. Zardes was the man of the match with his brace.

Ending a crazy Saturday, the Portland Timbers host Real Salt Lake. Nick Rimando and Adam Larsen Kwarasey guard the woodwork. Salt Lake opened in the sixteenth minute with a Joao Plata goal. Real went down to ten men as Kyle Beckerman received a straight red card for a thirty-first minute foul. Salt Lake added to their lead with a shorthanded goal by Yura Movsisyan. Portland had yellow cards given to Fanendo Adi in the sixty-eighth minute and Alvas Powell in the seventy-sixth minute. The Timbers got on the board with an Adi goal in the seventy-ninth minute. Real went down to nine men when Jamison Olave had a straight red card for violent conduct. Portland tied it on an eighty-fourth minute Adi penalty kick goal. Salt Lake saw two more yellow cards, for time wasting by Sunny in the eighty-seventh minute and Juan Manuel Martinez's foul in stoppage time. The game ended in a 2-2 draw, with Adi named man of the match for a brace. 

On Sunday, the first of three games sees the Philadelphia Union welcome the New England Revolution. Bobby Shuttleworth and Andre Blake get the starts in goal. In the eighteenth minute, Philadelphia was first to score with a C.J. Sapong goal, via Fabinho. In the twenty-fifth minute, Philadelphia's Fabinho took a yellow card for his foul. The Union added on with a thirty-third minute Sapong goal, coming off of Warren Creavalle. New England went down to ten men in the thirty-sixth minute when Je-Vaughn Watson took a straight red card for a foul. The Revolution saw yellow cards given to Chris Tierney in the fifty-seventh minute and Diego Fagundez in the fifty-eighth minute, both for fouls. The Union iced it at 3-0 with a stoppage time goal by Sebastien Le Toux, fueled by Leo Fernandes and Chris Pontius. Sapong was the man of the match for his brace.

Along to DC, where United brings in the Colorado Rapids. Zac MacMath and Travis Worra are the goalies. Colorado took yellow cards for fouls by Jared Watts in the nineteenth minute and Dillon Powers in first half stoppage time. The Rapids had a yellow card for a foul by Axel Sjoberg in the forty-ninth minute. Colorado dented the scoreboard with a sixty-ninth minute Powers goal, via Marco Pappa. In the seventy-third minute, Micheal Azira of the Rapids received a yellow card for a foul. DC got on the board with an eightieth minute goal by Fabian Espindola. United took a yellow card for an eighty-sixth minute foul by Marcelo Sarvas. The game ended in a 1-1 draw.

Finally, Sporting Kansas City hosts Toronto FC. Clint Irwin and Tim Melia are the gloved men. Toronto had a yellow card for a Benoit Cheyrou foul in the sixtieth minute. Kansas City drew first blood in the seventieth minute on a Brad Davis goal, set up by Dominic Dwyer. Toronto's Justin Morrow had a yellow card for dissent in the seventy-first minute. Sporting went down to ten men in the eighty-fourth minute for a foul by Roger Espinoza. In the eighty-seventh minute, the keeper Melia of Kansas City had a yellow card for time wasting. The 1-0 score held up as a final, and Melia was the man of the match for a four-save clean sheet to win shorthanded.

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