Major League Soccer 2016 - Week 4

It's a short week due to an international break that is partially observed by MLS. There are only three games, all on Saturday, with the first in...

New York, as New York City FC hosts the New England Revolution. Bobby Shuttleworth and Josh Saunders are in goal. New York City struck first in the tenth minute with a Thomas McNamara goal, In the thirty-sixth minute, Andoni Iraola of New York City took a yellow card for his foul. New England tied it on a thirty-eighth minute goal by Chris Tierney. The Revolution went down to ten men in the fifty-first minute as Gershon Koffie took a straight red card for his foul. In the fifty-fifth minute, Federico Bravo of New York City picked up a yellow card for a foul. New England's Scott Caldwell received a yellow card for a sixty-fifth minute foul. Andrea Pirlo of New York City saw a yellow card for a foul in the sixty-eighth minute. In stoppage time, McNamara took a yellow card for a foul for New York City. The final held at 1-1, with the man of the match being Shuttleworth, who went three for four in saves to preserve the tie even with the team a man down.

Along to DC, where United welcomes FC Dallas. Chris Seitz and Travis Worra man the nets. Dallas opened in the fourteenth minute with a Michael Barrios goal. Dallas added on in the twenty-eighth minute with another Barrios goal, via Mauro Diaz. Dallas' Carlos Gruezo took a yellow card for a foul in the thirtieth minute. DC saw a yellow card for a foul by Marcelo Sarvas in the thirty-seventh minute. Dallas extended the lead as Maximiliano Urruti scored in the fifty-second minute, thanks to Fabian Castillo and Diaz. Barrios of Dallas took a yellow card in the sixtieth minute for time wasting. United saw a yellow card for an argument by Chris Rolfe in the sixty-first minute. DC went down to ten men in the sixty-sixth minute as Sarvas took a straight red card for his foul in the box. Dallas won 3-0, and Barrios was the man of the match for his brace.

Finally, the Vancouver Whitecaps FC bring in the Houston Dynamo. Joe Willis and David Ousted are the gloved men. Vancouver started in the twenty-third minute with a Pedro Morales penalty kick goal. The Whitecaps saw yellow cards go to Matias Laba in the seventy-sixth minute and Pa Modou Kah in stoppage time for fouls. Vancouver won 1-0, and Ousted's five-save clean sheet made him the man of the match.

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