Nine games to play this weekend, beginning with Saturday's seven. The first is in...
Montreal, as the Impact host Toronto FC. Clint Irwin and Evan Bush make the starts in goal. Toronto saw a yellow card given to Justin Morrow in the twenty-seventh minute for a foul. Toronto led off in the fortieth minute with a Sebastian Giovinco penalty kick goal. Toronto added on in the eighty-first minute as Giovinco scored, with the help of Will Johnson. This made it 2-0, and Giovinco was the man of the match for his brace.
Stateside, the Philadelphia Union welcome New York City FC. Josh Saunders and Andre Blake are in goal. New York City had a yellow card given to Mikey Lopez in the sixteenth minute for a foul. Philadelphia opened in the twenty-sixth minute on a Chris Pontius goal, passed from Tranquillo Barnetta. In the thirty-sixth minute, the Union saw a yellow card given to Fabinho for a foul. Philadelphia added on in the forty-first minute with a C.J. Sapong goal, coming off of Sebastien Le Toux. New York City saw yellow cards go to David Villa in the sixty-ninth minute and Federico Bravo in the eighty-ninth minute, both for fouls. The Union's Warren Creavalle took a yellow card for a stoppage time foul. The final stood at 2-0, with the man of the match being Pontius for his winner.
Over to DC, with United bringing in the New England Revolution. Bobby Shuttleworth and Travis Worra man the nets. DC had a yellow card given to Marcelo Sarvas for dissent in the twenty-first minute. United started in the thirty-third minute with a Lamar Neagle penalty kick goal. New England had a yellow card given to Scott Caldwell in first half stoppage time for his foul. DC had a yellow card for a sixty-second minute Sean Franklin foul. The Revolution took a yellow card for a Jose Goncalves foul in the sixty-eighth minute. United added on with a Luciano Acosta goal in the eighty-sixth minute, via Alvaro Saborio. DC extended the lead on a ninetieth minute Saborio goal. The final held at 3-0, with the man of the match being Neagle for the winner.
West to Columbus, as the Crew SC host the Houston Dynamo. Tyler Deric and Steve Clark are in the six-yard boxes. In the eighteenth minute, Houston went down to ten men when Deric took a red card for denying Federico Higuain of a chance to score. Joe Willis was subbed on to play goal. Columbus began in the twenty-first minute when Kei Kamara buried the penalty kick. The Crew saw a twenty-fourth minute yellow card for Justin Meram's dive. In the twenty-seventh minute, Columbus had a yellow card for Tyson Wahl's handball. This held up for a 1-0 win, with the man of the match being Clark for his two-save clean sheet.
Further west, the Colorado Rapids welcome the Seattle Sounders FC. Stefan Frei and Zac MacMath make the starts in goal. Colorado had yellow cards for Dominique Badji in the first minute and Mekeil Williams in the fourteenth minute, both for fouls. The Rapids struck first in the twentieth minute with a Jermaine Jones goal, set up by Shkelzen Gashi. Jones also received a yellow card for delaying play. Eric Miller of Colorado had a yellow card for a forty-seventh minute foul. The Rapids added on in the fifty-first minute with a Luis Solignac goal, fueled by Badji and Williams. Seattle got on the board with a sixty-third minute Jordan Morris goal, assisted by Cristian Roldan. Colorado responded with a Kevin Doyle goal in the eighty-sixth minute, coming off of Dennis Castillo and Sam Cronin. The Sounders went down to ten men in the same minute, as Brad Evans earned two yellow cards for dissenting with the referee over the questionable legality of the goal, which was visibly offside. Still, the Rapids won 2-1, with Solignac the man of the match for coming up with the winner.
Out in California, the Los Angeles Galaxy bring in Real Salt Lake. Nick Rimando and Brian Rowe protect the nets. Salt Lake's Kyle Beckerman took a yellow card for his thirteenth minute dissent. Real was first to score with a sixteenth minute goal by Juan Manuel Martinez, set up by Luke Mulholland. Los Angeles tied it in the nineteenth minute with a Gyasi Zardes goal, via Baggio Husidic. The Galaxy took the lead with a twenty-sixth minute Mike Magee goal, assisted by Emmanuel Boateng. In the thirty-eighth minute, Zardes got a yellow card for his foul. Los Angeles added on with a Boateng goal in the forty-first minute, passed from Zardes and Giovani dos Santos. The Galaxy extended the lead as dos Santos scored, thanks to Boateng and Magee. Salt Lake saw yellow cards given to Tony Beltran in the fifty-seventh minute and Jamison Olave in the sixtieth minute, both for fouls. Los Angeles had a yellow card for a Jelle Van Damme foul in the sixty-seventh minute. Real pulled back on a penalty kick goal by Javier Morales in the seventieth minute. The Galaxy iced it at 5-2 with a stoppage time goal by Steven Gerrard. The man of the match was Boateng for his goal and two assists.
Ending Saturday, the Vancouver Whitecaps FC host FC Dallas. Chris Seitz is mismatched with David Ousted in goal. Dallas had a yellow card for a Maximiliano Urruti foul in the twentieth minute. Vancouver got going with a Maynor Figueroa own goal in the thirty-fifth minute. In the thirty-seventh minute, Walker Zimmerman of Dallas took a yellow card for his foul. The Whitecaps added on in the sixty-third minute with a Jordan Harvey goal. Vancouver's Octavio Rivero received a yellow card for a seventy-second minute foul. The Whitecaps extended the lead as Kekuta Manneh scored in the seventy-seventh minute, with the help of Blas Perez and Cristian Techera. In the eightieth minute, Vancouver had a yellow card given to Perez for his foul. The final held at 3-0, with the man of the match being Ousted for a four-save clean sheet.
On Sunday, the San Jose Earthquakes welcome Sporting Kansas City. Tim Melia and David Bingham play goal. San Jose had a yellow card given to Anibal Godoy in the first minute for a foul. Kansas City had a yellow card given to Matt Besler for a foul. Sporting took a yellow card for dissent by Benny Feilhaber in the fifty-ninth minute. The Earthquakes dented the scoreboard on a Chris Wondolowski penalty kick goal in the same minute. Kansas City's Amadou Dia received a yellow card for his eighty-first minute foul. The final stayed at 1-0, with the man of the match being Bingham for a five-save clean sheet.
Finally, the New York Red Bulls bring in Orlando City SC. Joe Bendik and Luis Robles are in goal. Orlando City got going in the third minute with a Cyle Larin goal, via Rafael Raos and Julio Baptista. In the fiftieth minute, New York's Dax McCarty took a yellow card for his foul. The Red Bulls tied it in the sixty-fifth minute with a Mike Grella goal, assisted by Sacha Kljestan and Lloyd Sam. New York took the lead in the sixty-ninth minute with a Bradley Wright-Phillips goal, courtesy of Grella and McCarty. The Red Bulls added on in the seventy-fifth minute with another Wright-Phillips goal, passed from Sam and Kljestan. Orlando City saw a yellow card go to Carlos Rivas in the eighty-second minute for a foul. Orlando City pulled back with a Karl Ouimette own goal in the eighty-fourth minute. Orlando City saw more yellow cards in stoppage time, going for fouls by Seb Hines and Cristian Higuita. The score held at 3-2, with Wright-Phillips named man of the match for his brace.
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