Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Midweek Soccer: April 13, 2016

There are four games in the Premier League and MLS on this day. The Premier League game sees...

Crystal Palace host Everton. Joel Robles and Wayne Hennessey man the nets. Everton saw a yellow card given to James McCarthy in the sixteenth minute. In the fifty-second minute, McCarthy earned a second yellow card for a foul, putting Everton down to ten men. In stoppage time, Gareth Barry of Evertoon took a yellow card for a foul. The game ended in a 0-0 draw.

In the States, Sporting Kansas City welcomes the Colorado Rapids. Zac MacMath is mismatched with Tim Melia in goal. Colorado had a yellow card given to Marco Pappa in the thirty-third minute for a foul. The Rapids began in the forty-first minute with a Luis Solignac goal, set up by Pappa. Kansas City saw a yellow card for Diego Rubio in the fifty-second minute for a foul. Colorado's Dillon Serna took a yellow card for a fifty-seventh minute foul and teammate Marc Burch received a yellow card for a sixty-second minute foul. Sporting tied it on a seventy-seventh minute goal by Dominic Dwyer, via Connor Hallisey and Saad Abdul-Salaam. The Rapids retook the lead with a Shkelzen Gashi goal in the eighty-second minute. This stood for a 2-1 win, with the man of the match being Gashi.

Out in Portland, the Timbers bring in FC Dallas. Chris Seitz and Adam Larsen Kwarasey protect the nets. Dallas led off in the fourth minute with a Michael Barrios goal, assisted by Tesho Akindele. Portland's Ned Grabavoy was booked on a yellow card for a seventeenth minute foul. Dallas' Carlos Gruezo took a yellow card for a twenty-second minute. Dallas added on with a Fabian Castillo goal in the twenty-sixth minute, via Maximiliano Urruti. In the twenty-ninth minute, Akindele scored to extend the Dallas lead, with the help of Castillo. Walker Zimmerman of Dallas had a yellow card for persistent infringement in the thirty-third minute. Jermaine Taylor of the Timbers received a yellow card for a fortieth minute foul. Portland's Jack Jewsbury had a yellow card for a fifty-eighth minute foul. The Timbers got on the board with a sixty-seventh minute Darren Mattocks goal. Dallas saw bookings for Castillo's sixty-eighth minute foul and Atiba Harris' time wasting in stoppage time, both yellow cards. Dallas won 3-1, with Castillo the man of the match for the winner and an assist.

Finally, the San Jose Earthquakes host the New York Red Bulls. Luis Robles and David Bingham are the gloved men. San Jose drew first blood in the fortieth minute with a Fatai Alashe goal, set up by Matias Perez Garcia. In the forty-fifth minute, Garcia earned a yellow card for a foul. The Earthquakes added on with a fifty-fifth minute Chris Wondolowski goal, coming off of Shea Salinas. New York's Sacha Kljestan had a yellow card for his sixty-second minute foul. San Jose won 2-0, with the man of the match being Wondolowski.

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