Five games fill an odd Wednesday slate. We begin with...
The Philadelphia Union hosting the Los Angeles Galaxy. Dan Kennedy and Andre Blake are the overrated goalies. Philadelphia began with a fourth minute goal by Vincent Nogueira. Los Angeles tied it on a fifteenth minute Robbie Rogers goal, via Giovani dos Santos and Robbie Keane. The Galaxy took the lead on a Mike Magee goal in the forty-seventh minute, passed from Steven Gerrard and dos Santos. The Union tied it again with a Keegan Rosenberry goal in the sixty-third minute. Los Angeles had yellow cards given to Rogers for a seventieth minute foul and Kennedy for time wasting in the eighty-second minute. The final held at 2-2, with Rosenberry the man of the match for his equalizer.
Out west, the Colorado Rapids welcome Sporting Kansas City. Tim Melia and Zac MacMath are in goal. Colorado had a thirty-third minute yellow card given to Dominique Badji for a foul. Kansas City saw yellow cards given to Ike Opara in the fifty-sixth minute, Lawrence Olum in the fifty-ninth minute, and Dominic Dwyer in the sixty-first minute, all for fouls. In the seventy-fifth minute, Axel Sjoberg of the Rapids had a yellow card for his foul. Sporting went down to ten men in the seventy-sixth minute as Opara took his second yellow card for a foul, earning an ejection. Colorado quickly got going with a seventy-eighth minute Dillon Serna goal. This stood for a 1-0 win, with Serna the man of the match for breaking the deadlock.
Down in Texas, FC Dallas hosts the Portland Timbers. Jake Gleeson and Chris Seitz protect the nets. Portland opened in the third minute on a Diego Valeri goal, courtesy of Lucas Melano. In the forty-fifth minute, Melano took a yellow card for his foul for the Timbers. In the forty-eighth minute, Walker Zimmerman of Dallas had a yellow card for a foul. Dallas tied it on a fifty-fifth minute goal by Ryan Hollingshead. Dallas took the lead in the fifty-seventh minute as Zimmerman scored, thanks to Mauro Diaz. In the seventy-seventh minute, Fabian Castillo saw a yellow card for not retreating. Portland's Valeri had a yellow card in the eighty-ninth minute for dissent. The final held at 2-1, with the man of the match being Zimmerman for his winner.
Northwest to Vancouver, as the Whitecaps FC bring in the Chicago Fire. Matt Lampson and David Ousted are in the six-yard boxes. Vancouver led off in the thirty-sixth minute with a Blas Perez goal, assisted by Christian Bolanos and Pedro Morales. Chicago tied it on a sixty-second minute goal by Kennedy Igboananike, passed from Arturo Alvarez and Joey Calistri. The Whitecaps took a yellow card for a Kendal Waston foul in the eighty-second minute. Vancouver regained the lead with an eighty-ninth minute goal by Perez, helped along by Kekuta Manneh. The Whitecaps won 2-1, with Perez the man of the match for his brace.
Finally, the San Jose Earthquakes host the Houston Dynamo. Tyler Deric and David Bingham are between the posts. San Jose started in the third minute with an Alberto Quintero goal, assisted by Chris Wondolowski and Simon Dawkins. Alex of Houston had a yellow card for a twenty-first minute foul. The Dynamo tied it in the forty-third minute with a Ricardo Clark goal. The Earthquakes reclaimed the lead on a fiftieth minute Anibal Godoy goal, passed from Quintero. San Jose added on with Quintero's second of the game in the seventieth minute, made possible by Wondolowski. Marvell Wynne of the Earthquakes had a yellow card for his foul in the seventy-third minute. Houston lost their keeper after all of their substitutions in the seventy-ninth minute, as Deric was shown a red card for denial of a goal scoring opportunity. Jalila Anibaba replaced him in goal. The game ended 3-1, with Quintero the man of the match for his brace with an assist.
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