Wednesday, May 18, 2016

MLS Midweek: May 18, 2016



Two games on in the middle of the week. We begin with…

Toronto FC hosting New York City FC. Josh Saunders and Clint Irwin are in goal. New York City led off with a Kwadwo Poku goal in the sixteenth minute, assisted by Patrick Mullins and Steven Mendoza. Mullins of New York City had a yellow card for persistent infringement in the nineteenth minute. In the thirty-ninth minute, Michael Bradley of Toronto had a yellow card for his foul. Toronto tied it on a forty-second minute goal by Will Johnson, via Josh Williams and Mo Babouli. New York City saw yellow cards assessed to Federico Bravo in the fifty-sixth minute, Mix Diskerud in the seventieth minute, and David Villa in the eighty-fifth minute, all for fouls. The game ended 1-1, with the man of the match being Johnson for his equalizer to earn a draw.

Down in New Jersey, the New York Red Bulls host the Chicago Fire. Sean Johnson and Luis Robles man the nets. Joao Meira of Chicago had a yellow card for a twenty-second minute foul. Aurelien Collin of New York took a yellow card for his foul in the twenty-ninth minute. The Red Bulls struck first in the fifty-eighth minute with a Mike Grella goal, assisted by Lloyd Sam and Bradley Wright-Phillips. The Fire had a yellow card given to Brandon Vincent in the seventy-eighth minute. The game ended 1-0, with Grella the man of the match for the winner. 

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