Sunday, June 26, 2016

Major League Soccer 2016 - Week 16

There's eight games on Saturday and one more for Sunday, beginning with...

The Seattle Sounders FC hosting New York City FC. Josh Saunders and Stefan Frei are the gloved men. New York City led off in the thirty-eighth minute with a Frank Lampard goal, assisted by RJ Allen. In the forty-second minute, Thomas McNamara of New York City had a yellow card for his foul. New York City saw a yellow card for an Andoni Iraola foul in the seventy-fifth minute. New York City added on with a Ronald Matarrita goal in the eighty-seventh minute, set up by Mikey Lopez. The man of the match in the 2-0 game was Matarrita for his goal.

Out in DC, United welcomes the New England Revolution. Brad Knighton and Bill Hamid are in goal. DC opened with a twentieth minute Lamar Neagle goal, via Luciano Acosta. United saw Kofi Opare take a yellow card in the twenty-second minute for his foul. DC added on with a Sean Franklin goal in the twenty-seventh minute, courtesy of Neagle and Alvaro Saborio. United had yellow cards for fouls by Fabian Espindola in the fifty-seventh minute and Acosta in the sixty-seventh minute. The game ended 2-0, and Neagle was the man of the match with a goal and assist.

Along to Philadelphia, where the Union bring in the Vancouver Whitecaps FC. David Ousted and Andre Blake guard the woodwork. Philadelphia began in the fourteenth minute with a Ronald Alberg goal, via Sebastien Le Toux. Vancouver tied it on a nineteenth minute goal from Andrew Jacobson. Tranquillo Barnetta of the Union took a yellow card for a foul in the thirty-sixth minute. The Whitecaps took the lead with a forty-first minute goal by Kekuta Manneh, coming off of Pedro Morales. In the fifty-first minute, Manneh took a yellow card for his foul for Vancouver. The Whitecaps added on with an eighty-fourth minute Christian Bolanos goal, set up by Erik Hurtado. Philadelphia got one back with a Chris Pontius stoppage time goal. The man of the match was Bolanos for his late winner.

West to Columbus, as the Crew SC host the New York Red Bulls. Luis Robles and Steve Clark are the veterans in goal. New York had yellow cards for Connor Lade in the thirty-second minute, Alex Muyl in the thirty-third minute, and Sacha Kljestan in the thirty-ninth minute, the first two for fouls and the third for diving. The Red Bulls struck first in the fifty-second minute with a Bradley Wright-Phillips goal, guided in by Muyl and Dax McCarty. Tony Tchani of Columbus took a yellow card for a sixtieth minute foul. In the eighty-fifth minute, New York's Robles had a yellow card for time wasting. To make matters worse, the tactic ultimately failed, as the Crew tied it in stoppage time with an Ola Kamara goal, passed from Waylon Francis and Ethan Finlay. The game ended 1-1, and Kamara was the man of the match for salvaging a point.

Into Canada, as the Montreal Impact welcome Sporting Kansas City. Tim Melia and Evan Bush are between the posts. Montreal started in the sixteenth minute with a Lucas Ontivero goal, via Hassoun Camara and Didier Drogba. Kansas City tied it on a twenty-first minute Dominic Dwyer goal, fueled by Roger Espinoza. The Impact's Ontivero had a yellow card for a twenty-fourth minute foul. Sporting saw a yellow card for a thirty-eighth minute foul by Jimmy Medranda that led to Montreal taking the lead with an Ignacio Piatti penalty kick goal. Ambroise Oyongo of the Impact took a yellow card for his forty-third minute foul. Drogba of Montreal had a yellow card for a foul in the fifty-fifth minute. Dwyer retied it for Kansas City with his second goal of the game, assisted by Benny Feilhaber. The game ended in a 2-2 draw, with Dwyer the man of the match on his brace.

South to Florida, where Orlando City SC brings in Toronto FC. Clint Irwin and Joe Bendik man the nets. Orlando City was first to score in the fifth minute on a Cyle Larin goal, coming off of Kevin Molino and Adrian Winter. David Mateos of Orlando City had a yellow card for his foul in the thirty-second minute. Toronto tied it in the forty-seventh minute with a Jordan Hamilton goal, made possible by Jonathan Osorio and Justin Morrow. In the sixty-sixth minute, Osorio had a yellow card for his foul for Toronto. Irwin had to be subbed out with an injury in the seventieth minute, forcing Alex Bono into action. Orlando City retook the lead with a Winter goal, passed from Molino in the eighty-third minute. Toronto tied it with a Morrow goal in the ninetieth minute, thanks to Sebastian Giovinco and Osorio. The long delay from earlier led to a massive amount of stoppage time, and nine minutes in, Josh Williams of Toronto took a straight red card for his foul and abusive language. The foul was in the box, giving Orlando City a penalty kick, and in the one hundredth minute, Kaka converted the penalty kick, sending Orlando City to a 3-2 win. The man of the match was Molino for the two assists.

West to Texas, with FC Dallas hosting Real Salt Lake. Jeff Attinella and Chris Seitz are in the six-yard boxes. Dallas dented the scoreboard with a Kellyn Acosta goal in the nineteenth minute, via Michael Barrios and Mauro Diaz. Dallas had yellow cards given to Matt Hedges for a forty-ninth minute foul and Diaz for dissent in the fifty-first minute. Dallas added on with a fifty-eighth minute Fabian Castillo goal, set up by Diaz. Salt Lake's Omar Holness had a yellow card for an eighty-first minute foul. The game ended 2-0 for Dallas, with the man of the match being Diaz, who had a hand in both goals.

Saturday ends with the San Jose Earthquakes welcoming the Los Angeles Galaxy. Brian Rowe and David Bingham play goal. Los Angeles took a yellow card in first half stoppage time for a Jelle Van Damme foul. The Galaxy got going in the sixty-ninth minute on a Giovani dos Santos goal, passed from Steven Gerrard. dos Santos had a yellow card in the eighty-ninth minute for not retreating. San Jose made him pay as Chad Barrett scored in the ninetieth minute to tie the game, with the help of Shea Salinas. Ashley Cole had a yellow card for the Galaxy in stoppage time. He later had a straight red card for violent conduct a minute later. The game ended 1-1, with Barrett the man of the match.

On Sunday, the Portland Timbers brought in the Houston Dynamo. Tyler Deric and Jake Gleeson are the keepers. Houston drew first blood in the twenty-eighth minute on an Andrew Wenger goal, via Boniek Garcia. The Dynamo added on in the thirtieth minute as Will Bruin scored, thanks to Garcia. Houston's David Horst took a yellow card for a forty-second minute foul. At halftime, Joe Willis replaced Deric in goal. Portland got on the board in the sixty-fourth minute on a Lucas Melano goal, courtesy of Diego Valeri. In the eighty-second minute, the Timbers tied it on a Valeri penalty kick goal. Portland took the lead with a Valeri penalty kick goal in stoppage time. A minute later, Alex of the Dynamo had a yellow card for a foul. Two minutes after that, Fanendo Adi took a yellow card for his foul for the Timbers. Portland went on to win 3-2, with Valeri the man of the match for his brace and assist.

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