There's six games to fit in before the Copa America break for MLS action, and they come in equal shares this Wednesday and Thursday. MLS will be off for two whole weekends before returning on June 18. We begin on Wednesday with...
The Philadelphia Union hosting the Columbus Crew SC. Steve Clark and Matt Jones are the goalies. Columbus opened in the fourteenth minute with an Ola Kamara goal, via Ethan Finlay. Philadelphia tied it in the twenty-first minute with a Chris Pontius goal, assisted by Sebastien Le Toux. In the thirty-second minute, Ken Tribbett of the Union had a yellow card for a foul. Finlay of the Crew took a yellow card for a forty-third minute foul. Philadelphia took the lead in the fifty-seventh minute with a Vincent Nogueira goal, set up by Pontius. The Union saw yellow cards Le Toux in the sixty-fourth minute and Nogueira in the sixty-ninth minute, for a foul and dissent, respectively. Columbus went down to ten men in the seventy-seventh minute with a Conor Casey straight red card for his foul. Philadelphia added on with an eighty-fourth minute goal by Fabian Herbers, coming off of Ilsinho. The Crew got one back with a Cristian Martinez goal, passed from Finlay in stoppage time. The Union won 3-2, with the man of the match being Pontius for a goal and assist.
Into DC, where United welcomes the Seattle Sounders FC. Stefan Frei and Bill Hamid protect the nets. Seattle's Andreas Ivanschitz took a yellow card for a thirty-eighth minute foul. The Sounders saw a yellow card for persistent infringement by Aaron Kovar in the sixty-fourth minute. DC had a yellow card given to Fabian Espindola in the seventy-third minute for his foul. Seattle got going with a seventy-ninth minute Jordan Morris goal. The Sounders added on with a Joevin Jones goal in the eighty-third minute, set up by Osvaldo Alonso. This made it 2-0, the final, with Morris the man of the match.
Wednesday's last game has the Portland Timbers bringing in the San Jose Earthquakes. David Bingham and Jake Gleeson are the mediocre goalies. Portland started in the eleventh minute with a Liam Ridgewell goal, assisted by Diego Valeri. San Jose had a yellow card for a Matheus Silva foul in the seventeenth minute. In first half stoppage time, the Timbers went down to ten men as Dairon Asprilla took a straight red card for violent conduct. The Earthquakes had a yellow card for a Jordan Stewart foul in the sixty-first minute, as well as two others for dissent by Chad Barrett in the seventy-eighth minute and Matias Perez Garcia in second half stoppage time. The final stood at 1-0 for the Timbers, with Ridgewell the man of the match.
On Thursday, New York City hosts Real Salt Lake to lead things off. Nick Rimando and Josh Saunders are the gloved men. Salt Lake had yellow cards for fouls by Demar Phillips in the fourteenth minute and Luke Mulholland in the seventeenth minute. In the twenty-seventh minute, Andrea Pirlo of New York City took a yellow card for a foul. Real's Chris Wingert took a yellow card for a fifty-first minute foul. New York City dented the scoreboard in the fifty-sixth minute with a Jack Harrison goal, made possible by David Villa. Salt Lake tied it on a Yura Movsisyan goal in the fifty-ninth minute, assisted by Sunny. Real took the lead with a sixty-seventh minute Juan Manuel Martinez goal. Salt Lake added on with Frederic Brillant's own goal in the seventy-fourth minute. New York City shot back with a Villa penalty kick goal in the eighty-seventh minute. The final stood at 3-2 for Real, with the man of the match being Martinez.
Down to the Texas Derby, with FC Dallas welcoming the Houston Dynamo. Tyler Deric and Chris Seitz play in the six-yard boxes. The game was delayed minutes after starting due to a flooded pitch. After the lengthy delay, Dallas led off with a Ryan Hollingshead goal in the twenty-third minute, set up by Fabian Castillo. Houston tied it in the fifty-first minute with a Ricardo Clark goal. In the sixty-seventh minute, Hollingshead took a yellow card for his foul. The game ended in a 1-1 draw, and Clark's equalizer made him the man of the match.
Finally, the Los Angeles Galaxy bring in Sporting Kansas City as the last game before a long break. Tim Melia and Brian Rowe are the gloved men. Los Angeles had a yellow card for a thirty-ninth minute foul by Jeff Larentowicz. Daniel Steres of the Galaxy received a yellow card for his forty-ninth minute foul. Kansas City saw Dominic Dwyer earn a yellow card for a fifty-first minute foul. The game ended in a 0-0 draw, with the man of the match being Rowe for a four-save clean sheet.
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