Full weekend once again for MLS, beginning on Friday with...
Real Salt Lake hosting the San Jose Earthquakes. David Bingham and Nick Rimando are in goal. San Jose began in the ninth minute with a Chris Wondolowski goal. Salt Lake's Tony Beltran had a yellow card for a thirtieth minute foul. Real tied it on a sixty-fourth minute goal by Luke Mulholland, passed from Javier Morales and Joao Plata. The game ended in a 1-1 draw, with Mulholland the man of the match for his equalizer.
The first of Saturday's seven saw the Portland Timbers welcome the Los Angeles Galaxy. Brian Rowe and Jake Gleeson protect the nets. Los Angeles led off in the seventh minute with a Robbie Keane goal in the seventh minute, via Giovani dos Santos and Jeff Larentowicz. The Galaxy added on with a Gyasi Zardes goal in the eleventh minute, courtesy of Emmanuel Boateng and Jelle Van Damme. Portland got on the board in the forty-first minute with a Zarek Valentin goal, assisted by Darlington Nagbe. The game ended 2-1, with the man of the match being Zardes for his game-winner.
Next up, the Columbus Crew SC bring in Orlando City SC. Joe Bendik and Steve Clark are the goalies. Columbus started in the twentieth minute with a Tony Tchani goal, via Justin Meram. Orlando City's Bendik and Kevin Molino both had yellow cards for fouls in first half stoppage time. This led to the Crew's Ola Kamara converting a penalty kick. Luke Boden of Orlando City had a yellow card for a sixty-second minute foul. Orlando City got on the board with a Molino goal in the sixty-fifth minute. Orlando City tied it in the seventieth minute with a Cyle Larin goal, set up by Molino. The game ended 2-2, with Molino named man of the match for his goal and assist to battle back for the draw.
In Canada, the Montreal Impact host the Philadelphia Union. Andre Blake and Evan Bush are the keepers. Montreal opened in the nineteenth minute on a Didier Drogba goal, via Ambroise Oyongo and Ignacio Piatti. Michael Salazar of the Impact took a yellow card for his foul in the twenty-sixth minute. Philadelphia's Tranquillo Barnetta had a yellow card for a twenty-seventh minute foul. Montreal added on with a forty-second minute goal by Drogba. Calum Mallace of the Impact had a fiftieth minute yellow card for his foul. Montreal extended the lead as Drogba completed his hat trick in the fifty-second minute, courtesy of Piatti. The Union got on the board with a seventy-second minute goal from Chris Pontius, assisted by Walter Restrepo and Fabian Herbers. Raymon Gaddis of Philadelphia took a yellow card for a foul in the seventy-sixth minute. Patrice Bernier of the Impact received a yellow card for an eighty-third minute handball. Montreal replied with a Piatti goal in the eighty-seventh minute, helped along by Oyongo. The Impact padded the lead as Matteo Mancosu scored, thanks to Bernier. The game ended at 5-1, with Drogba the man of the match for his hat trick.
Back stateside, the New England Revolution welcome the Chicago Fire. Sean Johnson and Bobby Shuttleworth are the gloved men. Michael de Leeuw took a yellow card for Chicago for his thirtieth minute foul. In the seventy-seventh minute, Teal Bunbury of New England received a yellow card for a foul. The Revolution got going in the eighty-fifth minute with a Je-Vaughn Watson goal, assisted by Chris Tierney. David Accam of the Fire had a yellow card for a foul in stoppage time. The Revolution won 1-0, with Watson the man of the match for his winner.
Into Canada again, with Toronto FC bringing in DC United. Travis Worra and Alex Bono are the inexperienced goalies. Jay Chapman of Toronto had a yellow card for a seventeenth minute foul. Toronto struck first in the twenty-first minute on a Sebastian Giovinco goal. DC tied it on a Jared Jeffrey goal in the twenty-fourth minute, coming off of Lloyd Sam and Sean Franklin. Marcelo Sarvas of United had a yellow card for his twenty-eighth minute foul. Toronto retook the lead with a twenty-ninth minute Marco Delgado goal. Jeffrey took a yellow card for DC in the thirty-eighth minute for his foul. Toronto added on with a Giovinco goal in the thirty-ninth minute. Toronto saw yellow cards for fouls by Drew Moor in the fifty-fourth minute and Delgado in the sixtieth minute. Toronto iced it at 4-1 with Giovinco goal in stoppage time, helped along by Mark Bloom. Giovinco's hat trick made him the man of the match.
Along to Colorado, with the Rapids hosting FC Dallas. Chris Seitz and Tim Howard protect the nets. Sam Cronin of Colorado took a yellow card for a twenty-fourth minute foul. The Rapids were first to score with a forty-fourth minute goal by Marlon Hairston. Dallas tied it on an eighty-second minute Victor Ulloa goal. Ulloa was the man of the 1-1 match for his equalizer.
Ending Saturday, the Houston Dynamo welcome the Vancouver Whitecaps FC. David Ousted and Joe Willis play goal. Andrew Wenger of Houston had a yellow card for a sixty-second minute foul. Vancouver's Erik Hurtado had a yellow card for an eighty-fourth minute handball. The game ended in a 0-0 draw, with Willis the man of the match for his four-save clean sheet on the road.
The first Sunday game has the New York Red Bulls bringing in New York City FC. Josh Saunders and Luis Robles are in the six-yard boxes. NYCFC's Ethan White had a yellow card for a foul in the thirteenth minute. The Red Bulls drew first blood with a twentieth minute Bradley Wright-Phillips goal, assisted by Sacha Kljestan and Felipe. The Red Bulls added on in the twenty-third minute with a Ronald Zubar goal, passed from Kljestan. The Red Bulls extended the lead as Kljestan scored a penalty kick in the forty-first minute. NYCFC got on the board with a forty-third minute Thomas McNamara goal, passed from RJ Allen and Andrea Pirlo. Zubar of the Red Bulls had a fifty-fifth minute yellow card for his foul, as did Mike Grella in the fifty-eighth minute. In the sixty-fifth minute, NYCFC saw a yellow card for Allen's foul. The Red Bulls shot back with a seventieth minute Wright-Phillips goal. NYCFC had a spate of disciplinary action go against them, as yellow cards were issued for Frank Lampard in the eighty-fifth minute, Federico Bravo in the eighty-eighth minute, and a second yellow card for White in the eighty-ninth minute putting his team at ten men. All were for fouls. The game ended 4-1 for the Red Bulls, with the man of the match being Kljestan.
Finally, Sporting Kansas City hosts the Seattle Sounders FC. Stefan Frei and Tim Melia are between the posts. Kansas City dented the scoreboard on a twenty-first minute goal by Dominic Dwyer, assisted by Roger Espinoza and Graham Zusi. Sporting's Espinoza took a yellow card for a foul in the twenty-third minute. Herculez Gomez of Seattle had a forty-third minute yellow card for his foul. Kansas City added on in first half stoppage time with a Jacob Peterson goal, helped along by Saad Abdul-Salaam and Ike Opara. In the fifty-seventh minute, the Sounders' Joevin Jones had a yellow card for a foul. Soni Mustivar of Sporting took a yellow card for his sixty-fifth minute foul. Kansas City extended the lead as Dwyer scored in the seventy-ninth minute. The game ended 3-0, with Dwyer's brace making him the man of the match.
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