Sunday, July 31, 2016

Major League Soccer 2016 - Week 21

We're back after the All-Star Game festivities with a unique structure this week. There's just one game on Saturday, but nine on Sunday to fill out the schedule. First up...

New York City FC hosts the Colorado Rapids on Saturday. Tim Howard and Josh Saunders are in goal. Colorado had yellow cards given to Micheal Azira in the twenty-first minute and Jared Watts in the twenty-third minute, both for fouls. New York City opened with a twenty-eighth minute Frank Lampard goal, assisted by Thomas McNamara and Diego Martinez. Play was suspended due to lightning in the Bronx around the thirtieth minute. New York City's Lampard and Martinez each received yellow cards for fouls in the thirty-second minute. Azira of the Rapids took a second yellow card in the thirty-seventh minute, leaving the visitors with ten men. New York City added on in the forty-second minute with a Tony Taylor goal. New York City extended the lead as Steven Mendoza scored in the seventy-fifth minute. New York City padded the lead with an eighty-first minute Lampard goal, courtesy of Jack Harrison. New York City kept going as Lampard made a penalty kick in the eighty-fourth minute to complete his hat trick. Colorado got on the board with a Shkelzen Gashi goal in stoppage time. The game ended at 5-1, with the man of the match being Lampard for leading the offensive outburst.

The first of nine MLS Sunday games has Sporting Kansas City welcoming the Portland Timbers. Jake Gleeson and Alec Kann are the goalies. Portland's Fanendo Adi took a tenth minute yellow card for his foul. Kansas City got going in the fiftieth minute with a Jacob Peterson goal, via Benny Feilhaber. Jimmy Medranda of Sporting received a yellow card for his seventy-second minute foul. The Timbers saw yellow cards for Jermaine Taylor in the seventy-fourth minute and Diego Chara in the eighty-sixth minute, both for fouls. Roger Espinoza of Kansas City had a yellow card in the eighty-seventh minute for his foul. The game ended 1-0, with the man of the match being Peterson for his goal.

Northwest to Seattle, the Sounders FC bring in the Los Angeles Galaxy. Brian Rowe and Stefan Frei guard the woodwork. Seattle dented the scoreboard on a forty-ninth minute Cristian Roldan goal, assisted by Nelson Valdez. In the sixty-fifth minute, Jelle Van Damme of Los Angeles took a yellow card for dissent. The Galaxy tied it in the seventy-eighth minute with a Sebastian Lletget goal, coming off of Steven Gerrard and Giovani dos Santos. The game ended in a 1-1 draw, with Rowe the man of the match for five saves on six shots.

In Texas, FC Dallas hosts the Vancouver Whitecaps FC. David Ousted and Chris Seitz are in goal. Dallas started in the fifty-sixth minute with a Kellyn Acosta goal, via Michael Barrios and Mauro Diaz. Dallas added on with a fifty-ninth minute goal by Maximiliano Urruti, courtesy of Atiba Harris. The game ended at 2-0, with Acosta the man of the match for the winner.

On the east coast, DC United welcomes the Montreal Impact. Evan Bush and Bill Hamid are the keepers. DC struck first with a twentieth minute goal by Patrick Mullins, via Taylor Kemp. In the twenty-fifth minute, United took a yellow card for a Marcelo Sarvas foul. Montreal's Kyle Bekker had a yellow card for a fifty-fourth minute foul. Mullins of DC took a yellow card for a seventy-seventh minute foul. The Impact went down to ten men in the eighty-first minute as Didier Drogba took a straight red card for his foul. Montreal tied it in the eighty-sixth minute on a Hernan Bernardello goal, coming off of Matteo Mancosu. The Impact's Bernardello took a yellow card in stoppage time for a foul. The game ended 1-1, and despite his late foul, Bernardello was the man of the match for his shorthanded equalizer.

Back west, the Chicago Fire bring in the New York Red Bulls. Luis Robles and Sean Johnson are the gloved men. New York's Felipe had a yellow card for a fifteenth minute foul. The Red Bulls were first to score thanks to Chicago's Matt Polster committing an own goal in the sixteenth minute. The Fire tied it with a thirty-fifth minute goal by David Accam, made possible by Michael de Leeuw. Khaly Thiam of Chicago received a yellow card for a thirty-eighth minute foul. In first half stoppage time, the Fire took the lead as Polster put the ball in the proper net, thanks to John Goossens. Mike Grella of New York had a yellow card for a fifty-seventh minute foul. Razvan Cocis of Chicago had a yellow card for his seventy-sixth minute foul. Bradley Wright-Phillips of the Red Bulls retied it with a goal in the ninetieth minute, with the help of Connor Lade. New York's Ronald Zubar took a yellow card for time wasting in second half stoppage time. The game ended 2-2, with the man of the match being Wright-Phillips for the equalizer.

East again to Philadelphia, where the Union host Real Salt Lake. Nick Rimando and Andre Blake are the solid keepers. Philadelphia's Fabinho took a yellow card for a twenty-first minute foul. Aaron Maund of Salt Lake had a yellow card for dissent in the forty-second minute. Roland Alberg led off for the Union with a forty-fourth minute penalty kick goal. Real tied it on a Joao Plata forty-eighth minute goal, made possible by Demar Phillips. Javier Morales gave Salt Lake the lead with a fifty-fourth minute goal, assisted by Olmes Garcia, and then took a yellow card for time wasting afterwards. Brian Carroll of Philadelphia took a ninetieth minute yellow card for a foul.

Down to Florida, where Orlando City SC welcome the New England Revolution. Bobby Shuttleworth and Joe Bendik are in the six-yard boxes. New England's Scott Caldwell had a yellow card for an eighteenth minute foul. The Revolution began in the nineteenth minute with a Kei Kamara goal, assisted by Kelyn Rowe. Orlando City tied it on a Cyle Larin goal in the forty-sixth minute, coming off of Kevin Molino. Orlando City took the lead with a Molino goal in the sixty-fourth minute, set up by Brek Shea. Orlando City had a yellow card for Cristian Higuita in the eightieth minute for a foul. Orlando City added on with a Molino goal in the eighty-third minute, made possible by Kaka and Luke Boden. The game ended at 3-1, with the man of the match being Molino with his brace and assist.

Up in Canada, Toronto FC bring in the Columbus Crew SC. Steve Clark and Alex Bono man the nets. Toronto drew first blood in the eighth minute with a Tsubasa Endoh goal, assisted by Sebastian Giovinco. Toronto added on in the twenty-fourth minute with a Giovinco goal, guided in by Jay Chapman. Toronto extended the lead in the eighty-seventh minute as Jozy Altidore scored, thanks to Giovinco. Columbus had yellow cards for Tony Tchani in the eighty-ninth minute and Michael Parkhurst in stoppage time, both for fouls. The game ended 3-0, with Giovinco the man of the match for his role in all the goals.

Finally, the Houston Dynamo host the San Jose Earthquakes. David Bingham and Joe Willis are the goalies. Houston had yellow cards for Abdoulie Mansally in the seventeenth minute and Alex in the fortieth minute, both for fouls. The Dynamo cracked the scoresheet with an Alex goal in first half stoppage time. San Jose tied it on a fifty-ninth minute Chris Wondolowski goal, assisted by Cordell Cato. The Earthquakes had a yellow card given to Jordan Stewart in the ninetieth minute for his foul. The game ended in a 1-1 draw, with the man of the match being Wondolowski for his equalizer.

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