Saturday, September 3, 2016

Major League Soccer 2016 - Week 26

Only six games as this week is during an international break. We begin with Thursday's lone game, featuring...

New York City FC hosting DC United. Bill Hamid and Josh Saunders are in goal. DC saw a yellow card for a thirty-third minute foul by Luciano Acosta. United started in the thirty-sixth minute with a Lloyd Sam goal, via Patrick Nyarko and Acosta. DC's Rob Vincent took a yellow card for a fifty-eighth minute foul. New York City tied it on a seventy-ninth minute David Villa goal. New York City took the lead on an eighty-fifth minute goal by Frank Lampard, assisted by Villa and Khiry Shelton. United retied it in stoppage time on a Lamar Neagle goal, set up by Julian Buescher. New York City regained the lead two minutes later on Lampard's second of the game, coming off of Shelton. The game ended 3-2, with Lampard the man of the match for his brace, including the winner.

On Saturday, the first of six games had the Vancouver Whitecaps FC welcoming the New York Red Bulls. Luis Robles and David Ousted play goal. New York's Alex Muyl had a yellow card for a twentieth minute foul. Vancouver saw Fraser Aird take a yellow card for his foul in the twenty-ninth minute. The Red Bulls got going in the fiftieth minute on a Bradley Wright-Phillips goal. Mike Grella of New York received a yellow card for his foul in the sixtieth minute. The Whitecaps saw a yellow card assessed to Andrew Jacobson in the eighty-eighth minute for a foul. The game ended at 1-0, with Wright-Phillips the man of the match for his winner.

East to New England, where the Revolution bring in the Colorado Rapids. Zac MacMath and Brad Knighton are the backups in goal. New England opened in the twelfth minute with a Juan Agudelo goal, assisted by Gershon Koffie and Lee Nguyen. Colorado saw yellow cards for Sam Cronin in the twenty-second minute, Dominique Badji in the twenty-ninth minute, and MacMath in the thirty-second minute, all for fouls. The Revolution added on in the forty-ninth minute on a Chris Tierney goal, passed from Diego Fagundez and Kelyn Rowe. The Rapids took a yellow card for a Bobby Burling foul in stoppage time. The game ended at 2-0, with Agudelo the man of the match for his winner.

Backtracking to Chicago, where the Fire host the Philadelphia Union. John McCarthy and Sean Johnson are in the six-yard boxes. Chicago was first to score when Philadelphia's Roland Alberg committed an own goal in the twenty-second minute. The Fire saw yellow cards for Joao Meira in the fifty-eighth minute, Razvan Cocis in the sixty-first minute, and Johan Kappelhof in the sixty-fourth minute, all for fouls. Chicago added on with a seventy-first minute Michael de Leeuw goal. Chicago extended the lead as Arturo Alvarez scored in the ninetieth minute, with the help of de Leeuw. The final stood at 3-0, with de Leeuw the man of the match with his goal and assist.

Down in Texas, FC Dallas welcomes the Portland Timbers. Jake Gleeson and Chris Seitz are the gloved men. Dallas struck first in the fourteenth minute with a Mauro Diaz penalty kick goal. Jack Jewsbury of Portland took a yellow card for a twenty-second minute foul. Dallas added on in first half stoppage time with a Victor Ulloa goal. Juan Esteban Ortiz of Dallas took a yellow card for a forty-sixth minute foul. The Timbers saw Liam Ridgewell booked on a yellow card for a fifty-second minute foul. Dallas extended the lead as Walker Zimmerman scored in the fifty-third minute, thanks to Diaz. Matt Hedges of Dallas had a yellow card for a fifty-fourth minute foul, as did teammate Maximiliano Urruti in the fifty-ninth minute. Portland got on the board with an eighty-seventh minute goal from Diego Valeri, courtesy of Zarek Valentin. Ned Grabavoy of the Timbers took a yellow card in second half stoppage time. The game ended at 3-1, with Diaz the man of the match.

Finally, the short week ends with the Los Angeles Galaxy bringing in the Columbus Crew SC. Steve Clark and Brian Rowe protect the nets. Los Angeles dented the scoreboard in the seventy-eighth minute on a Baggio Husidic goal, assisted by Sebastian Lletget. The Galaxy added on with an eighty-second minute Giovani dos Santos goal, guided in by Robbie Rogers. Columbus got on the board with an Adam Jahn stoppage time goal on the penalty kick. This only made it 2-1, the final, with the man of the match being Rowe (seven for eight in saves).

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