Sunday, September 25, 2016

Major League Soccer 2016 - Week 29

Full slate of games as the playoff races heat up this week. We begin with Friday's game...

New York City FC hosting the Chicago Fire. Sean Johnson and Josh Saunders are the goalies. New York City began in the eighth minute with a Jefferson Mena goal, passed from Khiry Shelton and Ronald Matarrita. New York City added on with a ninth minute David Villa goal, coming off of Shelton. Chicago got on the board with a thirty-fifth minute goal by Luis Solignac, via Arturo Alvarez and Matt Polster. New York City replied in the forty-fourth minute with a Steven Mendoza goal, assisted by Villa. Frederic Brillant of New York City took a yellow card for a seventy-second minute yellow card. New York City extended their lead as Villa scored in the eighty-third minute, thanks to Shelton, who got a sock trick for his third assist. The game ended at 4-1, with Villa the man of the match for his brace and assist.

On Saturday, the first of seven games sees Toronto FC welcome the Philadelphia Union. Andre Blake and Clint Irwin are in goal. Toronto's Will Johnson took a yellow card in the twenty-fourth minute. Philadelphia led off in the twenty-fifth minute with an Alejandro Bedoya goal, via Fabian Herbers. Richie Marquez of the Union took a yellow card for a sixty-sixth minute foul. Toronto tied it on a seventieth minute Justin Morrow goal, passed from Jonathan Osorio. In stoppage time, Toronto's Jozy Altidore took a yellow card for dissent.

Stateside, DC United brings in Orlando City SC. Joe Bendik and Bill Hamid are in the six-yard boxes. DC had a yellow card for Luciano Acosta in the twenty-fifth minute for his foul. United struck first in the thirty-fourth minute on a Patrick Mullins goal, coming off of Taylor Kemp and Patrick Nyarko. DC added on in the fifty-first minute with a Lloyd Sam goal, via Kemp and Acosta. United extended the lead as Mullins scored again in the fifty-third minute, thanks to Nyarko and Rob Vincent. Julian Buescher of DC had a yellow card for his fifty-ninth minute foul. Orlando City went down to ten men in the sixty-sixth minute as Antonio Nocerino received a straight red card for violent conduct. Kevin Alston of Orlando City received a yellow card for a sixty-seventh minute foul. In the seventy-second minute, Vincent of United took a yellow card for a foul. Orlando City got on the board with a Julio Baptista goal in the same minute. DC iced it at 4-1 with a Buescher goal in the ninetieth minute, with helpers from Lamar Neagle and Kemp. The man of the match was Mullins for his brace.

Next up, the New York Red Bulls host the Montreal Impact. Evan Bush and Luis Robles are the gloved men. Montreal's Victor Cabrera took a yellow card for a twenty-second minute foul, as did teammate Ambroise Oyongo in first half stoppage time. In the fifty-sixth minute, the Impact's Hernan Bernardello and New York's Sacha Kljestan each received yellow cards for fouls. New York got going in the sixtieth minute on a Daniel Royer goal, made possible by Chris Duvall. Montreal's Marco Donadel took a yellow card for an eighty-first minute foul. The game ended 1-0, with the man of the match being Royer for the winner.

Out west, the Vancouver Whitecaps FC welcome the Colorado Rapids. Tim Howard and David Ousted are the solid keepers. Colorado started in the eighth minute with a Dominique Badji goal, via Marlon Hairston and Sam Cronin. The Rapids saw a thirty-ninth minute yellow card for a Micheal Azira foul. Vancouver tied it in the fifty-first minute with a Kendall Waston goal, assisted by Christian Bolanos. In the fifty-sixth minute, the Whitecaps went down to ten men as Waston was sent off for denial of an obvious goal-scoring opportunity. Colorado was made whole and retook the lead with the fifty-seventh minute penalty kick goal by Shkelzen Gashi. Vancouver retied it in the seventieth minute with a Pedro Morales goal, helped along by Giles Barnes and Erik Hurtado. The Whitecaps had a yellow card in the seventy-fourth minute for Jordan Harvey's foul. The Rapids regained the lead with a Gashi goal in the seventy-fifth minute. Matias Laba of Vancouver took a yellow card for a seventy-seventh minute foul. In the eighty-seventh minute, Colorado's Badji took a yellow card for his foul. The Whitecaps tied it in second half stoppage time on a Hurtado goal. The game ended at 3-3, with Gashi the man of the match for his brace.

Down in Texas, the Houston Dynamo bring in the Portland Timbers. Jake Gleeson and Joe Willis are set to start in goal. Houston opened in the thirty-fourth minute with a Mauro Manotas penalty kick goal. Portland tied it in the fifty-first minute with a fifty-first minute goal by Diego Valeri. The Dynamo retook the lead with a Manotas goal in the seventy-third minute, set up by Boniek Garcia. Houston added on with a Manotas goal to complete his hat trick in the eighty-fifth minute, assisted by Cristian Maidana. This made it 3-1, the final, with Manotas the man of the match for his offensive outburst.

Backtracking to Salt Lake, where Real hosts FC Dallas. Chris Seitz and Nick Rimando draw the starts. Salt Lake had a thirty-ninth minute yellow card for a Luke Mulholland foul. Dallas saw yellow cards for an eighty-fifth minute foul by Kellyn Acosta and time wasting by Seitz in stoppage time. The game ended 0-0, with the man of the match being Seitz for his five-save clean sheet.

Saturday ends with the San Jose Earthquakes welcoming Sporting Kansas City. Tim Melia and David Bingham are between the posts. Kansas City was first to score in the seventh minute with a Dominic Dwyer goal, coming off of Paulo Nagamura. San Jose tied it in the forty-second minute on a Simon Dawkins goal, assisted by Henok Goitom and Victor Bernardez. Sporting's Nagamura had a yellow card for a fifty-second minute foul. Darwin Ceren of the Earthquakes took a yellow card his foul in the fifty-seventh minute. Kansas City had a yellow card for a sixty-fourth minute foul by Roger Espinoza. San Jose's Goitom took a yellow card for an eightieth minute foul. Sporting took the lead with a Kevin Ellis goal in the eighty-first minute, set up by Benny Feilhaber. Kansas City's keeper Melia had a yellow card for time wasting in the eighty-fourth minute. The game ended 2-1, with the man of the match being Ellis for his winner.

On Sunday, the Los Angeles Galaxy bring in the Seattle Sounders FC. Stefan Frei and Brian Rowe guard the nets. Los Angeles drew first blood in the twentieth minute on a Robbie Keane goal, via Sebastian Lletget and Giovani dos Santos. Seattle tied it as the Galaxy's Jelle Van Damme committed an own goal in the thirty-fifth minute. In the fifty-ninth minute, Los Angeles' Keane took a yellow card for a foul. The Sounders took the lead with a sixty-third minute Jordan Morris goal, set up by Alvaro Fernandez. Seattle's Nelson Valdez had a yellow card for a sixty-sixth minute foul. The Sounders added on with a Morris goal in the seventy-third minute. Seattle extended the lead as Osvaldo Alonso scored in the seventy-eighth minute, thanks to Nicolas Lodeiro. The Sounders had a yellow card for dissent by Lodeiro in the eighty-first minute. In the eighty-fifth minute, the Galaxy got one back with a penalty kick goal by Keane. Seattle's Roman Torres received a yellow card for an eighty-sixth minute foul. The game ended 4-2, with the man of the match being Morris.

Finally, the Columbus Crew SC host the New England Revolution. Brad Knighton and Steve Clark protect the nets. Columbus had a yellow card for a Michael Parkhurst foul in the thirty-seventh minute. The Crew dented the scoreboard with a forty-second minute Ola Kamara goal, set up by Mohammed Saeid. Columbus saw yellow cards given to Tony Tchani in the forty-eighth minute for a foul and Gaston Sauro's sixty-fourth minute handball. New England had a yellow card for an eighty-third minute foul by London Woodberry. The Crew added on with an eighty-fourth minute Kamara penalty kick goal. The Revolution's Scott Caldwell took a yellow card for his ninetieth minute foul. The game ended 2-0, with Kamara the man of the match for his brace.

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