Four games on in the middle of the week, as the league tries to get everyone balanced out ahead of the final month of the season. We begin with...
DC United hosting the Columbus Crew SC. Steve Clark and Bill Hamid are in the six-yard boxes. DC got going in the seventy-first minute with a Lloyd Sam goal, assisted by Luciano Acosta. United added on with a Lamar Neagle goal in the eighty-sixth minute, passed from Julian Buescher and Patrick Nyarko. DC extended the lead as Alvaro Saborio scored in the ninetieth minute, thanks to Neagle. This made it 3-0, the final, with the man of the match being Neagle for his goal and assist.
Up in Montreal, the Impact welcome the San Jose Earthquakes. David Bingham and Evan Bush draw the starts in goal. Shaun Francis of San Jose had a yellow card for a twelfth minute foul. Montreal started in the twenty-second minute with a Dominic Oduro goal. The Impact added on with a thirty-second minute Ignacio Piatti goal, helped along by Matteo Mancosu. Montreal had yellow cards for fouls by Hassoun Camara in the fiftieth minute and Victor Cabrera in the fifty-sixth minute. The Earthquakes got on the board in the sixty-second minute with a Chris Wondolowski goal. In the eighty-sixth minute, the Impact's Piatti and Johan Venegas took yellow cards for dissent. In stoppage time, Montreal keeper Bush had a yellow card for time wasting. The Impact iced it at 3-1 a minute later on a Venegas goal, set up by Piatti and Didier Drogba. The man of the match was Piatti for his game-winner and assist.
Staying in Canada, Toronto FC brings in Orlando City SC. Joe Bendik and Alex Bono are the gloved men. Orlando City had a forty-fifth minute yellow card given to Brek Shea for dissent. Toronto's Tosaint Ricketts took a yellow card for a fifty-sixth minute foul. Orlando City took a yellow card for a foul by Cristian Higuita in the sixty-second minute. Toronto went down to ten men in the seventieth minute as Ricketts took a second yellow card for another foul. Toronto's Steven Beitashour had a yellow card for his seventy-fourth minute foul. The game ended at 0-0, with Bono earning man of the match honors for keeping Toronto alive with a three-save clean sheet.
Finally, the Seattle Sounders FC host the Chicago Fire. Sean Johnson and Stefan Frei are between the posts. Seattle opened in the twenty-fourth minute on a Chad Marshall goal, assisted by Andreas Ivanschitz. In the fifty-eighth minute, the Sounders' Nicolas Lodeiro took a yellow card for delaying the restart of play. In the seventy-fifth minute, Chicago's Razvan Cocis took a yellow card for diving. The game ended 1-0, with Marshall the man of the match for his winner.
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