Sunday, March 19, 2017

MLS 2017: Week 3

All teams are in action this week, with ten games on Saturday and a special homecoming for the defending champions as the only Sunday game. Let's begin with...

New York City FC hosting the Montreal Impact. Evan Bush and Sean Johnson are in goal. New York City began in the forty-fourth minute on a Rodney Wallace goal. Montreal's Hernan Bernardello took a fifty-seventh minute yellow card for a foul. The Impact tied it in the sixty-eighth minute on a Dominic Oduro goal, made possible by Patrice Bernier. Maxime Chanot of New York City had a yellow card for an eighty-sixth minute foul.

Down in Georgia, Atlanta United welcomes the Chicago Fire. Jorge Bava and Alec Kann are the goalies. Atlanta got an early gift in the fourth minute when Chicago's Brandon Vincent produced an own goal. The Fire went down to ten men in the eleventh minute when Johan Kappelhof took a straight red card for denial of an obvious scoring chance. Atlanta took a yellow card for a fifteenth minute foul by Julian Gressel. Chicago's Bava took a yellow card in the eighteenth minute for time wasting. Atlanta had another yellow card for a Miguel Almiron foul in the forty-fifth minute. Atlanta added on in the sixtieth minute with a Josef Martinez goal, via Almiron. Atlanta extended the lead in the sixty-seventh minute as Hector Villalba scored. Atlanta padded the lead with another Martinez goal in the eighty-second minute, guided in by Yamil Asad. This made it 4-0, the final, with the man of the match being Martinez for his brace.

Way northwest, the Vancouver Whitecaps FC brings in Toronto FC. Alexander Bono and Spencer Richey are the backups in goal. In the seventieth minute, Brek Shea had two yellow cards for a foul and dissent, putting Vancouver down to ten men. Toronto got going in the seventy-sixth minute with a Victor Vazquez goal, assisted by Jozy Altidore and Raheem Edwards. Toronto added on in the eightieth minute with an Altidore goal, coming off of Jonathan Osorio. Toronto took a yellow card for an eighty-seventh minute foul by Michael Bradley. The final stood at 2-0 with the man of the match being Altidore for his goal and assist.

Back east, DC United hosts the Columbus Crew SC. Zack Steffen and Bill Hamid are in the six-yard boxes. DC had a yellow card for time wasting by Ian Harkes in the seventeenth minute. Columbus led off in the thirty-eighth minute with a Federico Higuain. DC took a yellow card in the forty-first minute for dissent by Lloyd Sam. Harrison Afful of the Crew took a yellow card for time wasting in first half stoppage time. Columbus added on with a penalty kick goal in the sixty-seventh minute from Ola Kamara. Marcelo Sarvas took a yellow card for DC in the seventieth minute for dissent. The Crew's Josh Williams had a yellow card in the seventy-second minute for a foul. The Crew won 2-0, with the man of the match being Steffen for a three-save clean sheet.

Down in Florida, Orlando City SC welcomes the Philadelphia Union. Andre Blake and Joe Bendik are the gloved men. Orlando City had a yellow card for a twenty-fifth minute Carlos Rivas instance of failing to retreat. Philadelphia had a yellow card for an Oguchi Onyewu foul in the twenty-eighth minute. Orlando City started in the thirty-ninth minute with a Cyle Larin goal, assisted by Rivas and Jonathan Spector. The Union tied it in the fifty-second minute with a C.J. Sapong goal. Orlando City retook the lead in the seventy-third on another Larin goal, made possible by Matias Perez Garcia. In the eightieth minute, Haris Medunjanin of Philadelphia and Garcia of Orlando City each took yellow cards for fouls. Orlando City's Spector took a yellow card in the eighty-second minute for dissent. The final stood at 2-1, with the man of the match being Larin for his brace.

West to Texas, where FC Dallas brings in the New England Revolution. Cody Cropper and Chris Seitz are set to start in goal. New England opened in the tenth minute with a Lee Nguyen penalty kick. Roland Lamah of Dallas had a yellow card for a foul in the thirty-seventh minute. Dallas had another yellow card for a Maynor Figueroa foul in the fifty-fourth minute. Dallas tied it in the seventy-first minute with a Maximiliano Urruti. Juan Agudelo took a yellow card for the Revolution for his seventy-third minute foul. Dallas took the lead with a seventy-seventh Urruti goal, his second of the game. This made it 2-1, the final, with the man of the match being Urruti for the quick brace.

Up in Missouri, Sporting Kansas City hosts the San Jose Earthquakes. David Bingham and Tim Melia are the keepers. Kansas City's Dominic Dwyer had a yellow card a dive in the sixteenth minute. Sporting struck first in the thirty-seventh minute with a Benny Feilhaber goal, set up by Graham Zusi. San Jose had a yellow card for a Marco Urena foul in the fifty-second minute. In the eighty-fourth minute, Zusi had a yellow card for Kansas City for his foul. Sporting added on in the eighty-ninth minute when Earthquakes keeper Bingham knocked the ball into his own net. San Jose got one back in stoppage time with a Florian Jungwirth goal, coming off of Danny Hoesen and Anibal Godoy. This only made it 2-1, the final, with the man of the match being Feilhaber.

Further west to Colorado, where the Rapids welcome Minnesota United FC. Bobby Shuttleworth and Tim Howard are between the posts. Colorado was first to score in the seventeenth minute with a Dominique Badji goal. Minnesota's Collen Warner took a yellow card for time wasting in the forty-first minute. Minnesota tied it in the fiftieth minute on a Kevin Molino penalty kick goal. Sam Cronin of the Rapids had a fifty-sixth minute yellow card for his foul. Minnesota took the lead in the fifty-eighth minute with a Christian Ramirez goal, set up by Jerome Thiesson. Colorado retied it on a fifty-ninth minute by Marlon Hairston, via Marc Burch. In the sixty-fourth minute, Minnesota's Thiesson took a yellow card for a foul. Minnesota went down to ten men in the seventieth minute for a Justin Davis foul that procured a straight red card. Mekeil Williams of the Rapids had a yellow card for an eighty-ninth minute foul. Minnesota saw yellow cards in stoppage time for time wasting by Shuttleworth and a foul by Abu Danladi. The game ended 2-2, with the man of the match being Hairston for his quick equalizer.

Over in Utah, Real Salt Lake bring in the Los Angeles Galaxy. Clement Diop and Nick Rimando draw the starts in goal. Salt Lake got going in the eighteenth minute with a Yura Movsisyan goal, via Albert Rusnak. Real had yellow cards for fouls by Kyle Beckerman and Luke Mulholland in the thirty-fourth minute. Salt Lake saw Beckerman get ejected in the forty-fourth minute for a second yellow card on another foul. Los Angeles had a yellow card for a Romain Alessandrini foul in first half stoppage time. In the sixty-first minute, Rusnak of Real took a yellow card for a foul. The Galaxy tied it in the sixty-ninth minute with a Dave Romney goal, passed from Alessandrini. Los Angeles took the lead in the seventy-fourth minute on an Emmanuel Boateng goal, coming off of Alessandrini. Nathan Smith of the Galaxy had a yellow card for an eighty-ninth minute foul. Chris Schuler of Salt Lake had a yellow card for his foul in the ninetieth minute. The game ended 2-1 Galaxy, with the man of the match being Alessandrini.

Saturday ends with the Portland Timbers hosting the Houston Dynamo. Tyler Deric and Jake Gleeson tend the nets. Portland dented the scoreboard in the eleventh minute with a Diego Valeri penalty kick goal. The Timbers had yellow cards for fouls by David Guzman in the twentieth minute and Roy Miller in the thirty-fourth minute, as well as a handball by Diego Chara and dissent by Sebastian Blanco in the thirty-seventh minute. Houston tied it on an Erick Torres penalty kick goal in the thirty-eighth minute. The Dynamo's Torres also took a yellow card for dissent in the thirty-ninth minute. Houston took the lead in first half stoppage time with a Romell Quioto goal, set up by Alberth Elis. Portland retied it in the fifty-eighth minute on a Valeri goal, helped along by Zarek Valentin and Fanendo Adi. The Timbers took the lead with a sixty-sixth minute goal by Guzman. In the seventy-sixth minute, Darlington Nagbe of Portland had a yellow card for dissent. The Timbers iced it at 4-2 with an Adi goal in the eighty-eighth minute, made possible by Guzman. The man of the match was Valeri for his brace.

The lone Sunday game has the Seattle Sounders FC hosting the New York Red Bulls. Luis Robles and Stefan Frei guard the nets. New York had yellow cards for fouls by Felipe in the twenty-fifth minute and Robles in the twenty-seventh minute. The latter of those led to Seattle's opener, a Clint Dempsey penalty kick in the twenty-eighth minute sent straight down the middle. Fredrik Gulbrandsen took a yellow card for the Red Bulls in the thirtieth minute for a dive. New York tied it in the fifty-seventh minute on a Bradley Wright-Phillips goal, coming off of Sal Zizzo. Wright-Phillips took a yellow card in the sixty-second minute for a foul for the Red Bulls. The Sounders took the lead back in the sixty-sixth minute on a Jordan Morris goal, set up by Nicolas Lodeiro and Joevin Jones. Seattle's Dempsey had a yellow card for a foul in the seventy-eighth minute. The Sounders added on with a seventy-ninth minute Harry Shipp goal, courtesy of Jones. Alvaro Fernandez of Seattle took a yellow card for a foul in stoppage time. The Sounders won 3-1, with the man of the match being Morris. 

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