Wednesday, May 3, 2017

MLS Midweek: May 3, 2017

Two games at midweek this time, beginning with...

Toronto FC welcoming Orlando City SC. Joe Bendik and Alexander Bono are the gloved men. Toronto began in the ninth minute with a Sebastian Giovinco goal, passed from Jozy Altidore. Toronto added on in the thirty-eighth minute with a Giovinco goal, coming off of Victor Vazquez. Orlando City got on the board in first half stoppage time with a Kaka goal, made possible by Cyle Larin and Carlos Rivas. Toronto saw yellow cards for fouls by Bono in the fiftieth minute and Altidore in the fifty-second minute. Jonathan Spector of Orlando City took a yellow card for his seventy-fourth minute foul, as did teammate Cristian Higuita in the eighty-fifth minute. The game ended at 2-1, with the man of the match being Giovinco for his brace.

In Kansas City, Sporting brings in the New York Red Bulls. Luis Robles and Tim Melia protect the nets. Kansas City's Ike Opara had a yellow card for a thirtieth minute foul. Sporting got going in the forty-sixth minute with a Dominic Dwyer goal. Kansas City's Dwyer had a yellow card for a fifty-first minute foul. Sean Davis of New York had a yellow card for a sixty-second minute foul. Sporting added on in the sixty-eighth minute on another Dwyer goal, set up by Benny Feilhaber. Connor Lade of the Red Bulls had a yellow card for his seventy-sixth minute foul, as did teammate Bradley Wright-Phillips in stoppage time. Sporting won 2-0, with Dwyer's brace making him man of the match.

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