Wednesday, September 13, 2017

MLS Midweek: September 13, 2017

Two games on tonight for midweek action in soccer. We begin in...

Georgia, as Atlanta United FC welcomes the New England Revolution. Cody Cropper and Brad Guzan are the keepers. Atlanta led off in the second minute with a Josef Martinez goal, made possible by Miguel Almiron. New England had yellow cards for fouls by Andrew Farrell in the sixth minute and Gershon Koffie in the eighth minute. The Revolution went down to ten men in the sixteenth minute as Xavier Kouassi took a straight red card for a foul. Leandro Gonzalez Pirez of Atlanta had a yellow card for his twenty-third minute foul. Atlanta added on with a Martinez penalty kick goal in the thirty-first minute. In the thirty-eighth minute, New England found themselves at nine men when Antonio Mlinar Delamea took a straight red card for denying a goal scoring opportunity with his hand in the penalty area. Atlanta extended their lead as Martinez completed his hat trick on another penalty kick goal. Atlanta padded the lead in first half stoppage time as Anton Walkes scored, thanks to Greg Garza. Atlanta kept going in the seventieth minute with a Kevin Kratz goal. Atlanta continued with a Yamil Asad goal in the seventy-third minute, made possible by Chris McCann. Atlanta iced it at 7-0 with a Hector Villalba goal in the ninetieth minute. Martinez was named man of the match.

Over in Vancouver, the Whitecaps FC bring in Minnesota United FC. Bobby Shuttleworth and David Ousted protect the nets. Vancouver began in the fifth minute with a Yordy Reyna goal, via Marcel de Jong. The Whitecaps added on in the thirty-first minute with an Erik Hurtado goal, coming off of Brek Shea and Reyna. Michael Boxall of Minnesota had a yellow card for a forty-fifth minute foul. Minnesota saw a yellow card for Collen Warner in the fifty-second minute for a foul. Vancouver extended the lead in the eighty-eighth minute as Shea scored, thanks to Fredy Montero. The final was 3-0, with Shea named man of the match.

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