MLS 2017 Conference Semifinals - Leg 1

These are the first legs of each home-and-home series in this round of the MLS playoffs. We begin with...

The Vancouver Whitecaps FC hosting the Seattle Sounders FC. Stefan Frei and Stefan Marinovic are the similarly named keepers. Vancouver saw yellow cards for Nosa's forty-fifth minute foul and Aly Ghazal's foul in the seventy-ninth minute. Seattle's Cristian Roldan took a yellow card for an eighty-seventh minute foul. The game ended 0-0, with the man of the match being Kendall Waston.

On Monday, the New York Red Bulls welcome Toronto FC. Alexander Bono and Luis Robles are the goalies. Toronto led off in the eighth minute with a Victor Vazquez goal. New York tied it in first half stoppage time with a Daniel Royer penalty kick goal. Toronto retook the lead in the seventy-second minute with a Sebastian Giovinco goal. The Red Bulls saw a yellow card for a foul by Damien Perrinelle in the eightieth minute. Giovinco of Toronto had a yellow card for time wasting in the eighty-second minute. The final held at 2-1, with the man of the match being Giovinco.

Also, the Houston Dynamo bring in the Portland Timbers. Jeff Attinella and Tyler Deric are the gloved men. Portland had yellow cards for fouls by Alvas Powell in the twenty-fourth minute and Larrys Mabiala in the forty-fifth minute. The final held at 0-0, with the man of the match being Deric for his two-save clean sheet.

The first legs end with the Columbus Crew SC hosting New York City FC. Sean Johnson and Zack Steffen are the keepers. Columbus began in the sixth minute with an Ola Kamara goal. New York City went down to ten men in the fifty-second minute as Alexander Callens took a straight red card for violent conduct. The Crew added on in the fifty-eighth minute with an Artur goal, via Federico Higuain. Ronald Matarrita of New York City received a yellow card for a foul in the sixty-fourth minute. Columbus extended the lead in the sixty-ninth minute as Justin Meram scored, thanks to Kamara and Higuain. New York City got on the board in the seventy-eighth minute with a David Villa goal. The Crew answered in stoppage time with a Harrison Afful goal, made possible by Meram. The final held at 4-1, with the man of the match being Kamara.

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