Thursday, October 26, 2017

MLS Playoffs 2017: Play-In Games

Over October 25 and 26, the teams not earning byes for the MLS playoffs participated in one-game playoffs to advance. First up...

The Chicago Fire host the New York Red Bulls. Luis Robles and Matt Lampson are the goalies. New York led off in the seventh minute with a Bradley Wright-Phillips goal, via Damien Perrinelle. The Red Bulls added on in the eleventh minute with a Sacha Kljestan goal, courtesy of Tyler Adams and Wright-Phillips. New York extended the lead in the seventieth minute as Daniel Royer scored, thanks to Sean Davis. Gonzalo Veron took a yellow card for his foul in the eighty-fifth minute. The Red Bulls padded the lead with a Veron goal in the eighty-seventh minute, set up by Kljestan. The final held at 4-0, with Wright-Phillips named man of the match.

West to Vancouver, where the Whitecaps FC welcome the San Jose Earthquakes. Andrew Tarbell and Stefan Marinovic are the backups in goal. Vancouver began in the thirty-third minute with a Fredy Montero goal, helped along by Kendall Waston and Cristian Techera. The Whitecaps added on in the fifty-seventh minute with a Techera goal. Vancouver extended the lead as Waston scored in the sixty-fourth minute, with the help of Tim Parker. Darwin Ceren of San Jose had a yellow card for a seventy-sixth minute foul. The Whitecaps padded the lead with a Nicolas Mezquida goal, assisted by Christian Bolanos and Brek Shea. Vancouver continued in the eightieth minute on a Mezquida goal, his second of the game, made possible by Shea. Anibal Godoy of the Earthquakes had a yellow card for his foul. The final held at 5-0, with the man of the match being Waston.

On Thursday, Atlanta United FC brings in the Columbus Crew SC. Zack Steffen and Brad Guzan are the gloved men. Columbus saw a yellow card for a sixty-fourth minute foul by Hector Jimenez. The Crew's Artur took a yellow card for a foul in the ninety-sixth minute. The game went into the shootout scoreless, where Federico Higuain, Niko Hansen, and Adam Jahn lifted Columbus over Hector Villalba and Atlanta 3-1 to advance to the next round.

Finally, the Houston Dynamo host Sporting Kansas City. Andrew Dykstra and Tyler Deric are between the posts. Houston saw yellow cards for Philippe Senderos in the fourteenth minute for a foul and Ricardo Clark for not retreating in the twenty-first minute. Graham Zusi of Kansas City took a yellow card for a foul in first half stoppage time. Ilie Sanchez of Sporting had a yellow card for a foul in the fifty-third minute, as did teammate Roger Espinoza in the sixty-fifth minute. Adolfo Machado of the Dynamo received a yellow card for his seventy-sixth minute foul. Diego Rubio of Kansas City took a yellow card for an eighty-ninth minute foul. Houston got going in the ninety-fourth minute with an Alberth Elis goal, set up by Vicente Sanchez. In the 109th minute, Romell Quioto of the Dynamo had a yellow card for time wasting. In stoppage time, Elis and Dykstra both had yellow cards for fouls. Houston won 1-0, with Elis named man of the match.

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