The festivities continue with the second leg of each series, beginning on a Thursday in...
Seattle, as the Sounders FC host the Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Stefan Marinovic and Stefan Frei play in goal. Nicolas Lodeiro of Seattle had a yellow card for a foul in the ninth minute. Cristian Techera of Vancouver received a yellow card for his thirty-eighth minute foul. In the forty-ninth minute, Fredy Montero of the Whitecaps had a yellow card for persistent infringement. The Sounders got going in the fifty-sixth minute with a Clint Dempsey goal, passed from Harry Shipp and Will Bruin. Nosa of Vancouver had a yellow card for his fifty-eighth minute foul. In the sixty-eighth minute, Roman Torres of Seattle received a yellow card for a foul. Kendall Waston of the Whitecaps took a yellow card for an eighty-second minute foul. The Sounders capped the game and the series at 2-0 with a Dempsey goal in the eighty-eighth minute, courtesy of Victor Rodriguez and Lodeiro. Dempsey was named man of the match.
In the east on Sunday, Toronto FC welcomes the New York Red Bulls. Luis Robles and Alexander Bono man the nets. In the thirty-fourth minute, Sacha Kljestan of New York and Jozy Altidore of Toronto both took yellow cards for fouls. Michael Bradley of Toronto had a yellow card for dissent in first half stoppage time. In the forty-sixth minute, red cards for violent conduct were retroactively applied to Kljestan and Altidore for violent conduct, resulting in both teams going down to ten men. The Red Bulls dented the scoreboard in the fifty-third minute with a Bradley Wright-Phillips goal, set up by Aaron Long. In the seventy-first minute, Wright-Phillips of New York took a yellow card for a foul. In the eightieth minute, Sebastian Giovinco of Toronto took a yellow card for dissent. The Red Bulls' Felipe had a yellow card in stoppage time for a foul. The game ended at 1-0 for the Red Bulls, and while the series is tied 2-2, Toronto advances with their away goal from leg one. Wright-Phillips is the man of the match.
Back stateside, New York City FC brings in the Columbus Crew SC. Zack Steffen and Sean Johnson protect the nets. New York City began in the sixteenth minute with a David Villa penalty kick goal. New York City added on in the fifty-third minute with an Andraz Struna goal, passed from Rodney Wallace. Columbus saw a yellow card for a foul by Mohammed Abu in the sixty-third minute. New York City's Wallace took a yellow card for a seventy-fourth minute foul. The final held at 2-0, with the man of the match being Struna. The Crew still won the series 4-3, advancing to the Eastern Conference Championship against Toronto FC.
Finally, the Portland Timbers host the Houston Dynamo. Joe Willis and Jeff Attinella are the backups in goal. Portland led off in the thirty-ninth minute with a Dairon Asprilla goal, passed from Vytautas Andriuskevicius and Diego Valeri. Houston tied it on a forty-third minute Dylan Remick goal, coming off of Jalil Anibaba and Tomas Martinez. The Timbers saw a yellow card for a fifty-seventh minute Liam Ridgewell foul. In the seventieth minute, Alex of the Dynamo had a yellow card for persistent infringement. Houston took the lead in the seventy-seventh minute with a Mauro Manotas goal, courtesy of Eric Alexander. David Guzman of Portland received a yellow card for dissent in the eighty-fifth minute. In stoppage time, the Dynamo's Oscar Boniek Garcia took a yellow card for time wasting and Sebastian Blanco of the Timbers took a yellow card for a foul. The final held at 2-1, with the Dynamo advancing thanks to Manotas, the man of the match for the winning goal.
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