MLS 2018 Week 2

The second week of the season also features a shorter schedule. The first of seven Saturday games is...

The Columbus Crew SC hosting the Montreal Impact. Evan Bush and Zack Steffen play goal. Columbus led off in the twelfth minute with a Federico Higuain penalty kick goal. The Crew added on with a Gyasi Zardes goal in the fifteenth minute. Montreal saw a yellow card for a thirty-second minute foul by Ken Krolicki. Columbus' goalie Steffen received a yellow card for time wasting in the fifty-first minute. The Impact got on the board with an Ignacio Piatti goal in the fifty-ninth minute, made possible by Samuel Piette. Montreal tied it in the eighty-fifth minute with a Raheem Edwards goal, via Daniel Lovitz and Saphir Taider. The Crew took the lead in stoppage time as Zardes converted a penalty kick goal to win 3-2. Zardes was named man of the match for his brace.

East to New England, where the Revolution welcome the Colorado Rapids. Tim Howard and Matt Turner are in goal. Colorado's Jack McBean took a yellow card for a seventeenth minute foul. Brandon Bye of New England had a yellow card for a foul in the twenty-fourth minute. The Revolution got going in the forty-eighth minute with a Diego Fagundez goal, assisted by Cristian Penilla. Kelyn Rowe of New England took a yellow card for dissent in the sixty-third minute. The Rapids tied it on a Niki Jackson goal in the sixty-sixth minute, passed from Johan Blomberg. Enzo Martinez of Colorado received a yellow card for his seventy-third minute foul. The Revolution's Teal Bunbury took a yellow card for a foul in the eighty-sixth minute. New England took the lead with a Chris Tierney goal in stoppage time. This stood for a 2-1 win, and the goal made Tierney the man of the match.

Out west, Real Salt Lake brings in Los Angeles FC. Tyler Miller and Nick Rimando are the gloved men. Salt Lake began in the twentieth minute with a Joao Plata goal. Real's Kyle Beckerman took a yellow card for a twenty-ninth minute foul. Los Angeles tied it on a Diego Rossi goal in the thirtieth minute, assisted by Marco Urena and Benny Feilhaber. Los Angeles took the lead with a thirty-third minute goal by Latif Blessing, passed from Steven Beitashour and Rossi. Los Angeles extended the lead as Feilhaber scored in the forty-seventh minute, with the help of Beitashour and Rossi. Los Angeles padded the lead on another Rossi goal in the eighty-first minute, set up by Carlos Vela. Los Angeles added on with an eighty-sixth minute Vela goal, made possible by Rossi. The final stood at 5-1, with Rossi awarded man of the match honors for having a role in each of his team's goals.

Backtrack to Texas, where the Houston Dynamo host the Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Stefan Marinovic and Chris Seitz are in the six-yard boxes. Vancouver had yellow cards for dissent in the twelfth minute by Russell Teibert and a twenty-fourth minute Kei Kamara foul. The Whitecaps opened in the twenty-eighth minute on a Kamara penalty kick goal. Houston's Philippe Senderos received a yellow card for dissent after the spot kick. The Dynamo tied it on a thirty-ninth minute goal by Alberth Elis, passed from Tomas Martinez and Eric Alexander. Vancouver took the lead in the forty-ninth minute with a Brek Shea goal, set up by Kamara. Darwin Ceren of Houston had a yellow card for a sixty-fifth minute foul. In the eighty-eighth minute, the Whitecaps' goalie Marinovic took a yellow card for time wasting. Vancouver won 2-1, and Kamara was the man of the match.

Up in Chicago, the Fire welcome Sporting Kansas City. Tim Melia and Richard Sanchez are set to start in goal. Kansas City started in the ninth minute with a Felipe Gutierrez goal. Melia of Sporting took a yellow card for time wasting in the thirty-third minute. Johan Kappelhof of Chicago received a yellow card for a thirty-sixth minute foul. Kansas City added on in the forty-fourth minute with a Johnny Russell goal, coming off of Daniel Salloi and Roger Espinoza. The Fire's Bastian Schweinsteiger took a yellow card for a foul in the fiftieth minute. Sporting's Ilie Sanchez had a yellow card for his foul in the fifty-sixth minute. Chicago got on the board with an Aleksandar Katai goal in the seventieth minute, passed from Schweinsteiger. The Fire tied it on a Nemanja Nikolic goal in the seventy-fourth minute. Chicago took the lead with an eighty-second minute goal by Nikolic, helped along by Brandon Vincent and Matt Polster. Kansas City retied it on a Jimmy Medranda goal in the eighty-third minute. Sporting pulled ahead again on a Gutierrez goal in the eighty-sixth minute, his second of the game made possible by Salloi and Russell. This stood for a 4-3 Sporting win, with Gutierrez named man of the match.

East again to New Jersey, where the New York Red Bulls bring in the Portland Timbers. Jake Gleeson and Luis Robles tend the nets. New York struck first in the eighteenth minute with a Benjamin Mines goal, via Alejandro Romero Gamarra and Derrick Etienne. Connor Lade of the Red Bulls had a sixty-eighth minute yellow card for a foul, while Mines added a yellow card for dissent in the seventy-second minute. Larrys Mabiala of Portland took a yellow card for his seventy-fourth minute foul. New York added on in the seventy-seventh minute with a Bradley Wright-Phillips goal, coming off of Sean Davis and Vincent Bezecourt. The Red Bulls extended the lead as Carlos Rivas scored in the eightieth minute, thanks to Bezecourt. In the ninetieth minute, Wright-Phillips took a yellow card for dissent for New York. The Red Bulls padded the lead on a Rivas goal in stoppage time, assisted by Lade and Wright-Phillips to produce the 4-0 final. Rivas was the man of the match for his brace.

Saturday ends in Florida, where Orlando City SC host Minnesota United FC. Matthew Lampson and Joe Bendik are the veteran goalies. Minnesota was first to score in the twelfth minute on an Ethan Finlay goal, via Kevin Molino. Orlando City tied it on a forty-second minute Yoshimar Yotun penalty kick goal. Richie Laryea of Orlando City had a yellow card for his time wasting in the fifty-sixth minute. Minnesota retook the lead in the seventy-ninth minute on a Finlay goal, his second of the game, helped along by Miguel Ibarra and Mason Toye. Rasmus Schuller of Minnesota received a yellow card for a foul in the eighty-eighth minute. Minnesota's Toye took a yellow card for a dive in stoppage time. Minnesota won 2-1, and a brace from Finlay makes him the man of the match.

On Sunday, the first of two games sees Atlanta United FC welcome DC United. David Ousted and Brad Guzan protect the nets. Atlanta drew first blood in the twenty-fourth minute on a Josef Martinez goal, helped along by Hector Villalba and Darlington Nagbe. DC had a yellow card for a thirty-sixth minute foul by Oniel Fisher. Atlanta saw yellow cards for fouls by Greg Garza in the fiftieth minute and Franco Escobar in the sixty-third minute. Atlanta added on with a Miguel Almiron goal in the seventy-third minute, set up by Julian Gressel and Villalba. Atlanta extended the lead as Villalba scored, thanks to Almiron and Garza. DC got on the board with a Darren Mattocks goal in the eighty-sixth minute. This only made it 3-1, the final, with the man of the match being Villalba, who had a hand in each goal.

Finally, New York City FC brings in the Los Angeles Galaxy. David Bingham and Sean Johnson are the keepers. Los Angeles had a yellow card for an eleventh minute foul by Jonathan dos Santos. New York City kicked off the scoring in the twenty-second minute with an Anton Tinnerholm goal. New York City added on with a David Villa goal in the thirty-third minute. The Galaxy got on the board with a sixtieth minute goal by dos Santos, assisted by Emmanuel Boateng. Los Angeles saw a yellow card for a seventy-sixth minute foul by Ashley Cole. In the eighty-fifth minute, the Galaxy went down to ten men as Cole took a second yellow card for a foul. New York City won 2-1, with Villa named man of the match.

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