Five games on at Midweek in MLS, beginning with...
Atlanta United FC hosting Sporting Kansas City. Tim Melia and Brad Guzan start in goal. Atlanta's Jeff Larentowicz took a yellow card for his thirty-first minute foul. Atlanta went down to ten men when the keeper Guzan received a straight red card for denying a goal-scoring opportunity in the thirty-fourth minute. Paul Christensen replaced Hector Villalba to give them a keeper again. Kansas City got going in the sixty-seventh minute with a Daniel Salloi goal, via Ilie Sanchez. Sporting added on in the eighty-seventh minute with a Gerso Fernandes goal, assisted by Sanchez as well. Matt Besler of Kansas City took a yellow card for a foul in the eighty-ninth minute. Sporting won 2-0, with Sanchez named man of the match.
Up in Columbus, the Crew SC welcome the Philadelphia Union. Andre Blake and Zack Steffen are the gloved men. Columbus saw a yellow card for a Jonathan Mensah foul in the twenty-seventh minute. The Crew dented the scoreboard in the fifty-third minute with a Gyasi Zardes goal. Philadelphia received a yellow card for a seventy-seventh minute foul by Jack Elliott. The Crew won 1-0, with Zardes tabbed as man of the match.
Further north, Toronto FC hosts the Seattle Sounders FC. Stefan Frei and Alexander Bono make the starts in goal. Seattle led off in the twenty-fifth minute with a Will Bruin goal, set up by Magnus Wolff Eikrem. Toronto tied it on a fortieth minute Jonathan Osorio goal, passed from Sebastian Giovinco and Victor Vazquez. Tony Alfaro of the Sounders had a yellow card for his forty-fourth minute foul. Seattle retook the lead in the fifty-fourth minute with a Handwalla Bwana goal, coming off of Bruin and Cristian Roldan. Bruin took a yellow card in the fifty-fifth minute for the Sounders for not retreating. Toronto's Michael Bradley received a yellow card in the eighty-first minute for dissent. Seattle saw Jordy Delem booked on an eighty-eighth minute yellow card for his foul. Toronto's Giovinco received a yellow card in the ninetieth minute for dissent. The Sounders won 2-1, with Bruin as the man of the match.
Back stateside, the Chicago Fire bring in the Montreal Impact. Evan Bush and Richard Sanchez are between the sticks. Michael Petrasso of Montreal had a yellow card for time wasting in the sixty-fifth minute. Chicago saw yellow cards for fouls by Brandon Vincent in the sixty-sixth minute and Mohammed Adams in the seventieth minute. The Fire kicked off the scoring in the eighty-ninth minute with a Kevin Ellis goal, helped along by Johan Kappelhof. This stood for a 1-0 win, with Ellis the man of the match for the late winner.
Finally, Los Angeles FC hosts Minnesota United FC. Bobby Shuttleworth and Tyler Miller protect the nets. Minnesota's Francisco Calvo had a yellow card for a fifteenth minute foul. Los Angeles got on the board with an Eduard Atuesta goal in the thirty-first minute, via Diego Rossi and Carlos Vela. Minnesota saw yellow cards for Collin Martin and Alexi Gomez fouls in the thirty-third and thirty-fourth minutes. Los Angeles added on in the thirty-seventh minute with a Mark-Anthony Kaye goal, assisted by Latif Blessing. Los Angeles' Atuesta had a yellow card for his fortieth minute foul. Maximiniano of Minnesota had a yellow card for a sixty-second minute foul. Minnesota's Harrison Heath took a yellow card for a ninetieth minute foul. The final stood at 2-0, with Atuesta the man of the match.
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