Six games on Wednesday this week, and then a World Cup break begins for MLS play. The first is in...
Montreal, as the Impact host Orlando City SC. Joe Bendik and Evan Bush protect the nets. Montreal started in the fifth minute with an Ignacio Piatti penalty kick goal. Orlando City saw yellow cards for fouls by Dominic Dwyer in the seventeenth minute and Cristian Higuita in the nineteenth minute. Orlando City's Oriol Rosell had a yellow card for his foul in the forty-ninth minute. The Impact added on with an Amro Tarek own goal in the fifty-fifth minute. Montreal extended the lead in stoppage time as Piatti scored again, thanks to Saphir Taider and Daniel Lovitz. This made it 3-0, the final, with the man of the match being Piatti.
Down in Columbus, the Crew SC welcome Atlanta United FC. Brad Guzan and Zack Steffen man the nets. Atlanta had yellow cards for fouls by Michael Parkhurst in the eighth minute and Mikey Ambrose in the twenty-seventh minute. Atlanta opened in the thirtieth minute on a Josef Martinez goal, via Ezequiel Barco. Franco Escobar of Atlanta took a yellow card for his dissent in the seventy-second minute. Wil Trapp of Columbus received a yellow card for an eighty-first minute foul. Atlanta added on with a Hector Villalba goal in the eighty-second minute, courtesy of Miguel Almiron. This stood for a 2-0 win, with the man of the match being Guzan (three-save clean sheet).
Back in Canada, Toronto FC brings in DC United. David Ousted and Alexander Bono are in the six-yard boxes. DC began in the twelfth minute with a Yamil Asad goal, via Luciano Acosta and Paul Arriola. DC added on with an Arriola goal, coming off of Zoltan Stieber. Auro of Toronto had a yellow card for a thirty-ninth minute foul. DC extended the lead as Darren Mattocks scored in the forty-fifth minute. Toronto got on the board with a fifty-sixth minute Jonathan Osorio goal, assisted by Ryan Telfer and Victor Vazquez. Toronto got closer on a Vazquez goal in the sixty-fourth minute. Toronto tied it on a Nick Hagglund goal in the eighty-sixth minute, guided in by Justin Morrow and Sebastian Giovinco. Arriola of DC took a yellow card for dissent in the eighty-ninth minute. DC regained the lead in the ninetieth minute on an Asad goal, helped along by Patrick Mullins and Ian Harkes. Toronto equalized again as Hagglund scored in stoppage time, thanks to Osorio and Vazquez. This produced the 4-4 final, with Hagglund as the man of the match.
Stateside, the New York Red Bulls host the Seattle Sounders FC. Stefan Frei and Luis Robles tend the nets. New York led off in the thirty-seventh minute with a Daniel Royer goal, passed from Florian Valot and Ethan Kutler. The Red Bulls added on in the fifty-second minute with a Bradley Wright-Phillips goal, set up by Kutler and Sean Davis. Seattle had yellow cards for fouls by Jordan McCrary in the seventy-fourth minute and Harry Shipp in the seventy-sixth minute. The Sounders got on the board with a Shipp goal in the eighty-seventh minute, coming off of Will Bruin and Waylon Francis. Seattle's Cristian Roldan took a yellow card for a foul in stoppage time. The final held at 2-1, with Kutler named man of the match.
Out west, the Colorado Rapids welcome the Chicago Fire. Richard Sanchez and Tim Howard are set to start in goal. Colorado struck first in the seventh minute with a Dominique Badji goal, set up by Tommy Smith. The Rapids added on in the fifteenth minute with a Smith goal, coming off of Jack Price and Sam Nicholson. Chicago got on the board when Colorado's Danny Wilson committed an own goal in the twenty-first minute. The Fire tied it on a twenty-fourth minute goal by Aleksandar Katai, assisted by Brandt Bronico. Chicago took yellow cards for fouls by Bastian Schweinsteiger in the twenty-ninth minute and Johan Kappelhof in first half stoppage time. The Rapids' Johan Blomberg took a yellow card for a fifty-sixth minute foul. The Fire went down to ten men in the eighty-fourth minute as Kappelhof received a straight red card for a foul. Colorado's Wilson had another rough moment in the eighty-ninth minute when he took a yellow card for a foul. Diego Campos of Chicago took a yellow card for time wasting in second half stoppage time. The final held at 2-2, with the man of the match honors going to Smith.
Finally, the San Jose Earthquakes bring in the New England Revolution. Matt Turner and Andrew Tarbell are the gloved men. San Jose kicked off the scoring in the seventeenth minute with a Danny Hoesen goal, via Florian Jungwirth. New England tied it on a Diego Fagundez goal in the thirty-first minute. The Earthquakes saw a yellow card for a foul by Francois Affolter in the thirty-fifth minute. The Revolution took the lead in the forty-third minute with a Cristian Penilla goal, passed from Fagundez. San Jose retied it on a Hoesen goal in the fifty-first minute, coming off of Nick Lima and Yefferson Quintana. New England's Antonio Mlinar Delamea received a yellow card for a seventy-first minute foul. The final stood at 2-2, with the man of the match being Hoesen for his brace.
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