MLS 2018 Week 27

Ten games grace the schedule this week in MLS, beginning with nine on Saturday. First up...

The Seattle Sounders FC host Sporting Kansas City. Tim Melia and Stefan Frei protect the nets. Kansas City began in the second minute with a Diego Rubio goal, passed from Gerso Fernandes. Seattle tied it in the twelfth minute on a Raul Ruidiaz goal, made possible by Brad Smith and Osvaldo Alonso. In the twenty-seventh minute, Kim Kee-hee of the Sounders received a yellow card for time wasting. Sporting saw yellow cards for a thirty-second minute Rubio foul, dissent by Ilie Sanchez in the forty-third minute, and Ike Opara's foul in first half stoppage time. Seattle pulled ahead in the fifty-second minute on an own goal by Graham Zusi of Kansas City. The Sounders added on in the fifty-sixth minute as Nicolas Lodeiro converted a penalty kick. Seattle went down to ten men when Chad Marshall received a straight red card on video review for a serious foul, which also led to a yellow card for dissent for the Sounders keeper Frei. Seattle held on to win 3-1, with the man of the match being Ruidiaz.

Northeast to Montreal, where the Impact welcome the New York Red Bulls. Luis Robles and Evan Bush are the veterans in goal. Montreal led off in the thirtieth minute with a Rod Fanni goal, via Saphir Taider. The Impact added on in the thirty-eighth minute with a Bacary Sagna goal, made possible by Jukka Raitala and Daniel Lovitz. Montreal extended the lead in stoppage time as Ignacio Piatti scored, thanks to Alejandro Silva. This produced the 3-0 final score, with the man of the match named as Fanni.

Stateside, the New England Revolution bring in the Portland Timbers. Jeff Attinella and Matt Turner are set to start in goal. Sebastian Blanco of Portland had a yellow card for a nineteenth minute foul. The Timbers were forced to switch goalies in the fifty-sixth minute, with Steve Clark replacing Attinella. New England got going in the fifty-eighth minute with a Scott Caldwell goal. Luis Caicedo of the Revolution had a yellow card for a sixtieth minute foul. The Timbers' Lawrence Olum received a yellow card for his foul in the sixty-seventh minute. Portland retied it in the seventieth minute on an Olum goal, passed from Julio Cascante and David Guzman. New England had yellow cards for fouls by Caldwell in the seventy-sixth minute, Michael Mancienne in the eighty-seventh minute, and Cristian Penilla in stoppage time. The Timbers' keeper Clark had a yellow card for time wasting after Penilla's foul. The game ended in a 1-1 draw, with Olum as man of the match.

Down in Florida, Orlando City SC hosts the Philadelphia Union. Andre Blake and Joe Bendik are in the six-yard boxes. Orlando City opened in the ninth minute with a Dominic Dwyer goal, assisted by Yoshimar Yotun. Philadelphia tied it on a thirty-second minute Cory Burke goal, helped along by Borek Dockal. The Union pulled ahead in the eighty-eighth minute with a Fabrice-Jean Picault goal, via Haris Medunjanin. Philadelphia's Alejandro Bedoya had a yellow card for an eighty-ninth minute foul. Orlando City retied it in stoppage time on a Scott Sutter goal, made possible by Josue Colman. Derrick Jones of the Union had a yellow card four minutes later for his foul. The game ended in a 2-2 draw, with the man of the match honors given to Picault.

Back north, the Columbus Crew SC welcome New York City FC. Sean Johnson and Zack Steffen are the solid keepers. New York City's Rodney Wallace had a yellow card for a foul in the forty-fifth minute. New York City dented the scoreboard in the fifty-third minute with an Ismael Tajouri-Shradi goal, coming off of Anton Tinnerholm. Columbus tied it in the sixty-first minute on a Harrison Afful goal. The Crew took the lead in the sixty-third minute with a Justin Meram goal, guided in by Pedro Santos. New York City had yellow cards for fouls by Ben Sweat, Sebastien Ibeagha, and Alexander Ring in the sixty-seventh, seventy-fifth, and ninety-third minutes, respectively. The Crew won 2-1, with Meram picked as man of the match.

South again for a second straight Texas Derby, as FC Dallas brings in the Houston Dynamo. Joe Willis and Jesse Gonzalez play in goal. Dallas started in the tenth minute with a Michael Barrios goal, via Maximiliano Urruti. Adam Lundqvist of Houston had a yellow card for a twenty-third minute foul. Dallas added on in the forty-eighth minute with a Santiago Mosquera goal. Dallas extended the lead in the fifty-first minute with another Mosquera goal, with the help of Victor Ulloa. The Dynamo got on the board in the fifty-third minute on a Mauro Manotas goal. Dallas answered with a Reto Ziegler penalty kick goal in the fifty-eighth minute. Darwin Ceren of Houston received a yellow card for his sixtieth minute foul. The Dynamo got one back with a penalty kick goal by Alberth Elis in the seventy-second minute, but 4-2 was as close as they got. Dallas won, with Mosquera leading the way as man of the match.

In Canada again, Toronto FC hosts Los Angeles FC. Tyler Miller and Clint Irwin guard the woodwork. Los Angeles saw a yellow card for a Dejan Jakovic foul in the eighteenth minute. Los Angeles struck first in the twenty-third minute on a Carlos Vela goal, made possible by Diego Rossi. Toronto's Marco Delgado had a yellow card for a thirty-fourth minute foul. Los Angeles added on in the forty-seventh minute with a Rossi goal. In the forty-eighth minute, Toronto's Jozy Altidore took a yellow card for a foul. Los Angeles extended the lead as Lee Nguyen scored in the forty-ninth minute, thanks to Vela. Toronto got on the board in the seventy-fourth minute with an Altidore goal, guided in by Sebastian Giovinco. Toronto saw a yellow card for persistent infringement by Michael Bradley in the seventy-eighth minute. Toronto got closer in stoppage time with another Altidore goal, with assists from Lucas Janson and Giovinco. Los Angeles responded a minute later to win 4-2 with Vela's second of the game, fueled by Benny Feilhaber. Vela earned the man of the match title.

Back in the west, Real Salt Lake welcomes the Los Angeles Galaxy. David Bingham and Nick Rimando are between the sticks. Los Angeles drew first blood in the first minute on a Jonathan dos Santos goal, assisted by Ashley Cole and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Salt Lake tied it on a fourteenth minute Albert Rusnak goal, via Joao Plata. The Galaxy saw a yellow card for a thirty-fifth minute Perry Kitchen foul. Real pulled ahead in first half stoppage time on a Damir Kreilach goal, passed from Brooks Lennon. Salt Lake added on in the forty-eighth minute with a Jefferson Savarino goal, coming off of Plata. Real extended the lead as Kreilach scored in the sixty-first minute, thanks to Rusnak. Romain Alessandrini got one back for the Galaxy in the sixty-third minute, with a helper from dos Santos. Rolf Feltscher of Los Angeles took a yellow card for a sixty-fourth minute foul. Salt Lake replied in the sixty-eighth minute on another Rusnak goal, set up by Savarino. Real padded the lead on a Kreilach goal to complete his hat trick, passed from Savarino. This made it 6-2, the final, with Kreilach earning the man of the match honors as Real curb-stomped another opponent.

Saturday ends in Vancouver, as the Whitecaps FC bring in the San Jose Earthquakes. Andrew Tarbell and Stefan Marinovic are the goalies. Vancouver was first to score in the twenty-second minute with an Alphonso Davies goal, assisted by Yordy Reyna and Kei Kamara. San Jose saw a yellow card for Nick Lima's forty-second minute foul. The Whitecaps had yellow cards for Cristian Techera's foul in the sixty-third minute and Reyna's foul in the sixty-seventh minute. Vancouver added on in the seventy-eighth minute with a Nicolas Mezquida goal, passed from Reyna. Magnus Eriksson of the Earthquakes took a yellow card for an eighty-third minute foul. San Jose got on the board with a Valeri Qazaishvili goal in stoppage time, set up by Jackson Yueill, but the Whitecaps hung on to win 2-1. Reyna was the man of the match.

On Sunday, DC United hosts Atlanta United FC. Brad Guzan and Bill Hamid are patrolling the penalty areas. Eric Remedi of Atlanta took a yellow card for a dive in the twenty-fifth minute. DC kicked off the scoring in the twenty-eighth minute with a Luciano Acosta goal, via Wayne Rooney and Hamid. Atlanta tied it on a Jeff Larentowicz goal in the thirty-ninth minute, passed from Ezequiel Barco. Barco of Atlanta had a yellow card for a fifty-first minute foul. DC retook the lead on a Rooney penalty kick goal in the fifty-second minute. Leandro Gonzalez Pirez of Atlanta received a yellow card for his seventy-first minute foul. Junior Moreno of DC had a yellow card for a seventy-third minute foul. DC added on in the seventy-seventh minute with an Acosta goal, helped along by Rooney and Russell Canouse. This made it 3-1, the final, with the man of the match being Acosta.

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