Thursday, October 18, 2018

MLS 2018 - Week 34 Midweek

Four games go at midweek this time, with the first three on Wednesday. First up...

Orlando City SC hosts the Seattle Sounders FC. Stefan Frei faces a lesser foe in Adam Grinwis in goal. Seattle started in the third minute with a Victor Rodriguez goal, via Kelvin Leerdam. The Sounders added on in the thirteenth minute with a Handwalla Bwana goal, passed from Rodriguez. Orlando City got on the board in the fifty-seventh minute with a Dominic Dwyer goal, assisted by Scott Sutter and Chris Mueller. Jordy Delem of Seattle received a yellow card for a seventy-eighth minute foul. The Lions saw a yellow card for Carlos Ascues' dissent in stoppage time. Three minutes later, the Sounders' Alex Roldan took a yellow card for his foul. The final remained at 2-1, with the man of the match being Rodriguez.

Up in DC, United welcomes Toronto FC. Alexander Bono and Bill Hamid are the gloved men. DC opened in the eighteenth minute with a Wayne Rooney goal. Toronto's Eriq Zavaleta had a yellow card for his eighty-seventh minute foul. The final stayed at 1-0, with Rooney picked as man of the match.

Wednesday ends with the Vancouver Whitecaps FC bringing in Sporting Kansas City. Tim Melia and Stefan Marinovic are between the sticks. Vancouver led off in the forty-second minute with a Felipe goal, made possible by Kei Kamara. Kansas City's Seth Sinovic had a yellow card for a fifty-third minute foul. Sporting tied it in the sixty-second minute with a Yohan Croizet goal, assisted by Matt Besler. Kansas City took the lead with a Daniel Salloi goal in the eighty-second minute, via Khiry Shelton. Sporting added on in stoppage time with a Gianluca Busio goal, set up by Johnny Russell. Kansas City extended the lead as Salloi scored three minutes later, thanks to Shelton. The final was 4-1, with the man of the match being Salloi.

On Thursday, Real Salt Lake hosts the New England Revolution. Brad Knighton and Nick Rimando are in the six-yard boxes. Salt Lake began in the fourth minute with a Nick Besler goal, via Corey Baird and Damir Kreilach. Real added on with a Sebastian Saucedo goal in the fourteenth minute, assisted by Kreilach. Salt Lake extended the lead as Baird scored in the twenty-ninth minute, thanks to Luke Mulholland. Real saw yellow cards for dissent by Brooks Lennon in the thirty-fifth minute and a Kreilach foul in the forty-first minute. Salt Lake padded the lead in the fiftieth minute with a Kreilach goal, coming off of Chinedum Onuoha and Saucedo. Diego Fagundez of New England took a yellow card for a foul in the sixtieth minute. The Revolution got on the board in the sixty-ninth minute with a Kelyn Rowe goal, passed from Fagundez. This only made it 4-1, the final, with the man of the match honors given to Kreilach.

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