The first games of the four conference semifinals series are here, as each match is played at the lower-ranking team's field. First up...
The Columbus Crew SC host the New York Red Bulls. Luis Robles and Zack Steffen are the gloved men. Milton Valenzuela of Columbus took a yellow card for a thirty-first minute foul. The Crew got going in the sixty-first minute with a Gyasi Zardes goal, passed from Federico Higuain and Valenzuela. Sean Davis of New York took a yellow card for an eighty-eighth minute foul. The final held at 1-0, with the man of the match being Zardes.
Out west, the Portland Timbers welcome the Seattle Sounders FC a playoff edition of the Cascadia rivalry. Stefan Frei and Jeff Attinella are between the sticks. Seattle led off in the tenth minute with a Raul Ruidiaz goal, assisted by Cristian Roldan and Victor Rodriguez. Portland tied it on a Jeremy Ebobisse goal in the seventeenth minute, made possible by Diego Valeri. The Timbers added on with a Sebastian Blanco goal in the twenty-ninth minute. The Sounders' Gustav Svensson received a yellow card for his eighty-fifth minute foul. The final stood at 2-1 for the Timbers, with Blanco as the man of the match.
Back in the east, New York City FC brings in Atlanta United FC. Brad Guzan and Sean Johnson protect the nets. Atlanta's Eric Remedi took a yellow card for a seventh minute foul. New York City saw a yellow card for a foul by Maximiliano Moralez in the tenth minute. The Five Stripes began in the thirty-seventh minute on a Remedi goal. Alexander Ring of the Pigeons received a yellow card for his forty-first minute foul. Atlanta saw yellow cards for fouls by Hector Villalba in the forty-eighth minute and Josef Martinez in the seventy-eighth minute. The game ended in a 1-0 final score for Atlanta, with Remedi earning man of the match honors.
The first legs end with Real Salt Lake hosting Sporting Kansas City. Tim Melia and Nick Rimando tend the nets. Salt Lake saw a yellow card for an Albert Rusnak foul in the twenty-sixth minute. Real dented the scoreboard in the fifty-first minute with a Rusnak goal, set up by Damir Kreilach. Kansas City tied it on a Diego Rubio goal in the sixtieth minute, assisted by Felipe Gutierrez. Kyle Beckerman of Salt Lake had a yellow card for his seventy-second minute foul. Rubio of Sporting received a yellow card for a seventy-sixth minute foul. The final held at 1-1, with Rimando earning man of the match honors for going four for five in saves.
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