The last four games of the round begin with one on Thursday in...
Seattle, as the Sounders FC host the Portland Timbers. Jeff Attinella and Stefan Frei are set to start in goal. Portland's Andres Flores had a yellow card for a forty-first minute foul. Seattle got going in the sixty-eighth minute on a Raul Ruidiaz goal. Osvaldo Alonso of the Sounders took a yellow card for a foul in the seventieth minute. The Timbers tied it on a Sebastian Blanco goal in the seventy-eighth minute, made possible by Dairon Asprilla. Seattle forced extra time with a Ruidiaz goal in stoppage time, his second of the night. Portland tied the game and pulled ahead in the series with an Asprilla goal in the 93rd minute, via Diego Valeri. Valeri took a yellow for the Timbers in the 96th minute for dissent, but the Sounders still evened the series again a minute later with a Nicolas Lodeiro penalty kick goal. Ruidiaz took a yellow card for a handball for Seattle in the 114th minute. The even series went to penalty kicks, where Lucas Melano, Valeri, Balanco, and Asprilla carried the Timbers over Ruidiaz and Handwalla Bwana for the Sounders. Portland takes the 5-4 result to the Western Conference Finals, with the man of this match being Asprilla.
On Sunday, Sporting Kansas City welcomes Real Salt Lake. Nick Rimando and Tim Melia are the gloved men. Kansas City opened in the fourteenth minute with a Diego Rubio goal, via Felipe Gutierrez and Johnny Russell. Sporting added on with a Daniel Salloi goal in the nineteenth minute, coming off of Gutierrez. Aaron Herrera of Salt Lake took a yellow card for a foul in the forty-ninth minute. Real got on the board in the game with a Sebastian Saucedo goal in the sixtieth minute. In the sixty-third minute, Kansas City's Rubio had a yellow card for a handball. Salt Lake's Kyle Beckerman had a yellow card for a foul in the sixty-fourth miunte. Sporting replied with an Ilie Sanchez penalty kick goal in the sixty-seventh minute. Real refused to go quietly, pulling back on a Damir Kreilach goal in the seventy-second minute, made possible by Joao Plata. Kansas City received a yellow card for a Roger Espinoza foul in the eighty-second minute. Sporting capped it at 4-2 with a Salloi goal in stoppage time. Sporting advances with a 5-3 aggregate win, setting them up to meet the Portland Timbers in the Western Conference Final. Salloi was man of the match.
Southeast to Georgia, as Atlanta United FC brings in New York City FC. Sean Johnson and Brad Guzan play in goal. Maxime Chanot of New York City had a yellow card for a sixth minute foul. Atlanta started in the twenty-fifth minute with a Josef Martinez penalty kick goal. The Pigeons' Yangel Herrera had a yellow card for a fortieth minute foul. The Five Stripes added on with a Miguel Almiron goal in the forty-second minute. Franco Escobar of Atlanta took a yellow card for a forty-fourth minute foul. New York City got on the board with a Chanot goal in the forty-fifth minute. The Five Stripes saw a yellow card given to Miles Robinson in the sixty-first minute for a foul. Maximiliano Moralez took a yellow for the Pigeons for his foul in the seventy-fourth minute. Atlanta shot back on a Martinez goal in the eighty-third minute, passed from Eric Remedi. Alexander Callens of New York City took a yellow card for dissent in the eighty-eighth minute. The final was 3-1 in the game and 4-1 on aggregate for Atlanta, with Martinez earning man of the match honors.
Finally, the New York Red Bulls host the Columbus Crew SC. Zack Steffen and Luis Robles are in goal. New York was first to score in the seventeenth minute with an Alex Muyl goal, passed from Aaron Long and Daniel Royer to level the series. The Red Bulls pulled ahead with a Royer goal in the seventy-third minute, assisted by Tyler Adams and Muyl. New York extended the lead as Royer scored again in the seventy-sixth minute, thanks to Alejandro Romero Gamarra. This stood for a 3-0 win in the game and a 3-1 aggregate win for the Red Bulls, with Royer named man of the match in this one.
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