Sunday, June 23, 2019

MLS 2019 - Week 16

After time off to accommodate the international schedule, MLS is back with six games this weekend. We begin with...

FC Cincinnati hosting the Los Angeles Galaxy. David Bingham and Spencer Richey play in goal. Los Angeles began in the 12th minute with an Emmanuel Boateng goal, via Favio Alvarez. The Galaxy added on in the 15th minute with an Alvarez goal. Julian Araujo of Los Angeles took a yellow card for a foul in the 57th minute. Cincinnati saw yellow cards for fouls by Leonardo Bertone in the 61st minute and Nick Hagglund in the 79th minute. The Galaxy's Boateng received a yellow card for his 80th minute foul. The game ended 2-0, with Alvarez the man of the match.

Along to Chicago, as the Fire welcome Real Salt Lake. Nick Rimando and Kenneth Kronholm draw the starts in goal. Chicago led off in the 5th minute with an Aleksandar Katai goal. Mohammed Adams of the Fire took a yellow card for a 15th minute foul. Salt Lake got on the board in the 33rd minute with an Albert Rusnak penalty kick goal. Real saw a yellow card for an Everton Luiz foul in the 34th minute. In stoppage time, Salt Lake's Rimando and Bastian Schweinsteiger of Chicago picked up yellow cards, the former for dissent and the latter for a foul. The final was 1-1, with Katai picked as man of the match.

Down in Texas, FC Dallas brings in Toronto FC. Quentin Westberg and Jesse Gonzalez are in the six-yard boxes. Dallas opened in the 41st minute with a Dominique Badji goal, courtesy of Jesus Ferreira. The Toros added on in the 51st minute with a Bressan goal, coming off of Michael Barrios. Dallas extended the lead as Badji scored again in the 58th minute, thanks to Ferreira and Paxton Pomykal. This produced the 3-0 final score, with Badji's brace making him man of the match.

Northwest to Vancouver, as the Whitecaps FC host the Colorado Rapids. Tim Howard and Zac MacMath are the keepers. Colorado started in the 8th minute on a Diego Rubio goal, assisted by Nicolas Mezquida. The Rapids added on in the 20th minute with an Andre Shinyashiki goal, via Kei Kamara and Mezquida. Kamara of Colorado had a yellow card for dissent in the 27th minute. Vancouver got on the board with a Fredy Montero penalty kick goal in first half stoppage time. Shinyashiki of the Rapids received a yellow card for a 54th minute foul. Jon Erice of the Whitecaps took a yellow card for his foul in the 61st minute. Vancouver tied it in the 80th minute with a Yordy Reyna goal. Kellyn Acosta of Colorado picked up a yellow card for his foul in second half stoppage time, as did teammate Lalas Abubakar.

Saturday ends in Portland as the Timbers welcome the Houston Dynamo. Joe Willis and Steve Clark are the veterans in goal. Julio Cascante took a yellow card for a 12th minute foul. Tomas Martinez of Houston had a yellow card for dissent in the 16th minute. The Timbers' Diego Chara received a yellow card for his 31st minute foul. In the 34th minute, Ronaldo Pena of the Dynamo had a yellow card for his foul. Portland struck first in the 39th minute with a Marvin Loria goal, via Jorge Moreira and Diego Valeri. Houston's Matias Vera picked up a yellow card for foul in the 47th minute. The Timbers took a yellow card for a Valeri foul in the 54th minute. Portland added on in the 61st minute with a Valeri penalty kick goal. The Timbers extended the lead in the 63rd minute as Brian Fernandez scored, thanks to Valeri. Portland padded the lead with a Jeremy Ebobisse goal in the 75th minute, helped along by Valeri. This produced the 4-0 final score, with Valeri selected as man of the match.

Finally on Sunday, Columbus Crew SC brings in Sporting Kansas City. Tim Melia and Jon Kempin are the gloved men. Matt Besler of Kansas City had a yellow card for a foul in first half stoppage time. Sporting got going in the 48th minute with a Felipe Gutierrez goal, via Gerso and Benny Feilhaber. Kansas City's Graham Zusi picked up a yellow card for his 69th minute foul. Columbus went down to ten men in the 74th minute as Harrison Afful took a straight red card for denying a goal-scoring opportunity. The Crew saw yellow cards for fouls by Alex Crognale in the 76th minute and Gaston Sauro in the 79th minute. The final held at 1-0, with Gutierrez selected as man of the match.

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