Six games on today, but a return of more high-scoring games that had been absent most of the week. We begin with...
Sibir Novosibirsk hosting Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk. Vladislav Fokin and Alexander Salak guard the cages. Novosibirsk led off in the first period with a Sergei Shumakov goal, helped along by Maxim Shalunov. Sibir added on with a Stepan Sannikov goal, going in unassisted. Khanty-Mansiysk got on the board in the second period with a Vitaly Shulakov goal, courtesy of Pavel Valentenko and Pavel Medvedev. Novosibirsk replied on a Konstantin Okulov goal, assisted by Alexei Skabelka and Igor Fefelov. Sibir extended the lead on a Sannikov power play goal, powered by Eero Elo and Shumakov. Novosibirsk padded the lead as Ivan Vereshchagin scored a third period power play goal, thanks to Elo and Evgeny Artyukhin. Sibir kept going with a Skabelka goal, with assists provided by Dmitry Lukin and Damir Zhafyarov. Novosibirsk iced it at 7-1 with a Joonas Kemppainen goal, fueled by Okulov and Artyom Artyomov. The three stars went to Sannikov, Skabelka, and Shumakov, while Okulov and Elo get the honorable mentions.
Nearby in Novokuznetsk, Metallurg welcomes Medvescak Zagreb. Danny Taylor and Mikhail Biryukov are the goalies. Zagreb started in the first period with a Colby Genoway goal, assisted by Tomas Mertl and Brandon McMillan. Novokuznetsk tied it on an Ignat Zemchenko goal, passed from Alexander Komaristy. Medvescak answered with an Alexandre Giroux power play goal, powered by Gilbert Brule. Metallurg tied it again in the second period on a Nikita Yazkov goal, helped along by Komaristy. Zagreb took the lead back with an unassisted Brule goal in the third period. Novokuznetsk tied it again when Denis Vikharev scored an unassisted goal. Medvescak retook the lead on Brule's second goal of the game, fueled by Blake Parlett and Francis Pare. Zagreb iced it at 5-3 with an empty net goal from Giroux, going in unassisted. The three stars belonged to Brule, Giroux, and Komaristy.
West to Chelyabinsk, with Traktor bringing in Dinamo Riga. Jakub Sedlacek and Vasily Demchenko guard the cages. Chelyabinsk got going with a Nikolai Belov power play goal in the second period, powered by Igor Mirnov and Maxim Yakutsenya. Traktor added on in the third period with a Yakutsenya goal, with a lone assist by Paul Szczechura. Chelyabinsk extended the lead as Yakutsenya scored again, thanks to Kirill Koltsov. The game ended at 3-0, with the three stars given to Yakutsenya, Demchenko (21 save shutout), and Belov.
Backtracking to Omsk, where Avangard hosts Slovan Bratislava. Barry Brust and Dominik Furch are the solid goalies. Bratislava began in the first period with a Patrik Luza goal, via Jeff Taffe. Slovan added on with a Vaclav Nedorost goal, coming off of Nick Plastino and Ivan Svarny. Omsk got on the board with a power play goal in the second period from Anton Burdasov, powered by Andrei Kuteikin. Bratislava answered with a Lukas Vopelka goal, helped along by Taffe. Avangard got it back with a Burdasov goal, going in unassisted in the third period. Omsk tied it as Alexander Perezhogin scored, thanks to Evgeny Medvedev. Slovan took the lead right back with a Taffe goal, set up by Jonathan Cheechoo. The game ended at 4-3, with the three stars given to Taffe, Burdasov, and Vopelka.
In Kazakhstan, Barys Astana welcomes Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Vladimir Sokhatsky and Henrik Karlsson draw the starts. Yekaterinburg opened in the first period with a Dmitry Monya goal, guided in by Yegor Zhuravlyov and Denis Mingaleyev. Astana tied it on a Kevin Dallman goal, fueled by Maxim Semyonov. Barys took the lead with a Dmitry Grents goal, assisted by Roman Savchenko and Cam Barker. Avtomobilist retied it in the second period with an unassisted Jan Buchtele goal. Yekaterinburg took the lead back with a Rok Ticar goal, coming off of Niclas Andersen. Avtomobilist added on with a power play goal by Alexander Torchenyuk, powered by Nikolai Timashov and Andrei Gareyev. Astana got one back in the third period with a Nigel Dawes goal, with a lone assist from Brandon Bochenski. This only made it 4-3, the final, with the three stars going to Torchenyuk, Ticar, and Buchtele.
Finally, CSKA Moscow brings in Severstal Cherepovets. Jakub Kovar and Ilya Sorokin tend the twines. Moscow struck first in the first period with a Mikhail Naumenkov goal, assisted by Gennady Stolyarov and Danila Kvartnalov. Cherepovets tied it on a Pavel Chernov power play goal, powered by Adam Masuhr and Dmitry Kagarlitsky. Severstal took the lead with an Igor Skorokhodov goal, fueled by Alexander Yevseyenkov and Vitaly Sitnikov. CSKA tied it on a Greg Scott goal, guided in by Dmitry Kugryshev and Jonas Enlund. Moscow took the lead with a second period Bud Holloway power play goal, with assists provided by Stephane Da Costa and Bogdan Kiselevich. CSKA added on with an Enlund goal, helped along by Kugryshev and Scott. Moscow extended the lead as Artyom Blazhiyevsky scored on the power play, with the help of Kugryshev, who got a sock trick, and Scott. This stood for a 5-2 win, with the three stars awarded to Scott, Kugryshev, and Enlund.
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Sunday, September 11, 2016
Saturday, September 10, 2016
KHL 2016/17 - Day 19
There's seven games on for today, beginning with...
Metallurg Magnitogorsk hosting Jokerit Helsinki. Ryan Zapolski and Vasily Koshechkin are in the blue paint. Magnitogorsk got going with a second period Wojtek Wolski power play goal, powered by Chris Lee and Sergei Mozyakin. Helsinki tied it on a Roope Talaja goal in the third period, coming off of Peter Regin. Metallurg took the lead on a Denis Platonov goal, passed from Danis Zaripov and Oskar Osala. Magnitogorsk added on with a Mozyakin goal, assisted by Jan Kovar and Evgeny Biryukov. The final stood at 3-1, with the three stars awarded to Mozyakin, Koshechkin (28 for 29 in saves), and Platonov.
Along to Ufa, where Salavat Yulaev welcomes Dinamo Minsk. Ben Scrivens and Niklas Svedberg are the reliable goalies. Minsk dented the scoreboard in the second period on an Andrei Stepanov power play goal, powered by Sergei Kostitsyn and Marc-Andre Gragnani. Ufa tied it in the third period with an Evgeny Bodrov goal, guided in by Zakhar Arzamastsev and Igor Makarov. Dinamo took the lead right back on a Matt Ellison goal, made possible by Charles Linglet and Alexander Pavlovich. This held up for a 2-1 win, with the three stars handed to Scrivens (34 for 35 in saves), Ellison, and Stepanov.
West to Nizhnekamsk, where Neftekhimik brings in Dynamo Moscow. Alexander Yeryomenko and Ivan Lisutin are in the blue paint. Moscow started in the first period with a Maxim Karpov goal, fueled by Yegor Dugin and Mat Robinson. Nizhnekamsk tied it on a Maxim Berezin goal, coming off of Dan Sexton. Dynamo shot back on another Karpov goal, assisted by Martins Karsums and Alexei Maklyukov. Moscow added on with Karpov's power play goal in the second period, finishing his hat trick with a lone assist by Dugin. The scoring ended here at 3-1, with the three stars being Karpov, Yeryomenko (37 for 38 in saves), and Dugin.
Speaking of Moscow, Spartak hosts Amur Khabarovsk. Juha Metsola and Nikita Bespalov are the masked men. Moscow opened in the first period with an Alexander Vasilyev goal, courtesy of Anatoly Nikontsev and Vladislav Provolnev. This was the game's only goal for a 1-0 Spartak win. The three stars belonged to Bespalov (22 save shutout), Vasilyev, and Metsola (23 for 24 in saves).
Backtracking to Nizhny Novgorod, where Torpedo brings in Kunlun Red Star Beijing. Andrei Makarov and Ilya Proskuryakov are between the pipes. Nizhny Novgorod led off in the first period with an Ivan Vishnevsky goal, passed from Vladimir Galuzin and Nikolai Zherdev on the power play. Torpedo added on in the second period with a Carter Ashton power play goal, powered by Galuzin and Zherdev. Nizhny Novgorod extended the lead as Galuzin scored, thanks to Ilya Kolganov and Zherdev, the latter earning a sock trick. Beijing got on the board in the third period with a Chad Rau power play goal, helped along by Max Warn and Anssi Salmela. This only made it 3-1, the final, with Galuzin, Zherdev, and Proskuryakov (22 for 23 in saves) earning the three stars.
Next up, Ak Bars Kazan welcomes Vityaz Podolsk. Harri Sateri and Emil Garipov guard the cages. Podolsk struck first in the second period on an Alexei Makeyev goal, courtesy of Maxim Afinogenov. Kazan tied it on a Dmitry Obukhov goal, assisted by Alexander Svitov. Ak Bars took the lead with an Anton Glinkin goal, made possible by Mikhail Varnakov and Stepan Zakharchuk. Vityaz retied it on a Miro Aaltonen goal in the third period, fueled by Mario Kempe. The tie went to a shootout, where Vladimir Tkachyov and Glinkin scored to win the 3-2 game for Ak Bars. The three stars were Glinkin, Obukhov, and Sateri (36 for 38 in saves).
Finally, we head south for the Sochi Leopards hosting Admiral Vladivostok. Nikita Serebryakov is mismatched with Konstantin Barulin in goal. Sochi began in the first period with an Andre Petersson power play goal, powered by Oscar Fantenberg. The Leopards added on with an Igor Levitsky goal, helped along by Renat Mamashev and Ruslan Pedan. Vladivostok got on the board with a Vladimir Tkachyov goal, with helpers from Robert Sabolic and Jonathon Blum. Admiral tied it on a Dmitry Lugin goal, courtesy of Alexander Gorshkov in the second period. Sochi retook the lead on an Ilya Krikunov goal, assisted by Pedan and Andrei Kostitsyn. Vladivostok retied it on a Tkachyov goal, fueled by Sabolic. The Leopards pulled ahead again with a Petersson power play goal, with assists provided by Ilya Gorokhov and Krikunov. Sochi extended the lead as Ivan Zakharchuk scored, with the help of Eric O'Dell and Evgeny Skachkov. The Leopards padded the lead as Levitsky scored his second of the game in the third period, thanks to Petersson and Mamashev. Admiral got one back on a Samvel Mnatsyan goal, guided in by Ivan Gavrilenko and Sabolic, the latter getting a sock trick. Vladivostok edged closer on a Sergei Barbashev power play goal, with a lone assist by Gorshkov. This only made it 6-5, the final, with the three stars given to Petersson, Mamashev, and Krikunov, while Mamashev, Pedan, Sabolic, Gorshkov, and Tkachyov get the honorable mentions.
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Metallurg Magnitogorsk hosting Jokerit Helsinki. Ryan Zapolski and Vasily Koshechkin are in the blue paint. Magnitogorsk got going with a second period Wojtek Wolski power play goal, powered by Chris Lee and Sergei Mozyakin. Helsinki tied it on a Roope Talaja goal in the third period, coming off of Peter Regin. Metallurg took the lead on a Denis Platonov goal, passed from Danis Zaripov and Oskar Osala. Magnitogorsk added on with a Mozyakin goal, assisted by Jan Kovar and Evgeny Biryukov. The final stood at 3-1, with the three stars awarded to Mozyakin, Koshechkin (28 for 29 in saves), and Platonov.
Along to Ufa, where Salavat Yulaev welcomes Dinamo Minsk. Ben Scrivens and Niklas Svedberg are the reliable goalies. Minsk dented the scoreboard in the second period on an Andrei Stepanov power play goal, powered by Sergei Kostitsyn and Marc-Andre Gragnani. Ufa tied it in the third period with an Evgeny Bodrov goal, guided in by Zakhar Arzamastsev and Igor Makarov. Dinamo took the lead right back on a Matt Ellison goal, made possible by Charles Linglet and Alexander Pavlovich. This held up for a 2-1 win, with the three stars handed to Scrivens (34 for 35 in saves), Ellison, and Stepanov.
West to Nizhnekamsk, where Neftekhimik brings in Dynamo Moscow. Alexander Yeryomenko and Ivan Lisutin are in the blue paint. Moscow started in the first period with a Maxim Karpov goal, fueled by Yegor Dugin and Mat Robinson. Nizhnekamsk tied it on a Maxim Berezin goal, coming off of Dan Sexton. Dynamo shot back on another Karpov goal, assisted by Martins Karsums and Alexei Maklyukov. Moscow added on with Karpov's power play goal in the second period, finishing his hat trick with a lone assist by Dugin. The scoring ended here at 3-1, with the three stars being Karpov, Yeryomenko (37 for 38 in saves), and Dugin.
Speaking of Moscow, Spartak hosts Amur Khabarovsk. Juha Metsola and Nikita Bespalov are the masked men. Moscow opened in the first period with an Alexander Vasilyev goal, courtesy of Anatoly Nikontsev and Vladislav Provolnev. This was the game's only goal for a 1-0 Spartak win. The three stars belonged to Bespalov (22 save shutout), Vasilyev, and Metsola (23 for 24 in saves).
Backtracking to Nizhny Novgorod, where Torpedo brings in Kunlun Red Star Beijing. Andrei Makarov and Ilya Proskuryakov are between the pipes. Nizhny Novgorod led off in the first period with an Ivan Vishnevsky goal, passed from Vladimir Galuzin and Nikolai Zherdev on the power play. Torpedo added on in the second period with a Carter Ashton power play goal, powered by Galuzin and Zherdev. Nizhny Novgorod extended the lead as Galuzin scored, thanks to Ilya Kolganov and Zherdev, the latter earning a sock trick. Beijing got on the board in the third period with a Chad Rau power play goal, helped along by Max Warn and Anssi Salmela. This only made it 3-1, the final, with Galuzin, Zherdev, and Proskuryakov (22 for 23 in saves) earning the three stars.
Next up, Ak Bars Kazan welcomes Vityaz Podolsk. Harri Sateri and Emil Garipov guard the cages. Podolsk struck first in the second period on an Alexei Makeyev goal, courtesy of Maxim Afinogenov. Kazan tied it on a Dmitry Obukhov goal, assisted by Alexander Svitov. Ak Bars took the lead with an Anton Glinkin goal, made possible by Mikhail Varnakov and Stepan Zakharchuk. Vityaz retied it on a Miro Aaltonen goal in the third period, fueled by Mario Kempe. The tie went to a shootout, where Vladimir Tkachyov and Glinkin scored to win the 3-2 game for Ak Bars. The three stars were Glinkin, Obukhov, and Sateri (36 for 38 in saves).
Finally, we head south for the Sochi Leopards hosting Admiral Vladivostok. Nikita Serebryakov is mismatched with Konstantin Barulin in goal. Sochi began in the first period with an Andre Petersson power play goal, powered by Oscar Fantenberg. The Leopards added on with an Igor Levitsky goal, helped along by Renat Mamashev and Ruslan Pedan. Vladivostok got on the board with a Vladimir Tkachyov goal, with helpers from Robert Sabolic and Jonathon Blum. Admiral tied it on a Dmitry Lugin goal, courtesy of Alexander Gorshkov in the second period. Sochi retook the lead on an Ilya Krikunov goal, assisted by Pedan and Andrei Kostitsyn. Vladivostok retied it on a Tkachyov goal, fueled by Sabolic. The Leopards pulled ahead again with a Petersson power play goal, with assists provided by Ilya Gorokhov and Krikunov. Sochi extended the lead as Ivan Zakharchuk scored, with the help of Eric O'Dell and Evgeny Skachkov. The Leopards padded the lead as Levitsky scored his second of the game in the third period, thanks to Petersson and Mamashev. Admiral got one back on a Samvel Mnatsyan goal, guided in by Ivan Gavrilenko and Sabolic, the latter getting a sock trick. Vladivostok edged closer on a Sergei Barbashev power play goal, with a lone assist by Gorshkov. This only made it 6-5, the final, with the three stars given to Petersson, Mamashev, and Krikunov, while Mamashev, Pedan, Sabolic, Gorshkov, and Tkachyov get the honorable mentions.
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Friday, September 9, 2016
KHL 2016/17 - Day 18
Only four games on today, beginning in...
Novosibirsk, as Sibir hosts Medvescak Zagreb. Danny Taylor and Alexander Salak are in goal. Novosibirsk got going in the second period with a Joonas Kemppainen power play goal, powered by Konstantin Okulov. Sibir added on with an Eero Elo goal, passed from Evgeny Artyukhin. Novosibirsk extended the lead as Maxim Shalunov scored, thanks to Sergei Shumakov in the third period. The final stood at 3-0, with the three stars going to Salak (33 save shutout), Kemppainen, and Elo.
Nearby, Metallurg Novokuznetsk welcomes Slovan Bratislava. Justin Pogge and Andrei Kareyev are the backups in goal. Novokuznetsk led off in the first period with an unassisted Kirill Semyonov goal. Metallurg added on with a Denis Vikharev goal, passed from Mikhail Anisin and Mikhail Kuklev in the second period. Bratislava got on the board with a third period power play goal by Vaclav Nedorost, powered by Jeff Taffe. This only made it 2-1, the final, with the three stars given to Kareyev (50 for 51 in saves), Vikharev, and Semyonov.
Into Kazakhstan, where Barys Astana brings in Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk. Alexander Sharychenkov and Henrik Karlsson are in the blue paint. Astana began in the first period with a Kevin Dallman goal, helped along by Roman Starchenko and Evgeny Rymarev. Khanty-Manisysk tied it on a Konstantin Panov goal, with a lone assist by Vitaly Shulakov. Barys took the lead back in the second period with a Brandon Bochenski goal, assisted by Roman Savchenko and Alexander Lipin. Ugra pulled back on a Shulakov goal, coming off of Pavel Varfolomeyev. Astana shot back with an Alexander Shin goal, courtesy of Savchenko. The game held from here at 3-2, with the three stars going to Savchenko, Shin, and Shulakov.
Finally, CSKA Moscow hosts SKA St. Petersburg. Igor Shestyorkin and Viktor Fasth man the nets. Moscow struck first with a Greg Scott goal in the first period, assisted by Jonas Enlund and Igor Ozhiganov. St. Petersburg tied it on a second period goal by Vyacheslav Voynov on the power play, guided in by Ilya Kovalchuk. CSKA took the lead back with a Stephane Da Costa power play goal, powered by Bogdan Kiselevich and Enlund. This stood for a 2-1 win, with the three stars awarded to Fasth (24 for 25 in saves), Enlund, and Da Costa.
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Novosibirsk, as Sibir hosts Medvescak Zagreb. Danny Taylor and Alexander Salak are in goal. Novosibirsk got going in the second period with a Joonas Kemppainen power play goal, powered by Konstantin Okulov. Sibir added on with an Eero Elo goal, passed from Evgeny Artyukhin. Novosibirsk extended the lead as Maxim Shalunov scored, thanks to Sergei Shumakov in the third period. The final stood at 3-0, with the three stars going to Salak (33 save shutout), Kemppainen, and Elo.
Nearby, Metallurg Novokuznetsk welcomes Slovan Bratislava. Justin Pogge and Andrei Kareyev are the backups in goal. Novokuznetsk led off in the first period with an unassisted Kirill Semyonov goal. Metallurg added on with a Denis Vikharev goal, passed from Mikhail Anisin and Mikhail Kuklev in the second period. Bratislava got on the board with a third period power play goal by Vaclav Nedorost, powered by Jeff Taffe. This only made it 2-1, the final, with the three stars given to Kareyev (50 for 51 in saves), Vikharev, and Semyonov.
Into Kazakhstan, where Barys Astana brings in Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk. Alexander Sharychenkov and Henrik Karlsson are in the blue paint. Astana began in the first period with a Kevin Dallman goal, helped along by Roman Starchenko and Evgeny Rymarev. Khanty-Manisysk tied it on a Konstantin Panov goal, with a lone assist by Vitaly Shulakov. Barys took the lead back in the second period with a Brandon Bochenski goal, assisted by Roman Savchenko and Alexander Lipin. Ugra pulled back on a Shulakov goal, coming off of Pavel Varfolomeyev. Astana shot back with an Alexander Shin goal, courtesy of Savchenko. The game held from here at 3-2, with the three stars going to Savchenko, Shin, and Shulakov.
Finally, CSKA Moscow hosts SKA St. Petersburg. Igor Shestyorkin and Viktor Fasth man the nets. Moscow struck first with a Greg Scott goal in the first period, assisted by Jonas Enlund and Igor Ozhiganov. St. Petersburg tied it on a second period goal by Vyacheslav Voynov on the power play, guided in by Ilya Kovalchuk. CSKA took the lead back with a Stephane Da Costa power play goal, powered by Bogdan Kiselevich and Enlund. This stood for a 2-1 win, with the three stars awarded to Fasth (24 for 25 in saves), Enlund, and Da Costa.
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Thursday, September 8, 2016
NWSL Week 18
It's a midweek session of games, with all five on Wednesday. We begin with...
The Boston Breakers hosting the Western New York Flash. Sabrina D'Angelo and Libby Stout play goal. You can find the game here. Western New York had the first attack, with a through ball for Jessica McDonald, but Stout was there first. The Flash saw a McCall Zerboni shot after another possession in the third minute, saved by Stout. On the other side, Boston's Eunice Beckmann had a chance on goal, but Western New York's goalie D'Angelo handled it. The Breakers made it 1-0 in the fourth minute on a Kyah Simon goal, passed from Julie King, with other passes early from Angela Salem and Kristie Mewis. Samantha Mewis had a shot in the sixth minute after Lynn Williams had a shot blocked. In the ninth minute, Natasha received a yellow card for her dissent on Simon's foul on Zerboni. Kassey Kallman of the Breakers disrupted a Williams attack for the Flash in the twelfth minute. McDonald saw a chance wasted in the fifteenth minute, as she corralled a cross with her arm and the Western New York attack was stalled. Elizabeth Eddy had a long cross in the seventeenth minute, falling to King, who cleared it. Whitney Engen blocked a Lianne Sanderson shot in the twentieth minute after McDonald's long throw for the Flash. Williams had a shot over the bar seconds later. King headed a McDonald throw in the twenty-third minute, and Stout grabbed the second offering into the box. Boston's Louise Schillgard blocked a Jaelene Hinkle cross in the twenty-fourth minute. Williams won the Flash a corner kick against Kallman. Abby Dahlkemper went for Abby Erceg, but she sent it wide left in the twenty-fifth minute. Dowie pressed D'Angelo after a mistake from Dahlkemper in the twenty-sixth minute. Dowie tried to find Kristie Mewis in the twenty-seventh minute, but it was intercepted by the Flash. Salem cleared an Eddy cross in the twenty-ninth minute. Engen had to make a second clearance for Boston. King went for Simon, but Alanna Kennedy cleared it for Western New York. Williams tried to find McDonald in the thirtieth minute, but it went too high. Samantha Mewis passed to Williams, but her touch was heavy and Stout grabbed it before she could recover, springing a Boston attack. King sent a free kick straight at D'Angelo in the thirty-third minute. Zerboni tried to pick out Sanderson in the thirty-seventh minute as Western New York has sustained some pressure, but Stout was up to the task on the deflected cross. King's thirty-eighth minute cross for Boston was caught by D'Angelo. On the counterattack, McDonald finally capitalized for the Flash, burying a rebound off of Stout into the net to make it 1-1 after Samantha Mewis' long ball. Eddy tried a through ball in the fortieth minute, making its way fully to Stout. Erceg made a steal from Dowie to stall a Breakers attack in the forty-second minute. Dahlkemper blocked a Dowie shot on a Brooke Elby throw-in in the forty-third minute. Erceg headed a McDonald throw wide right in the forty-fourth minute. Williams intercepted a Simon pass to Engen and nearly got a shot attempt in the forty-fifth minute, but the heavy touch allowed Stout to get there first. Erceg cleared Elby's cross to Beckmann in stoppage time. A second effort saw Beckmann head it wide, and the game went into halftime at 1-1. Impressing for the Flash so far are RB Eddy, CB Dahlkemper, DCM Erceg, RW Mewis, RF Williams, and LF McDonald. For the Breakers, the top performance have come from GK Stout, CB Kallman, RB King, DM Salem, LW Simon, and LF Dowie. In the forty-eighth minute, the Flash finally established an attack through Williams and Samantha Mewis, but Engen cleared it away from McDonald. On the throw-in, King took a knock after a header to defend. The Flash had a corner kick, which went a bit long for Kennedy. Mewis volleyed a McDonald cross in the forty-ninth minute, stopped by Stout to give Boston some control. In the fifty-first minute, Dowie struck with a goal after a Schillgard flip behind the defense, working around Dahlkemper to strike across goal and beat D'Angelo. This gave Boston a 2-1 lead. Beckmann found Simon centrally in the fifty-third minute, and her shot glanced wide left with a deflection to give Boston a corner kick. Kristie Mewis' service was caught by D'Angelo. King and Kallman shut down Williams in the fifty-fourth minute after McDonald's pass. McDonald then headed a ball wide. Engen headed a fifty-sixth minute cross from Eddy away, and Kristie Mewis completed the clearance. Dowie had a long shot in a Boston counterattack, going wide right, all after Kallman blocked a Hinkle cross. Dowie shot another one from a closer range but wider angle, and this also went wide right. King had a long free kick that D'Angelo bobbled under pressure from Kristie Mewis, but D'Angelo handled it. King took a yellow card for a foul on Western New York's Makenzy Doniak in the sixtieth minute. Stout punched away Kennedy's free kick. Schillgard and King helped to clear a Doniak cross in the sixty-second minute. Boston relieved the pressure after Hinkle's errant cross for Western New York. Hinkle did a free kick in the sixty-fifth minute, going for Doniak, but her header was over the bar. Doniak won a corner kick off of King, which the Flash's Dahlkemper took. It bounced to Kennedy, who flicked it back into the hands of Stout. Dahlkemper had a free kick in the sixty-sixth minute for Erceg, who sent it wide right. In the sixty-eighth minute, Beckmann fouled Samantha Mewis, earning the Breakers forward a yellow card. Salem cleared the free kick, and Hinkle's second effort found Zerboni, but the Breakers cleared it out for a corner kick. Dahlkemper went long and over all the players in the box. Salem cleared Eddy's return service in the sixty-ninth minute. Doniak managed a seventieth minute shot off of a McDonald throw, going wide left. Doniak started another attack that ended with Samantha Mewis' deflected shot for another Flash corner kick. Stout caught the set piece from Dahlkemper. Engen kept McDonald's flicked header away from Doniak in the seventy-second minute. Simon rifled a shot into the box in the seventy-sixth minute, grabbed by D'Angelo. Later in the minute, Doniak corralled a ball, and found Williams, who fired a shot just under the bar and in to tie the game at 2 for Western New York. In the seventy-seventh minute, Kristie Mewis served a Boston corner kick in, and King knocked it back to Salem, who shanked her shot. Kristie Mewis served it back in, and D'Angelo grabbed it. Dahlkemper's seventy-ninth minute free kick was caught by Stout. Simon tried to set up Dowie or Brittany Ratcliffe on the counterattack, but the Flash recovered and cleared it. King cleared a McDonald throw, and Zerboni had an off-target shot in the eighty-fourth minute. King surrendered a corner kick after Hinkle's cross in the eighty-seventh minute. Dahlkemper served it in, but King cleared it, and Schillgard completed the clearance. Doniak got into space on an Eddy long ball, and crossed it into Williams, whose header was just in range of Stout, and she held it just in front of the line in the ninetieth minute. Doniak then took a long shot that Stout palmed over the bar. The Flash took the corner kick from Dahlkemper to Samantha Mewis, who sent it wide right. Kallman cleared a Hinkle cross in stoppage time. Doniak put another ball in that was cleared. Hinkle's third service was caught by Stout as the Breakers are just trying to hold on. Eddy tried a shot on a McDonald throw that was blocked. Simon headed a late free kick away, and Hinkle put it back in, but Stout grabbed it while colliding with McDonald. The game ended at 2-2, with the Outsider Sports Woman of the Match being Dowie. Impressing in the second half for the Flash was the sub winger Doniak, and for the Breakers, RW Kristie Mewis.
At the same time, the Washington Spirit welcome the Seattle Reign FC. Haley Kopmeyer and Kelsey Wys are in the six-yard boxes. The game can be found here. Seattle's Beverly Yanez tried to pick out Nahomi Kawasumi with a first minute cross, but it didn't work out. Shelina Zadorsky of Washington blocked a Kawasumi shot in the second minute, followed by a wide Merritt Mathias half-shot for the Reign. Cali Farquharson went down hurt earlier in the play, and was replaced by Crystal Dunn after what appeared to be a leg injury. Caprice Dydasco tried to find Francisca Ordega in the seventh minute caught her offside to nullify a fledgling Spirit attack. Kendall Fletcher of Seattle headed a Dunn cross out to give Washington a corner kick. Christine Nairn served it in for Estelle Johnson, but the Reign's Jess Fichlock did enough defensively. The Spirit saw some trouble with staying onside, as Nairn's pass was too late for Cheyna Williams, catching her offside. Dunn fouled Seattle's Kim Little for a good eleventh minute free kick. Kawasumi took it, and Dydasco cleared for the Spirit. A twelfth minute Keelin Winters ball didn't find Kawasumi, ending a Seattle attack. Yanez had a low cross that Manon Melis flipped up over the bar for the Reign in the fourteenth minute. Zadorsky blocked a cross from Rumi Utsugi to Fishlock in the fifteenth minute. Winters cleared a Dunn shot in the twenty-first minute. Nairn had a long shot that Kopmeyer saved as the Spirit build some offense. Fishlock made a steal from Nairn in the twenty-fourth and shot wide right after a bit of a run. Diana Matheson sent a ball to Dunn in the box in the twenty-sixth minute after a long series of Washington passes, winning a corner kick off of Dunn's deflected shot. Nairn took it for Johnson, who collided with Yanez, who remained down after the play. Fishlock knocked a ball away from Williams in the twenty-ninth minute for another Spirit corner kick. Nairn's service this time went for Zadorsky, but Yanez headed it back out. Nairn tried again, going for Dunn short, and she got it back for a cross that Kopmeyer caught. Lauren Barnes blocked a Dunn shot in the thirtieth minute, with Washington holding Seattle under siege. Fletcher blocked a Dunn shot in the thirty-first minute. Alyssa Kleiner stole a pass from Winters to Yanez in the thirty-third minute. Johnson of the Spirit blocked a Little through ball. Kleiner surrendered a corner kick to keep the ball away from Melis in the thirty-sixth minute. Seattle's set piece came from Kawasumi, who went give and go with Barnes but Williams blocked and cleared for the Spirit. Dydasco cleared a Yanez through ball in the thirty-ninth minute. Ordega saw a shot blocked by her teammate Nairn, killing Washington's attack after Dunn managed to get it to Ordega past Utsugi. Mathias fouled Williams in the box in the forty-first minute, creating a penalty kick for Washington. Nairn took it but shot wide right of goal, wasting the chance. Utsugi got a cross in the forty-fourth minute, but it went through everyone and Dydasco cleared it for the Spirit. Zadorsky headed away another Utsugi cross in the forty-fifth minute. Kawasumi's stoppage time cross was blocked by Zadorsky. Williams went around many Reign defenders to produce a shot, but Kopmeyer made a diving grab after the Spirit strung many passes together. Winters found Little on the other side, who got around Dydasco, but Wys picked it up safely for Washington. Fishlock sent a shot wide left on the next Reign attack. Nairn found Dunn on a free kick, and she rocketed a long shot into the top left corner to make it 1-0 Spirit right before the half. This was the last kick of the half. The best Reign performances have come from GK Kopmeyer, LB Utsugi, CB Fletcher, DM Winters, RW Fishlock, LW Little, and LF Yanez. For the Spirit, RB Dydasco, CBs Johnson and Zadorsky, LW Nairn, RF Dunn, and CF Williams have done the best work. Utsugi's cross was blocked out by Zadorsky, and Kawasumi's effort was blocked in the forty-seventh minute after trying for Melis. Yanez and Fishlock combined in the forty-eighth minute, with Fishlock's odd-angle shot saved by Wys. Zadorsky twice blocked Kawasumi's efforts for Fishlock in the forty-ninth minute. Yanez deflected a Kleiner cross in the fifty-first minute, giving Washington a corner kick. Nairn took this one for Williams, whose header was well off the mark. Melis allowed Fishlock to send one forward, falling to Yanez before a foul by Seattle ended the play in the fifty-third minute. Barnes headed away a Nairn free kick in the fifty-fourth minute, and Fishlock's long ball was too much for Melis. A fifty-sixth minute shot from Dydasco was handled by Kopmeyer. Utsugi found Zadorsky on a free kick, but Zadorsky shut it down for Washington. Megan Rapinoe saw a cross deflected in the fifty-ninth minute. Little found Kawasumi on a cross in the sixtieth minute, but the header went straight to Wys after a nice buildup with Fishlock and Rapinoe. Dunn got around Utsugi in a sixty-first minute battle, shooting on goal. Kopmeyer couldn't keep hold on the ball, and Williams put it away to make it 2-0 for the Spirit. Rapinoe had a sixty-fourth minute shot for Seattle, going high over the bar. At the sixty-six minute mark, lightning struck in the area, delaying the rest of the game. The delay lasted approximately the minimum thirty minutes. Nairn had a deep sixty-seventh minute shot go wide left. Fishlock caught Rapinoe offside with a through ball in the sixty-ninth minute. Utsugi had a cross catch Nairn in the hand in the box, giving the Reign a penalty kick in the seventieth minute. Little stepped up for the spot kick, roofing it to the top left to cut the deficit to 2-1, still favoring Washington. Yanez had a looping seventy-second minute shot caught by Wys. Rapinoe tracked down a Fishlock ball in the seventy-third minute but her ensuing cross was too long for sub Kiersten Dallstream. Fletcher of the Reign received a yellow card for a foul on Ordega in the seventy-fourth minute. Nairn's free kick proved a bit weak and the Reign cleared. Utsugi was fouled by Joanna Lohman in the seventy-fifth minute, giving Seattle a good free kick chance. Rapinoe went for goal, but Wys saved it. Little had a cross for Kawasumi, but Dydasco headed it away in the seventy-eighth minute. Johnson and Lohman stopped Rapinoe and Utsugi on the next Seattle attack. An eightieth minute Dydasco cross was cleared by Fletcher. Barnes blocked a Williams shot in the eighty-first minute, giving the Spirit a corner kick as it went out. Nairn took this corner Sigvardsen, but Fishlock cleared it out. Utsugi's cross was cleared by Dydasco as far as Fishlock, whose shot deflected out for a corner kick. Barnes took this one for Rapinoe, but Sigvardsen and Johnson combined to clear it. Dunn's eighty-sixth minute shot was punched away by Kopmeyer. In the eighty-eighth minute, Little won a corner kick off of Johnson after some official interference. Rapinoe went for Fishlock low, but it got through to Wys. Utsugi won a corner kick off of Dydasco. In the ninetieth minute, Barnes served in the set piece for Elli Reed of Seattle, but Ali Krieger cleared it for the Spirit. Rapinoe took a free kick from way out in stoppage time, saved by Wys. The game ended at 2-1, with Dunn the Outsider Sports Woman of the Match for her goal and assist.
The third game in the early kickoffs features Sky Blue FC hosting the Orlando Pride. Ashlyn Harris and Caroline Casey draw the starts in goal. This is the game link. Alex Morgan of Orlando took a long ball from Monica in the third minute, but Christie Rampone of Sky Blue cut out the play. Natasha Kai headed a ball for Sam Kerr on a Sky Blue attack, but Kaylyn Kyle and Josee Belanger of the Pride covered it in the fourth minute. Maddy Evans of Orlando produced a cross off a pass from Jamia Fields in the seventh minute, and Casey caught it over Morgan's head to start the Sky Blue attack. Fields, Evans, and Morgan combined again for Orlando, with Morgan's shot blocked by Kristin Grubka, and Casey pounced on the ball in the eighth minute. Sarah Killion of Sky Blue had a ninth minute free kick for Maya Hayes, who nearly got it to Leah Galton, but Cami Levin of the Pride cleared it. Erica Skroski made a steal from Witteman to disrupt an Orlando attack in the eleventh minute. Skroski blocked a Morgan cross in the twelfth minute. Sky Blue's Kerr made a steal from Evans, but her pass to Kai was poor, and Harris picked it up for Orlando. Kai continued to press Kyle on the next play, with the ball coming to Kerr, whose shot was wide left. Grubka and Rampone made blocks on forward balls from Monica and Kristen Edmonds of Orlando. The Pride continued to control the pace of play in the nineteenth minute, ending with Skroski fouling Witteman out wide for a free kick. Edmonds served this one in for Morgan, but Hayes got there first. The ball bounced around in front of Casey on a second service, with Evans poking at it before Casey finally covered it. Edmonds set up Morgan for a shot, but Rampone blocked it. Edmonds then had a shot, which Casey knocked down and Simon cleared in the twenty-first minute. In the twenty-third minute, Evans went long for Morgan, who blazed past Sky Blue's Grubka and fired it into the lower right corner for a 1-0 Pride lead. Galton led a Sky Blue attack in the twenty-fourth minute, cutting back to pass to Kerr, whose shot went high. Galton sent a ball forward for Kerr in the twenty-fifth minute, but it ran long and into the hands of Harris. Killion blocked an Edmonds free kick in the twenty-eighth minute. Hayes sent a cross into the box that nearly proved dangerous as Kyle and Harris had a minor run-in, but Harris lunged and covered it before Kerr got there. Morgan kept a ball in bounds with a lot of hustle against Simon after Dani Weatherholt's long ball for Orlando. Kai and Grubka combined to clear a Fields cross in the thirty-fourth minute. Kerr tried a long shot in the thirty-sixth minute, which didn't challenge Harris. Levin fouled Hayes on the next Sky Blue attack, producing a thirty-seventh minute free kick. Killion went for Kai, which Harris punched away just in time, and Kerr's second effort was also blocked by Evans of the Pride. Hayes had a cross off of Monica in the thirty-eighth minute, earning a corner kick for Sky Blue. Galton went to Grubka, who popped it up and it eventually game to Rampone, who sent it wide left among many Orlando players. Kyle cleaned up Taylor Lytle's cross for Sky Blue, sending it away from the Pride net. Hayes poked a ball off of Monica on a shot in the fortieth minute, earning another corner kick. Galton went for Kai, who headed it over the bar. Edmonds tried to pick out Morgan, but Grubka made one tackle cleanly and a second illegal one on Evans to give Orlando a dangerous free kick in the forty-third minute. Edmonds took the kick for Monica, but Hayes stole it away and started the counterattack. Hayes flicked a ball for Galton, but Harris got there first in stoppage time. Hayes had one more cross that Harris grabbed to end the half with a 1-0 Pride lead. Impressing for Orlando are the CB Monica, DM Evans, ACM Edmonds, LF Witteman, and CF Morgan. For Sky Blue, the top players have been LB Simon, CB Rampone, DM Killion, RW Hayes, and RF Kerr. Belanger took out a Grubka through ball for Galton in the forty-seventh minute. Killion put a free kick in for Kai in the forty-eighth minute, but a foul was called in the scrum. Kyle blocked a Kai cross in the forty-ninth minute. Kai had a second try for Galton, who missed on the header attempt. Galton got a ball and ran into the box, forcing Harris into a save, and Kai's shot on the rebound went wide left in the fiftieth minute. Edmonds set up Fields in the fifty-fourth minute for a long shot that went wide right. Kerr tried to work a give-and-go with Hayes, but Kyle interrupted the return pass in the fifty-sixth minute. Sky Blue had a spurt of possession, with Kerr, Galton, and Hayes combining on a series of crossing tries disrupted by Belanger and Monica. Edmonds had a fifty-ninth minute free kick, going for Kyle, but it didn't work. Fields brought it back in for the Pride, drawing another free kick closer to goal. Morgan went for goal on this one, firing it over the goal. Skroski made a big tackle on Jasmyne Spencer of Orlando as she worked into the box. Fields sent the header wide as the cross came to her. Skroski's sixty-fourth minute pass to Kai caught her offside. Kai set up Hayes for a great chance, as Hayes went through many Pride defenders, shooting just over the bar between two other players. Hayes passed to Kerr in the seventieth minute, and Kerr's shot was caught by Harris. Spencer's seventy-first minute shot was caught by Casey after a give-and-go with Morgan to build the Orlando offense. Kyle blocked a Skroski cross in the seventy-second minute, and Sky Blue couldn't recover for a cross afterward on that attack. Weatherholt surrendered a corner kick to Sky Blue in the seventy-third minute. Galton's service went to Kai, but she sent it wide left. Galton's deflected cross was cleared by Evans in the seventy-fourth minute, followed by Killion's through ball that Harris covered to protect Orlando's net. Kai then fired a long shot that Harris saved. Belanger sent a ball in for Orlando's Sarah Hagen, who headed it on top of the net in the seventy-sixth minute. Fields fed Morgan for a seventy-seventh minute shot, but Morgan went wide left despite it getting beyond Casey. Galton found Kai for a shot, which Monica blocked in the seventy-eighth minute as the pace picks up again. Skroski's cross for Sky Blue was caught by Harris without a teammate around. Edmonds took a free kick to Spencer, who crossed it in a position where Casey had to palm it away. Sky Blue tied it in the eighty-first minute after Kerr flipped a ball to Hayes, who went one-on-one with Harris, who saved the first shot that produced a rebound for Kerr to put away for the equalizer. Simon gave up an eighty-second minute corner kick to the Pride. Edmonds took this near to the goal, which Casey palmed on top of the goal. Edmonds took it from the other side in the eighty-third minute, serving it in where Casey punched it out and Nikki Stanton of Sky Blue cleared it. Grubka got just enough in the way of a Morgan shot in the eighty-fourth minute, giving Orlando another corner kick. Edmonds went short and it was out for another try, which was sent toward Kyle but punched out by Casey. Weatherholt tried a shot from range, but that went over the goal. Kerr nearly had a steal in the midfield, and then nearly capitalized on a slow back pass from Monica to Harris. Monica blocked one Kai pass in the eighty-seventh minute, and Galton's cross was sent away by Monica as well. Rampone made a big run in the eighty-ninth minute, broken up by Kyle. Spencer had a ninetieth minute shot bounce off of teammate Lisa de Vanna to nullify a Pride attack. Skroski blocked Edmonds' free kick in stoppage time. Kerr sent a shot wide left in the ninety-second minute. Spencer got free for a shot that Casey saved off her face and Grubka went full bicycle-kick to clear it out. Raquel Rodriguez nearly got a shot off, but Levin broke it up well enough for the Pride. Edmonds tried to find Hagen, with a rebound falling to de Vanna, who sent it wide right. Kerr had a shot deflected and a cross out of bounds in the final play of the game, with the game ending at 1-1. Kerr was the Outsider Sports Woman of the Match. Impressing in the second half was the LF Kai of Sky Blue.
An hour later, the Chicago Red Stars bring in FC Kansas City. Nicole Barnhart and Alyssa Naeher protect the nets. The game was broadcast live on Fox Sports 1. I'll attach a link here if/when it's published on YouTube.
Finally, the Portland Thorns FC host the Houston Dash. Lydia Williams and Michelle Betos protect the nets. Here's the game. Portland had an early chance in the first minute with a Katherine Reynolds cross into Christine Sinclair, who headed it over the bar. Emily Menges of the Thorns did well to hold off Janine Beckie of Houston in the second minute. Emily Sonnett of Portland blocked on cross from Kealia Ohai of the Dash, and the second one was too strong for Beckie to track down, ending the Dash attack. Becca Moros of Houston had a dangerous pass to Cari Roccaro, as Tobin Heath crashed for it but couldn't quite get there to produce a chance for the Thorns. Nadia Nadim's seventh minute cross was defended by Morgan Brian of Houston. Roccaro and Moros made some defensive mistakes in the tenth minute, with Portland's Nadim bearing down. Nadim managed a shot that Williams saved at the near post. Brian blocked a cross from the Thorns' Meghan Klingenberg in the twelfth minute. Reynolds, Sonnet, and Allie Long combined in defense for Portland to prevent Ohai from taking a shot. Andressa of the Dash took a thirteenth minute shot from range, going over the bar. Heath's fourteenth minute shot went straight to Dash keeper Williams. Cami Privett blocked Heath off the ball, springing Carli Lloyd for Houston's attack. Denise O'Sullivan eventually got a shot, saved by Betos in front of the Thorns goal. Andressa's through ball for Beckie was intercepted by Klingenberg. Sinclair received a long ball, going against Privett, who blocked it enough for Williams to clear. Beckie won a corner kick off of Klingenberg. The seventeenth minute service from Andressa went for Brian and then Poliana, but Nadim took it away for the Thorns to end the threat. Lloyd teed up an eighteenth minute shot that went high. The quality of chances has dropped a bit in recent minutes. Roccaro cleared a Reynolds cross in the twentieth minute. Beckie ripped a long shot that grazed the top of the net in the twenty-fourth minute. In the twenty-sixth minute, Long scored on a Heath free kick that Heath herself drew, making it 1-0 for Portland. Long scored on a floating header going over Williams and into the net. Klingenberg's twenty-seventh minute cross was caught by Williams. Andressa tried a through ball to Lloyd on the counter attack, which went too long as Sonnett covered Lloyd. Heath challenged Williams with a twenty-eighth minute cross, but Williams caught it. Brian's deflected cross in the thirtieth minute went to Betos, the Thorns keeper. Heath's thirty-first minute free kick went to Amandine Henry, but the Dash stayed strong to clear it. Horan set up Sinclair for a pair of shots, the first saved by Williams and the second dinging out off the post. Andressa passed out wide for Ohai, whose weak cross was cleared by Sonnett. Klingenberg won a corner kick off of Houston's Poliana. Heath's corner kick in the thirty-fourth minute went to low for Nadim, cleared by Poliana. Moros cleared a Heath cross in the thirty-fifth minute. Both teams began to slow the pace of play in their attacks later in the half. Ohai won a corner kick in the thirty-ninth minute, deflecting her cross out off of Menges. Andressa served it in for Privett, who headed it out wide. Lloyd tried a forty-first minute through ball for O'Sullivan, but it was too fast and Betos grabbed it. Privett cleared a Reynolds cross in the forty-third minute. O'Sullivan fouled Long, producing a Thorns free kick in the forty-fourth minute. Sinclair took this for goal, blocked by Lloyd in the wall and Poliana on the second shot, before hitting Horan's hand to end the Portland offense. Heath sent a forty-fifth minute cross just over Nadim's head. Beckie made a bad pass, which went to Sinclair, and Long got free for a shot that Williams saved. This produced a corner kick, taken by Heath in stoppage time. The Dash cleared, and the score favored the Thorns 1-0 at halftime. Houston's best players were the GK Williams, CB Roccaro, DCM Brian, RW Andressa, and LF Ohai. Portland saw good efforts from RB Reynolds, CB Sonnett, DM Long, RW Nadim, LW Heath, and striker Sinclair. Andressa found Ohai in the forty-sixth minute, and she waltzed into the box, but the Thorns shut her down as a team. Ohai sent another cross in that Klingenberg had to clear. Nadim had a forty-eighth minute shot roll out wide right after the Thorns made a series of quick passes on a sharp counterattack. Ohai's forty-ninth minute cross went too long for any Dash teammates to track it down. Sinclair put a fifty-first minute cross in for Horan that Williams just got to in time. Nadim's fifty-second minute pass to Heath was intercepted by a diving Williams just in time. Lloyd took the free kick, going for goal and sending it way over the net. Lloyd saw a pass blocked by Menges and cleared by Klingenberg, all coming after a long run by Lloyd. Horan had two chances blocked, the first from Roccaro and the second from Moros in the fifty-fourth minute. In the fifty-sixth minute, Heath took a Thorns free kick for Sonnett, which popped up and was caught by Williams. Nadim and Sinclair started a fifty-seventh minute counterattack, ending on Horan's high shot. Horan ripped a fifty-eighth minute shot that Williams needed to dive to save. Moros found Rachel Daly in the sixtieth minute, but the Houston sub tripped and lost possession to the Thorns. A sixty-second minute Klingenberg cross went straight to Williams. Daly's sixty-third minute cross deflected straight to Betos. Roccaro and Brian combined to block a Nadim run in the sixty-fourth minute. Henry had a sixty-fifth minute shot wide right with a mishit. In the sixty-sixth minute, Heath crossed a ball in front of goal, and Sinclair's first shot was blocked by Williams, while the second was blocked out. Lloyd cleared Heath's corner kick. Long cleared a Beckie cross away from Lloyd in the sixty-ninth minute. Portland's Hayley Raso had a cross cleared by Privett on the counterattack. In the seventy-first minute, the Thorns went from back to front with Menges, Horan, Klingenberg, Heath, and then Long getting touches during the sequence. Long used a couple of touches to get set and bury the shot in the corner to make it 2-0 for Portland. The Thorns went right back at the Dash, but couldn't produce a shot in the seventy-third minute. Horan corralled a long ball from Long, finding Sinclair, whose shot was off target. Daly and Beckie combined for a shot attempt, with Beckie's hit going just wide left with a slight lack of curve. Heath won a corner kick off of Poliana in the seventy-fifth minute. Heath served it for Henry, but Beckie emerged with it. Privett just poked away a Raso header after Klingenberg's cross coming from Heath's mind games in the corner in the eightieth minute. Daly put a ball on goal, with Lloyd getting the ball and Betos tangled in her feet before Sonnett cleared it out for a corner kick. Meleana Shim cleared the Andressa corner kick. Shim just slid in to break up Daly's pass for Lloyd in the eighty-seventh minute. In the ninetieth minute, Klingenberg set up Sinclair with a free kick service that Williams misplayed and Sinclair poked home to make it 3-0 Thorns. Chioma Ubogagu of the Dash had a free kick in stoppage time, defended well by the Thorns. The game ended at this score after Lloyd's weak service into the box was grabbed by Betos. The Outsider Sports Woman of the Match was Long. The LB Klingenberg of Portland and LW Lloyd of Houston earned honorable mentions for second half work.
I am awaiting an upload of Chicago v. Kansas City to finish this post.
The Boston Breakers hosting the Western New York Flash. Sabrina D'Angelo and Libby Stout play goal. You can find the game here. Western New York had the first attack, with a through ball for Jessica McDonald, but Stout was there first. The Flash saw a McCall Zerboni shot after another possession in the third minute, saved by Stout. On the other side, Boston's Eunice Beckmann had a chance on goal, but Western New York's goalie D'Angelo handled it. The Breakers made it 1-0 in the fourth minute on a Kyah Simon goal, passed from Julie King, with other passes early from Angela Salem and Kristie Mewis. Samantha Mewis had a shot in the sixth minute after Lynn Williams had a shot blocked. In the ninth minute, Natasha received a yellow card for her dissent on Simon's foul on Zerboni. Kassey Kallman of the Breakers disrupted a Williams attack for the Flash in the twelfth minute. McDonald saw a chance wasted in the fifteenth minute, as she corralled a cross with her arm and the Western New York attack was stalled. Elizabeth Eddy had a long cross in the seventeenth minute, falling to King, who cleared it. Whitney Engen blocked a Lianne Sanderson shot in the twentieth minute after McDonald's long throw for the Flash. Williams had a shot over the bar seconds later. King headed a McDonald throw in the twenty-third minute, and Stout grabbed the second offering into the box. Boston's Louise Schillgard blocked a Jaelene Hinkle cross in the twenty-fourth minute. Williams won the Flash a corner kick against Kallman. Abby Dahlkemper went for Abby Erceg, but she sent it wide left in the twenty-fifth minute. Dowie pressed D'Angelo after a mistake from Dahlkemper in the twenty-sixth minute. Dowie tried to find Kristie Mewis in the twenty-seventh minute, but it was intercepted by the Flash. Salem cleared an Eddy cross in the twenty-ninth minute. Engen had to make a second clearance for Boston. King went for Simon, but Alanna Kennedy cleared it for Western New York. Williams tried to find McDonald in the thirtieth minute, but it went too high. Samantha Mewis passed to Williams, but her touch was heavy and Stout grabbed it before she could recover, springing a Boston attack. King sent a free kick straight at D'Angelo in the thirty-third minute. Zerboni tried to pick out Sanderson in the thirty-seventh minute as Western New York has sustained some pressure, but Stout was up to the task on the deflected cross. King's thirty-eighth minute cross for Boston was caught by D'Angelo. On the counterattack, McDonald finally capitalized for the Flash, burying a rebound off of Stout into the net to make it 1-1 after Samantha Mewis' long ball. Eddy tried a through ball in the fortieth minute, making its way fully to Stout. Erceg made a steal from Dowie to stall a Breakers attack in the forty-second minute. Dahlkemper blocked a Dowie shot on a Brooke Elby throw-in in the forty-third minute. Erceg headed a McDonald throw wide right in the forty-fourth minute. Williams intercepted a Simon pass to Engen and nearly got a shot attempt in the forty-fifth minute, but the heavy touch allowed Stout to get there first. Erceg cleared Elby's cross to Beckmann in stoppage time. A second effort saw Beckmann head it wide, and the game went into halftime at 1-1. Impressing for the Flash so far are RB Eddy, CB Dahlkemper, DCM Erceg, RW Mewis, RF Williams, and LF McDonald. For the Breakers, the top performance have come from GK Stout, CB Kallman, RB King, DM Salem, LW Simon, and LF Dowie. In the forty-eighth minute, the Flash finally established an attack through Williams and Samantha Mewis, but Engen cleared it away from McDonald. On the throw-in, King took a knock after a header to defend. The Flash had a corner kick, which went a bit long for Kennedy. Mewis volleyed a McDonald cross in the forty-ninth minute, stopped by Stout to give Boston some control. In the fifty-first minute, Dowie struck with a goal after a Schillgard flip behind the defense, working around Dahlkemper to strike across goal and beat D'Angelo. This gave Boston a 2-1 lead. Beckmann found Simon centrally in the fifty-third minute, and her shot glanced wide left with a deflection to give Boston a corner kick. Kristie Mewis' service was caught by D'Angelo. King and Kallman shut down Williams in the fifty-fourth minute after McDonald's pass. McDonald then headed a ball wide. Engen headed a fifty-sixth minute cross from Eddy away, and Kristie Mewis completed the clearance. Dowie had a long shot in a Boston counterattack, going wide right, all after Kallman blocked a Hinkle cross. Dowie shot another one from a closer range but wider angle, and this also went wide right. King had a long free kick that D'Angelo bobbled under pressure from Kristie Mewis, but D'Angelo handled it. King took a yellow card for a foul on Western New York's Makenzy Doniak in the sixtieth minute. Stout punched away Kennedy's free kick. Schillgard and King helped to clear a Doniak cross in the sixty-second minute. Boston relieved the pressure after Hinkle's errant cross for Western New York. Hinkle did a free kick in the sixty-fifth minute, going for Doniak, but her header was over the bar. Doniak won a corner kick off of King, which the Flash's Dahlkemper took. It bounced to Kennedy, who flicked it back into the hands of Stout. Dahlkemper had a free kick in the sixty-sixth minute for Erceg, who sent it wide right. In the sixty-eighth minute, Beckmann fouled Samantha Mewis, earning the Breakers forward a yellow card. Salem cleared the free kick, and Hinkle's second effort found Zerboni, but the Breakers cleared it out for a corner kick. Dahlkemper went long and over all the players in the box. Salem cleared Eddy's return service in the sixty-ninth minute. Doniak managed a seventieth minute shot off of a McDonald throw, going wide left. Doniak started another attack that ended with Samantha Mewis' deflected shot for another Flash corner kick. Stout caught the set piece from Dahlkemper. Engen kept McDonald's flicked header away from Doniak in the seventy-second minute. Simon rifled a shot into the box in the seventy-sixth minute, grabbed by D'Angelo. Later in the minute, Doniak corralled a ball, and found Williams, who fired a shot just under the bar and in to tie the game at 2 for Western New York. In the seventy-seventh minute, Kristie Mewis served a Boston corner kick in, and King knocked it back to Salem, who shanked her shot. Kristie Mewis served it back in, and D'Angelo grabbed it. Dahlkemper's seventy-ninth minute free kick was caught by Stout. Simon tried to set up Dowie or Brittany Ratcliffe on the counterattack, but the Flash recovered and cleared it. King cleared a McDonald throw, and Zerboni had an off-target shot in the eighty-fourth minute. King surrendered a corner kick after Hinkle's cross in the eighty-seventh minute. Dahlkemper served it in, but King cleared it, and Schillgard completed the clearance. Doniak got into space on an Eddy long ball, and crossed it into Williams, whose header was just in range of Stout, and she held it just in front of the line in the ninetieth minute. Doniak then took a long shot that Stout palmed over the bar. The Flash took the corner kick from Dahlkemper to Samantha Mewis, who sent it wide right. Kallman cleared a Hinkle cross in stoppage time. Doniak put another ball in that was cleared. Hinkle's third service was caught by Stout as the Breakers are just trying to hold on. Eddy tried a shot on a McDonald throw that was blocked. Simon headed a late free kick away, and Hinkle put it back in, but Stout grabbed it while colliding with McDonald. The game ended at 2-2, with the Outsider Sports Woman of the Match being Dowie. Impressing in the second half for the Flash was the sub winger Doniak, and for the Breakers, RW Kristie Mewis.
At the same time, the Washington Spirit welcome the Seattle Reign FC. Haley Kopmeyer and Kelsey Wys are in the six-yard boxes. The game can be found here. Seattle's Beverly Yanez tried to pick out Nahomi Kawasumi with a first minute cross, but it didn't work out. Shelina Zadorsky of Washington blocked a Kawasumi shot in the second minute, followed by a wide Merritt Mathias half-shot for the Reign. Cali Farquharson went down hurt earlier in the play, and was replaced by Crystal Dunn after what appeared to be a leg injury. Caprice Dydasco tried to find Francisca Ordega in the seventh minute caught her offside to nullify a fledgling Spirit attack. Kendall Fletcher of Seattle headed a Dunn cross out to give Washington a corner kick. Christine Nairn served it in for Estelle Johnson, but the Reign's Jess Fichlock did enough defensively. The Spirit saw some trouble with staying onside, as Nairn's pass was too late for Cheyna Williams, catching her offside. Dunn fouled Seattle's Kim Little for a good eleventh minute free kick. Kawasumi took it, and Dydasco cleared for the Spirit. A twelfth minute Keelin Winters ball didn't find Kawasumi, ending a Seattle attack. Yanez had a low cross that Manon Melis flipped up over the bar for the Reign in the fourteenth minute. Zadorsky blocked a cross from Rumi Utsugi to Fishlock in the fifteenth minute. Winters cleared a Dunn shot in the twenty-first minute. Nairn had a long shot that Kopmeyer saved as the Spirit build some offense. Fishlock made a steal from Nairn in the twenty-fourth and shot wide right after a bit of a run. Diana Matheson sent a ball to Dunn in the box in the twenty-sixth minute after a long series of Washington passes, winning a corner kick off of Dunn's deflected shot. Nairn took it for Johnson, who collided with Yanez, who remained down after the play. Fishlock knocked a ball away from Williams in the twenty-ninth minute for another Spirit corner kick. Nairn's service this time went for Zadorsky, but Yanez headed it back out. Nairn tried again, going for Dunn short, and she got it back for a cross that Kopmeyer caught. Lauren Barnes blocked a Dunn shot in the thirtieth minute, with Washington holding Seattle under siege. Fletcher blocked a Dunn shot in the thirty-first minute. Alyssa Kleiner stole a pass from Winters to Yanez in the thirty-third minute. Johnson of the Spirit blocked a Little through ball. Kleiner surrendered a corner kick to keep the ball away from Melis in the thirty-sixth minute. Seattle's set piece came from Kawasumi, who went give and go with Barnes but Williams blocked and cleared for the Spirit. Dydasco cleared a Yanez through ball in the thirty-ninth minute. Ordega saw a shot blocked by her teammate Nairn, killing Washington's attack after Dunn managed to get it to Ordega past Utsugi. Mathias fouled Williams in the box in the forty-first minute, creating a penalty kick for Washington. Nairn took it but shot wide right of goal, wasting the chance. Utsugi got a cross in the forty-fourth minute, but it went through everyone and Dydasco cleared it for the Spirit. Zadorsky headed away another Utsugi cross in the forty-fifth minute. Kawasumi's stoppage time cross was blocked by Zadorsky. Williams went around many Reign defenders to produce a shot, but Kopmeyer made a diving grab after the Spirit strung many passes together. Winters found Little on the other side, who got around Dydasco, but Wys picked it up safely for Washington. Fishlock sent a shot wide left on the next Reign attack. Nairn found Dunn on a free kick, and she rocketed a long shot into the top left corner to make it 1-0 Spirit right before the half. This was the last kick of the half. The best Reign performances have come from GK Kopmeyer, LB Utsugi, CB Fletcher, DM Winters, RW Fishlock, LW Little, and LF Yanez. For the Spirit, RB Dydasco, CBs Johnson and Zadorsky, LW Nairn, RF Dunn, and CF Williams have done the best work. Utsugi's cross was blocked out by Zadorsky, and Kawasumi's effort was blocked in the forty-seventh minute after trying for Melis. Yanez and Fishlock combined in the forty-eighth minute, with Fishlock's odd-angle shot saved by Wys. Zadorsky twice blocked Kawasumi's efforts for Fishlock in the forty-ninth minute. Yanez deflected a Kleiner cross in the fifty-first minute, giving Washington a corner kick. Nairn took this one for Williams, whose header was well off the mark. Melis allowed Fishlock to send one forward, falling to Yanez before a foul by Seattle ended the play in the fifty-third minute. Barnes headed away a Nairn free kick in the fifty-fourth minute, and Fishlock's long ball was too much for Melis. A fifty-sixth minute shot from Dydasco was handled by Kopmeyer. Utsugi found Zadorsky on a free kick, but Zadorsky shut it down for Washington. Megan Rapinoe saw a cross deflected in the fifty-ninth minute. Little found Kawasumi on a cross in the sixtieth minute, but the header went straight to Wys after a nice buildup with Fishlock and Rapinoe. Dunn got around Utsugi in a sixty-first minute battle, shooting on goal. Kopmeyer couldn't keep hold on the ball, and Williams put it away to make it 2-0 for the Spirit. Rapinoe had a sixty-fourth minute shot for Seattle, going high over the bar. At the sixty-six minute mark, lightning struck in the area, delaying the rest of the game. The delay lasted approximately the minimum thirty minutes. Nairn had a deep sixty-seventh minute shot go wide left. Fishlock caught Rapinoe offside with a through ball in the sixty-ninth minute. Utsugi had a cross catch Nairn in the hand in the box, giving the Reign a penalty kick in the seventieth minute. Little stepped up for the spot kick, roofing it to the top left to cut the deficit to 2-1, still favoring Washington. Yanez had a looping seventy-second minute shot caught by Wys. Rapinoe tracked down a Fishlock ball in the seventy-third minute but her ensuing cross was too long for sub Kiersten Dallstream. Fletcher of the Reign received a yellow card for a foul on Ordega in the seventy-fourth minute. Nairn's free kick proved a bit weak and the Reign cleared. Utsugi was fouled by Joanna Lohman in the seventy-fifth minute, giving Seattle a good free kick chance. Rapinoe went for goal, but Wys saved it. Little had a cross for Kawasumi, but Dydasco headed it away in the seventy-eighth minute. Johnson and Lohman stopped Rapinoe and Utsugi on the next Seattle attack. An eightieth minute Dydasco cross was cleared by Fletcher. Barnes blocked a Williams shot in the eighty-first minute, giving the Spirit a corner kick as it went out. Nairn took this corner Sigvardsen, but Fishlock cleared it out. Utsugi's cross was cleared by Dydasco as far as Fishlock, whose shot deflected out for a corner kick. Barnes took this one for Rapinoe, but Sigvardsen and Johnson combined to clear it. Dunn's eighty-sixth minute shot was punched away by Kopmeyer. In the eighty-eighth minute, Little won a corner kick off of Johnson after some official interference. Rapinoe went for Fishlock low, but it got through to Wys. Utsugi won a corner kick off of Dydasco. In the ninetieth minute, Barnes served in the set piece for Elli Reed of Seattle, but Ali Krieger cleared it for the Spirit. Rapinoe took a free kick from way out in stoppage time, saved by Wys. The game ended at 2-1, with Dunn the Outsider Sports Woman of the Match for her goal and assist.
The third game in the early kickoffs features Sky Blue FC hosting the Orlando Pride. Ashlyn Harris and Caroline Casey draw the starts in goal. This is the game link. Alex Morgan of Orlando took a long ball from Monica in the third minute, but Christie Rampone of Sky Blue cut out the play. Natasha Kai headed a ball for Sam Kerr on a Sky Blue attack, but Kaylyn Kyle and Josee Belanger of the Pride covered it in the fourth minute. Maddy Evans of Orlando produced a cross off a pass from Jamia Fields in the seventh minute, and Casey caught it over Morgan's head to start the Sky Blue attack. Fields, Evans, and Morgan combined again for Orlando, with Morgan's shot blocked by Kristin Grubka, and Casey pounced on the ball in the eighth minute. Sarah Killion of Sky Blue had a ninth minute free kick for Maya Hayes, who nearly got it to Leah Galton, but Cami Levin of the Pride cleared it. Erica Skroski made a steal from Witteman to disrupt an Orlando attack in the eleventh minute. Skroski blocked a Morgan cross in the twelfth minute. Sky Blue's Kerr made a steal from Evans, but her pass to Kai was poor, and Harris picked it up for Orlando. Kai continued to press Kyle on the next play, with the ball coming to Kerr, whose shot was wide left. Grubka and Rampone made blocks on forward balls from Monica and Kristen Edmonds of Orlando. The Pride continued to control the pace of play in the nineteenth minute, ending with Skroski fouling Witteman out wide for a free kick. Edmonds served this one in for Morgan, but Hayes got there first. The ball bounced around in front of Casey on a second service, with Evans poking at it before Casey finally covered it. Edmonds set up Morgan for a shot, but Rampone blocked it. Edmonds then had a shot, which Casey knocked down and Simon cleared in the twenty-first minute. In the twenty-third minute, Evans went long for Morgan, who blazed past Sky Blue's Grubka and fired it into the lower right corner for a 1-0 Pride lead. Galton led a Sky Blue attack in the twenty-fourth minute, cutting back to pass to Kerr, whose shot went high. Galton sent a ball forward for Kerr in the twenty-fifth minute, but it ran long and into the hands of Harris. Killion blocked an Edmonds free kick in the twenty-eighth minute. Hayes sent a cross into the box that nearly proved dangerous as Kyle and Harris had a minor run-in, but Harris lunged and covered it before Kerr got there. Morgan kept a ball in bounds with a lot of hustle against Simon after Dani Weatherholt's long ball for Orlando. Kai and Grubka combined to clear a Fields cross in the thirty-fourth minute. Kerr tried a long shot in the thirty-sixth minute, which didn't challenge Harris. Levin fouled Hayes on the next Sky Blue attack, producing a thirty-seventh minute free kick. Killion went for Kai, which Harris punched away just in time, and Kerr's second effort was also blocked by Evans of the Pride. Hayes had a cross off of Monica in the thirty-eighth minute, earning a corner kick for Sky Blue. Galton went to Grubka, who popped it up and it eventually game to Rampone, who sent it wide left among many Orlando players. Kyle cleaned up Taylor Lytle's cross for Sky Blue, sending it away from the Pride net. Hayes poked a ball off of Monica on a shot in the fortieth minute, earning another corner kick. Galton went for Kai, who headed it over the bar. Edmonds tried to pick out Morgan, but Grubka made one tackle cleanly and a second illegal one on Evans to give Orlando a dangerous free kick in the forty-third minute. Edmonds took the kick for Monica, but Hayes stole it away and started the counterattack. Hayes flicked a ball for Galton, but Harris got there first in stoppage time. Hayes had one more cross that Harris grabbed to end the half with a 1-0 Pride lead. Impressing for Orlando are the CB Monica, DM Evans, ACM Edmonds, LF Witteman, and CF Morgan. For Sky Blue, the top players have been LB Simon, CB Rampone, DM Killion, RW Hayes, and RF Kerr. Belanger took out a Grubka through ball for Galton in the forty-seventh minute. Killion put a free kick in for Kai in the forty-eighth minute, but a foul was called in the scrum. Kyle blocked a Kai cross in the forty-ninth minute. Kai had a second try for Galton, who missed on the header attempt. Galton got a ball and ran into the box, forcing Harris into a save, and Kai's shot on the rebound went wide left in the fiftieth minute. Edmonds set up Fields in the fifty-fourth minute for a long shot that went wide right. Kerr tried to work a give-and-go with Hayes, but Kyle interrupted the return pass in the fifty-sixth minute. Sky Blue had a spurt of possession, with Kerr, Galton, and Hayes combining on a series of crossing tries disrupted by Belanger and Monica. Edmonds had a fifty-ninth minute free kick, going for Kyle, but it didn't work. Fields brought it back in for the Pride, drawing another free kick closer to goal. Morgan went for goal on this one, firing it over the goal. Skroski made a big tackle on Jasmyne Spencer of Orlando as she worked into the box. Fields sent the header wide as the cross came to her. Skroski's sixty-fourth minute pass to Kai caught her offside. Kai set up Hayes for a great chance, as Hayes went through many Pride defenders, shooting just over the bar between two other players. Hayes passed to Kerr in the seventieth minute, and Kerr's shot was caught by Harris. Spencer's seventy-first minute shot was caught by Casey after a give-and-go with Morgan to build the Orlando offense. Kyle blocked a Skroski cross in the seventy-second minute, and Sky Blue couldn't recover for a cross afterward on that attack. Weatherholt surrendered a corner kick to Sky Blue in the seventy-third minute. Galton's service went to Kai, but she sent it wide left. Galton's deflected cross was cleared by Evans in the seventy-fourth minute, followed by Killion's through ball that Harris covered to protect Orlando's net. Kai then fired a long shot that Harris saved. Belanger sent a ball in for Orlando's Sarah Hagen, who headed it on top of the net in the seventy-sixth minute. Fields fed Morgan for a seventy-seventh minute shot, but Morgan went wide left despite it getting beyond Casey. Galton found Kai for a shot, which Monica blocked in the seventy-eighth minute as the pace picks up again. Skroski's cross for Sky Blue was caught by Harris without a teammate around. Edmonds took a free kick to Spencer, who crossed it in a position where Casey had to palm it away. Sky Blue tied it in the eighty-first minute after Kerr flipped a ball to Hayes, who went one-on-one with Harris, who saved the first shot that produced a rebound for Kerr to put away for the equalizer. Simon gave up an eighty-second minute corner kick to the Pride. Edmonds took this near to the goal, which Casey palmed on top of the goal. Edmonds took it from the other side in the eighty-third minute, serving it in where Casey punched it out and Nikki Stanton of Sky Blue cleared it. Grubka got just enough in the way of a Morgan shot in the eighty-fourth minute, giving Orlando another corner kick. Edmonds went short and it was out for another try, which was sent toward Kyle but punched out by Casey. Weatherholt tried a shot from range, but that went over the goal. Kerr nearly had a steal in the midfield, and then nearly capitalized on a slow back pass from Monica to Harris. Monica blocked one Kai pass in the eighty-seventh minute, and Galton's cross was sent away by Monica as well. Rampone made a big run in the eighty-ninth minute, broken up by Kyle. Spencer had a ninetieth minute shot bounce off of teammate Lisa de Vanna to nullify a Pride attack. Skroski blocked Edmonds' free kick in stoppage time. Kerr sent a shot wide left in the ninety-second minute. Spencer got free for a shot that Casey saved off her face and Grubka went full bicycle-kick to clear it out. Raquel Rodriguez nearly got a shot off, but Levin broke it up well enough for the Pride. Edmonds tried to find Hagen, with a rebound falling to de Vanna, who sent it wide right. Kerr had a shot deflected and a cross out of bounds in the final play of the game, with the game ending at 1-1. Kerr was the Outsider Sports Woman of the Match. Impressing in the second half was the LF Kai of Sky Blue.
An hour later, the Chicago Red Stars bring in FC Kansas City. Nicole Barnhart and Alyssa Naeher protect the nets. The game was broadcast live on Fox Sports 1. I'll attach a link here if/when it's published on YouTube.
Finally, the Portland Thorns FC host the Houston Dash. Lydia Williams and Michelle Betos protect the nets. Here's the game. Portland had an early chance in the first minute with a Katherine Reynolds cross into Christine Sinclair, who headed it over the bar. Emily Menges of the Thorns did well to hold off Janine Beckie of Houston in the second minute. Emily Sonnett of Portland blocked on cross from Kealia Ohai of the Dash, and the second one was too strong for Beckie to track down, ending the Dash attack. Becca Moros of Houston had a dangerous pass to Cari Roccaro, as Tobin Heath crashed for it but couldn't quite get there to produce a chance for the Thorns. Nadia Nadim's seventh minute cross was defended by Morgan Brian of Houston. Roccaro and Moros made some defensive mistakes in the tenth minute, with Portland's Nadim bearing down. Nadim managed a shot that Williams saved at the near post. Brian blocked a cross from the Thorns' Meghan Klingenberg in the twelfth minute. Reynolds, Sonnet, and Allie Long combined in defense for Portland to prevent Ohai from taking a shot. Andressa of the Dash took a thirteenth minute shot from range, going over the bar. Heath's fourteenth minute shot went straight to Dash keeper Williams. Cami Privett blocked Heath off the ball, springing Carli Lloyd for Houston's attack. Denise O'Sullivan eventually got a shot, saved by Betos in front of the Thorns goal. Andressa's through ball for Beckie was intercepted by Klingenberg. Sinclair received a long ball, going against Privett, who blocked it enough for Williams to clear. Beckie won a corner kick off of Klingenberg. The seventeenth minute service from Andressa went for Brian and then Poliana, but Nadim took it away for the Thorns to end the threat. Lloyd teed up an eighteenth minute shot that went high. The quality of chances has dropped a bit in recent minutes. Roccaro cleared a Reynolds cross in the twentieth minute. Beckie ripped a long shot that grazed the top of the net in the twenty-fourth minute. In the twenty-sixth minute, Long scored on a Heath free kick that Heath herself drew, making it 1-0 for Portland. Long scored on a floating header going over Williams and into the net. Klingenberg's twenty-seventh minute cross was caught by Williams. Andressa tried a through ball to Lloyd on the counter attack, which went too long as Sonnett covered Lloyd. Heath challenged Williams with a twenty-eighth minute cross, but Williams caught it. Brian's deflected cross in the thirtieth minute went to Betos, the Thorns keeper. Heath's thirty-first minute free kick went to Amandine Henry, but the Dash stayed strong to clear it. Horan set up Sinclair for a pair of shots, the first saved by Williams and the second dinging out off the post. Andressa passed out wide for Ohai, whose weak cross was cleared by Sonnett. Klingenberg won a corner kick off of Houston's Poliana. Heath's corner kick in the thirty-fourth minute went to low for Nadim, cleared by Poliana. Moros cleared a Heath cross in the thirty-fifth minute. Both teams began to slow the pace of play in their attacks later in the half. Ohai won a corner kick in the thirty-ninth minute, deflecting her cross out off of Menges. Andressa served it in for Privett, who headed it out wide. Lloyd tried a forty-first minute through ball for O'Sullivan, but it was too fast and Betos grabbed it. Privett cleared a Reynolds cross in the forty-third minute. O'Sullivan fouled Long, producing a Thorns free kick in the forty-fourth minute. Sinclair took this for goal, blocked by Lloyd in the wall and Poliana on the second shot, before hitting Horan's hand to end the Portland offense. Heath sent a forty-fifth minute cross just over Nadim's head. Beckie made a bad pass, which went to Sinclair, and Long got free for a shot that Williams saved. This produced a corner kick, taken by Heath in stoppage time. The Dash cleared, and the score favored the Thorns 1-0 at halftime. Houston's best players were the GK Williams, CB Roccaro, DCM Brian, RW Andressa, and LF Ohai. Portland saw good efforts from RB Reynolds, CB Sonnett, DM Long, RW Nadim, LW Heath, and striker Sinclair. Andressa found Ohai in the forty-sixth minute, and she waltzed into the box, but the Thorns shut her down as a team. Ohai sent another cross in that Klingenberg had to clear. Nadim had a forty-eighth minute shot roll out wide right after the Thorns made a series of quick passes on a sharp counterattack. Ohai's forty-ninth minute cross went too long for any Dash teammates to track it down. Sinclair put a fifty-first minute cross in for Horan that Williams just got to in time. Nadim's fifty-second minute pass to Heath was intercepted by a diving Williams just in time. Lloyd took the free kick, going for goal and sending it way over the net. Lloyd saw a pass blocked by Menges and cleared by Klingenberg, all coming after a long run by Lloyd. Horan had two chances blocked, the first from Roccaro and the second from Moros in the fifty-fourth minute. In the fifty-sixth minute, Heath took a Thorns free kick for Sonnett, which popped up and was caught by Williams. Nadim and Sinclair started a fifty-seventh minute counterattack, ending on Horan's high shot. Horan ripped a fifty-eighth minute shot that Williams needed to dive to save. Moros found Rachel Daly in the sixtieth minute, but the Houston sub tripped and lost possession to the Thorns. A sixty-second minute Klingenberg cross went straight to Williams. Daly's sixty-third minute cross deflected straight to Betos. Roccaro and Brian combined to block a Nadim run in the sixty-fourth minute. Henry had a sixty-fifth minute shot wide right with a mishit. In the sixty-sixth minute, Heath crossed a ball in front of goal, and Sinclair's first shot was blocked by Williams, while the second was blocked out. Lloyd cleared Heath's corner kick. Long cleared a Beckie cross away from Lloyd in the sixty-ninth minute. Portland's Hayley Raso had a cross cleared by Privett on the counterattack. In the seventy-first minute, the Thorns went from back to front with Menges, Horan, Klingenberg, Heath, and then Long getting touches during the sequence. Long used a couple of touches to get set and bury the shot in the corner to make it 2-0 for Portland. The Thorns went right back at the Dash, but couldn't produce a shot in the seventy-third minute. Horan corralled a long ball from Long, finding Sinclair, whose shot was off target. Daly and Beckie combined for a shot attempt, with Beckie's hit going just wide left with a slight lack of curve. Heath won a corner kick off of Poliana in the seventy-fifth minute. Heath served it for Henry, but Beckie emerged with it. Privett just poked away a Raso header after Klingenberg's cross coming from Heath's mind games in the corner in the eightieth minute. Daly put a ball on goal, with Lloyd getting the ball and Betos tangled in her feet before Sonnett cleared it out for a corner kick. Meleana Shim cleared the Andressa corner kick. Shim just slid in to break up Daly's pass for Lloyd in the eighty-seventh minute. In the ninetieth minute, Klingenberg set up Sinclair with a free kick service that Williams misplayed and Sinclair poked home to make it 3-0 Thorns. Chioma Ubogagu of the Dash had a free kick in stoppage time, defended well by the Thorns. The game ended at this score after Lloyd's weak service into the box was grabbed by Betos. The Outsider Sports Woman of the Match was Long. The LB Klingenberg of Portland and LW Lloyd of Houston earned honorable mentions for second half work.
I am awaiting an upload of Chicago v. Kansas City to finish this post.
KHL2016/17 - Day 17
After the one-day break in memory of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster, the KHL is back with seven games today. We begin with...
Metallurg Magnitogorsk hosting Dinamo Riga. Jakub Sedlacek and Vasily Koshechkin are in goal. Magnitogorsk opened in the first period with a Chris Lee power play goal, powered by Sergei Mozyakin. Riga tied it with a Mikelis Redlihs goal in the second period, assisted by Georgijs Pujacs and Guntis Galvins. Metallurg took the lead back on a Wojtek Wolski power play goal in the third period, guided in by Mozyakin and Jan Kovar. This stood for a 2-1 win, with the three stars given to Wolski, Koshechkin (23 for 24 in saves), and Mozyakin.
Next up, Salavat Yulaev Ufa welcomes Jokerit Helsinki. Riku Helenius and Niklas Svedberg are the masked men. Ufa got going in the second period with a Teemu Hartikainen power play goal, powered by Linus Omark and Andreas Engqvist. Helsinki tied it on a Mika Niemi goal, passed from Arturs Kulda. Jokerit took the lead with a Tommi Huhtala goal in the third period, coming off of Brian O'Neill and Oliver Lauridsen. Salavat Yulaev tied it again with another Hartikainen goal, fueled by Engqvist and Omark. Helsinki took the lead back with an unassisted Huhtala goal. This stood for a 3-2 win, with the three stars going to Huhtala, Hartikainen, and Engqvist, while Omark gets an honorable mention.
To the west, Lada Togliatti brings in Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Alexei Murygin and Edgars Masalskis are between the pipes. Yaroslavl started in the first period with an Alexander Kadeikin power play goal, powered by Daniil Apalkov and Denis Mosalyov. Togliatti tied it on an Alexander Bumagin power play goal, made possible by Nikita Filatov and Kristaps Sotnieks. Lokomotiv took the lead back in the second period on an Apalkov goal, via Pavel Kraskovsky. Lada tied it with an Anton Shenfeld power play goal in the third period, assisted by Georgy Belousov. Lokomotiv won 3-2 with an Andrei Loktionov shootout tally. The three stars were Apalkov, Kadeikin, and Loktionov.
Continuing along, Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk hosts Vityaz Podolsk. Igor Saprykin and Ville Kolppanen are the goalies. Podolsk dented the scoreboard in the second period with a Mario Kempe goal, assisted by Alexei Kopeikin and Miro Aaltonen. Nizhnekamsk tied it on a Richard Gynge goal, passed from Dan Sexton and Evgeny Ryasensky. The tie lasted into a shootout, where Sexton's lone tally gave Neftekhimik a 2-1 win. The three stars belonged to Sexton, Kolppanen (32 for 33 in saves), and Saprykin (39 for 40 in saves).
In Moscow, Spartak welcomes Admiral Vladivostok. Nikita Serebryakov and Markus Svensson are set to start in goal. Vladivostok struck first in the second period with a Robert Sabolic goal, assisted by Jonathon Blum and Dmitry Sayustov. Admiral added on with an unassisted Alexander Gorshkov goal. Moscow got on the board with a Yaroslav Dyblenko goal, passed from Maxim Potapov. This was as close as it got, with the final standing at 2-1. The three stars were handed to Serebryakov (26 for 27 in saves), Gorshkov, and Sabolic.
Backtracking to Nizhny Novgorod, where Torpedo brings in Amur Khabarovsk. Juha Metsola and Ilya Proskuryakov guard the cages. Khabarovsk took the game 1-0 in overtime on a Teemu Ramstedt goal, helped along by Dmitry Kosmachyov and Nikita Kamalov. The three stars were awarded to Metsola (31 save shutout), Ramstedt, and Proskuryakov (20 for 21 in saves).
Finally, Ak Bars Kazan hosts Dynamo Moscow. Alexander Lazushin and Emil Garipov protect the nets. Kazan led off in the first period with a Jiri Sekac goal, assisted by Mikhail Sidorov and Justin Azevedo. Moscow tied it in the second period on an Ansel Galimov goal, coming off of Konstantin Gorovikov and Alexander Osipov. Ak Bars took the lead back in the third period with a Vladimir Tkachyov goal, courtesy of Andrei Chibisov and Artyom Lukoyanov. Kazan added on with an Anton Glinkin power play goal, powered by Stepan Zakharchuk. Ak Bars extended the lead as Azevedo scored, thanks to Sekac. This made it 4-1, the final, with the three stars being Sekac, Azevedo, and Garipov (25 for 26 in saves).
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Metallurg Magnitogorsk hosting Dinamo Riga. Jakub Sedlacek and Vasily Koshechkin are in goal. Magnitogorsk opened in the first period with a Chris Lee power play goal, powered by Sergei Mozyakin. Riga tied it with a Mikelis Redlihs goal in the second period, assisted by Georgijs Pujacs and Guntis Galvins. Metallurg took the lead back on a Wojtek Wolski power play goal in the third period, guided in by Mozyakin and Jan Kovar. This stood for a 2-1 win, with the three stars given to Wolski, Koshechkin (23 for 24 in saves), and Mozyakin.
Next up, Salavat Yulaev Ufa welcomes Jokerit Helsinki. Riku Helenius and Niklas Svedberg are the masked men. Ufa got going in the second period with a Teemu Hartikainen power play goal, powered by Linus Omark and Andreas Engqvist. Helsinki tied it on a Mika Niemi goal, passed from Arturs Kulda. Jokerit took the lead with a Tommi Huhtala goal in the third period, coming off of Brian O'Neill and Oliver Lauridsen. Salavat Yulaev tied it again with another Hartikainen goal, fueled by Engqvist and Omark. Helsinki took the lead back with an unassisted Huhtala goal. This stood for a 3-2 win, with the three stars going to Huhtala, Hartikainen, and Engqvist, while Omark gets an honorable mention.
To the west, Lada Togliatti brings in Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Alexei Murygin and Edgars Masalskis are between the pipes. Yaroslavl started in the first period with an Alexander Kadeikin power play goal, powered by Daniil Apalkov and Denis Mosalyov. Togliatti tied it on an Alexander Bumagin power play goal, made possible by Nikita Filatov and Kristaps Sotnieks. Lokomotiv took the lead back in the second period on an Apalkov goal, via Pavel Kraskovsky. Lada tied it with an Anton Shenfeld power play goal in the third period, assisted by Georgy Belousov. Lokomotiv won 3-2 with an Andrei Loktionov shootout tally. The three stars were Apalkov, Kadeikin, and Loktionov.
Continuing along, Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk hosts Vityaz Podolsk. Igor Saprykin and Ville Kolppanen are the goalies. Podolsk dented the scoreboard in the second period with a Mario Kempe goal, assisted by Alexei Kopeikin and Miro Aaltonen. Nizhnekamsk tied it on a Richard Gynge goal, passed from Dan Sexton and Evgeny Ryasensky. The tie lasted into a shootout, where Sexton's lone tally gave Neftekhimik a 2-1 win. The three stars belonged to Sexton, Kolppanen (32 for 33 in saves), and Saprykin (39 for 40 in saves).
In Moscow, Spartak welcomes Admiral Vladivostok. Nikita Serebryakov and Markus Svensson are set to start in goal. Vladivostok struck first in the second period with a Robert Sabolic goal, assisted by Jonathon Blum and Dmitry Sayustov. Admiral added on with an unassisted Alexander Gorshkov goal. Moscow got on the board with a Yaroslav Dyblenko goal, passed from Maxim Potapov. This was as close as it got, with the final standing at 2-1. The three stars were handed to Serebryakov (26 for 27 in saves), Gorshkov, and Sabolic.
Backtracking to Nizhny Novgorod, where Torpedo brings in Amur Khabarovsk. Juha Metsola and Ilya Proskuryakov guard the cages. Khabarovsk took the game 1-0 in overtime on a Teemu Ramstedt goal, helped along by Dmitry Kosmachyov and Nikita Kamalov. The three stars were awarded to Metsola (31 save shutout), Ramstedt, and Proskuryakov (20 for 21 in saves).
Finally, Ak Bars Kazan hosts Dynamo Moscow. Alexander Lazushin and Emil Garipov protect the nets. Kazan led off in the first period with a Jiri Sekac goal, assisted by Mikhail Sidorov and Justin Azevedo. Moscow tied it in the second period on an Ansel Galimov goal, coming off of Konstantin Gorovikov and Alexander Osipov. Ak Bars took the lead back in the third period with a Vladimir Tkachyov goal, courtesy of Andrei Chibisov and Artyom Lukoyanov. Kazan added on with an Anton Glinkin power play goal, powered by Stepan Zakharchuk. Ak Bars extended the lead as Azevedo scored, thanks to Sekac. This made it 4-1, the final, with the three stars being Sekac, Azevedo, and Garipov (25 for 26 in saves).
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Wednesday, September 7, 2016
MLS Midweek, September 7, 2016
Two games tonight on a Wednesday. We begin with...
The Montreal Impact hosting Orlando City SC. Joe Bendik and Evan Bush man the nets. Montreal started in the second minute with a Didier Drogba goal. Orlando City tied it in the fourth minute with a Brek Shea goal, passed from Carlos Rivas and Matias Perez Garcia. Orlando City took the lead with a Kaka goal in the thirty-sixth minute, via Rivas and Garcia. Shea of Orlando City took a forty-fifth minute yellow card for a foul. In the fifty-first minute, the Impact lost their goalie Bush to a red card for his denial of a goal scoring opportunity. Orlando City's Kaka capitalized on his fifty-fourth minute penalty kick, adding onto the lead against Eric Kronberg. Patrice Bernier of Montreal had a yellow card for dissent in the fifty-first minute as well. In the fifty-fifth minute, Servando Carrasco of Orlando City took a yellow card for a foul. In the seventy-seventh minute, Orlando City's Rivas scored to extend the lead, set up by Julio Baptista. Hernan Bernardello took a yellow card for an eighty-fourth minute foul for the Impact. Seb Hines of Orlando City took an eighty-ninth minute yellow card for a foul. The game ended 4-1, with the man of the match being Rivas for his goal and two assists.
The other game features Real Salt Lake hosting the Los Angeles Galaxy. Brian Rowe and Nick Rimando are in goal. Chris Wingert of Salt Lake took a yellow card for his foul in the second minute. Los Angeles opened with an Emmanuel Boateng goal in the sixth minute, courtesy of Giovani dos Santos. Kyle Beckerman of Real took a yellow card for a seventeenth minute foul. The Galaxy's Jeff Larentowicz received a yellow card for his twenty-fifth minute foul. Jamison Olave of Salt Lake took a yellow card for a foul in the twenty-seventh minute. Real tied it in the fifty-third minute with a Joao Plata penalty kick goal. Los Angeles took the lead back on a fifty-seventh minute dos Santos goal, assisted by Baggio Husidic. Luke Mulholland of Salt Lake was assessed a yellow card for persistent infringement in the sixty-second minute. The Galaxy extended the lead as dos Santos scored in the sixty-fourth minute. Real cut back with a Plata goal in the sixty-seventh minute, set up by Yura Movsisyan and Tony Beltran. In stoppage time, Juan Manuel Martinez scored with the help of Plata to tie it for Salt Lake. Los Angeles' dos Santos took a yellow card for dissent. The game ended in a 3-3 draw, with dos Santos the man of the match for his brace and assist for a road point.
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The Montreal Impact hosting Orlando City SC. Joe Bendik and Evan Bush man the nets. Montreal started in the second minute with a Didier Drogba goal. Orlando City tied it in the fourth minute with a Brek Shea goal, passed from Carlos Rivas and Matias Perez Garcia. Orlando City took the lead with a Kaka goal in the thirty-sixth minute, via Rivas and Garcia. Shea of Orlando City took a forty-fifth minute yellow card for a foul. In the fifty-first minute, the Impact lost their goalie Bush to a red card for his denial of a goal scoring opportunity. Orlando City's Kaka capitalized on his fifty-fourth minute penalty kick, adding onto the lead against Eric Kronberg. Patrice Bernier of Montreal had a yellow card for dissent in the fifty-first minute as well. In the fifty-fifth minute, Servando Carrasco of Orlando City took a yellow card for a foul. In the seventy-seventh minute, Orlando City's Rivas scored to extend the lead, set up by Julio Baptista. Hernan Bernardello took a yellow card for an eighty-fourth minute foul for the Impact. Seb Hines of Orlando City took an eighty-ninth minute yellow card for a foul. The game ended 4-1, with the man of the match being Rivas for his goal and two assists.
The other game features Real Salt Lake hosting the Los Angeles Galaxy. Brian Rowe and Nick Rimando are in goal. Chris Wingert of Salt Lake took a yellow card for his foul in the second minute. Los Angeles opened with an Emmanuel Boateng goal in the sixth minute, courtesy of Giovani dos Santos. Kyle Beckerman of Real took a yellow card for a seventeenth minute foul. The Galaxy's Jeff Larentowicz received a yellow card for his twenty-fifth minute foul. Jamison Olave of Salt Lake took a yellow card for a foul in the twenty-seventh minute. Real tied it in the fifty-third minute with a Joao Plata penalty kick goal. Los Angeles took the lead back on a fifty-seventh minute dos Santos goal, assisted by Baggio Husidic. Luke Mulholland of Salt Lake was assessed a yellow card for persistent infringement in the sixty-second minute. The Galaxy extended the lead as dos Santos scored in the sixty-fourth minute. Real cut back with a Plata goal in the sixty-seventh minute, set up by Yura Movsisyan and Tony Beltran. In stoppage time, Juan Manuel Martinez scored with the help of Plata to tie it for Salt Lake. Los Angeles' dos Santos took a yellow card for dissent. The game ended in a 3-3 draw, with dos Santos the man of the match for his brace and assist for a road point.
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Tuesday, September 6, 2016
KHL 2016/17 - Day 16
Today's schedule has eight games, making it a busy day. We begin with...
Traktor Chelyabinsk hosting Jokerit Helsinki. Ryan Zapolski and Vasily Demchenko are the goalies. Helsinki began in the first period with a Joey Hishon goal, via Tommi Huhtala and Juho Rautanen. Chelyabinsk tied it on a Kirill Koltsov goal, assisted by Maxim Yakutsenya and Igor Mirnov in the second period. Jokerit retook the lead on a third period Masi Marjamaki goal, courtesy of Mika Niemi and Sakari Salminen. The final held at 2-1, with the three stars given to Zapolski (40 for 41 in saves), Marjamaki, and Hishon.
Along to Ufa, where Salavat Yulaev welcomes Dinamo Riga. Jakub Sedlacek and Niklas Svedberg protect the nets. Riga got going in the second period with a Guntis Galvins power play goal, powered by Patrick Mullen. Dinamo added on with a power play goal by Colton Gillies, coming off of Mullen and Justin Shugg. Ufa got on the board with a Denis Kulyash power play goal in the third period, going in unassisted. Salavat Yulaev tied it as Enver Lisin scored a power play goal, with the help of Alexander Loginov and Igor Makarov. The tie lasted to a shootout, where Lauris Darzins and Pyotr Schastlivy lifted Riga to a 3-2 win over a lone tally from Teemu Hartikainen of Ufa. The three stars were Mullen, Gillies, and Galvins.
Westward to Togliatti, with Lada bringing in Dynamo Moscow. Alexander Yeryomenko and Ilya Ezhov are in the blue paint. Togliatti led off in the first period with a power play goal by Viktor Komarov, powered by Anton Shenfeld. Moscow tied it in the second period with a Martins Karsums power play goal, guided in by Juuso Hietanen and the goalie Yeryomenko. Lada won 2-1 with a Georgy Belousov shootout tally. The three stars went to Ezhov (27 for 28 in saves), Belousov, and Komarov.
Into Nizhnekamsk, with Neftekhimik hosting Medvescak Zagreb. Danny Taylor and Ivan Lisutin are the solid goalies. Zagreb opened in the first period with a Yann Sauve goal, made possible by Gilbert Brule and Mark Katic. Medvescak added on in the second period with an Alexandre Giroux goal, passed from Goran Bezina and Francis Pare. Nizhnekamsk got on the board with a Sergei Konkov power play goal, powered by the goalie Lisutin. Neftekhimik tied it on a Tomi Sallinen goal, assisted by Dan Sexton and Evgeny Ryasensky in the third period. In the shootout, Sexton had the lone goal to lift Neftekhimik to a 3-2 win. The three stars were Sexton, Sallinen, and Konkov.
Southwest to Sochi, with the Leopards welcoming Amur Khabarovsk. Alexander Pechursky and Konstantin Barulin receive the starting nods in goal. Sochi started in the first period with a power play goal by Igor Ignatushkin, powered by Ilya Krikunov and Oscar Fantenberg. The Leopards added on in the second period with a power play goal by Evgeny Skachkov, via Fantenberg and Andre Petersson. Sochi extended the lead as Andrei Kostitsyn scored a power play goal, thanks to Renat Mamashev. Evgeny Alikin took over for Pechursky in the Amur net. The Leopards padded the lead with an Ivan Zakharchuk goal, made possible by Mamashev and Mikhail Mamkin. Khabarovsk got on the board with a Vyacheslav Ushenin goal, courtesy of Vladislav Ushenin and Artyom Zub. Sochi replied with a Denis Tolpeko goal, fueled by Semyon Babintsev. The Leopards continued in the third period on a Skachkov goal, with a lone assist by Fantenberg, who got a sock trick. Sochi kept going with an Ilya Gorokhov goal, with a lone helper from Petersson. Amur got one back with a Kirill Kapustin power play goal, going in unassisted. The game ended at 7-2, with the three stars being Skachkov, Fantenberg, and Mamashev, while Petersson gets an honorable mention.
Into Moscow, where Spartak brings in Dinamo Minsk. Ben Scrivens and Markus Svensson are between the pipes. Moscow struck first in the first period with a Ryan Stoa goal, with a lone assist by Lukas Radil. Minsk tied it on an Evgeny Kovyrshin goal, assisted by Lukas Krajicek. Spartak took the lead with an unassisted Radil goal in the third period. Dinamo retied it with a power play goal from Andrei Stepanov, powered by Sergei Kostitsyn. Moscow regained the lead on a Stoa goal, via Yaroslav Dyblenko. Spartak iced it at 4-2 with a Maxim Potapov empty net goal, set up by Marcus Hogstrom. The three stars belonged to Stoa, Radil, and Svensson (19 for 21 in saves).
Down to Podolsk, where Vityaz hosts Severstal Cherepovets. Jakub Kovar and Harri Sateri guard the cages. Cherepovets was first to score in the first period with an Igor Skorokhodov power play goal, powered by Alexander Yevseyenkov and Vitaly Sitnikov. Podolsk tied it on a Miro Aaltonen goal, passed from Mario Kempe. The tie lasted to a shootout, where Sitnikov was washed out by Vityaz's Alexei Kopeikin's pair of tallies, giving Vityaz the 2-1 win. Sitnikov, Kovar (40 for 41 in saves), and Sateri (30 for 31 in saves) received the three stars.
Finally, Ak Bars Kazan hosts CSKA Moscow. Ilya Sorokin and Emil Garipov tend the twines. Moscow dented the scoreboard in the second period with a Maxim Mamin goal, courtesy of Dmitry Kugryshev and Igor Ozhiganov on the power play. Kazan tied it with an Andrei Popov goal, via Mikhail Varnakov. CSKA took the lead back with an Alexander Popov goal, assisted by Bud Holloway. Moscow added on with a Kirill Petrov goal, with a lone assist by Alexander Popov. This produced the 3-1 final, with the three stars going to Alexander Popov, Sorokin (19 for 20 in saves), and Petrov.
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Traktor Chelyabinsk hosting Jokerit Helsinki. Ryan Zapolski and Vasily Demchenko are the goalies. Helsinki began in the first period with a Joey Hishon goal, via Tommi Huhtala and Juho Rautanen. Chelyabinsk tied it on a Kirill Koltsov goal, assisted by Maxim Yakutsenya and Igor Mirnov in the second period. Jokerit retook the lead on a third period Masi Marjamaki goal, courtesy of Mika Niemi and Sakari Salminen. The final held at 2-1, with the three stars given to Zapolski (40 for 41 in saves), Marjamaki, and Hishon.
Along to Ufa, where Salavat Yulaev welcomes Dinamo Riga. Jakub Sedlacek and Niklas Svedberg protect the nets. Riga got going in the second period with a Guntis Galvins power play goal, powered by Patrick Mullen. Dinamo added on with a power play goal by Colton Gillies, coming off of Mullen and Justin Shugg. Ufa got on the board with a Denis Kulyash power play goal in the third period, going in unassisted. Salavat Yulaev tied it as Enver Lisin scored a power play goal, with the help of Alexander Loginov and Igor Makarov. The tie lasted to a shootout, where Lauris Darzins and Pyotr Schastlivy lifted Riga to a 3-2 win over a lone tally from Teemu Hartikainen of Ufa. The three stars were Mullen, Gillies, and Galvins.
Westward to Togliatti, with Lada bringing in Dynamo Moscow. Alexander Yeryomenko and Ilya Ezhov are in the blue paint. Togliatti led off in the first period with a power play goal by Viktor Komarov, powered by Anton Shenfeld. Moscow tied it in the second period with a Martins Karsums power play goal, guided in by Juuso Hietanen and the goalie Yeryomenko. Lada won 2-1 with a Georgy Belousov shootout tally. The three stars went to Ezhov (27 for 28 in saves), Belousov, and Komarov.
Into Nizhnekamsk, with Neftekhimik hosting Medvescak Zagreb. Danny Taylor and Ivan Lisutin are the solid goalies. Zagreb opened in the first period with a Yann Sauve goal, made possible by Gilbert Brule and Mark Katic. Medvescak added on in the second period with an Alexandre Giroux goal, passed from Goran Bezina and Francis Pare. Nizhnekamsk got on the board with a Sergei Konkov power play goal, powered by the goalie Lisutin. Neftekhimik tied it on a Tomi Sallinen goal, assisted by Dan Sexton and Evgeny Ryasensky in the third period. In the shootout, Sexton had the lone goal to lift Neftekhimik to a 3-2 win. The three stars were Sexton, Sallinen, and Konkov.
Southwest to Sochi, with the Leopards welcoming Amur Khabarovsk. Alexander Pechursky and Konstantin Barulin receive the starting nods in goal. Sochi started in the first period with a power play goal by Igor Ignatushkin, powered by Ilya Krikunov and Oscar Fantenberg. The Leopards added on in the second period with a power play goal by Evgeny Skachkov, via Fantenberg and Andre Petersson. Sochi extended the lead as Andrei Kostitsyn scored a power play goal, thanks to Renat Mamashev. Evgeny Alikin took over for Pechursky in the Amur net. The Leopards padded the lead with an Ivan Zakharchuk goal, made possible by Mamashev and Mikhail Mamkin. Khabarovsk got on the board with a Vyacheslav Ushenin goal, courtesy of Vladislav Ushenin and Artyom Zub. Sochi replied with a Denis Tolpeko goal, fueled by Semyon Babintsev. The Leopards continued in the third period on a Skachkov goal, with a lone assist by Fantenberg, who got a sock trick. Sochi kept going with an Ilya Gorokhov goal, with a lone helper from Petersson. Amur got one back with a Kirill Kapustin power play goal, going in unassisted. The game ended at 7-2, with the three stars being Skachkov, Fantenberg, and Mamashev, while Petersson gets an honorable mention.
Into Moscow, where Spartak brings in Dinamo Minsk. Ben Scrivens and Markus Svensson are between the pipes. Moscow struck first in the first period with a Ryan Stoa goal, with a lone assist by Lukas Radil. Minsk tied it on an Evgeny Kovyrshin goal, assisted by Lukas Krajicek. Spartak took the lead with an unassisted Radil goal in the third period. Dinamo retied it with a power play goal from Andrei Stepanov, powered by Sergei Kostitsyn. Moscow regained the lead on a Stoa goal, via Yaroslav Dyblenko. Spartak iced it at 4-2 with a Maxim Potapov empty net goal, set up by Marcus Hogstrom. The three stars belonged to Stoa, Radil, and Svensson (19 for 21 in saves).
Down to Podolsk, where Vityaz hosts Severstal Cherepovets. Jakub Kovar and Harri Sateri guard the cages. Cherepovets was first to score in the first period with an Igor Skorokhodov power play goal, powered by Alexander Yevseyenkov and Vitaly Sitnikov. Podolsk tied it on a Miro Aaltonen goal, passed from Mario Kempe. The tie lasted to a shootout, where Sitnikov was washed out by Vityaz's Alexei Kopeikin's pair of tallies, giving Vityaz the 2-1 win. Sitnikov, Kovar (40 for 41 in saves), and Sateri (30 for 31 in saves) received the three stars.
Finally, Ak Bars Kazan hosts CSKA Moscow. Ilya Sorokin and Emil Garipov tend the twines. Moscow dented the scoreboard in the second period with a Maxim Mamin goal, courtesy of Dmitry Kugryshev and Igor Ozhiganov on the power play. Kazan tied it with an Andrei Popov goal, via Mikhail Varnakov. CSKA took the lead back with an Alexander Popov goal, assisted by Bud Holloway. Moscow added on with a Kirill Petrov goal, with a lone assist by Alexander Popov. This produced the 3-1 final, with the three stars going to Alexander Popov, Sorokin (19 for 20 in saves), and Petrov.
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