Major League Soccer 2016 Week 24

There's a full slate this weekend, beginning with a single Saturday game from...

San Jose, as the Earthquakes host the Houston Dynamo. Joe Willis and David Bingham are in goal. Houston led off in the sixth minute with a Ricardo Clark goal. Jalil Anibaba of the Dynamo took a yellow card for an eighteenth minute foul. San Jose's Jordan Stewart had a yellow card for his forty-eighth minute foul. Houston added on in the fiftieth minute with a David Horst goal, coming off of Cristian Maidana. In the fifty-fourth minute, the Earthquakes got on the board with a Victor Bernardez goal, assisted by Alberto Quintero. Dynamo keeper Willis argued against the goal, and earned a yellow card for dissent. Bernardez took a yellow card for San Jose for his fifty-fifth minute foul. Houston saw a yellow card given to Boniek Garcia in the eighty-sixth minute for a foul. The game ended 2-1 for the Dynamo, with Horst's winner making him the man of the match.

On Saturday, the first of seven games has New York City FC welcoming the Los Angeles Galaxy. Clement Diop is mismatched with Josh Saunders in goal. New York City was first to score in the sixth minute with a David Villa goal. Los Angeles saw a yellow card for a foul by A.J. DeLaGarza in stoppage time. The game ended at 1-0, with the man of the match being Villa for his winner.

In Philadelphia, the Union bring in Toronto FC. Alex Bono and Andre Blake man the nets. Toronto began in the eighteenth minute on a Sebastian Giovinco goal, assisted by Marco Delgado. Philadelphia tied it on a Ken Tribbett goal, via Tranquillo Barnetta in the twenty-fourth minute. Toronto retook the lead in the thirtieth minute as Drew Moor scored, thanks to Michael Bradley. Moor had a yellow card for a foul in the fortieth minute, and his Toronto teammate Justin Morrow got booked for time wasting in the forty-second minute. Toronto added on with a forty-fourth minute Jozy Altidore goal, passed from Will Johnson. Toronto's Johnson took a yellow card for a forty-fifth minute foul. In the fifty-eighth minute, Bradley of Toronto had a yellow card for his foul. The Union saw yellow cards given to Barnetta for dissent in the sixty-seventh minute and Joshua Yaro for a seventy-third minute foul. The game ended 3-1, with the man of the match being Moor for his winning goal.

Crossing into Canada, the Montreal Impact host the Chicago Fire. Sean Johnson and Evan Bush are the veterans in goal. Chicago struck first in the fifteenth minute on a Luis Solignac goal, assisted by David Accam. Solignac took a yellow card for a thirty-first minute foul for the Fire. Laurent Ciman of Montreal had a yellow card for his forty-fourth minute foul. Didier Drogba of the Impact received a yellow card in the seventy-first minute for dissent. Chicago added on with an Accam goal in the seventy-third minute, made possible by Arturo Alvarez and Michael de Leeuw. The Fire extended the lead as Matt Polster scored, thanks to Alvarez. The game ended at 3-0, with Accam the man of the match for his goal and assist.

Back stateside, the New England Revolution welcome the Columbus Crew SC. Steve Clark and Brad Knighton are in the six-yard boxes. Columbus opened in the eighth minute on an Ethan Finlay goal, set up by Justin Meram and Hector Jimenez. New England saw yellow cards for a twenty-sixth minute London Woodberry foul and dissent from Teal Bunbury in the thirty-fifth minute. The Crew added on with a forty-ninth minute goal by Federico Higuain, assisted by Ola Kamara. Columbus' Mohammed Saeid took a yellow card for a foul in the seventy-second minute. The Revolution's Kei Kamara had a yellow card for an eighty-sixth minute. The game ended at 2-0, with the man of the match being Clark for his five-save clean sheet.

Out west, the Colorado Rapids bring in Orlando City SC. Joe Bendik and Tim Howard play goal. Colorado's Kevin Doyle and Orlando City's Jose Aja each took yellow cards for fouls in the forty-third minute. Orlando City saw two more yellow cards in the game, for a sixty-sixth minute David Mateos foul and time wasting by Brek Shea in the seventy-ninth minute. The game ended in a 0-0 draw, with the man of the match being Howard for his two-save clean sheet.

Backtracking to Kansas City, where Sporting hosts the Vancouver Whitecaps FC. David Ousted faces a lesser foe in Alec Kann in goal. Kansas City had yellow cards for Kevin Ellis in the tenth minute and Matt Besler in the sixteenth minute, both for fouls. Sporting got going with a thirty-ninth minute Jacob Peterson goal, passed from Nuno Coelho and Benny Feilhaber. Kansas City added on with a sixty-fourth minute penalty kick goal from Feilhaber. Sporting's Dominic Dwyer had a seventy-seventh minute yellow card for a foul. The game ended at 2-0, and Feilhaber was the man of the match for his role in all the scoring.

Saturday ends with Real Salt Lake welcoming FC Dallas. Chris Seitz and Nick Rimando are the gloved men. Salt Lake saw a yellow card for a Tony Beltran foul in the forty-third minute. Real's Luke Mulholland had a yellow card for a fifty-seventh minute foul. Salt Lake dented the scoreboard on a seventy-eighth minute goal by Jamison Olave. Dallas had yellow cards given to Aubrey David in the eighty-first minute and Maynor Figueroa in the eighty-third minute, for a foul and dangerous play, respectively. Real's Joao Plata had a yellow card for a stoppage time foul. The game ended at 1-0, with Olave the man of the match for his winner. 

On Sunday, DC United bring in the New York Red Bulls. Luis Robles and Bill Hamid protect the nets. DC had a yellow card for a foul by Luciano Acosta in the thirty-sixth minute for a foul. New York started with a thirty-eighth minute Bradley Wright-Phillips goal, assisted by Mike Grella and Alex Muyl. Marcelo Sarvas of United took a yellow card for his foul in the fifty-second minute. The Red Bulls added on with a sixty-fourth minute goal by Felipe, courtesy of Wright-Phillips and Sacha Kljestan. DC got on the board with a Sarvas penalty kick goal in the seventieth minute. United tied it on a seventy-third minute Patrick Mullins goal, passed from Steve Birnbaum and Taylor Kemp. The game ended at 2-2, with the man of the match being Wright-Phillips.

Finally, the Seattle Sounders FC host the Portland Timbers. Jake Gleeson and Stefan Frei guard the woodwork. Seattle saw yellow cards for an Andreas Ivanschitz foul in the thirty-seventh minute and a dive from Joevin Jones in the fortieth minute. Portland's Diego Chara received a yellow card for a forty-second minute foul. The Sounders drew first blood in the sixty-first minute on a Clint Dempsey penalty kick goal. Seattle added on with an eightieth minute Dempsey goal, coming off of Cristian Roldan. The Sounders extended the lead as Roldan scored in the eighty-third minute, thanks to Brad Evans and Nicolas Lodeiro. Lodeiro also took a yellow card for time wasting in the eighty-fourth minute before the play restarted. In stoppage time, the Timbers got on the board with a Fanendo Adi goal, made possible by Alvas Powell. The game ended 3-1, with Dempsey the man of the match for his brace.

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Houston Dash VS. Washington Spirit - Make Up NWSL Game

After a long Olympic break (and the less said of it, the better), we're back for one make-up game this Thursday. The Houston Dash host the Washington Spirit. Kelsey Wys and Bianca Henninger are the keepers. Here's the game. The first few minutes looked like the league had been out of action for awhile, as the passing was a bit sloppy. In the third minute, Kealia Ohai had a cross that just missed Melissa Henderson and Chioma Ubogagu of Houston in the first good chance of the game. Cami Privett broke up a Washington attack against Katie Stengel in the fourth minute. Ubogagu took a ball from Caity Heap and took a shot in the eighth minute, but Estelle Johnson of the Spirit made the block. Cari Roccaro of the Dash cleared a Cheyna Williams cross in the ninth minute, and then Roccaro cleared the second effort as well. Amber Brooks broke up the next Washington attack, sliding the ball out for a corner after Williams lost control. Nairn took two corner kicks in quick succession, with the Spirit series ending on a Tori Huster shot. Williams made a foray forward in the fourteenth minute, but Moros made the stop for the Dash. In the sixteenth minute, Ohai danced into the box and fired a shot on goal that Wys saved. Katie Stengel took a cross from Caprice Dydasco and headed it wide in the nineteenth minute. Williams fired a shot high for the Spirit in the twenty-first minute, and then a second shot from Joanna Lohman was saved by Henninger. On the Houston attack, Ohai fired a shot wide left. Cali Farquharson took a shot in the twenty-fifth minute. Privett broke up an attack from Williams in the twenty-fifth minute. Ali Krieger put a ball over the top and out for the Spirit in the twenty-sixth minute. Christine Nairn went down hurt in the box, but did not draw a call on the play, causing a bit of a delay. Moros' cross in the twenty-ninth minute was blocked out by Huster for Washington. Privett fouled Williams in the box in the thirtieth minute, creating a penalty kick for the Spirit. Nairn came back on to take the penalty kick and scored, making it 1-0 for the Spirit. In the thirty-second minute, Farquharson sent a shot just wide for Washington. The Spirit played head tennis in the box on a thirty-third minute, as Nairn served it in and Stengel, Lohman, and then Stengel again combined for a shot that Henninger saved near the line. Lohman's shot at the thirty-four minute mark went wide left. Ellie Brush blocked a Stengel shot in the thirty-fifth minute. O'Sullivan blocked a cross out for a Washington corner kick. Nairn took this set piece, which Privett cleared as far as Dydasco, who sent a shot way over the bar. Ohai had a cross for Ubogagu in the thirty-ninth minute, but the shot was well wide for the Dash. Privett cleared a Krieger free kick in the fortieth minute, and Nairn's second effort shot went way over the bar. Ohai made a deep run in the forty-fifth minute, but her cross was too strong for Henderson. In stoppage time, Huster fired a shot to end a chaotic sequence in the Houston box that saw Brush block a cross from Krieger after Lohman failed to get a shot off against Roccaro. The game went into halftime at 1-0, with the Spirit's top players being RB Krieger, DCM Huster, LW Nairn, RF Williams, and CF Stengel. For the Dash, the top players were CBs Roccaro and Brush, LW Ohai, ACM Denise O'Sullivan, and striker Ubogagu. In the forty-seventh minute, Ubogagu and Ohai went with a give-and-go, with Johnson blocking Ubogagu's shot and Krieger getting the final clearance on the play for the Spirit. Williams had a low cross for Washington that Houston's Brush cleared in the forty-eighth minute. Ubogagu had a forty-ninth minute shot from the Dash that went low and left. Whitney Church blocked an Ohai cross in the fiftieth minute, as Houston has come out of the break with a bit of urgency. Privett surrendered a corner kick after battling with Farquharson in the fifty-first minute. Nairn took the corner kick, going for Williams but cleared by Privett. Farquharson got the second chance and fired a shot through traffic which Henninger saved. Stengel, Williams, and Krieger aligned for a chance that Krieger shot over the bar. Ohai's fifty-third minute shot came from a tough angle and forced Wys into a save to keep Washington ahead. Privett had a cross caught by Wys in the fifty-fifth minute. Henderson's through ball for Ubogagu was picked up by Wys just in time. Nairn's free kick in the fifty-seventh minute went wide left. Roccaro shut down Williams in the fifty-eighth minute as the Spirit continuing to make piercing runs in the offensive third. O'Sullivan fired a shot low and on target in the fifty-ninth minute, but Wys made the save on the good effort from Houston's midfielder. Stephanie Ochs had a pair of crosses blocked by Huster and Dydasco in the sixtieth minute. Krieger helped to break up a shot by Ohai that fell to Ubogagu, who fired a shot off of Houston teammate Tessa Florio. Washington quickly struck back, as Nairn buried a shot from far out as Henninger cheated off her line, and the Spirit earned a 2-0 lead. Ohai won a corner kick off of Krieger in the sixty-fifth minute. Ochs took the set piece for Houston, but Church headed it out. O'Sullivan fired a second shot in, which bounced off of Ubogagu and was cleared by the Spirit. Ohai crossed a ball in for Florio, but the play was offside and Wys had it covered. Ohai and Krieger went into battle again, which Church ultimately cleared, and then Amber Brooks sent a ball in and wide of goal in the sixty-seventh minute. Ubogagu had a shot deflect off of Huster but it was too weak to truly threaten Wys, who picked it up with no trouble in the sixty-ninth minute. Spirit sub Alyssa Kleiner made a run and fired a shot wide left in the seventy-third minute as the game has slowed a bit. In the seventy-fifth minute, Privett took a yellow card for a foul on Washington sub Francisca Ordega. Ohai had a cross in the seventy-sixth minute, and Brooks headed it out of Wys' hands, but Dydasco booted it out for a corner kick. Ochs served in, and Kleiner sent it for another corner kick. This time, Ochs went too long and the Spirit cleared. Ohai had a cross through traffic that Brooks just missed getting a foot on in the seventy-ninth minute. Ohai had a shot saved by Wys on the next Dash attack. Dydasco and Kleiner tried crosses in the eighty-first minute, but the Houston defense held. Another Dydasco cross was caught by Henninger. Brooks tried a long shot that went wide left in the eighty-third minute, although Wys was off her line. Line Sigvardsen Jensen and Nairn began a sequence that ended with Ordega's shot straight at Henninger in the eighty-fifth minute. Ubogagu had a shot blocked in the eighty-eighth minute, with the Spirit in a defensive bunker. Ohai had a cross go long and out for a goal kick. Privett's eighty-ninth minute cross was caught by Wys. In the ninetieth minute, Ochs got the ball on the right wing and crossed it Ohai, who buried it. O'Sullivan's stoppage time cross was blocked. Brush fouled Ordega, earning a yellow card for the Dash defender. Florio fired a shot wide left. The game ended 2-1 for Washington, with Nairn the Outsider Sports Woman of the Match. Also impressing in the second half were Spirit GK Wys and Dash RW sub Ochs.

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Major League Soccer 2016 - Week 23

We're on for a full weekend. Expect a slight delay in Sunday game coverage, as I am traveling all day. We begin with...

The Vancouver Whitecaps FC hosting the San Jose Earthquakes. David Bingham and David Ousted are in goal. San Jose began in the fourteenth minute with a Quincy Amarikwa goal, via Anibal Godoy. Fatai Alashe of the Earthquakes took a yellow card for a thirty-fifth minute foul. San Jose added on in the sixtieth minute with a Simon Dawkins goal, set up by Alberto Quintero. Vancouver got on the board with a Nicolas Mezquida goal in stoppage time, assisted by Kendall Waston and Christian Bolanos. The game ended 2-1, with the man of the match being Dawkins for the winner.

Seven games played out on Saturday, beginning with the New York Red Bulls welcoming the Montreal Impact. Evan Bush and Luis Robles protect the nets. Aurelien Collin of New York had a yellow card for a fourteenth minute handball. Montreal led off in the twenty-first minute with an Ignacio Piatti goal, assisted by Matteo Mancosu and Marco Donadel. The Red Bulls tied it in the twenty-second minute as Bradley Wright-Phillips scored, thanks to Sacha Kljestan and Sean Davis. New York took the lead in the forty-first minute on a Wright-Phillips goal, his second of the game, made possible by Davis. The Red Bulls added on with a Davis goal in the forty-sixth minute, via Mike Grella. The Impact went down to ten men as Ambroise Oyongo took a straight red card for a foul in the forty-eighth minute. Montreal also saw yellow cards for Hernan Bernardello in the fiftieth minute and Calum Mallace in the sixty-ninth minute. Alex Muyl took a yellow card for New York in the eighty-seventh minute for a foul. The game ended at 3-1, with Wright-Phillips the man of the match for his brace.

Next up, the Columbus Crew SC bring in New York City FC. Josh Saunders and Steve Clark are the goalies. New York City struck first in the forty-first minute with a Frank Lampard goal. Columbus tied it on a forty-ninth minute Justin Meram goal, via Waylon Francis and Wil Trapp. The Crew took the lead on a penalty kick goal in the eightieth minute from Ethan Finlay. In the eighty-third minute, David Villa scored to tie it again for New York City. Tony Tchani of Columbus had a yellow card for a foul in the first minute of stoppage time. New York City gained the lead on a Villa penalty kick goal a minute later, but three minutes after that, Finlay scored to tie it again for the Crew. The game ended 3-3, with Finlay's late equalizer creating a brace to make him the man of the match.

East to New England, with the Revolution hosting the Philadelphia Union. Andre Blake and Bobby Shuttleworth are the gloved men. Philadelphia opened in the second minute with a C.J. Sapong goal, assisted by Fabinho. New England took yellow cards for Scott Caldwell's eighteenth minute foul and dissent by Kei Kamara in the forty-first minute. The Union added on with a Chris Pontius goal in the fifty-first minute. Philadelphia extended the lead as Richie Marquez scored in the fifty-fourth minute, thanks to Pontius. Fabian Herbers of the Union had a yellow card for an eightieth minute foul. Philadelphia iced it at 4-0 with a Roland Alberg goal in stoppage time, set up by Charlie Davies. The man of the match was Pontius with his goal and assist.

Down in DC, United welcomes the Portland Timbers. Jake Gleeson and Bill Hamid guard the woodwork. DC started in the seventh minute with a Steve Birnbaum goal, assisted by Bobby Boswell and Lloyd Sam. United added on with a Luciano Acosta goal in the twenty-ninth minute, set up by Patrick Mullins. Liam Ridgewell of Portland had a yellow card for a fiftieth minute foul. DC's Boswell took a yellow card for a fifty-sixth minute foul. The Timbers saw a yellow card given to Jack Jewsbury for his fifty-seventh minute foul. Sean Franklin of United had a yellow card for a foul in the seventy-fifth minute. Portland's Vytautas Andriuskevicius received a yellow card for an eighty-third minute foul. The game ended 2-0, with Hamid the man of the match for his three-save clean sheet.

Southwest to Texas, as FC Dallas brings in Sporting Kansas City. Alec Kann and Chris Seitz are between the posts. Matt Hedges of Dallas had a yellow card for a twenty-second minute foul. Dallas got going in the sixty-sixth minute with a Tesho Akindele goal, assisted by Atiba Harris and Carlos Gruezo. Kansas City tied it on a Dominic Dwyer goal in the sixty-eighth minute, guided in by Brad Davis and Benny Feilhaber. Sporting took the lead with a Dwyer goal in the seventy-third minute. Dallas tied it again on an eighty-sixth minute Maximiliano Urruti goal. Dallas had a yellow card for an eighty-third minute foul by Harris. Kansas City had yellow cards given to Saad Abdul-Salaam in the eighty-sixth minute and Jimmy Medranda in the eighty-eighth minute, both for fouls. The game ended in a 2-2 draw, with Dwyer's brace making him the man of the match.

The Houston Dynamo were supposed to host Toronto FC in the next game, but severe weather postponed this match to tomorrow evening. When they did play, Alex Bono and Joe Willis took control of the nets. Houston cracked the scoresheet in the eighth minute on a Cristian Maidana goal, via Mauro Manotas and Andrew Wenger. Toronto tied it on a twenty-fourth minute goal from Jozy Altidore, courtesy of Sebastian Giovinco. The Dynamo went down to ten men when Abdoulie Mansally denied an obvious goal scoring opportunity in first half stoppage time and took a straight red card. Michael Bradley of Toronto took an eighty-second minute yellow card for a foul. The game ended at 1-1, with Altidore the man of the match for his equalizer.

Saturday ended in California, with the Los Angeles Galaxy welcoming the Colorado Rapids. Tim Howard and Brian Rowe man the nets. Colorado dented the scoreboard with a Shkelzen Gashi goal in the fifty-first minute, assisted by Marlon Hairston. Los Angeles tied it on a Daniel Steres goal in the sixty-second minute, set up by Steven Gerrard. Nigel De Jong of the Galaxy had a yellow card in the eighty-sixth minute. Micheal Azira of the Rapids received a yellow card for an eighty-seventh minute foul. The game ended 1-1, with Steres the man of the match.

On Sunday, the Chicago Fire bring in Orlando City SC. Joe Bendik and Sean Johnson are in goal. Chicago was first to score in the sixth minute on a John Goossens goal, assisted by Matt Polster. Orlando City tied it with a ninth minute Cyle Larin goal, set up by Kaka. Tommy Redding of Orlando City took a yellow card for a seventeenth minute foul. Orlando City took the lead on a thirty-second minute goal by Kaka. David Accam took a yellow card for the Fire in first half stoppage time. Chicago tied it in the seventy-eighth minute on a Razvan Cocis goal, coming off of Brandon Vincent. Jose Aja of Orlando City received a yellow card for an eighty-sixth minute foul. The game ended 2-2, with the man of the match being Kaka for his goal and assist.

Not the last game of the week, but last by original listing, sees the Seattle Sounders FC host Real Salt Lake. Nick Rimando and Stefan Frei tend the nets. Seattle drew first blood in the twenty-fourth minute with a Nicolas Lodeiro goal, assisted by Andreas Ivanschitz. The Sounders added on with a thirty-seventh minute Jordan Morris goal, via Lodeiro and Clint Dempsey. Salt Lake got on the board with a Joao Plata goal, coming off of Yura Movsisyan. Justen Glad took a yellow card for a foul in stoppage time. The game ended 2-1, with Lodeiro the man of the match for his goal and assist. 

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Major League Soccer 2016 - Week 22

It's another weekend full of games for MLS. We begin with one game on Friday, as...

The San Jose Earthquakes host New York City FC. Josh Saunders and David Bingham protect the nets. The game ended 0-0, with no discipline and no scoring. Saunders was the man of the match for his four-save clean sheet.

The first of five Saturday games has DC United welcoming the Philadelphia Union. Andre Blake and Bill Hamid are the acclaimed keepers. Richie Marquez of Philadelphia had a fifth minute yellow card for his foul. DC led off with a sixteenth minute goal by Taylor Kemp. The Union tied it in first half stoppage time with a Tranquillo Barnetta goal. Philadelphia took the lead in the fifty-seventh minute with a Chris Pontius goal, via Ilsinho. Luciano Acosta of United took a yellow card for a fifty-eighth minute foul. The Union's Ken Tribbett had a yellow card for a sixty-third minute foul. DC retied it in second half stoppage time on a Steve Birnbaum goal, courtesy of Patrick Nyarko. The game ended 2-2, with Birnbaum the man of the match for the late equalizer.

In Canada, the Montreal Impact bring in the Houston Dynamo. Joe Willis and Evan Bush are the gloved men. Houston's David Horst took a yellow card for a forty-first minute foul. The Dynamo had a yellow card for a Sheanon Williams foul in the sixty-first minute. Montreal got going with a seventy-sixth minute Matteo Moncosu goal, assisted by Marco Donadel. Hernan Bernardello of the Impact took a yellow card for a foul in the eighty-sixth minute. The game ended 1-0, with Moncosu the man of the match for the winner.

Over in Ontario, Toronto FC hosts the New England Revolution. Bobby Shuttleworth faces a lesser foe in Alex Bono in goal. Toronto began in the twentieth minute with a Sebastian Giovinco goal. Toronto added on in the twenty-ninth minute with another Giovinco goal, coming off of Mark Bloom. New England's Gershon Koffie had a yellow card for a fifty-fourth minute foul. Toronto extended the lead as Giovinco finished his hat trick on a seventy-sixth minute penalty kick goal. The Revolution got on the board with a Teal Bunbury goal in the eighty-eighth minute, via Kelyn Rowe. Toronto iced it at 4-1 with a stoppage time goal by Jozy Altidore, passed from Michael Bradley. Giovinco was the man of the match after recording another hat trick.

Southwest to Colorado, where the Rapids welcome the Vancouver Whitecaps FC. David Ousted and Tim Howard are in the six-yard boxes. Vancouver's David Edgar took a twenty-ninth minute yellow card for a foul. Colorado opened in the forty-fourth minute on a Marlon Hairston goal, assisted by Marc Burch. The Rapids added on with a Dominique Badji goal in the sixtieth minute, set up by Hairston and Eric Miller. The Whitecaps had a yellow card assessed to Christian Bolanos in the sixty-fourth minute for his foul. Kendall Waston of Vancouver took a yellow card for an eighty-ninth minute foul. The game ended at 2-0, with the man of the match being Hairston for his goal and assist.

Saturday ends with Real Salt Lake bringing in the Chicago Fire. Matt Lampson and Nick Rimando are in goal. Salt Lake struck first in the fourteenth minute with an Olmes Garcia goal, assisted by Javier Morales and Joao Plata, but he also took a yellow card for delaying the restart of play. In the twenty-eighth minutes, Morales added to the Real lead with a penalty kick goal. Nick LaBrocca of Chicago had a yellow card for a thirty-fifth minute foul. The Fire got on the board with a fifty-eighth minute Arturo Alvarez goal, passed from LaBrocca and Michael Stephens. Salt Lake answered in the sixty-fourth minute with another Morales goal, coming off of Plata and Demar Phillips. The game ended at 3-1 for Real, with Morales the man of the match for contributing on all three goals.

On Sunday, the first game of three sees the Portland Timbers host Sporting Kansas City. Alec Kann and Jake Gleeson are the goalies. Portland went down to ten men as Diego Chara took a straight red card for violent conduct in the twelfth minute. Seth Sinovic of Kansas City had a yellow card for his foul in the nineteenth minute. Sporting also went to ten men as Soni Mustivar took a straight red card for his foul in the thirty-ninth minute. Roger Espinoza of Kansas City had a yellow card for a forty-seventh minute foul. The Timbers dented the scoreboard with a sixty-fifth minute Diego Valeri goal. Portland added on with an eighty-seventh minute goal from Jack Jewsbury, assisted by Darlington Nagbe. The Timbers extended the lead in stoppage time with a Fanendo Adi goal. The final stood at 3-0, with the man of the match being Valeri.

Next up, Orlando City SC welcomes the Seattle Sounders FC. Stefan Frei and Joe Bendik play goal. Orlando City started in the seventh minute on a Seb Hines goal, via Kaka. Seattle tied it in the fourteenth minute on a Clint Dempsey goal, courtesy of Tyrone Mears and Nicolas Lodeiro. Orlando City's Antonio Nocerino took a yellow card for a thirty-third minute foul. The Sounders added on with another Dempsey goal in the thirty-seventh minute, made possible by Jordan Morris and Cristian Roldan. Seattle extended the lead as Dempsey finished his hat trick in the forty-eighth minute, with the help of Morris and Lodeiro. Orlando City saw a fifty-eighth minute yellow card for Hines' foul. The Sounders had yellow cards assessed to Roldan for persistent infringement in the sixty-fourth minute, Osvaldo Alonso in the seventy-third minute for a foul, Lodeiro for dissent in the seventy-fourth minute, and Zach Scott for his seventy-sixth minute foul. Orlando City received a yellow card for a David Mateos foul in the eighty-fourth minute. The game ended 3-1, with the man of the match being Dempsey.

Finally, the Los Angeles Galaxy bring in the New York Red Bulls. Luis Robles and Brian Rowe are the solid goalies. New York saw a yellow card for an Alex Muyl foul in the sixty-first minute. The Red Bulls were first to score on a sixty-eighth minute Gonzalo Veron goal, assisted by Sacha Kljestan and Felipe. New York added on with a Sean Davis goal in the seventy-fourth minute, coming off of Felipe and Mike Grella. Los Angeles got on the board with an eightieth minute goal by Mike Magee, set up by Steven Gerrard and Giovani dos Santos. The Galaxy tied it in the eighty-ninth minute on an Ashley Cole goal. Kemar Lawrence of the Red Bulls had a yellow card for time wasting in stoppage time. Los Angeles' Baggio Husidic took a yellow card for a foul a minute later. The game ended in a 2-2 draw, with the man of the match being Felipe for helping set up both Red Bulls goals in a road draw.

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Toronto FC VS. Real Salt Lake - August 3, 2016

This game sees Nick Rimando of Salt Lake and Alex Bono of Toronto in goal. Toronto began with a sixty-eighth minute Tosaint Ricketts goal, assisted by Sebastian Giovinco and Jozy Altidore. Salt Lake had a yellow card for an eighty-eighth minute foul by Aaron Maund. The game ended 1-0, with the man of the match being Ricketts for that winner.

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NWSL Week 15

This is the final set of games for awhile, as the Olympic Break keeps the league out of action until August 18, when the Houston Dash get their makeup game against the Washington Spirit. Speaking of makeup games, this week's Spirit match against Sky Blue is now the fourth game in the post, being rescheduled for 11 AM EDT. I will have to recap these after my trip to watch the Seattle Sounders of MLS tomorrow afternoon, so expect the games to be fully recapped tomorrow night around 10 PM PDT. Thus, this week leads off with...

The Chicago Red Stars hosting FC Kansas City. Nicole Barnhart and Michele Dalton protect the nets. The game can be found here. This game also featured a number retirement for #17 Lori Chalupny of the Red Stars, which came after the game. Sam Johnson of Chicago had a through ball go too long and into the hands of Kansas City keeper Barnhart. Sofia Huerta of the Red Stars made a run into the box in the fourth minute, but Yael Averbuch of the Blues shut her down. Chicago soon earned a corner kick, with Vanessa DiBernardo serving it in where Kansas City's Shea Groom cleared it away. A stoppage after the second error happened as Katie Naughton got hit in the face by Red Stars teammate Danielle Colaprico's shot. Arin Gilliland couldn't get a cross off with Molly Menchel and Erika Tymrak stopping her for the Blues in the seventh minute. Stephanie McCaffrey made a long run for the Red Stars in the ninth minute before a crafty steal by Brittany Taylor of Kansas City. Chicago has appeared to have the better of possession in the first ten minutes, but neither team has created a truly dangerous chance yet. Frances Silva threaded a ball through to Tiffany McCarty in the eleventh minute, which Dalton just clipped and sent out for a corner kick for the Blues. Huerta headed out the service from Tymrak, but it fell to Lo'eau LaBonta, who boomed a shot low that Dalton scrambled down to save. Cara Walls had an errant cross in the thirteenth minute, sending it well out of bounds for the Red Stars. Groom tried a long ball for McCarty, but the Kansas City winger had to foul Chicago's Casey Short to win the ball. Huerta tried a fifteenth minute cross that got blocked. Taylor Comeau nearly had a shot as Johnson sent the ball forward off of a one-touch pass from Walls. A corner kick resulted, with DiBernardo serving in towards Comeau and Short. The Blues sent it back out for another corner kick on the opposite side. DiBernardo's service went short for Colaprico, who flicked it to McCaffrey, but Kansas City's Brienne Reed disrupted the play. Huerta tried a cross for McCaffrey in the eighteenth minute, but Barnhart got there first. Katie Naughton had a free kick for the Red Stars in the nineteenth minute, which Walls flicked on but into Barnhart's hands. McCarty won a corner kick off of Short in the twentieth minute for the Blues. Menchel served this one for Groom, who collided with the Red Stars keeper Dalton, who ultimately grabbed the ball. Gilliland blocked a shot by Mandy Laddish after a McCarty cross. The play started with a Reed flip throw-in, which is quickly becoming her mark on the league. McCarty couldn't manage a cross against Johnson and Short in the twenty-seventh minute. The pace of the game has slowed a bit in the middle of the first half. Huerta found DiBernardo for a twenty-eighth minute shot saved by Barnhart. Walls tried to lay one off for McCaffrey, but LaBonta put it out for a corner kick. DiBernardo sent this one in short for Colaprico and then McCaffrey, poked out for another corner kick. DiBernardo put this one to Short, whose shot was blocked. Gilliland had a chance as well, and then the Red Stars earned another corner kick. This time, DiBernardo went for Naughton, and then it fell to Gilliland, who shot wide right to end the Chicago attack. Gilliland's cross in the thirty-first minute went around LaBonta and was caught by Blues keeper Barnhart. Reed had a cross that Gilliland sent out and Laddish sent a shot over the bar for Kansas City. DiBernardo just sent a shot wide in the thirty-fourth minute after receiving a pass from Huerta. Johnson blocked a McCarty cross after Silva fed her in the thirty-seventh minute. Laddish had a cross to Silva blocked, and then LaBonta fired a shot wide right. Walls took a pass from Huerta in the thirty-ninth minute and shot on goal where Barnhart again made the save. McCarty countered and fired wide left on an open goal that Dalton had gotten out of position for, after a pass from Tymrak. Kansas City had a couple more chances off of a Laddish service, but Gilliland cleared it. Naughton blocked a McCarty cross after Johnson and Short failed to make a block. Groom was the intended target for the forty-second minute attack. Walls made a big run in the forty-third minute, going out wide for McCaffrey, whose low cross was sent away by LaBonta. Chicago maintained a flurry of chances late in the half, working from side to side but without a real shot. Short managed a cross in the forty-fifth minute that Walls sent over the bar. The game went into halftime tied 0-0. Starring for the Blues in the first half were the GK Barnhart, DMs Laddish and LaBonta, RW McCarty, and striker Groom. For the Red Stars, the top players were RB Gilliland, CB Johnson, LB Short, DM DiBernardo, RW Huerta, RF Walls, and LF McCaffrey. Huerta dropped a ball off for McCaffrey in the forty-seventh minute, and she shot on goal, forcing Barnhart into a save. McCaffrey had a shot got high in the forty-ninth minute, as the Red Stars continue their stronger play early in the second half. Johnson headed away a McCarty flick forward for the Blues in the fiftieth minute. Gilliland got a ball on the wing, going to Walls in the six-yard box, dropping it back to DiBernardo, whose shot was palmed over the bar by Barnhart. DiBernardo's corner kick came to Walls off a teammate's head, but Barnhart was in the right spot to halt that shot. Johnson made a big run after catching McCarty off guard, and then she went for Walls, to sent another ball to DiBernardo, whose shot was once again deflected out for a corner kick. Barnhart caught the service this time in the fifty-third minute. Walls played a ball into Huerta in the fifty-fourth minute, and Huerta had two shots saved by Barnhart, but the second rebound went out to an open McCaffrey, who buried it through three defenders to make it 1-0 Red Stars. Averbuch was close to getting a block. Tymrak and Menchel combined to steal the ball from Gilliland in the fifty-sixth minute. McCarty's fifty-seventh minute cross for the Blues was harmless, as Dalton caught it easily. Kansas City earned a dangerous free kick chance after Colaprico fouled Tymrak. Averbuch took the free kick, going for a shot that sailed right. The Blues got another one after Groom was fouled. This one came from farther back in the fifty-ninth minute, and Averbuch sent it well over the goal. Johnson got in the way of Silva's flick after a Reed cross in the sixty-first minute, as the Blues have gained a bit more offense since falling behind. McCaffrey couldn't quite win a corner kick off of Averbuch in the sixty-second minute. The two met again on another Chicago attack, and Averbuch prevailed once more. McCarty earned a corner kick off of Short in the sixty-fourth minute, giving Kansas City a corner kick. Menchel's service went straight to Dalton. Colaprico and Naughton combined to clear a Menchel cross away from Groom. Reed blocked a Walls run with a heavy hit in the sixty-seventh minute after a spell of Chicago possession. Reed then covered Short on the wing to prevent a cross for the Red Stars. DiBernardo, Alyssa Mautz, and McCaffrey all combined for a chance before Taylor made a steal. The Blues eventually put it out for a corner kick for the Red Stars. DiBernardo served it in for Mautz, but Barnhart caught it first. Caroline Kastor of Kansas City put in a high cross that Groom headed, and Silva managed a shot over the bar in the seventy-first minute. Laddish had a shot after another Kastor cross fell to Tymrak, who laid it off for the chance. DiBernardo had a cross picked off by Taylor. Walls had an errant cross go out in the seventy-fifth minute, as the Red Stars keep the pressure on entering the final fifteen minutes. Short and Colaprico sandwiched Silva's run centrally for Kansas City in the seventy-eighth minute. Colaprico cleared a Reed cross in the seventy-ninth minute as the Red Stars preserve their defensive form. The game got a bit slow in its late stages. Tymrak made a run into the box for the Blues in the eighty-sixth minute, but Kastor's foul killed their attack and gave Chicago possession again. Jen Hoy lost the ball on an eighty-seventh minute attack, and when the Blues countered, Mautz shut down Kastor. Mautz took a shot wide right in the eighty-eighth minute for the Red Stars. Silva found Groom, who crossed to Kastor in the eighty-ninth minute, but Gilliland made the block for Chicago. Taylor had a cross that DiBernardo sent away for the Red Stars in the ninetieth minute. Johnson blocked a Groom cross, which Dalton grabbed before it crossed the end line. The game ended 1-0 for the Red Stars, with McCaffrey named the Outsider Sports Woman of the Match. Also impressing in the second half were a pair of Blues, CB Averbuch and RB Reed.

Down in Houston, the Dash welcome the Western New York Flash. Katelyn Rowland and Bianca Henninger protect the nets. Here's the game. Houston's Melissa Henderson was caught offside in the first minute. Cami Privett cleared a Lynn Williams cross for Western New York, and Lianne Sanderson couldn't muster a shot on the second effort. The Flash won a corner kick in the second minute, which Jaelene Hinkle served too long, allowing the Dash to break the pressure. The ball came back into Sanderson, who scored in the third minute with a low shot that bounced off Henninger's hands after Williams passed it centrally. Western New York leads 1-0. Jessica McDonald had a long throw-in for Williams in the fourth minute, but Amber Brooks cleared the initial threat and Houston eventually gained a goal kick. Becca Moros sent a cross to Rachel Daly for Houston, whose return was sent off of Hinkle of the Flash. Taylor Smith of Western New York sent a cross out of bounds in the sixth minute. Williams had a cross in the six-yard box that McDonald got stuffed on, and Henninger collected it just in time to prevent a goal in the seventh minute as the Flash look extremely dangerous. Cari Roccaro prevented Williams from taking a shot after McDonald flicked on an Abby Dahlkemper free kick. McCall Zerboni fouled Henderson just outside the box in the tenth minute, giving the Dash a good free kick after the Stephanie Ochs service was cleared by Courtney Niemiec. Daly took the Houston free kick, shooting it off of Zerboni. Ochs of Houston stole a ball from Hinkle, but lost it in the corner. Sanderson fired a shot wide right in the thirteenth minute for the Flash. Privett poked a ball away from McDonald after a pass from Williams. Roccaro made a steal on a Sanderson pass forward. Privett's eighteenth minute cross was caught by Rowland cleanly. Kealia Ohai had a pass to Daly and Denise O'Sullivan in the nineteenth minute, but one or both of them were called offside, and the shot went wide right anyway. Brooks released a deep shot that went over the bar as Houston gets their legs under them. O'Sullivan lost the ball to Hinkle on the next Houston attack. Daly and Niemiec collided in the twenty-first minute, with Daly needing some time to shake it off. Eddy had a cross in for Makenzy Doniak, which Privett covered and Ochs cleared. Brooks cleared a twenty-fifth minute McDonald throw-in. Houston has had trouble clearing their lines at times. Hinkle picked off Daly's pass intended for Henderson in the twenty-sixth minute. McDonald nearly disrupted a catch for Henninger, who has looked shaky in goal. Houston countered with Ohai passing for Henderson, and Hinkle just broke up the play. The Flash shot back as McDonald played a ball in the twenty-eighth minute to Williams that Henninger grabbed first. Ellie Brush and O'Sullivan cleared out a Dahlkemper free kick in the twenty-ninth minute. Ochs put a cross harmlessly through the box that Doniak collected. Moros tried to find O'Sullivan but it went off-target. Daly rocketed a thirty-first minute shot with acres of space to run into the top left corner, shooting around Dahlkemper to tie the game at 1 for the Dash. This triggered the hydration break. Moros nearly found O'Sullivan in the thirty-sixth minute, but Niemiec picked it off for Western New York. Sanderson tried to put a ball into the box in the thirty-eighth minute, but Henninger had no trouble with it. Ochs threaded a forty-first minute pass to O'Sullivan, whose shot went wide left across goal, going beyond Niemiec and Dahlkemper. Eddy crossed to McDonald, but Moros cleared the flick. Sanderson then sent the ball wide of goal to return it to Houston in the form of a goal kick. Daly made a big run, passing toward Henderson, but Niemiec intercepted it in the forty-fourth minute. Daly ran down a ball that Dahlkemper mishandled, but Daly sent it across goal and wide right. Western New York had a decent attack in first half stoppage time, ending with Eddy's long cross that ended up with Henninger. Ohai sent a cross into the box that Ochs took a shot on but Niemiec blocked again. Ochs, Daly, and Brooks all helped to clear the results of a McDonald throw-in. Brush cleared away a ball from Williams. Hinkle took down Ochs in the box, but nothing was called except for the halftime whistle, sending the teams to the locker rooms tied at 1. The best players for the Flash have been RB Eddy, CB Niemiec, ACM Sanderson, RF Williams, and LF McDonald, while the Dash have seen impressive efforts from RB Privett, DCM Brooks, LW Ohai, RW Ochs, and LF Daly. Roccaro made a big block on a shot by Smith of the Flash in the forty-sixth minute. Hinkle took the Western New York corner kick, cleared by Daly. Moros sent it out for Ohai, who went coast to coast and danced around Eddy and Rowland in the Flash box, sending it on the ground for a big goal to give the Dash a 2-1 lead. Eddy and Smith shut down another Houston attack that featured Ohai and Daly. McDonald had a long throw-in in the fifty-first minute that Dahlkemper headed out wide left of goal for the Flash. Doniak cleaned up a McDonald leave with a shot for Western New York in the fifty-second minute, but Henninger made the save. Williams sent a shot over the goal in the fifty-third minute. Henderson sent a strong cross into the box for the Dash in the fifty-fourth minute, catching Daly offside as she made an athletic kick on the ball. Ochs and Daly nearly connected in the sixty-sixth minute, but the play was again ruled offside. Doniak sent a ball into Williams in the fifty-seventh minute, whose weak shot was taken up by Henninger for Houston. Ohai went right around Eddy in the fifty-eighth minute and sent a ball in for Daly, who lost a bit of control to Niemiec and Rowland covered for Western New York. Hinkle swerved a ball in on one hop for Henninger to control in the sixty-first minute. In the sixty-third minute, Ochs sent a cross that went long and landed with Ohai, whose shot bounced off of Eddy and into the goal, giving Ohai the brace and Houston the 3-1 lead. Brooks fouled Zerboni in the sixty-fifth minute, creating a decent Western New York free kick. Hinkle took the set piece and Daly cleared it the first time. Doniak sent in a cross, and Dahlkemper returned it, where Brooks cleared to Smith. The Flash lost the control for a bit, but Privett surrendered a corner kick to Western New York in the sixty-seventh minute as Hinkle pressured. Dahlkemper's service was cleared by Daly. Smith's return went to McDonald, who headed it wide right. Brush and Brooks blocked a Williams shot in the sixty-ninth minute. The Flash put together a signature goal in the seventieth minute as Eddy went with a long ball for Williams, who crossed it low from the touch line into McDonald, who roofed it under the bar to cut the deficit to 3-2. Privett made a big stop on a Hinkle attack in the seventy-second minute. Ohai, Daly, and Henderson all combined for a chance that Niemiec ultimately cleared, and Rowland caught the Moros second effort. Hinkle had a cross in the seventy-fifth minute for Zerboni, but it went a bit long and out of bounds, triggering another hydration break. McDonald had a seventy-ninth minute long throw-in that Niemiec bounced off of Brush in the box. The Flash wanted a handball called, but none was given. The Dash constructed a good sequence with Daly, O'Sullivan, Tessa Florio, and then the shot by Ochs going just over the bar in the eightieth minute. O'Sullivan and Daly had a combination that ended with Rowland out of position but Daly falling down. O'Sullivan and Ohai tried to connect immediately after, but that was broken up by the Flash. Roccaro blocked an eighty-fifth minute Williams cross. The second effort went out of bounds. Roccaro cleared a cross by Hinkle away in the eighty-seventh minute. Brooks and Brush had to combine again in the eighty-eighth minute to clear a Williams cross. The Flash seem to be increasing their pressure late in the game as they try to tie it. Western New York earned a corner kick in the eighty-ninth minute, with Hinkle serving in and Roccaro and Moros clearing before Caity Heap of the Dash got fouled by the Flash's Michaela Hahn. In the ninetieth minute, Heap took a yellow card after kicking the ball away after fouling Western New York's Kristen Hamilton. Dahlkemper fouled Daly in stoppage time, marking a bit of late chippiness. In the third minute of added time, Williams buried a goal on a pass from McDonald to tie the game at 3 for the Flash. Dahlkemper keyed the initial pass to McDonald on the long ball. McDonald nearly got a winner but Henninger shut her down. Dahlkemper fouled Daly in the fifth minute of stoppage time, drawing a yellow card for the Western New York defender. Houston's Daly took the free kick, going short for Ohai, who fired a shot that Rowland knocked out for a corner kick. Megan Crosson of Houston found Florio, who headed it wide right. The game ended in a 3-3 tie, with Ohai the Outsider Sports Woman of the Match for her impressive brace. Also impressing in the second half were Dash CBs Roccaro and Brush, while the Flash had a good performance out of CB Dahlkemper.

The third and final Saturday game has the Portland Thorns FC hosting the Seattle Reign FC. Haley Kopmeyer and Michelle Betos are the keepers. Find the game here. Hayley Raso made a run for Portland in the first minute, with Jess Fishlock of Seattle sending it out for a corner kick. Elli Reed headed out the Nadia Nadim corner kick, and Dagny Brynjarsdottir couldn't flick a ball on goal. Raso's pass for Meleana Shim in the third minute ran long and straight to Reign goalie Kopmeyer. Nahomi Kawasumi had a long ball for Merritt Mathias as Seattle tried to build an attack, but Emily Menges of the Thorns shielded it out. Kawasumi saw a cross blocked by Portland's Celeste Boureille. Nadim lost the ball to Kim Little of the Reign on the counterattack in the seventh minute. Keelin Winters tried to pick out Mathias in the ninth minute, but Betos jumped on it and cleared it away for the Thorns. Boureille just broke up a ball from Little to Melis in the tenth minute. The game has gone fairly back and forth so far. Boureille did well to head away a Fishlock chip in the twelfth minute after Menges blocked Little's path forward. Kawasumi sent a cross into Melis, who was just offside. Carson Pickett of the Reign tried to find Melis in the fourteenth minute, but the cross was high and Betos caught it with ease. Melis put in a seventeenth minute cross from the end line that Betos caught for the Thorns. Portland's Menges blocked a cross from Seattle's Mathias in the eighteenth minute. Fishlock stole the ball away from Raso in the twentieth minute to stall a Thorns attack. Kawasumi had a cross that Winters redirected on goal with a header, and Betos caught it for the save. Lauren Barnes of the Reign helped corral a long ball from Maureen Fitzgerald of the Thorns in the twenty-third minute. At this stage, Seattle has had more possession. Little took a shot in the twenty-fourth minute, but Katherine Reynolds blocked the attempt after the Kawasumi cross. Little's chip over the back line was too long for Mathias to get to, and Betos took it for the Thorns in the twenty-sixth minute. Nadim tried to take a shot in the twenty-seventh minute, but Seattle's Kendall Fletcher shut it down. Shim had a second effort, getting a shot on goal that Kopmeyer saved. Menges made a good defensive play against Little in the twenty-ninth minute. Fitzgerald fouled Winters in the thirty-first minute, giving the Reign a good free kick. Kawasumi took the free kick for Seattle, going for Fletcher, but it ran too long and out of bounds for a goal kick from Betos. Raso had a cross in the thirty-second minute for the Thorns, which Reed and Fishlock both deflected out for a corner kick. Nadim's first chance went toward Boureille, but it bounced off Mathias for another corner kick by Nadim. This one went to Dagny and off Fletcher and out for a third corner kick. Nadim put this one in for Dagny but it came up short and Reed headed it out, finally allowing Seattle to clear their lines. Kawasumi's cross was cleared by Dagny, intended for Winters in the thirty-fourth minute. Mathias tried a low shot in the thirty-sixth minute, easily scooped up by Betos, and all after a good move by Fishlock against Nadim. Raso's cross to Nadim on the counterattack bounced off of her and was collected by Little. Dagny blocked a Fishlock effort in the thirty-ninth minute. Fletcher and Nadim battled in the fortieth minute, with Fletcher winning out and finding Winters to spring a Seattle attack. Kawasumi just lost the ball to Reynolds and Betos in the forty-first minute in culmination of the play. Shim got a head on a Fishlock ball intended for Mathias in the forty-second minute. Shim tried to go long for Nadim, but Kopmeyer got there first. Fletcher blocked a Raso shot in the forty-third minute as the Thorns made a good string of plays. Reed took a shot after Mathias threw in to Pickett and Winters had an intermediate touch before Reed's shot, which was over the bar. Pickett found Mathias in the box in the forty-fifth minute, but she hooked the shot wide right from a wider angle. The game went into halftime at 0-0. The Reign's top players have been the LB Pickett, CB Fletcher, RW Winters, LW Little, RF Kawasumi, CF Melis, and LF Mathias. For the Thorns, the top players were GK Betos, CBs Reynolds and Menges, DMs Boureille and Shim, LW Raso, and striker Nadim. Raso tried to find Nadim in the forty-sixth minute, but Fletcher's touch and Dagny's pass created an offside situation called against the Thorns. Little had a heavy touch on her forty-eighth minute run, and Menges booted it away. Pickett won the ball away from Fitzgerald as Nadim sent a ball forward in the fifty-first minute. Reed had a long ball in for Little, but Reynolds cleared it in time in the fifty-third minute. Jennifer Skogerboe stole the ball from Little on the edge of the box as the Reign continue to build offense. Mallory Weber sent a ball up for Raso, who found Nadim, but she lost control of the ball with Fishlock pressuring in the fifty-fifth minute. Nadim and Fletcher had a big battle in the fifty-sixth minute, and Fletcher let it roll out for a goal kick. Boureille shut down Little in the box after Fishlock had chipped it in for Seattle. Fishlock found Melis in the fifty-eighth minute, but Betos slid in and grabbed the ball for a big save. Boureille broke up a pass from Kawasumi to Mathias in the fifty-ninth minute. Menges and Boureille combined for a clearance of a Pickett ball, and then Fishlock's foul in the sixty-first minute on Dagny drew a yellow card for the Seattle midfielder. Fishlock unleashed a sixty-second minute shot that grazed the top of the net. Pickett had a good steal in the sixty-third minute, finding Melis, who was just a touch offside and saw her goal taken off the board. Dagny flicked a ball into the box from Weber's long ball in the sixty-fourth minute, which Kopmeyer grabbed. Fishlock and Little tried to connect in the sixty-eighth minute as the chances started to slow down a bit. Reed, Kawasumi, and Little all had touches before Dagny sent it out for a Seattle corner kick. Barnes took the set piece, going for Fletcher, who collided with Betos before it was cleared by Boureille. Little got around Menges in the seventieth minute, and Betos covered it just before Beverly Yanez could poke at it. Shim fouled Little after she battled through the likes of Boureille and Fitzgerald. This created a dangerous free kick in the seventy-second minute for the Reign. Fishlock fired it on goal, forcing Betos into a big save. Barnes took the corner kick for Seattle, going for Winters, who popped it up for Little, but Betos made the catch and settled things down for the Thorns. Raso sent a ball on the Portland counterattack, which Barnes cleared out. Shim found Nadim in the seventy-fourth minute, and her header finally found the back of the net, giving the Thorns a 1-0 lead. Nadim and Raso combined, but Fletcher disrupted this sequence in the seventy-seventh minute. Winters poked a ball forward for Melis, who nearly caught Betos sleeping, but the Portland keeper regained control. Menges just got a ball away from Kawasumi in the eighty-second minute as Seattle created more chaos in the box. Boureille cleared a Winters through ball in the eighty-third minute. Menges dove down to make a stop on Little's through ball for Melis. Fishlock's ball just went a bit long for Pickett, allowing Betos to make the grab. Pickett's cross went out of bounds in the eighty-sixth minute after a Kawasumi pass. Yanez picked out Melis on a long run, with Menges pressuring, and Melis managed a shot to the near post that Betos caught for a save. Fishlock's through ball nearly caught Kawasumi offside, allowing Portland to kill more time. Raso fired an eighty-ninth minute shot wide right. Shim fouled Little in the ninetieth minute. The Reign's free kick came from Barnes, and then Yanez won a corner kick out wide off Skogerboe. Kawasumi's corner kick went for Kopmeyer, who had come up, and Barnes had a half-shot blocked. Betos had a punch in there as well. Boureille cleared a Yanez cross after Kiersten Dallstream made a big run through the Thorns defense. Portland held on for a 1-0 win, with Betos the Outsider Sports Woman of the Match.

On Sunday, the Washington Spirit bring in Sky Blue FC early in the day to make up the postponement from Saturday. Caroline Casey and Kelsey Wys are the goalies. Here's the game. The early morning game started off slowly. Taylor Lytle tried a ball for Leah Galton for Sky Blue in the third minute, but Caprice Dydasco of Washington stepped in the way for the interception. Cheyna Williams of the Spirit battled with Christie Rampone of Sky Blue to earn a Spirit corner kick in the fifth minute. Christine Nairn went for Estelle Johnson, but Natasha Kai and Casey combined to save it off the line for Sky Blue. Galton and Catherine Zimmerman had a miscommunication on offense in the sixth minute, and Dydasco made the break. Williams was caught offside in the eighth minute on a Nairn pass as Washington lost an attacking chance. Galton's cross in the ninth minute was punched by Wys and cleared by Johnson for the Spirit. Wys needed a bit of medical attention, but stayed on the field. Nikki Stanton of Sky Blue surrendered a corner kick to Washington off of a throw-in. Nairn served it in during the thirteenth minute, picking out Whitney Church and forcing Rampone into a block and clear. Estefania Banini crossed one in the fourteenth minute, and Katie Stengel took it but left it behind Williams. Sky Blue cleared, but the Spirit quickly regained control. Church's cross for Williams in the fifteenth minute went too far and into Casey's hands. Stengel tried to find Nairn in the seventeenth minute, but Rampone cleared it. Banini tried a nineteenth minute cross to Stengel that was just over her head and grabbed by Casey. Raquel Rodriguez had a long ball go too long for Galton and fell to Wys in the twenty-second minute. Williams won a corner kick off of Sky Blue's Erin Simon in the twenty-third minute. Nairn served it in for Lohman, who flicked to Tori Huster, and it went back into Rodriguez and Rampone. On the second effort, Huster and Williams had chances before Sky Blue finally cleared it fully. Galton took a shot on a pass from Lytle in the twenty-fifth minute, Sky Blue's cleanest look yet. Church, Lohman, and Banini strung passes together, but Banini's cross found Sky Blue keeper Casey before Nairn could get to it. Rampone cleared a Stengel and Banini give-and-go sequence. Church found Stengel in the twenty-seventh minute, who worked against Kristin Grubka and found Lohman, who passed it along to Banini, and she shot low and tucked it in the left corner for a goal, making it 1-0 for the Spirit. Banini and Stengel tried the give-and-go again in the twenty-ninth minute, but Casey picked the ball up. A hydration break occurred in the thirtieth minute despite the early hour. In the thirty-third minute, Kai tied it for Sky Blue with her goal after the restart. Casey booted the ball up to Galton, who flicked on to Kai and she got around Megan Oyster before firing the shot in to tie it at 1. Banini saw a cross in the thirty-fourth minute picked off by Lytle after Lohman had an earlier shot blocked by Grubka. Stanton lost a ball out for a corner kick in the thirty-fifth minute, with Nairn serving this in low and cleared by Galton. She got a second chance in the thirty-sixth minute, going for Johnson, who flicked to Huster, and she shot it over the goal. Nairn had a free kick cleared by Rodriguez and Galton. Galton later found Lytle but lost the ball to a strong Spirit defense in the thirty-eighth minute. Nairn put a ball out wide for Dydasco, and she found Williams in the box, with Williams turning and shooting, scoring to put Washington ahead 2-1. Nairn put a free kick on goal from deep, taking one bounce straight at Casey. Maya Hayes had a pair of crosses, going too low for Rodriguez and too high for Kai in the forty-second minute for Sky Blue. Kai stayed down a bit, and stoppage time can be expected to be quite extensive to end this half. Johnson fouled Galton on her stoppage time burst forward for Sky Blue. Rodriguez took the dangerous free kick chance, going for goal and caught by Spirit keeper Wys. Williams won a corner kick off of Simon about four minutes into the added time. Nairn served this one, and Stanton sent it back out. Sky Blue surrendered another corner kick, which Nairn put in for Stengel, but Casey punched it. Huster's second effort cross was cleared out by Sky Blue. The game went into halftime at 2-1. Sky Blue's top players were CB Rampone, DM Rodriguez, LW Galton, LF Lytle, and RF Kai. Washington's best efforts came from RB Dydasco, CB Johnson, RW Nairn, LW Lohman, RF Williams, and LF Banini. In the forty-seventh minute, Banini put a cross in for Lohman, who poked a shot on goal that Casey saved. Williams had a cross deflected for the Spirit in the forty-eighth minute, creating a corner kick. Nairn booted this one in, but Casey bobbled and then grabbed it to end the Washington threat. Banini put up a nice series of plays with her fellow forwards and midfielders, but Lytle eventually stole it away from Huster in the fiftieth minute. Washington is swarming. Dydasco and Williams nearly connected on a second effort. Dydasco put a ball forward for Stengel that Rampone tracked down faster for Sky Blue. Hayes had a low cross for Sky Blue in the fifty-third minute which Oyster intercepted. Kai was caught offside on the next service in from Rodriguez. Lohman battled with Rampone and Grubka, winning a corner kick for Washington in the fifty-fifth minute. Nairn went for Lohman, who shot around Rodriguez, but Casey was in the right spot to make the save. Nairn won a corner kick off of Simon in the fifty-sixth minute, and then served in the set piece for Oyster, but it was too high. Williams got caught offside in the fifty-ninth minute on a Nairn through ball. Williams made a steal, but Domi Richardson of Sky Blue took it back. Kai charged back in the sixty-first minute for Sky Blue, firing a shot, but Wys kicked it away. Erica Skroski had a cross in for Kai, who headed it wide. Kai got alone in the box, sending Oyster the wrong way and then firing a shot that Wys saved at short range. Dydasco kicked the ball out just wide of her own goal in a dangerous play. Galton's corner kick landed on top of the net. Nairn put a sixty-fourth minute free kick in from deep to Stengel, but Grubka popped it up for Casey to catch. Kai had a sixty-fifth minute cross graze the top of the Washington net. Richardson cleared a Nairn free kick in the sixty-ninth minute, as the game has lulled a bit. Cali Farquharson sent a cross into Stengel in the seventy-first minute, whose shot appeared to graze off of Grubka, but no corner kick was given, and Casey sent the goal kick forward for Sky Blue. Rodriguez took a free kick after a Nairn foul in the seventy-second minute, shooting it over the bar. Lytle chipped a ball over the goal in the seventy-third minute in another decent chance for Sky Blue, with Oyster failing to make a defensive play to prevent a shot in an uncharacteristically iffy game for her. In the seventy-fifth minute, they took the second half cooling break. Skroski blocked a Banini shot after Farquharson and Dydasco covered the right wing for Washington in the seventy-eighth minute. Stengel had a deflected cross intended for Farquharson, but Nairn tracked it down and fired it wide right. Rodriguez's heavy touch in the eighty-first minute allowed Huster to clear it for Washington. Francisca Ordega managed a weak shot under heavy pressure after Lohman's pass, and Casey made the save. Galton crossed in on the counterattack in the eighty-second minute, going for Hayes but with Wys just getting there in time. Hayes won a corner kick off of Church in the eighty-sixth minute, giving Sky Blue a valuable set piece. Galton put it in over Rodriguez, and Oyster and Church cleared for the Spirit. Galton found Rodriguez on a cross in the eighty-eighth minute, and her header went straight to Wys. Dydasco had a cross go long in the eighty-ninth minute. Richardson sent a ball over the goal for Sky Blue in the ninetieth minute. Church put a ball forward in stoppage time for Alyssa Kleiner, but it ran too long for the Spirit sub to reach. Hayes won a corner kick off of Church in the third minute of stoppage time. Ordega blocked a Lytle shot, and Hayes lost it out of bounds. Banini and Farquharson collected the ball forward in the final minute, and a deflected shot from Farquharson fell to Kleiner, who blasted it into the goal to make it 3-1, the final, for Washington. Banini was the Outsider Sports Woman of the Match, with Kleiner getting a mention for that late goal as a sub.

Finally, the Boston Breakers host the Orlando Pride. Kaitlyn Savage and Jami Kranich are in goal. You can find the game at this link. Boston's Angela Salem made a steal against Orlando's Jasmyne Spencer in the third minute to break up the first real Pride attack. Spencer couldn't stay in bound in the fifth minute, going against Christen Westphal of the Breakers. Things started fairly slowly in this game, with few chances being produced. Brooke Elby of Boston just broke up a pass from Maddy Evans for Cami Levin of Orlando. Julie King of the Breakers outran Jamia Fields of the Pride to get onto a Kristen Edmonds long ball. In the tenth minute, Natasha Dowie scored for Boston after an errant back pass from Edmonds to Toni Pressley. The Breakers lead 1-0. Brittany Ratcliffe put a shot over the bar after a pass from Louise Schillgard in the fourteenth minute for Boston. Edmonds put a long ball into the box for the Pride, looking for Sam Witteman, but Kranich was there first for Boston. On the next Pride attack, Witteman nearly got the ball to Fields, but King shut it down for the Breakers enough to let Kranich grab it. In the seventeenth minute, Kaylyn Kyle stole the ball away from Dowie to give Orlando some possession. Fields got caught offside in the eighteenth minute, ending a Pride attack. Edmonds tried to work around Salem in the nineteenth minute, but couldn't keep control of the ball. Katie Schoepfer of Boston made a clear on an Evans through ball in the twentieth minute. Orlando got a free kick after King fouled Spencer in the twenty-first minute. Pressley took the free kick, going low. Pressley got a second ball into the box, but Kyle was offside, even as she poked it in the net. The goal didn't count, and the score remained 1-0. Kassey Kallman cleaned up a forward ball for the Breakers, with Orlando's Levin putting it into the box. Becky Edwards fouled Verdoia in the twenty-fifth minute near midfield, but Kallman took the free kick short to restart the Breakers possession. Schillgard had a cross in the box that Savage grabbed on one hop in the twenty-sixth minute. Elby blocked and cleared a Dani Weatherholt cross for Orlando in the twenty-seventh minute. Schillgard's long ball for Verdoia got taken by Pressley instead in the twenty-ninth minute. King just poked a ball away from Spencer before she could tee up a shot in the thirty-second minute. King and Schoepfer then blocked another Spencer try in the thirty-third minute after Fields and Witteman were well-defended by Kallman and Elby. Kallman cleared up a Witteman touch in the thirty-seventh minute. Spencer got fouled trying to regain the ball for Orlando, with Schillgard called for the violation, which drew a yellow card for the Breakers forward. The Pride's free kick came from Edmonds, with Edwards hitting the post on the chance, and the second effort was cleared by Ratcliffe and then Dowie managed a shot that Savage saved. Fields made a steal on Salem, and King had to clear it away in the thirty-ninth minute. Spencer curled a shot in the fortieth minute, but the effort was caught by Kranich to keep the Breakers in fine form. Levin found Weatherholt on a forty-first minute cross, and she left it for Edwards, but her shot went wide with a lot of Breakers crashing around her. Schoepfer's long ball for Dowie went a bit too long, and Savage picked it up for Orlando. Ratcliffe had a chance that she just missed on, whiffing on her shot attempt and allowing Savage to grab the ball again. Edmonds took a ball away on a through ball from Schoepfer for Dowie in stoppage time. The game went into halftime at 1-0 with a mostly uneventful game in the books. Impressing for the Pride are RB Levin, DCM Edwards, RW Evans, and LF Spencer. For the Breakers, the best efforts have come from GK Kranich, CB King, LB Elby, DM Salem, LW Ratcliffe, LF Dowie, and RF Schillgard. Weatherholt flicked a ball to Spencer outside of the box, and she was quickly fouled by King. The dangerous free kick in the forty-eighth minute came from Edmonds, who went for goal and saw King clear it out for a corner kick. Pressley took this set piece, but sent it long and out of bounds. Fields couldn't get around Kallman in the fiftieth minute. Levin had a cross blocked in the fifty-first minute after Elby had prevented Fields from working toward the box. Levin, Weatherholt, and Spencer connected, but King made another block and clear play for the Breakers in the fifty-second minute. Kyle cleared a ball from Verdoia to Dowie on the Boston counterattack. King blocked a Fields shot for the Pride in the fifty-fourth minute. Westphal and Spencer collided, but Westphal got the ball away for the Breakers first. The game is being played very direct, and currently quite back-and-forth. Schillgard was fouled by Kyle in the fifty-sixth minute after receiving a Verdoia pass just outside the box. Boston's free kick chance went out for a goal kick after a quick take. Pressley cleaned up a Verdoia through ball for Dowie in the fifty-eighth minute. Pressley headed a King throw-in out for a corner kick. Schillgard took this in the fifty-ninth minute, which Savage punched away for Orlando. Elby put in the second effort, but Savage beat Ratcliffe to the ball. Westphal headed a Weatherholt through ball in the sixty-first minute, and Boston countered through Schillgard. Spencer was offside as she chased down a Weatherholt ball in the sixty-second minute. Salem fired a shot high and wide for Boston after Ratcliffe put a ball in the box. Westphal and King shut down an Orlando attack in the sixty-fifth minute. The game has returned to a slower pace now. Elise Krieghoff sent a ball for Dowie in the sixty-ninth minute, and Dowie sent the shot over the Pride goal. Pressley and Verdoia had a run in during the seventieth minute, but only a corner kick was ruled for the Breakers. Schillgard's corner kick found King's head, and Savage got a punch to clear it before the whistle signaled a foul on the play. Elby won a battle with Spencer on the other end in the seventy-first minute. Edmonds had a free kick for the Pride in the seventy-second minute, going for Pressley, but Elby kept it away from the goal. King blocked Edmonds' next effort at a through ball. Boston took over as Kyle touched the ball offside on Witteman's pass to her. Fields was offside in the seventy-fifth minute after Elby held up Spencer well. In the seventy-sixth minute, Elby and Spencer both needed medical attention after a collision. Levin's long ball for Orlando in the eighty-second minute caught Christina Burkenroad offside. Westphal won a corner kick off of Burkenroad in the eighty-fourth minute. Schillgard served the Breakers set piece for King, but Pressley was there first. The second effort also came to King, but Pressley broke this up as well. Schillgard tried to get another corner kick to Rachel Wood, but Fields led the Pride counterattack in the eighty-fifth minute. Spencer's through ball ended up with Kranich, and the Breakers regain control to try to see this game out. Kyle beat Wood to a Schillgard free kick in the eighty-sixth minute for Boston. Wood put a shot wide left in the eighty-eighth minute for the Breakers on a Verdoia pass. Kyle just came in to disrupt Wood's shot, and Pressley had Verdoia pressured as well. Westphal defended against Burkenroad in the ninetieth minute after a long ball from Pressley. Schillgard had a free kick for Boston in stoppage time, going over Wood and caught by Savage. Ratcliffe and Wood tried to do a give-and-go, but Wood was offside. Spencer flicked a ball to Fields, whose shot went a bit wide and was handled by Kranich. King cleared a ball away from Burkenroad's heavy touch, and Verdoia took it to the corner to kill some time. Edmonds sent a ball up for Spencer, but King and Westphal combined to stop her progress cleanly. Boston earned a corner kick for Burkenroad losing the ball out of bounds. Kyle had a yellow card for a foul in the stoppage time, just moments before the final whistle. The game ended 1-0, with Dowie the Outsider Sports Woman of the Match for the game-winner in her first NWSL game. Also impressing for the Pride in the second half were CB Pressley and CF Fields. For the Breakers, the RB Westphal also improved.

Outsider Sports NWSL Best XI - Week 15

GK Michelle Betos
RB Cami Privett
CB Courtney Niemiec
CB Estelle Johnson
LB Caprice Dydasco
DCM Celeste Boureille
RW Stephanie McCaffrey
LW Kealia Ohai
RF Cheyna Williams
CF Nadia Nadim
LF Natasha Dowie

Major League Soccer 2016 - Week 21

We're back after the All-Star Game festivities with a unique structure this week. There's just one game on Saturday, but nine on Sunday to fill out the schedule. First up...

New York City FC hosts the Colorado Rapids on Saturday. Tim Howard and Josh Saunders are in goal. Colorado had yellow cards given to Micheal Azira in the twenty-first minute and Jared Watts in the twenty-third minute, both for fouls. New York City opened with a twenty-eighth minute Frank Lampard goal, assisted by Thomas McNamara and Diego Martinez. Play was suspended due to lightning in the Bronx around the thirtieth minute. New York City's Lampard and Martinez each received yellow cards for fouls in the thirty-second minute. Azira of the Rapids took a second yellow card in the thirty-seventh minute, leaving the visitors with ten men. New York City added on in the forty-second minute with a Tony Taylor goal. New York City extended the lead as Steven Mendoza scored in the seventy-fifth minute. New York City padded the lead with an eighty-first minute Lampard goal, courtesy of Jack Harrison. New York City kept going as Lampard made a penalty kick in the eighty-fourth minute to complete his hat trick. Colorado got on the board with a Shkelzen Gashi goal in stoppage time. The game ended at 5-1, with the man of the match being Lampard for leading the offensive outburst.

The first of nine MLS Sunday games has Sporting Kansas City welcoming the Portland Timbers. Jake Gleeson and Alec Kann are the goalies. Portland's Fanendo Adi took a tenth minute yellow card for his foul. Kansas City got going in the fiftieth minute with a Jacob Peterson goal, via Benny Feilhaber. Jimmy Medranda of Sporting received a yellow card for his seventy-second minute foul. The Timbers saw yellow cards for Jermaine Taylor in the seventy-fourth minute and Diego Chara in the eighty-sixth minute, both for fouls. Roger Espinoza of Kansas City had a yellow card in the eighty-seventh minute for his foul. The game ended 1-0, with the man of the match being Peterson for his goal.

Northwest to Seattle, the Sounders FC bring in the Los Angeles Galaxy. Brian Rowe and Stefan Frei guard the woodwork. Seattle dented the scoreboard on a forty-ninth minute Cristian Roldan goal, assisted by Nelson Valdez. In the sixty-fifth minute, Jelle Van Damme of Los Angeles took a yellow card for dissent. The Galaxy tied it in the seventy-eighth minute with a Sebastian Lletget goal, coming off of Steven Gerrard and Giovani dos Santos. The game ended in a 1-1 draw, with Rowe the man of the match for five saves on six shots.

In Texas, FC Dallas hosts the Vancouver Whitecaps FC. David Ousted and Chris Seitz are in goal. Dallas started in the fifty-sixth minute with a Kellyn Acosta goal, via Michael Barrios and Mauro Diaz. Dallas added on with a fifty-ninth minute goal by Maximiliano Urruti, courtesy of Atiba Harris. The game ended at 2-0, with Acosta the man of the match for the winner.

On the east coast, DC United welcomes the Montreal Impact. Evan Bush and Bill Hamid are the keepers. DC struck first with a twentieth minute goal by Patrick Mullins, via Taylor Kemp. In the twenty-fifth minute, United took a yellow card for a Marcelo Sarvas foul. Montreal's Kyle Bekker had a yellow card for a fifty-fourth minute foul. Mullins of DC took a yellow card for a seventy-seventh minute foul. The Impact went down to ten men in the eighty-first minute as Didier Drogba took a straight red card for his foul. Montreal tied it in the eighty-sixth minute on a Hernan Bernardello goal, coming off of Matteo Mancosu. The Impact's Bernardello took a yellow card in stoppage time for a foul. The game ended 1-1, and despite his late foul, Bernardello was the man of the match for his shorthanded equalizer.

Back west, the Chicago Fire bring in the New York Red Bulls. Luis Robles and Sean Johnson are the gloved men. New York's Felipe had a yellow card for a fifteenth minute foul. The Red Bulls were first to score thanks to Chicago's Matt Polster committing an own goal in the sixteenth minute. The Fire tied it with a thirty-fifth minute goal by David Accam, made possible by Michael de Leeuw. Khaly Thiam of Chicago received a yellow card for a thirty-eighth minute foul. In first half stoppage time, the Fire took the lead as Polster put the ball in the proper net, thanks to John Goossens. Mike Grella of New York had a yellow card for a fifty-seventh minute foul. Razvan Cocis of Chicago had a yellow card for his seventy-sixth minute foul. Bradley Wright-Phillips of the Red Bulls retied it with a goal in the ninetieth minute, with the help of Connor Lade. New York's Ronald Zubar took a yellow card for time wasting in second half stoppage time. The game ended 2-2, with the man of the match being Wright-Phillips for the equalizer.

East again to Philadelphia, where the Union host Real Salt Lake. Nick Rimando and Andre Blake are the solid keepers. Philadelphia's Fabinho took a yellow card for a twenty-first minute foul. Aaron Maund of Salt Lake had a yellow card for dissent in the forty-second minute. Roland Alberg led off for the Union with a forty-fourth minute penalty kick goal. Real tied it on a Joao Plata forty-eighth minute goal, made possible by Demar Phillips. Javier Morales gave Salt Lake the lead with a fifty-fourth minute goal, assisted by Olmes Garcia, and then took a yellow card for time wasting afterwards. Brian Carroll of Philadelphia took a ninetieth minute yellow card for a foul.

Down to Florida, where Orlando City SC welcome the New England Revolution. Bobby Shuttleworth and Joe Bendik are in the six-yard boxes. New England's Scott Caldwell had a yellow card for an eighteenth minute foul. The Revolution began in the nineteenth minute with a Kei Kamara goal, assisted by Kelyn Rowe. Orlando City tied it on a Cyle Larin goal in the forty-sixth minute, coming off of Kevin Molino. Orlando City took the lead with a Molino goal in the sixty-fourth minute, set up by Brek Shea. Orlando City had a yellow card for Cristian Higuita in the eightieth minute for a foul. Orlando City added on with a Molino goal in the eighty-third minute, made possible by Kaka and Luke Boden. The game ended at 3-1, with the man of the match being Molino with his brace and assist.

Up in Canada, Toronto FC bring in the Columbus Crew SC. Steve Clark and Alex Bono man the nets. Toronto drew first blood in the eighth minute with a Tsubasa Endoh goal, assisted by Sebastian Giovinco. Toronto added on in the twenty-fourth minute with a Giovinco goal, guided in by Jay Chapman. Toronto extended the lead in the eighty-seventh minute as Jozy Altidore scored, thanks to Giovinco. Columbus had yellow cards for Tony Tchani in the eighty-ninth minute and Michael Parkhurst in stoppage time, both for fouls. The game ended 3-0, with Giovinco the man of the match for his role in all the goals.

Finally, the Houston Dynamo host the San Jose Earthquakes. David Bingham and Joe Willis are the goalies. Houston had yellow cards for Abdoulie Mansally in the seventeenth minute and Alex in the fortieth minute, both for fouls. The Dynamo cracked the scoresheet with an Alex goal in first half stoppage time. San Jose tied it on a fifty-ninth minute Chris Wondolowski goal, assisted by Cordell Cato. The Earthquakes had a yellow card given to Jordan Stewart in the ninetieth minute for his foul. The game ended in a 1-1 draw, with the man of the match being Wondolowski for his equalizer.

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