Aztex survive quick red card

• by Paul Kennedy  @pkedit, Jun 8, 2009

[USL-1] Rarer than a first-minute goal is a first-minute red card, but the Austin Aztex recovered from the quick dismissal of Michael Callahan for a late tackle on a Charleston player and earned a 1-1 tie with the undefeated Battery on Sunday.

A week after he had an assist in his USL-1 debut, Jeff Harwell, a call-up from the Aztex's U-23 team, scored the tying goal for Austin on a volley with 15 minutes left in the game.

"It was a really good finish," Austin coach Adrian Heath said. "Jeff's really given us a spark the last couple of games."

Results:
June 4
Puerto Rico 2 Cleveland 1
Goals:
PR: Cristian Arrieta (penalty) 23
PR: Sean Fraser (Petter Villegas) 35
CLE: Ryan Stewart (Pato Aguilera) 72
Att.: 2,385

Portland 1 Montreal 0
Att.: 6427
Goal:
POR: Keith Savage (Cameron Knowles) 90

June 5
Austin 0 Charleston 2
Goals:
CHA: Darren Spicer (Tyler Hemming) 13
CHA: Matt Bobo (Tyler Hemming) 66
Att.: 2,246

June 6
Rochester 0 Minnesota 0
Att.: 6,902

Puerto Rico 2 Cleveland 2
Goals:
PR: Cristian Arrieta (penalty) 36
PR: Kendall Jagdeosingh 40
CLE: Ricardo Pierre-Louis 51
CLE: Pato Aguilera 55
Att.: 2,348

June 7
Austin 1 Charleston 1
Goals:
CHA: Kenji Treschuk 56
AUS: Jeff Harwell (Lyle Adams) 77
Red Card:
AUS: Michael Callahan 1
Att.: 2,891

Vancouver 2 Montreal 1
Goals:
MON: Eduardo Sebrango (Rocco Placentino) 20
VAN: Marcus Haber (Ansu Toure) 42
MON: David Testo (Simon Gatti) 44
Att.: 5,288.

Standings:
TEAM W L T GF GA P
Charleston 6 0 5 12 3 23
Carolina 7 2 1 12 5 22
Portland 5 1 3 10 4 18
Puerto Rico 4 3 4 15 15 16
Rochester 4 4 2 10 9 14
Montreal  3 4 2 11 9 11
Vancouver 3 4 2 9 11 11
Austin 2 3 4 10 12 10
Miami FC 2 4 1 6 8 7
Cleveland 1 7 2 5 19 5
Minnesota 0 5 4 6 11 4