MLS Weekend: FC Dallas-Toronto FC, a game of two days

• by Soccer America , Apr 19, 2015

Some games are a tale of two halves. FC Dallas-Toronto FC was a tale of two days. Dallas held on to win 3-2 in game that was delayed 206 minutes because of lightning and thunderstorms and finished shortly before 1 a.m. local time in Frisco.

MLS: Weekend Express
NY Red Bulls 2 San Jose 0. Highlights
D.C. United 1 Houston 1. Highlights
Columbus 3 Orlando City 0. Highlights
FC Dallas 3 Toronto FC 2. Highlights
Colorado 1 Seattle 3. Highlights
Real Salt Lake 0 Vancouver 1. Highlights
LA Galaxy 2 Sporting KC 1. Highlights
Philadelphia 1 New England 2. Highlights
New York City 0 Portland 1. Highlights

Dallas took the lead after Fabian Castillo scored after a club-record 29 seconds and led 3-0 after 27 minutes. Play was halted in the 42nd minute because lights went out at Toyota Stadium. The rains left huge puddles on the field, but after the grounds crew got the Frisco field playable the game resumed at 11:42 p.m. local time. Late in the second half -- yes, there was a 15-minute intermission -- Italian Sebastian Giovinco scored twice to make the game close.

Omar Gonzalez, who began the game on the bench after starting for the USA against Mexico on Wednesday, came on in the second half and scored the winner four minutes into stoppage time in the LA Galaxy's 2-1 win over Sporting Kansas City. Back-to-back wins moved the Galaxy from last place to third place in the Western Conference.

Nine-man Real Salt Lake's 1-0 loss to Vancouver left the New York Red Bulls as the only remaining unbeaten team.

Seattle's 3-1 win over Colorado featured this goal of the year candidate from Obafemi Martins:



MLS: Week 7 Results:
SUNDAY, APRIL 19
Philadelphia 1 New England 2. Highlights
42 PHI – Cristian Maidana
64 NE – Charlie Davies (Teal Bunbury)
76 NE – Teal Bunbury (Diego Fagundez)
Att.: 18,106.

New York City 0 Portland 1. Highlights
79 POR -- Darion Asprilla (Gaston Fernandez)
Att.: 21,891

SATURDAY, APRIL 18
D.C. United 1 Houston 1. Highlights
36 DC -- Chris Rolfe
65 HOU -- Ricardo Clark
Att.: 13,047.

Columbus 3 Orlando City 0. Highlights
32 CLB – Federico Higuain (Ethan Finlay)
55 CLB – Justin Meram (Kei Kamara)
60 CLB – Kei Kamara (Federico Higuain)
Red Card
34 ORL -- Rafael Ramos.
Att.: 15,655.

FC Dallas 3 Toronto FC 2. Highlights
1 DAL -- Fabian Castillo (Moises Hernandez)
10 DAL -- Fabian Castillo (Blas Perez)
27 DAL -- Blas Perez
83 TOR -- Sebastian Giovinco (Nick Hagglund)
89 TOR -- Sebastian Giovinco
Att.: 16,176.

Colorado 1 Seattle 3. Highlights
5 SEA -- Lamar Neagle (Clint Dempsey)
22 COL -- Gabriel Torres (Dillon Powers)
25 SEA -- Lamar Neagle
73 SEA -- Obafemi Martins (Andy Rose)
Att.: 13,134.

Real Salt Lake 0 Vancouver 1. Highlights
80 VAN -- Darren Mattocks (Russell Teibert)
Red Cards:
76 RSL -- Sebastian Saucedo
89 RSL -- Jamison Olave
Att.: 20,414

LA Galaxy 2 Sporting KC 1. Highlights
9 LA -- Baggio Husidic 22
22 SKC -- Krisztian Nemeth (Benny Feilhaber, Dominic Dwyer
90+4 LA -- Omar Gonzalez (Juninho)
Att.: 20,018.

FRIDAY, APRIL 17
NY Red Bulls 2 San Jose 0. Highlights
29 NY -- Sacha Kljestan (Bradley Wright-Phillips, Felipe)
35 NY -- Mike Grella (Lloyd Sam)
Att.: 16,406.

THURSDAY, APRIL 16
New York City 1 Philadelphia 1. Highlights
57 NYC -- Mehdi Ballouchy (Khiry Shelton)
86 PHL -- C.J. Sapong (Maurice Edu, Cristian Maidana)
Att.: 20,461.

MLS Standings:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
PTS TEAM W-L-T GF/GA
11 NY Red Bulls 3-0-2 9/4
11 D.C. United 3-1-2 6/5
11 New England 3-2-2 6/7
8 Columbus 2-2-2 8/5
8 Orlando City 2-3-2 6/8
6 Chicago 2-3-0 5/7
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6 New York City 1-3-3 5/6
6 Philadelphia 1-4-3 9/13
3 Toronto FC 1-4-0 8/11
2 Montreal 0-2-2 2/6

WESTERN CONFERENCE
PTS TEAM W-L-T GF/GA
16 Vancouver 5-2-1 10/7
13 FC Dallas 4-2-1 10/10
11 LA Galaxy 3-2-2 8/7
10 Seattle 3-2-1 9/5
9 San Jose 3-4-0 7/9
9 Houston 2-2-3 6/4
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9 Portland 2-2-3 7/6
9 Real Salt Lake 2-1-3 6/5
9 Sporting KC 2-3-3 9/11
6 Colorado 1-2-3 5/5

Leading MLS Scorers:
G PLAYER (TEAM)
5 Octavio Rivero (Vancouver)
4+1 Kei Kamara (Columbus)
4+1 Obafemi Martins (Seattle)
4+1 Blas Perez (FC Dallas)
3+2 Fabian Castillo (FC Dallas)
3+2 Sebastian Giovinco (Toronto FC)
3 Fanendo Adi (Portland)
3 Fernando Aristeguieta (Philadelphia)
3 Clint Dempsey (Seattle)
3 Kaka (Orlando City)
3 Lloyd Sam (NY Red Bulls)
3 Chris Wondolowski (San Jose)

MLS, Week 8 Schedule:
FRIDAY, APRIL 24
Chicago vs. New York City, 8 pm UDN
Colorado vs. FC Dallas, 10 pm UDN
SATURDAY, APRIL 25
Vancouver vs. D.C. United, TBD
New England vs. Real Salt Lake, 7:30 pm
Columbus vs. Philadelphia, 7:30 pm
Houston vs. Sporting KC, 8:30 pm
San Jose vs. Montreal, 10:30 pm (postponed)
SUNDAY, APRIL 26
NY Red Bulls vs. LA Galaxy, 5 pm ESPN2, ESPN Deportes
Orlando vs. Toronto FC, 7 pm Fox Sports 1, Fox Deportes
Seattle vs. Portland, 9:30 pm Fox Sports 1, Fox Deportes

MLS, Week 9 Schedule:
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29
NY Red Bulls vs. Colorado, 7:30 pm
FRIDAY, MAY 1
Houston vs. FC Dallas, 8 pm UDN
Real Salt Lake vs. San Jose, 10 pm UDN
SATURDAY, MAY 2
Philadelphia vs. Toronto FC, 7 pm
D.C. United vs. Columbus, 7 pm
New England vs. NY Red Bulls, 7:30 pm
Portland vs. Vancouver, 10:30 pm
LA Galaxy vs. Colorado, 10:30 pm
SUNDAY, MAY 3
Sporting KC vs. Chicago, 5 pm ESPN2, ESPN Deportes
New York City vs. Seattle, 7 pm Fox Sports 1, Fox Deportes

MLS, Week 10 Schedule:
TUESDAY, MAY 5
Houston vs. San Jose, 8:30 pm
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6
Real Salt Lake vs. LA Galaxy, 9:30 pm
FRIDAY, MAY 8
Orlando vs. New England, 8 pm UDN
Colorado vs. San Jose, 10 pm UDN
SATURDAY, MAY 9
Chicago vs. Real Salt Lake, 3 pm
Montreal vs. Portland, 4 pm
Vancouver vs. Philadelphia, 7 pm
D.C. United vs. Sporting KC, 7 pm
Columbus vs. Seattle, 7:30 pm
FC Dallas vs. LA Galaxy, 8:30 pm
SUNDAY, MAY 10
Toronto FC vs. Houston, 5 pm ESPN2, ESPN Deportes
NY Red Bulls vs. New York City, 7 pm Fox Sports 1, Fox Deportes