MLS Week 23: Results & Standings
- by Soccer America , Aug 14, 2016
For the second time in four games, New York City coach Patrick Vieira got tossed, being ejected by referee Sorin Stoica at the end of NYCFC's 3-3 tie with Columbus Crew that left NYCFC a point ahead of Toronto and two points ahead of the New York Red Bulls.
NYCFC and the Crew exchanged four goals in the last 10 minutes and first David Villa for NYCFC and then Ethan Finlay for the Crew scored in stoppage time. Afterwards, Vieira calmed down and praised the play of both teams.
"It was the type of game that everybody enjoyed and I really enjoyed it on the field because it was difficult for both teams," the Frenchman said. "I think both teams, at times, played well. It was drama, if you call it like that. I hope the fan enjoyed it because it was a really good game of football with goals, with teams leading and the other teams coming back, change of tactics and it was of tension. I think that is the type of games that the MLS needs."
-- Bradley Wright-Phillips scored two goals to lead the New York Red Bull past the Montreal Impact, 3-1, become their all-time leading goal scorer in MLS play (59 goals), breaking Juan Pablo Angel's record of 58 goals.
WEEK 23:
Friday, August 12
Vancouver 1 San Jose 2.
SJ: Quincy Amarikwa (Anibal Godoy) 14
SJ: Simon Dawkins (Alberto Quintero) 60
VAN: Nicolas Mezquida (Kendall Waston, Christian Bolanos) 90+4
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Vancouver -- Ousted; Parker, Edgar, Waston, de Jong (Davies 66), Laba (Aird 74), Morales, Bolanos, Mezquida, Barnes; Kudo (Perez 66).
San Jose -- Bingham; Cato, Wynne, Bernardez, Stewart; Quintero (Salinas 87), Alashe (Ceren 46), Godoy, Dawkins; Wondolowski, Amarikwa (Barrett 83).
Att.: 22,120.
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Saturday, August 13
NY Red Bulls 3 Montreal 1.
MTL: Ignacio Piatti (Matteo Mancosu, Marco Donadel) 21
NY: Bradley Wright-Phillips (Sacha Kljestan, Sean Davis) 22
NY: Bradley Wright-Phillips (Sean Davis) 41
NY: Sean Davis (Mike Grella) 46
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NY Red Bulls -- Robles; Lawrence, Zubar, Collin (Zizzo 60) Duvall, Davis, Felipe, Muyl, Kljestan (Damari 79), Grella, B.Wright-Phillips (Veron 70).
Montreal -- Bush; Camara, Oyongo, Ciman, Cabrera, Mallace, Donadel (Toia 52), Piatti, Bernardello, Mancosu (Ontivero 79), Drogba (Salazar 86).
Red Cards: Montreal -- Oyongo 48.
Att.: 23,459.
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Saturday, August 13
D.C. United 2 Portland 0.
DCU: Steve Birnbaum (Bobby Boswell, Lloyd Sam) 7
DCU: Luciano Acosta (Lloyd Sam) 29
D.C. United -- Hamid, Kemp, Boswell, Birnbaum, Franklin, Marcelo, Nyarko (DeLeon, 56), Acosta, Jeffrey, Sam (Neagle, 72), Mullins (Saborio, 82).
Portland -- Gleeson, Powell, J.Taylor, Ridgewell, Vytas, Valeri, Nagbe, Jewsbury, Melano (Barmby, 62), Adi, McInerney (Grabavoy, 73).
Att.: 16,298
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Saturday, August 13
Columbus 3 New York City 3.
NYC: Frank Lampard 41
CLB: Justin Meram (Waylon Francis, Will Trapp) 49
CLB: Ethan Finlay pen. 80
NYC: David Villa (Andrea Pirlo) 84
NYC: David Villa pen. 90+2
CLB: Ethan Finlay 90+5
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Columbus -- Clark; Francis (Jimenez 61), Naess, Parkhurst, Afful; Tchani, Trapp, Meram (Jahn 85), Higuain (Cedrick 74), Finlay; Kamara.
New York City -- Saunders; Allen (Matarrita 69), Chanot, Brillant, Hernandez (Mendoza 82); Iraola, Pirlo, Lampard; McNamara, Taylor (Harrison 54), Villa.
Red Cards: New York City -- Maxime Chanot FT.
Att.: 18,189.
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Saturday, August 13
New England 0 Philadelphia 4.
PHI: C.J. Sapong 7 (Fabinho) 2
PHI: Chris Pontius 51
PHI: Richie Marquez (Chris Pontius) 54
PHI: Roland Alberg (Charlie Davies) 90+3
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New England -- Shuttleworth; Tierney, Goncalves, Watson, Farrell; Caldwell (Herivaux 68), Rowe; Fagundez (Kobayashi 59), Nguyen (Agudelo 76), Bunbury; Kamara.
Philadelphia -- Blake; Fabinho, Rosenberry, Tribbett, Marquez; Creavalle, Pontius, Bedoya (Alberg 72), Ilsinho (Davies 84), Barnetta; Sapong (Herbers 46).
Att.: 17,127.
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Saturday, August 13
FC Dallas 2 Sporting KC 2.
FCD: Tesho Akindele (Atiba Harris, Carlos Gruezo) 66
SKC: Dom Dwyer (Brad Davis, Benny Feilhaber) 68
SKC: Dom Dwyer 73
FCD: Maximiliano Urruti 76
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FC Dallas -- Seitz; Harris, Zimmerman, Hedges, Figueroa; Gruezo (Hollingshead 75), Ulloa (Acosta 56), Diaz; Getterson (Akindele 61), Urruti, Barrios.
Sporting KC -- Kann; Abdul-Salaam, Opara (Ellis 35), Olum, Medranda; Feilhaber, Coelho (Nagamura 85), Appiah; Peterson (Davis 66), Dwyer, Zusi.
Att.: 13,408.
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Saturday, August 13
LA Galaxy 1 Colorado 1.
COL: Shkelzen Gashi (Assisted by Marlon Hairston) 51
LA: Daniel Steres (Assisted by Steven Gerrard) 62
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LA Galaxy -- Rowe (Kennedy 85); DeLaGarza, Steres, Van Damme, Cole; Gerrard, de Jong; Lletget (Magee 73), dos Santos, Boateng (Gordon 89); Zardes.
Colorado -- Howard; Burling, Sjoberg, Burch, Miller; Hairston, Badji (Le Toux 46), Cronin, Powers, Gashi (Azira 73); K.Doyle.
Att.: 25,667
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Sunday, August 14
Chicago 2 Orlando City 2.
CHI: John Goossens (Matt Polster) 6
ORL: Cyle Larin (Kaka) 9
ORL: Kaka 32
CHI: Razvan Cocis (Brandon Vincent, David Accam) 78
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Chicago -- Johnson, Kappelhof, Gehrig, Campbell, Polster, Cocis, Thiam (Solignac 46), Vincent, Goossens (Alvarez 71), de Leeuw, Accam.
Orlando -- Bendik, Alston, Redding (Aja 56), Hines, Boden, Higuita (Rocha 61), Carrasco, Shea, Kaka, Perez Garcia (Molino 64), Larin.
Att.: 18,148
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Sunday, August 14
Seattle 2 Real Salt Lake 1.
SEA: Nicolas Lodeiro (Andreas Ivanschitz) 24
SEA: Jordan Morris (Nicolas Lodeiro, Clint Dempsey) 37
RSL: Joao Plata (Yura Movsisyan) 62
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Seattle -- Frei; Mears, Evans, Marshall, Jones; Alonso, Roldan; Lodeiro, Dempsey (Gomez 91+), Ivanschitz (Friberg 68); Morris (Valdez 83).
Real Salt Lake -- Rimando; Beltran (Stertzer 87), Glad, Olave, Phillips; Beckerman, Mulholland (Holness 85); Martinez, Morales, Plata; Garcia (Movsisyan 46).
Att.: 39,491.
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Sunday, August 14
Houston 1 Toronto FC 1.
HOU: Cristian Maidana (Mauro Manotas) 8
TOR: Jozy Altidore (Sebastian Giovinco) 24
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Toronto FC -- Bono, Moor, Hagglund, J.Williams, Morrow (Morgan 41), Bradley, Delgado, Osorio, Bloom (Chapman, 16), Giovinco, Altidore (Ricketts 71).
Houston -- Willis, Anibaba, Agus, Mansally, S.Williams, Maidana (Clark 65), Wenger (Rodriguez 46), Alex, Warner, Garcia, Manotas (Bruin 83).
Red Cards: Houston -- Mansally 45.
Att.: 17,474.
MLS Standings:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
PTS TEAM W-L-T GF/GA
38 New York City 10-7-8 43/43
37 Toronto FC 10-7-7 34/25
36 NY Red Bulls 10-9-6 43/33
34 Philadelphia 9-8-7 42/37
33 Montreal 8-6-9 38/34
27 D.C. United 6-8-9 24/28
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27 Orlando City 5-6-12 38/41
26 New England 6-10-8 29/44
20 Columbus 3-8-11 29/38
19 Chicago 4-11-7 22/32
WESTERN CONFERENCE
PTS TEAM W-L-T GF/GA
45 FC Dallas 13-6-6 39/33
42 Colorado 11-3-9 27/20
38 LA Galaxy 9-3-11 38/23
37 Real Salt Lake 10-8-7 36/36
35 Sporting KC 10-11-5 30/30
31 Portland 8-9-8 36/36
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30 Vancouver 8-11-6 34/41
30 San Jose 7-6-10 25/25
27 Seattle 8-12-3 26/30
21 Houston 4-10-9 25/29
Leading Scorers:
G PLAYER (TEAM)
15 Sebastian Giovinco (Toronto FC)
15 David Villa (New York City)
14 Bradley Wright-Phillips (NY Red Bulls)
13 Ignacio Piatti (Montreal)
12 Dom Dwyer (Sporting KC)
12 Cyle Larin (Orlando City)
11 Fanendo Adi (Portland)
10 Chris Pontius (Philadelphia)
10 Ola Kamara (Columbus)
10 Diego Valeri (Portland)
WEEK 24:
Friday, August 19
11:00 pm San Jose vs. Houston UniMas
Saturday, August 20
3:30 pm New York City vs. LA Galaxy ESPN, ESPN Deportes
7 pm Philadelphia vs. Toronto FC
7:30 pm Montreal vs. Chicago
7:30 pm New England vs. Columbus
8:30 pm Sporting KC vs. Vancouver
9 pm Colorado vs. Orlando City
10 pm Real Salt Lake vs. FC Dallas
Sunday, August 21
3 pm D.C. United vs. NY Red Bulls ESPN, ESPN Deportes
9:30 pm Seattle vs. Portland FS1, Fox Deportes
All times ET.
