MLS Week 10: Sapong hat trick carries Philly to first win

• by Soccer America , May 7, 2017

Philadelphia picked up its first win of the season with a 3-0 win over the New York Red Bulls thanks to C.J. Sapong's hat trick in the last quarter of an hour. Toronto FC took the lead in Supporters' Shield face with a 1-0 win at Seattle in a rematch of MLS 2016. The other two Canadian teams, Montreal and Vancouver, also won on the road, 1-0.

MLS RESULTS, WEEK 10:
Wednesday, May 3
Toronto FC 2 Orlando City 1.
TFC: Sebastian Giovinco (Jozy Altidore) 9
TFC: Sebastian Giovinco (Victor Vazquez) 38
ORL: Kaka (Cyle Larin, Carlos Rivas) 45+1
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Toronto FC -- Bono; Zavaleta, Hagglund, Morrow; Beitashour, Vazquez (Osorio 65), Bradley, Delgado, Edwards (Cooper 79); Altidore (Ricketts 83), Giovinco.
Orlando City -- Bendik; Sutter, Redding, Spector, Toia; Carrasco (Barnes 75), Gil, Higuita (Rocha 87), Kaka (Perez Garcia 65); Larin, Rivas.
Att.: 25,200.



Wednesday, May 3
Sporting KC 2 NY Red Bulls 0.
SKC: Dom Dwyer 46
SKC: Dom Dwyer (Benny Feilhaber) 68
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Sporting KC -- Melia; Besler, Opara, Sinovic; Espinoza (Mustivar 90+1), Feilhaber, Medranda (Salloi 90+1), Ilie, Zusi; Dwyer (Saad 90+3), Gerso.
NY Red Bulls -- Robles; Lade, Murillo, Zizzo, Long, Felipe, Davis, Muyl, Veron (Kljestan 57), Etienne (Wright-Phillips 65), Gulbrandsen (Royer 69).
Att.: 18,965.



Friday, May 5
Colorado 0 Vancouver 1.
VAN: Brek Shea (Nicolas Mezquida) 84
Colorado -- Howard; Miller, Burling, Watts, M.Williams; Azira, Powers; Saied (Serna 77),  Doyle (Badji 67), Gashi; Gordon (Hairston 73)
Vancouver -- Ousted; S.Williams, Waston, Parker, Harvey; Laba; Techera (Shea 69), Jacobson, Tchani (Davies 65), Bolanos (Mezquida 80); Montero.
Red Card: Colorado -- M.Williams 88.
Att.: 13,745.



Saturday, May 6
Seattle 0 Toronto FC 1.
TOR: Jozy Altidore pen. 23
Seattle -- Frei; Delem (Shipp 57), Svensson, Torres (Alfaro 74), Jones; Alonso, Roldan, Lodeiro, Dempsey, Morris (Fernandez 71); Bruin.
Toronto FC -- Irwin; Hagglund, Mavinga, Morrow, Hernandez; Edwards (Cooper 63), Bradley, Delgado, Cheyrou, Chapman (Osorio 65); Altidore (Ricketts 80).
Att.: 41,468.

Saturday, May 6
D.C. United 0 Montreal 1.
MTL: Ballou Jean-Yves Tabla (Adrian Arregui) 13
D.C. United -- Worra; Kemp, Boswell, Opare, Franklin; Jeffrey; Neagle, Acosta, Harkes (Sarvas 78), Sam (Ortiz 83); Le Toux (Mullins 46).
Montreal -- Bush; Oyongo, Fisher, Ciman, Duvall; Arregui (Bernier 69), Bernardello; Piatti, Tabla (Mallace 78), Lovitz; Oduro (Jackson-Hamel 84).
Att.: 14,993.

Saturday, May 6
Philadelphia 3 NY Red Bulls 0.
PHI: C.J. Sapong 75
PHI: C.J. Sapong (Chris Pontius, Fabian Herbers) 81
PHI: C.J. Sapong pen. 85
Philadelphia -- Blake; Gaddis (Rosenberry 62), Onyewu, Elliott, Fabinho, Picault (Herbers, 78), Alberg (Jones 63), Bedoya, Medunjanin, Pontius, Sapong.
NY Red Bulls -- Robles; Lawrence,  Long, Perrinelle, Murillo, Adams, Felipe (Etienne 81), Royer (Grella 76), Kljestan, Muyl (Gulbrandsen 72), Wright-Phillips.
Att.: 16,297.



Saturday, May 6
Columbus 2 New England 0.
CLB: Ola Kamara (Justin Meram) 13
CLB: Federico Higuain (Ola Kamara) 53
Columbus -- Steffen; Jimenez (Raitala 87), Williams, Mensah, Francis; Trapp, Naess; Finlay (Hansen 73), Higuain (Crognale 80), Meram; O.Kamara.
New England -- Cropper; Farrell (Tierney 78), Smith, Delamea, Rowe; Kouassi, Caldwell (Hollinger-Janzen 82), Kobayashi (Watson 57), Fagundez; Agudelo, Nguyen.
Att.: 13,340.

Saturday, May 6
Houston 4 Orlando City 0.
HOU: Alberth Elis (A.J. DeLaGarza) 23
HOU: Mauro Manotas (Alex) 51
HOU: Mauro Manotas (Romell Quioto, Alex) 65
HOU: Romell Quioto (Mauro Manotas) 79
Houston -- Willis; DeLaGarza, Machado, Leonardo, Beasley; Manotas, Cabezas, Alexander (Clark 9); Alex (Garcia 73); Elis, Quioto (Sanchez 79).
Orlando City -- Bendik; Sutter, Redding, Aja, Toia; Perez Garcia, Nocerino (Kaka 58), Gil; Johnson (Higuita 71); Larin, Barnes (Rivas 58).
Att.: 19,292.



Saturday, May 6
Real Salt Lake 0 FC Dallas 3.
FCD: Maximiliano Urruti pen. 3
FCD: Matt Hedges (Kellyn Acosta) 68
FCD: Maximiliano Urruti 90+1
Real Salt Lake -- Van Oekel; Wingert, Maund (Hernandez 79), Schmidt, Phillips; Mulholland, Sunny (Plata 63); Lennon, Rusnak, Saucedo (Silva, 71); Movsisyan.
FC Dallas -- Gonzalez; Figueroa, Hedges, Zimmerman, Grana; Lamah (Gruezo 46), Acosta, Ulloa, Barrios (Colman 67), Akindele (Harris 88), Urruti.
Att.: 18,160.



Saturday, May 6
LA Galaxy 2 Chicago 2.
CHI: David Accam pen. 13
CHI: Nemanja Nikolic (David Accam) 16
LA: Daniel Steres (Romain Alessandrini) 56
LA: Giovani dos Santos (Romain Alessandrini) 65
LA Galaxy -- Rowe, Cole, Van Damme (Romney 33), Steres, Diallo, Pedro, Husidic, Jones (Boateng 43), Alessandrini, dos Santos, Zardes (McBean 87).
Chicago -- Lampson, Conner (Campbell 75), Kappelhof, Meira, Vincent, Juninho (Alvarez 88), McCarty, Schweinsteiger, Solignac, Nikolic, Accam (de Leeuw 69).
Att.: 24,256.



Saturday, May 6
San Jose 3 Portland 0.
SJ: Jahmir Hyka (Chris Wondolowski) 8
SJ: Chris Wondolowski (Florian Jungwirth) 31
SJ: Chris Wondolowski (Florian Jungwirth) 55
San Jose -- Bingham, Cato, Jungwirth, Bernardez, Sarkodie, Ceren, Godoy, Hyka (Dawkins, 80), Wondolowski, Urena (Thompson, 88), Hoesen.
Portland -- Attinella, Powell, Olum, Ridgewell, Vytas, Guzman, Chara, Asprilla (Barmby, 57), Blanco, Mattocks (Arboleda, 63), Adi (Ebobisse, 83).
Att.: 18,000



Sunday, May 7
Minn. United 2 Sporting KC 0.
MIN: Abu Danladi (Miguel Ibarra, Ibson) 22
MIN: Christian Ramirez (Miguel Ibarra, Abu Danladi) 39
Minn. United -- Shuttleworth; Thiesson (Taylor 75), Kallman, Calvo, Burch; Ibson, Cronin, Ibarra, Danladi (Warner 72), Molino; Ramirez (Venegas 84).
Sporting KC -- Melia; Igor Juliao (Graham Zusi 46), Ellis, Besler, Sinovic; Espinoza, Ilie, Feilhaber; Gerso (Salloi 77), Dwyer, Saad (Medranda 60).
Att.: 17,709.

Sunday, May 7
New York City 3 Atlanta United 1.
NYC: David Villa (Rodney Wallace) 17
ATL: Carlos Carmona 39
NYC: Rodney Wallace (Ethan White, Jack Harrison) 60
NYC: Maximiliano Moralez (Rodney Wallace, David Villa) 61
New York City FC -- Johnson; Sweat, Callens, Chanot, White; Moralez (Awuah 90+1), Herrera, Ring; Wallace,Villa (Okoli 90+3), Harrison (Brillant 78).
Atlanta United -- Kann; Garza, Gonzales Pirez, Parkhurst, Mears; Larentowicz (Vazquez 82), Carmona, Villalba, Gressel (McCann 57), Almiron; Jones.
Att.: 25,605.

MLS STANDINGS
Eastern Conference
PTS TEAM W-L-T GF/GA
19 Toronto FC 5-1-4 15/8
18 Orlando City 6-3-0 11/11
16 Columbus 5-4-1 15/13
16 NY Red Bulls 5-5-1 11/15
16 New York City FC 5-3-1 17/10
12 Chicago 3-3-3 13/14
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11 Atlanta United 3-4-2 19/14
11 D.C. United 3-4-2 9/14
10 New England 2-4-4 14/16
10 Montreal 2-3-4 12/14
7 Philadelphia 1-4-2 11/14
Western Conference
PTS TEAM W-L-T GF/GA
18 FC Dallas 5-0-3 13/5
18 Sporting KC 5-2-3 11/5
17 Portland 5-3-2 20/15
16 Houston 5-3-1 19/13
15 San Jose 4-3-3 12/10
13 Vancouver 4-4-1 12/14
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11 Minn. United 3-4-2 15/25
10 Seattle 2-3-4 14/12
8 LA Galaxy 2-5-2 10/15
8 Real Salt Lake 2-6-2 9/18
4 Colorado 1-6-1 5/12

MLS LEADING SCORERS:
G PLAYER (TEAM)
7 Erick Torres (Houston)
7 C.J. Sapong (Philadelphia)
6 Fanendo Adi (Portland)
6 Juan Agudelo (New England)
6 Jozy Altidore (Toronto FC)
6 Ola Kamara (Columbus)
6 Cyle Larin (Orlando City)
6 Nemanja Nikolic (Chicago)
6 Christian Ramirez (Minn. United)
6 Maximiliano Urruti (FC Dallas)
6 David Villa (New York City FC)

MLS SCHEDULE, WEEK 11:
Wednesday, May 10
Columbus vs. Toronto FC 7:30 pm
Friday, May 12
Houston vs. Vancouver 9 pm
Saturday, May 13
Toronto FC vs. Minn. United 3 pm
Colorado vs. San Jose 4 pm UniMas
Montreal vs. Columbus 5 pm
D.C. United vs. Philadelphia 7 pm
New England vs. Real Salt Lake 7:30 pm
Orlando City vs. Sporting KC 7:30 pm
Chicago vs. Seattle 8:30 pm
Sunday, May 14
Portland vs. Atlanta United 4 pm ESPN
NY Red Bulls vs. LA Galaxy 6 pm FS1
FC Dallas vs. New York City 8 pm FS1
All times ET.