MLS Weekend: Fire extends win streak to seven games
- by Paul Kennedy @pkedit, Jun 25, 2017
MLS STREAKS:
UNBEATEN
9 Chicago (7 wins, 2 ties)
4 NYCFC (3 wins, 1 tie)
4 Sporting KC (2 wins, 2 ties)
3 Vancouver (1 win, 2 ties)
WINLESS
4 Orlando City (1 loss, 3 ties)
3 Portland (2 losses, 1 tie)
3 FC Dallas (1 loss, 2 ties)
3 Houston (1 loss, 2 ties)
3 Montreal (1 loss, 2 ties)
3 Seattle (1 loss, 2 ties)
MLS WEEK 17, RESULTS:
Friday, June 23
Toronto FC 2 New England 0.
TFC: Drew Moor (Tsubasa Endoh, Armando Cooper) 11
TFC: Sebastian Giovinco (Victor Vázquez) 90+6
Toronto FC -- Bono; Hernandez, Moor, Mavinga (Morgan 69); Endoh (Chapman 78), Cooper (Osorio 68), Cheyrou, Vazquez, Morrow; Altidore, Giovinco.
New England -- Cropper; Woodberry (Tierney 70), Angoua, Delamea (Bunbury 80), Farrell; Koffie, Watson (Kamara 54), Nguyen, Rowe, Fagundez; Agudelo.
Friday, June 23
Houston 1 FC Dallas 1.
HOU: Erick Torres (Adolfo Machado) 19
DAL: Maximilano Urruti (Michael Barrios) 59
Houston -- Deric; DeLaGarza, Machado, Leonardo, Remick; Clark (Sanchez 83), Cabezas, Garcia (Alex 69); Quioto (Elis 63), Torres, Manotas.
FC Dallas -- Gonzalez; Grana, Hedges, Figueroa, Harris; Barrios, Acosta, Gruezo (Ulloa 59), Diaz (Colman 67); Akindele (Guillen 70), Urruti.
Att.: 22,115.
Saturday, June 24
NY Red Bulls 0 NYCFC 2.
NYC: Jack Harrison (Ben Sweat, Rodney Wallace) 33
NYC: Ben Sweat (Alexander Ring) 65
NY Red Bulls -- Robles; Lawrence, Long, Collin, Murillo (Zizzo, 60), Adams (Davis 82), Felipe, Kljestan, Royer (Veron 60), Muyl, Wright-Phillips.
New York City FC -- Johnson; Sweat, Chanot, Callens, Allen; Harrison, Wallace (Matarrita 74), Ring, McNamara (Lopez, 90), Herrera, Villa (Okoli 83).
Att.: 25,219.
Saturday, June 24
Atlanta United 1 Colorado 0.
ATL: Josef Martinez (Brandon Vazquez) 67
Atlanta United -- Kann; Garza, Gonzalez Pirez, Parkhurst, Walkes; Larentowicz, Carmona; Asad (Kratz 88), Almiron, Villalba (Vazquez 64); Martinez (Gressel 81).
Colorado -- Howard; Williams, Miller, da Fonte, Castillo; Gatt (Hairston 63), Powers (Boateng 83), Azira, Serna; Doyle, Calvert (Gordon 68).
Att.: 44,938.
Saturday, June 24
Philadelphia 1 D.C. United 0.
PHI: Fafa Picault (Alejandro Bedoya, Raymon Gaddis) 32
Philadelphia -- Blake; Wijnaldum, Onyewu, Elliott, Gaddis; Medunjanin, Bedoya; Picault (Epps 84), Ilsinho (Alberg 70), Pontius (Simpson 64); Sapong.
D.C. United -- Hamid; Kemp, Opare, Birnbaum, Odoi-Atsem; Harkes (Buescher 83), Jeffrey; Neagle, Acosta, Le Toux (Nyarko 57); Ortiz (Brown 63).
Att.: 17,656.
Columbus 4 Montreal 1.
CLB: Federico Higuain 17
MTL: Anthony Jackson-Hamel (Blerim Dzemaili, Hernan Bernardello) 19
CLB: Kekuta Manneh (Ola Kamara) 70
CLB: Ola Kamara (Kekuta Manneh) 72
CLB: Federico Higuain (Adam Jahn, Zack Steffen) 88
Columbus -- Steffen; Afful, Williams, Mensah, Raitala; Trapp, Artur; Finlay, Higuain, Meram (Manneh 69); Kamara (Jahn 87).
Montreal -- Bush; Lefevre, Ciman, Fisher; Camara (Salazar 76), Bernardello, Donadel (Tabla 72), Duvall; Dzemaili; Jackson-Hamel Mancosu 54), Piatti.
Att.:16,592.
Saturday, June 24
Minn. United 2 Vancouver 2.
VAN: Cristian Techera pen. 17
VAN: Tony Tchani (Cristian Techera) 45+
MIN: Francisco Calvo (Kevin Molino) 50
MIN: Jerome Thiesson (Miguel Ibarra) 63
Minnesota United -- Shuttleworth; K.Venegas, Kallman (Taylor 47), Calvo, Thiesson; Ibson, Cronin, Molino, Ibarra, J.Venegas (Kadrii 85); Ramirez.
Vancouver -- Ousted; Harvey, Parker, Jacobson, Nerwinski (de Jong 90); Techera (Rosales 90), Laba, Tchani, Shea, Davies; Montero (Ibini-Isei 73)
Att.: 19,017.
Saturday, June 24
Chicago 4 Orlando City 0.
CHI: David Accam (Matt Polster) 3'
CHI: David Accam (Bastian Schweinsteiger) 8'
CHI: Nemanja Nikolic (David Accam) 52'
CHI: David Accam (penalty kick) 63'
Chicago -- Lampson, Polster, Kappelhof, Meira, Vincent, McCarty, Schweinsteiger (Mihailovic 73), Luis Solignac, Michael de Leeuw (Juninho 59), David Accam (Alvarez 80), Nemanja Nikolic.
Orlando City -- Bendik, Sutter, Redding, Spector, PG, Johnson, Higuita (Perez Garcia 57), Nocerino, Gil (Barnes 57), Kaka (Laryea 64), Rivas.
Att.: 20,000.
Saturday, June 24
LA Galaxy 1 Sporting KC 2.
SKC: Roger Espinoza (Gerso) 22
SKC: Ike Opara (Matt Besler) 35
LA: Dave Romney 77
LA Galaxy -- Diop; Smith, Romney, Van Damme, Cole; Garcia (Joao Pedro 60), Jaime Villarreal; Zardes (Jamieson 77), Alessandrini, Boateng; McBean (Jose Villarreal 62).
Sporting KC -- Melia; Zusi, Opara, Besler, Sinovic; Espinoza, Ilie, Feilhaber (Medranda 61); Gerso, Dwyer (Mustivar 92+), Blessing (Salloi 72).
Att.: 20,140.
Saturday, June 24
San Jose 2 Real Salt Lake 1.
SJ: Danny Hoesen 12
SJ: Marco Urena (Danny Hoesen) 68
RSL: Jose Hernandez (Sebastian Saucedo, Luke Mulholland) 90+4
San Jose -- Bingham; Cato, Imperiale, Bernardez, Lima; Hyka (Thompson 87), Ceren, Godoy, Hoesen (Salinas 74); Urena (Sarkodie 73), Wondolowski.
Real Salt Lake -- Rimando; Wingert (Saucedo 74), Glad, Maund, Acosta; Lennon, Mulholland, Savarino (Velazco 81), Plata; Silva (Hernandez 85) Movsisyan.
Red Card: San Jose -- Lima 71.
Att.: 18,000.
Sunday, June 25
Portland 2 Seattle 2.
SEA: Joevin Jones 26
POR: Fanendo Adi pen. 45
POR: Dairon Asprilla (David Guzman) 45+4
SEA: Clint Dempsey (Roman Torres, Osvaldo Alonso) 90+4
Portland -- Gleeson, Powell, Okugo, Olum, Vytas, Guzman, Chara, Asprilla, Valeri (Zemanski 90+3), Nagbe (Mattocks, 72), Adi.
Seattle -- Frei, Evans, Marshall, Torres, Jones (Nouhou, 56), Alonso, Svensson, Lodeiro, Roldan, Morris (Dempsey, 56), Bruin (Kovar, 87).
Red Card: Seattle -- Evans 44.
Att.: 21,144.
MLS WEEK 17, MIDWEEK RESULTS:
Wednesday, June 21
D.C. United 2 Atlanta United 1.
ATL: Julian Gressel (Miguel Almiron, Yamil Asad) 17
DC: Luciano Acosta 23
DC: Patrick Nyarko (Ian Harkes, Chris Korb) 60
D.C. United -- Hamid; Korb, Birnbaum, Opare, Kemp; Le Toux, Sarvas, Acosta (Jeffrey 81), Harkes, Nyarko (Neagle 69); Ortiz (Brown 62).
Atlanta United -- Kann; Garza, Gonzalez Pirez, Parkhurst. Mears; Larentowicz (McCann 75), Kratz; Asad, Almiron, Gressel (Martinez 63); Villalba (Vazquez 75).
Att.: 14,594.
Wednesday, June 21
Minn. United 3 Portland 2.
MIN: own goal 7
POR: Diego Valeri pen. 37
MIN: Christian Ramirez (Kevin Molino) 47
POR: Own goal 50
MIN: Abu Danladi 64
Portland -- Attinella, Powell, Okugo, Miller, Farfan (Vytas 46), Guzman, Chara (Mattocks 81), Nagbe, Valeri (Asprilla 75), Blanco, Adi.
Minn. United -- Shuttleworth, Venegas, Kallman, Calvo, Thiesson, Cronin, Ibson (Warner 90), Ibarra, Molino, Danladi, Ramirez (Taylor 88).
Red Cards: Portland -- Blanco 71; Minn. United -- Danladi 70.
Att.: 18,442.
Wednesday, June 21
Colorado 1 LA Galaxy 3.
LA: Jack McBean 5
COL: Dillon Serna (Dominique Badji, Joshua Gatt) 37
LA: Jack McBean (Joao Pedro) 63
LA: Romain Alessandrini pen. 71
Colorado -- Howard; da Fonte, Sjoberg, Ford, Hairston; Gatt, Serna, Azira, Saeid (Powers 68); Doyle (Gordon 68), Badji (Calvert 68).
LA Galaxy -- Diop; Smith, Romney, Van Damme, Cole; Joao Pedro (Garcia 87), Jaime Villarreal; Zardes, Jose Villarreal (Jamieson 64), Boateng (Alessandrini 64); McBean.
Att.: 13,496.
Wednesday, June 21
Seattle 1 Orlando City 1.
SEA: Will Bruin 19
ORL: Scott Sutter (Kaka) 90+4
Seattle -- Stefan Frei, Tolo, Marshall, Torres, Roldan, Svensson, Alonso, Morris (Wingo 87), Dempsey (Alfaro 90+1), Lodeiro, Bruin (Jones 76).
Orlando City -- Bendik, Toia (PC 85), Spector, Redding, Sutter, Kaka, Higuita, Nocerino, Perez Garcia (Gil 64), Barnes (Johnson 74), Rivas.
Att.: 42,333.
AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP:
First Leg:
Wednesday, June 21
Montreal 1 Toronto FC 1.
MLS STANDINGS:
Eastern Conference
PTS TEAM W-L-T GF/GA
35 Toronto FC 10-2-5 30/15
34 Chicago 10-3-4 31/17
30 NYCFC 9-5-3 31/20
26 Orlando City 7-6-5 20/26
25 Columbus 8-9-1 29/30
24 Atlanta United 7-7-3 33/25
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23 NY Red Bulls 7-8-2 17/23
20 New England 5-7-5 27/25
19 Philadelphia 5-7-4 21/20
18 D.C. United 5-9-3 12/25
18 Montreal 4-5-6 24/26
Western Conference
PTS TEAM W-L-T GF/GA
30 Sporting KC 8-4-6 22/12
25 Houston 7-6-4 30/25
25 Portland 7-7-4 31/28
25 FC Dallas 6-3-7 23/15
23 San Jose 6-6-5 18/21
22 LA Galaxy 6-6-4 25/24
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21 Vancouver 6-6-3 21/21
21 Seattle 5-7-6 22/27
18 Minn. United 5-9-3 24/38
17 Real Salt Lake 5-11-2 17/37
16 Colorado 5-10-1 15/23
MLS LEADING SCORERS:
G PLAYER (TEAM)
14+1 Nemanja Nikolic (Chicago)
11+1 Erick Torres (Houston)
10+3 David Accam (Chicago)
10 David Villa (NYC FC)
9+1 Fanendo Adi (Portland)
9+1 Ola Kamara (Columbus)
9+1 Christian Ramirez (Minn. United)
9+1 Maxi Urruti (FC Dallas)
9+1 Diego Valeri (Portland)
MLS SCHEDULE, WEEK 18:
Thursday, June 29
New York City vs. Minn. United 7:30 pm
Friday, June 30
Real Salt Lake vs. Orlando City 9:30 pm ESPN
Saturday, July 1
Chicago vs. Vancouver 7 pm
Sporting KC vs. Portland 7 pm ESPN
Montreal vs. D.C. United 7 pm
FC Dallas vs. Toronto FC 7 pm
Columbus vs. Atlanta United 7:30 pm
Colorado vs. Houston 9 pm
San Jose vs. LA Galaxy 10:30 pm Univision
Sunday, July 2
Philadelphia vs. New England 5 pm FS1
All times ET.
MLS SCHEDULE, WEEK 19:
Tuesday, July 4
Atlanta United vs. San Jose 7 pm
Minn. United vs. Columbus 7 pm
FC Dallas vs. D.C. United 8:30 pm
Colorado vs. Seattle 9 pm
LA Galaxy vs. Real Salt Lake 10:30 pm
Wednesday, July 5
New England vs. NY Red Bulls 7:30 pm
Orlando City vs. Toronto FC 7:30 pm
Houston vs. Montreal 8:30 pm
Vancouver vs. New York City 10 pm
Portland vs. Chicago 10:30 pm
Thursday, July 6
Sporting KC vs. Philadelphia 8:30 pm
All times ET.
