MLS Thursday: Sporting KC back in first at break
- by Paul Kennedy @pkedit, Jul 7, 2017
Diego Rubio put SKC ahead in the 49th minute, but the Union salvaged a point thanks to Dutchman Roland Alberg's 69th-minute penalty kick.
U.S. U-20 captain Erik Palmer-Brown made his first MLS appearance for SKC since October 2015, joining Ike Opara in central defense. Graham Zusi and Matt Besler are away on Gold Cup duty.
MLS STREAKS:
UNBEATEN
11 Chicago (8 wins, 3 ties)
6 Sporting KC (2 wins, 4 ties)
4 FC Dallas (2 wins, 2 ties)
WINLESS
5 Orlando City (2 losses, 3 ties)
5 Portland (2 losses, 3 ties)
5 Montreal (2 loss, 3 ties)
MLS RESULTS, WEEK 19:
Tuesday, July 4
Atlanta United 4 San Jose 2.
SJ: Tommy Thompson 2
ATL: Carlos Carmona 55
ATL: Josef Martinez (Greg Garza) 65
SJ: Chris Wondolowski (Nick Lima) 66
ATL: Anton Walkes (Julian Gressel) 81
ATL: Josef Martinez (Miguel Almiron) 89
Atlanta United -- Reynish; Gonzalez Pirez, Larentowicz, Parkhurst; Asad (Vazquez 85), Carmona (Kratz 76), Garza, Walkes; Almiron, Martinez, Villalba (Gressel 74).
San Jose -- Bingham; Bernardez, Imperiale, Lima, Sarkodie; Hyka (Yueill 55), Jungwirth, Salinas (Cato 38), Thompson; Hoesen (Dawkins 83), Wondolowski.
Red Cards: San Jose -- Sarkodie 34, Bernardez 90+4.
Att.: 44,974.
Tuesday, July 4
Minn. United 0 Columbus 1.
CLB: Kekuta Manneh (Wil Trapp) 58
Minn. United -- Shuttleworth; K.Venegas, Thiesson, Greenspan, Davis, Jome (Kadrii 77); Molino, Cronin, Ibson (Ibarra 77), Danladi (Warner 43); Ramirez.
Columbus -- Steffen; Abubakar, Crognale, Naess (Williams 35); Jimenez, Abu, Trapp, Raitala; Finlay, Kamara (Jahn 90+3), Manneh (Meram 63).
Att.: 18,564.
Tuesday, July 4
FC Dallas 4 D.C. United 2.
DC: Ian Harkes (Patrick Nyarko) 30
FCD: Atiba Harris (Victor Ulloa) 41
FCD: Roland Lamah 45+3
FCD: Maximiliano Urruti (Michael Barrios) 47
FCD: Roland Lamah (Mauro Diaz, Michael Barrios) 55
DC: Deshorn Brown (Luciano Acosta) 57
FC Dallas -- Gonzalez, Grana, Harris, Zimmerman, Hollingshead, Gruezo, Ulloa, Lamah (Cermeno 70), Barrios, Diaz (Morales 79), Urruti (Akindele 84).
D.C. United -- Worra; Kemp, Opare, Birnbaum, Odoi-Atsem; Harkes, Jeffrey; Nyarko (Ortiz 70), Acosta, Sam (Buescher 78); Brown (Neagle 64).
Att.: 16,291.
Tuesday, July 4
Colorado 1 Seattle 3
SEA: Clint Dempsey (Joevin Jones) 6
SEA: Will Bruin (Clint Dempsey, Nicolas Lodeiro) 30
COL: Dominique Badji (Marlon Hairston, Micheal Azira) 78
SEA: Clint Dempsey (Will Bruin, Stefan Frei) 85
Colorado -- Howard; Castillo (Gordon 64), da Fonte, Miller, Williams (Calvert 46); Hairston, Boateng (Azira 59), Saeid, Serna; Badji, Doyle.
Seattle -- Frei; Delem, Torres, Marshall (Alfaro 22), Tolo; Lodeiro, Svensson, Alonso (Kovar 17; Shipp 84), Jones; Bruin, Dempsey.
Att.: 17,432
Tuesday, July 4
LA Galaxy 2 Real Salt Lake 6
RSL: Albert Rusnak (Luke Mulholland) 36
LA: Ashley Cole (Jose Villarreal) 41
RSL: Kyle Beckerman (Albert Rusnak) 45+1
RSL: Yura Movsisyan (Demar Phillips, Albert Rusnak) 62
RSL: Jefferson Savarino 72
RSL: Jefferson Savarino 77
RSL: Joao Plata (Brooks Lennon) 81
LA: Bradford Jamieson IV 89
LA Galaxy -- Diop; Smith, Romney, Diallo, Cole (Lassiter 67); Jaime Villarreal, Joao Pedro; Jamieson, Jose Villarreal (McBean 75), Boateng; McInerney (Alessandrini 46).
Real Salt Lake -- Rimando; Beltran, Glad, Maund, Phillips; Savarino, Beckerman, Mulholland; Movsisyan (Lennon 71), Rusnak, Plata.
Att.: 25,667.
Wednesday, July 5
New England 2 NY Red Bulls 3.
NE: Teal Bunbury (Diego Fagundez) 21
NY: Bradley Wright-Phillips 23
NE: Lee Nguyen 26
NY: Daniel Royer pen. 55
NY: Gonzalo Veron (Felipe) 90
New England -- Cropper; Delamea, Angoua, Fagundez, Farrell, Nguyen, Tierney (Hollinger-Janzen 80), Caldwell, Koffie, Bunbury, Kamara.
NY Red Bulls -- Robles; Lade, Perrinelle, Collin, Zizzo, Davis, Felipe, Royer (Etienne, 72), Kljestan, Muyl (Metzger 90+3), Wright-Phillips (Veron 83).
Att.: 13,924.
Wednesday, July 5
Orlando City 1 Toronto FC 3.
TFC: Jozy Altidore (Sebastian Giovinco) 18
TFC: Sebastian Giovinco (Jozy Altidore, Victor Vazquez) 46
ORL: Carlos Rivas (Kaka) 63
TFC: Sebastian Giovinco 65
Orlando City -- Bendik; Toia, Spector, Aja, Sutter (Ramos 61); Johnson, Carrasco (Rivas 46), Nocerino (Laryea 79), Kaka; Barnes, Larin.
TFC: Sebastian Giovinco 65
Toronto FC -- Bono; Alseth, Zavaleta, Hernandez, Morgan; Bradley, Cheyrou (Moor 46), Delgado, Vazquez (Chapman 62); Altidore (Hamilton 72), Giovinco.
Att.: 25,029.
Wednesday, July 5
Houston 3 Montreal 1.
HOU: Andrew Wenger (Mauro Manotas) 1
HOU: Alex (Mauro Manotas) 23
HOU: Memo Rodriguez 67
MON: Michael Salazar (Laurent Ciman) 89
Houston -- Deric; DeLaGarza, Machado, Leonardo, Beasley; Clark, Cabezas, Alex (Holland 87); Wenger (Escalante 79), Torres (Rodriguez 62), Manotas.
Montreal -- Bush; Camara (Lovitz 58), Fisher, Ciman, Duvall; Bernardello, Donadel (Tabla 46); Oduro (DePuy 72), Dzemaili, Salazar; Mancosu.
Att.: 15,470.
Wednesday, July 5
Vancouver 3 NYCFC 2.
VAN: Fredy Montero (Brek Shea) 3
NYC: Chanot (R.J. Allen) 34
NYC: David Villa pen. 40
VAN: Jordan Harvey (Christian Bolanos) 54
VAN: Yordy Reyna (Jakob Nerwinski) 88
Vancouver -- Ousted; Harvey, Nerwinski, Parker, Waston; Bolanos, Jacobson (Ibini-Isei 84), Shea (Reyna 65), Tchani; Montero (Hurtado 91), Techera.
NYCFC -- Johansen; R.J. Allen (Lopez 65), Callens, Chanot, Sweat; Harrison, Herrera (Brillant 53), McNamara, Pirlo (Moralez 75), Ring; Villa.
Att.: 22,120.
Wednesday, July 5
Portland 2 Chicago 2.
POR: Fanendo Adi pen. 24
CHI: Arturo Alvarez (Juninho), 34th.
CHI: Brandon Vincent (Arturo Alvarez) 61
POR: Sebastian Blanco (Diego Valeri) 70
Portland -- Gleeson; Vytas (Farfan 87), Miller, Olum, Valentin; Blanco, Valeri, Zemanski (Arboleda, 87th); Adi, Asprilla, Nagbe.
Chicago -- Lampson; Kappelhof, Meira, Vincent; Juninho, Alvarez, Polster (Conner 34); Accam (Mihailovic 81), de Leeuw, Nikolic, Solignac (Campbell 65).
Att.: 21,144.
MLS SCHEDULE, WEEK 19:
Thursday, July 6
Sporting KC 1 Philadelphia 1.
SKC: Diego Rubio (Daniel Salloi) 49
PHI: Roland Alberg pen. 69
Sporting KC -- Melia; Abdul-Salaam, Opara, Palmer-Brown, Sinovic; Feilhaber, Ilie, Medranda; Blessing, Rubio (Gerso 80), Salloi
Philadelphia -- McCarthy; Gaddis, Elliott, Onyewu, Wijnaldum; Jones, Medunjanin, Pontius (Epps 61), Ilsinho (Alberg 61), Picault (Simpson 92+); Sapong.
Att.: 19,240.
MLS STANDINGS:
Eastern Conference
PTS TEAM W-L-T GF/GA
38 Chicago 11-3-5 37/19
38 Toronto FC 11-3-5 34/19
33 NYCFC 10-6-3 36/24
30 Atlanta United 9-7-3 39/27
29 Orlando City 8-7-5 22/29
28 Columbus 9-10-1 30/32
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26 NY Red Bulls 8-8-2 20/25
23 Philadelphia 6-7-5 25/21
21 Montreal 5-6-6 27/29
20 New England 5-9-5 29/31
18 D.C. United 5-11-3 14/31
Western Conference
PTS TEAM W-L-T GF/GA
32 Sporting KC 8-4-8 24/14
31 FC Dallas 8-3-7 30/18
28 Houston 8-7-4 34/29
27 Portland 7-7-6 34/31
26 San Jose 7-7-5 22/26
24 Vancouver 7-7-3 24/27
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24 Seattle 6-7-6 25/28
22 LA Galaxy 6-8-4 28/32
20 Real Salt Lake 6-12-2 23/40
19 Colorado 6-11-1 19/27
18 Minn. United 5-11-3 25/42
MLS LEADING SCORERS:
G PLAYER (TEAM)
16 Nemanja Nikolic (Chicago)
12 Erick Torres (Houston)
12+1 David Villa (NYC FC)
11+1 Maxi Urruti (FC Dallas)
10 David Accam (Chicago)
10+1 Fanendo Adi (Portland)
10 Christian Ramirez (Minn. United)
10 Diego Valeri (Portland)
9 Federico Higuain (Columbus)
9+2 Sebastian Giovinco (Toronto FC)
9+2 Josef Martinez (Atlanta United)
9 Ola Kamara (Columbus)
9 CJ Sapong (Philadelphia)
9+1 Bradley Wright-Phillips (NY Red Bulls)
