MLS Weekend: Roldan on fire for Sounders
- by Paul Kennedy @pkedit, Jul 23, 2017
His goals two minutes apart gave the Seattle Sounders a 3-0 win over San Jose that moved them above the .500 mark for the first time since the 2015 season.
Both Roldan goals followed long throw-ins from Dutch newcomer Kelvin Leerdam, who scored the third goal himself.
The Sounders overran the Quakes in the second half and Roldan missed a hat trick when his shot hit the post. The win gave the Sounders three wins in a row. San Jose, in turn, slumped to its third straight loss.
In Sunday's other game, Portland traveled with only 16 players (two of them emergency callups from its USL team) but managed to beat Vancouver, 2-1, to end its six-game winless streak. Harold Hanson, 18, became the youngest player to ever play for the Timbers when he came on as a late sub.
MLS STREAKS:
UNBEATEN
7 Sporting KC (2 wins, 5 ties)
5 FC Dallas (3 wins, 2 ties)
5 Seattle (3 wins, 2 ties)
4 Atlanta United (4 wins)
WINLESS
5 D.C. United (5 losses)
5 LA Galaxy (5 losses)
5 Minnesota United (3 losses, 2 ties)
3 San Jose (3 losses)
3 Philadelphia (2 losses, 1 tie)
MLS RESULTS, WEEK 20:
Friday, July 21
Orlando City 0 Atlanta United 1.
ATL: Tito Villalba (Greg Garza) 86.
Atlanta -- Guzan; Garza, Gonzalez Pirez, Parkhurst, Walkes; Larentowicz, Carmona; Asad (McCann 78), Almiron, Gressel (Vazquez 66); Villalba (Ambrose 89).
Orlando City -- Bendik; Toia, Spector, Aja, Sutter; Kaka, Nocerino (Laryea 89), Higuita (Gil 90), Johnson; Rivas, Barnes (Larin 72).
Att.: 25,527.
Saturday, July 22
NYCFC 2 Chicago 1
NYC: David Villa (Jonathan Lewis) 47
NYC: Frederic Brillant 50
CHI: David Accam 54
NYCFC -- Johnson, White, Brilliant, Callens, Sweat (Lopez 37), Ring, Moralez, Herrera, Harrison, Lewis (Okoli 72), Villa (Awuah 90+2).
Chicago -- Lampson, Polster (Mihailovic 54), Kappelhof, Meira, Harrington, Juninho, Schweinsteiger, Solignac (Accam 46), de Leeuw (Johnson 69), Alvarez, Nikolic.
Red Card: NYCFC -- Herrera 12.
Att.: 26,025.
Saturday, July 22
Minn. United 0 NY Red Bulls 3.
NY: Daniel Royer (Felipe) 16
NY: Bradley Wright-Phillips (Daniel Royer) 67
NY: Alex Muyl (Sacha Kljestan, Sean Davis) 90
Minn. United -- Shuttleworth; Kallman (Davis 61), Jome, Thiesson, Boxall, Martin, Ibson (Warner 86), Ibarra, Nicholson (Danladi 60), Ramirez, Molino.
NY Red Bulls -- Robles; Long, Perrinelle (Murillo 61), Zizzo (Ndam 90+2), Muyl, Davis, Adams, Felipe, Royer (Veron 68), Kljestan, Wright-Phillips.
Att.: 20,022
Saturday, July 22
D.C. United 1 Houston 3.
HOU: Andrew Wenger (Alex) 6
HOU: Mauro Manotas (Alex) 15
HOU: Memo Rodriguez (Andrew Wenger, Alex) 17
DC: Bobby Boswell (Lloyd Sam, Jared Jeffrey) 62
D.C. United -- Worra; Kemp, Opare, Boswell (Birnbaum 75), Korb (Sam 55); Harkes, Jeffrey; Nyarko, Acosta, Le Toux (DeLeon 46); Brown.
Houston -- Deric; Remick, Leonardo, Machado, DeLaGarza; Alex, Cabezas (Ward 46), Clark; Rodriguez (Holland 90+2), Manotas (Anibaba 78), Wenger
Att.: 15,321.
Saturday, July 22
Toronto FC 1 Colorado 1
TFC: Jay Chapman 5
COL: Dominique Badji (Alan Gordon) 76
Toronto FC -- Irwin; Zavaleta, Hagglund, Mavinga; Endoh, Chapman (Cooper 73), Cheyrou (Ricketts 40), Delgado, Edwards (Morgan 69); Vazquez, Giovinco.
Colorado -- MacMath; da Fonte, Ford (Watts 69), Sjoberg, Miller (Gordon 63); Hairston, Azira, Saeid, Serna (Calvert 86); Badji, Doyle.
Saturday, July 22
Columbus 1 Philadelphia 0.
CLB: Justin Meram (Artur) 65
Columbus -- Steffen; Mensah, Abubakar, Crognale; Afful (Jimenez 45), Artur, Trapp, Raitala; Manneh, Meram (Martinez 75); Kamara (Jahn 86).
Philadelphia -- McCarthy; Gaddis, Yaro, Elliott, Wijnaldum (Fabinho 75); Medunjanin, Bedoya; Najem, Epps (Creavalle 81), Ilsinho (Davies 69); Simpson.
Att.: 17,418.
Saturday, July 22
New England 4 LA Galaxy 3.
NE: Lee Nguyen (Diego Fagundez) 16
LA: Daniel Steres (Romain Alessandrini, Rafael Garcia) 22
NE: Kei Kamara (Diego Fagundez) 34
LA: Daniel Steres 53
NE: Teal Bunbury (Kelyn Rowe, Diego Fagundez) 70
NE: Teal Bunbury (Andrew Farrell, Kei Kamara) 73
LA: Ariel Lassiter 79
New England -- Knighton; Farrell, Angoua, Tierney (Kouassi 84), Delamea; Koffie, Caldwell (Bunbury 65), K.Rowe, Fagundez (Hollinger-Janzen 90); Kamara, Nguyen.
LA Galaxy -- B.Rowe; Diallo, Steres, Van Damme, Cole; Garcia, Jones (Romney 46); Alessandrini, dos Santos, Boateng (Jamieson 79); McBean (Lassiter 71).
Att.: 27,441.
Saturday, July 22
Montreal 1 FC Dallas 2.
MTL: Michael Salazar (Matteo Mancosu) 23
DAL: Cristian Colman (Maxi Urruti, Roland Lamah) 52
DAL: Cristian Colman (Carlos Gruezo) 62
FC Dallas -- Seitz; Grana, Harris, Figueroa, Hollingshead; Barrios (Akindele, 88), Ulloa, Gruezo, Lamah (Zimmerman 83); Colman (Cermeno 81), Urruti.
Montreal -- Bush; Duvall (Oduro 75), Fisher, Cabrera, Lovitz; Donadel, Mallace (Piatti 59), Dzemaili, Salazar (Bernier 59), Tabla; Mancosu.
Saturday, July 22
Real Salt Lake 1 Sporting KC 1.
RSL: Luis Silva (Joao Plata, Danilo Acosta) 43
SKC: Benny Feilhaber pen. 59
Real Salt Lake -- Rimando; Beltran, Silva, Glad, Acosta; Sunny (Lennon 72), Mulholland; Savarino, Rusnak, Plata; Silva.
Sporting KC -- Melia; Abdul-Salaam, Ellis, Palmer-Brown, Sinovic; Ilie, Espinoza, Feilhaber, Gerso (Salloi 80); Rubio.
Att.: 19,316.
Sunday, July 23
Vancouver 1 Portland 2.
POR: Jeremy Ebobisse (Dairon Asprilla, Sebastian Blanco) 14
VAN: Jacobson (Parker, Bolanos) 45
POR: Sebastian Blanco (Jeremy Ebobisse) 49
Vancouver -- Ousted, Nerwinski, Jacobson, Parker, Harvey, Laba, Tchani (Davies, 64), Techera, Mezquida (Reyna, 60), Bolanos, Montero (Shea, 75).
Portland -- Gleeson, Valentin, Mabiala, Olum, Miller, Zemanski, Chara, Asprilla, (Hanson, 88), Valeri, Blanco, Ebobisse (Barmby, 78).
Att.: 25,082.
Sunday, July 23
Seattle 3 San Jose 0.
SEA: Cristian Roldan (Gustav Svensson, Kelvin Leerdam), 54
SEA: Cristian Roldan 56
SEA: Kelvin Leerdam (Joevin Jones) 65
Seattle -- Frei, Leerdam (Shipp 84), Torres, Marshall, Tolo, Delem, Svensson, Evans (Kovar 71), Roldan, Jones (Alfaro 86), Bruin.
San Jose -- Bingham, Lima, Bernardez, Imperiale, Jungwirth, Godoy, Yuell, Thompson (Salinas 71), Hyka (Amarikwa 80), Wondolowski, Hoesen (Kazaishvili 62).
Att.: 43,528.
MLS MIDWEEK RESULTS, WEEK 20:
Wednesday, July 19
New York City 2 Toronto FC 2.
TFC: Ashtone Morgan (Ben Spencer) 12
NYC: David Villa (Jack Harrison) 45+2
NYC: Maxi Moralez (David Villa) 56
TFC: Victor Vazquez pen. 90
Toronto FC -- Bono; Hernandez, Moor, Mavinga, Alseth, Morgan (Edwards 71); Delgado, Cheyrou, Vazquez; Spencer (Hamilton 61), Giovinco (Chapman 39).
NYCFC -- Johnson; Allen, Chanot, Callens, Sweat; Ring, Herrera, Moralez (White 85); Harrison, McNamara (Lopez 73), Villa.
Wednesday, July 19
NY Red Bulls 5 San Jose 1.
NY: Sean Davis (Connor Lade, Sacha Kljestan) 38
NY: Sacha Kljestan 72
NY: Felipe 1 (Sacha Kljestan) 75
SJ: Valeri Kazaishvili (Jahmir Hyka) 88
NY: Daniel Royer (Derrick Etienne Jr.) 90
NY: Daniel Royer (Gonzalo Veron) 90+1
NY Red Bulls -- Robles; Lade (Muyl 44), Long, Perrinelle, Zizzo, Davis, Adams, Felipe, Royer, Kljestan (Etienne 78), Wright-Phillips (Veron 68).
San Jose -- Bingham; Lima, Cato (Amarikwa 76), Imperiale, Yueill, Thompson (Dawkins 66), Jungwirth, Hyka, Salinas, Hoesen (Kazaishvili 46), Wondolowski.
Att.: 17,392.
Wednesday, July 19
Montreal 2 Philadelphia 1.
MTL: Michael Salazar (Chris Duvall) 19
PHI: Fafa Picault 43
MTL: Blerim Dzemaili (Michael Salazar) 51
Montreal -- Bush; Duvall, Ciman, Fisher, Lovitz; Beland-Goyette (Donadel 74), Bernardello; Salazar (Oduro 64), Dzemaili, Tabla (Choiniere 76); Mancosu.
Philadelphia -- McCarthy; Gaddis, Elliott, Onyewu, Wijnaldum; Medunjanin, Creavalle (Najem 79); Ilsinho (Epps 57), Alberg, Picault (Simpson 67); Sapong.
Att.: 16,660.
Wednesday, July 19
Minn. United 0 Houston 0.
Minn. United -- Shuttleworth; Thiesson, Kallman, Greenspan (Jome 27), Davis; Cronin, Ibson; Ibarra, Molino, Kadrii (Martin 46); Ramirez.
Houston -- Deric; DeLaGarza, Machado, Leonardo, Beasley; Cabezas, Clark, Alex (Holland 85); Wenger (Sanchez 76); Manotas, Rodriguez (Escalante 78).
Att.: 19,456.
Wednesday, July 19
LA Galaxy 0 Vancouver 1.
VAN: Tony Tchani (Christian Bolanos) 64
LA Galaxy -- Rowe; Diallo, Steres, Van Damme, Romney; Cole, Joao Pedro; Alessandrini (Jamieson 74), dos Santos, Boateng (Jones 69); McBean (Lassiter 70).
Vancouver -- Ousted; Parker, Nerwinski, Laba, Harvey; Mezquida (Reyna 59), Bolanos, Jacobson, Tchani, Techera (Shea 75); Montero (Ibini-Isei 82).
Att.: 17,404.
Wednesday, July 19
Seattle 4 D.C. United 3.
DC: Deshorn Brown (Patrick Nyarko) 8
DC: Ian Harkes (Sean Franklin) 27
DC: Lloyd Sam (Luciano Acosta) 50
SEA: Will Bruin (Joevin Jones) 51
SEA: Brad Evans (Joevin Jones) 62
SEA: Svensson, 1 (Nicolas Lodeiro) 74
SEA: Cristian Roldan (Will Bruin) 78
Seattle -- Miller; Evans (Delem 70), Marshall, Torres; Jones, Kovar (Leerdam 54), Roldan, Shipp (Tolo 54), Svensson; Bruin, Lodeiro.
D.C. United -- Worra; Birnbaum, Franklin, Kemp, Opare; Acosta, Harkes, Sam (Le Toux 87), Sarvas; Brown (Neagle 73), Nyarko.
Red Card: Seattle -- Lodeiro 89
Att.: 42,714.
Wednesday, July 19
Portland 1 Real Salt Lake 4.
RSL: Kyle Beckerman (Tony Beltran) 10
RSL: Joao Plata pen. 50
RSL: Albert Rusnak (Jefferson Savarino) 68
RSL: Joao Plata (Danilo Acosta) 80
POR: Jack Barmby (Ben Zemanski) 90+3
Portland -- Gleeson; Mabiala, Miller, Myers (Arboleda 46), Valentin; Blanco (Ebobisse 72), Olum, Valeri, Zemanski; Adi, Asprilla (Barmby 72).
Real Salt Lake -- Rimando; Beltran, Glad, Horst, Phillips (Acosta 49); Sunny (Maund 83), Beckerman, Rusnak, Savarino, Silva (Wingert 75); Plata.
Red Cards: Portland -- Arboleda 53, Adi 55; Real Salt Lake -- Beckerman 56.
MLS STANDINGS:
Eastern Conference
PTS TEAM W-L-T GF/GA
40 Toronto FC 11-3-7 37/22
38 Chicago 11-4-5 38/21
37 NYCFC 11-6-4 40/27
33 Atlanta United 10-7-3 40/27
32 NY Red Bulls 10-8-2 28/26
31 Columbus 10-10-1 31/32
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29 Orlando City 8-8-5 22/30
24 Montreal 6-7-6 30/32
23 New England 6-9-5 33/34
23 Philadelphia 6-9-5 26/24
18 D.C. United 5-13-3 18/38
Western Conference
PTS TEAM W-L-T GF/GA
34 FC Dallas 9-3-7 32/19
33 Sporting KC 8-4-9 25/15
32 Houston 9-7-5 37/30
30 Portland 8-8-6 37/36
30 Seattle 8-7-6 32/31
27 Vancouver 8-8-3 26/29
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26 San Jose 7-9-5 23/34
24 Real Salt Lake 7-13-2 28/42
22 LA Galaxy 6-10-4 31/37
20 Colorado 6-11-2 20/28
19 Minn. United 5-12-4 25/45
MLS LEADING SCORERS:
G PLAYER (TEAM)
16 Nemanja Nikolic (Chicago)
14 David Villa (NYCFC)
12 Erick Torres (Houston)
11 Maxi Urruti (FC Dallas)
11 David Accam (Chicago)
10 Fanendo Adi (Portland)
10 Christian Ramirez (Minn. United)
10 Diego Valeri (Portland)
10 Bradley Wright-Phillips (NY Red Bulls)
9 Federico Higuain (Columbus)
9 Sebastian Giovinco (Toronto FC)
9 Josef Martinez (Atlanta United)
9 Justin Meram (Columbus)
9 Ola Kamara (Columbus)
9 CJ Sapong (Philadelphia)
9 Hector Villalba (Atlanta United)
MLS SCHEDULE, WEEK 21:
Wednesday, July 26
Philadelphia vs. Columbus 7:30 pm
Saturday, July 29
Atlanta United vs. Orlando City 4:30 pm FOX
New England vs. Philadelphia 7:30 pm
NY Red Bulls vs. Montreal 7:30 pm
FC Dallas vs. Vancouver 8 pm
San Jose vs. Colorado 8 pm
Minn. United vs. D.C. United 8 pm
Sporting KC vs. Chicago 8 pm
Houston vs. Portland 9 pm
LA Galaxy vs. Seattle 10 pm ESPN
Real Salt Lake vs. Columbus 10 pm
Sunday, July 30
Toronto FC vs. New York City 2 pm ESPN
