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Saturday night’s games…

Columbus 1, DC 0

COLUMBUS STARTERS
Andy Gruenebaum, 4 (Kentucky)
Josh Williams, 4 (Cleveland State)
Carlos Mendes, 4 (Old Dominion0
Chad Marshall, 2 (Stanford)
Sebastian Miranda, 0
Chris Birchall, 0
Cole Grossman, 4 (Duke)
Dilly Duka, 2 (Rutgers)
Eddie Gaven, 0
Justin Meram, 4 (Michigan)
Jairo Arrieta, 0

COLUMBUS SUBS
(r)Ethan Finlay, 4 (Creighton)
Julius James, 4 (Connecticut)
Eric Gehrig, 4 (Loyola-Chicago)

DC STARTERS
Joe Willis, 4 (Denver)
Daniel Woolard, 4 (Midwestern State)
Dejan Jacovic, 3 (Alabama-Birmingham)
Brandon McDonald, 4 (San Francisco)
Chris Korb, 4 (Akron)
Perry Kitchen, 1 (Akron)
Chris Pontius, 4 (UC Santa Barbara)
Lewis Neal, 0
(r)Nick DeLeon, 4 (Louisville)
Hamdi Salihi, 0
Dwayne De Rosario, 0

DC SUBS
Maicon Santos, 0
Long Tan, 0
Josh Wolff, 3 (South Carolina)

HOUSTON 3, MONTREAL 0

HOUSTON STARTERS
Tally Hall, 4 (San Diego State)
Corey Ashe, 4 (North Carolina)
Jermaine Taylor, 0
Bobby Boswell, 4 (Florida International)
Andre Hainault, 0
Oscar Boniek Garcia, 0
(r)Warren Creavalle, 4 (Central Florida)
Luiz Camargo, 0
Macoumba Kandji, 2 (Georgia Military CC)
Will Bruin, 3 (Indiana)
Calen Carr, 4 (California)

HOUSTON SUBS
Je-Vaughn Watson, 0
Brad Davis, 2 (Saint Louis)
Brian Ching, 4 (Gonzaga)

MONTREAL STARTERS
Donovan Ricketts, 0
Dennis Iapichino, 0
Shavar Thomas, 2 (Connecticut)
Hassoun Camara, 0
Zarek Valentin, 2 (Akron)
Collen Warner, 4 (Portland)
Felipe Martins, 0
Lamar Neagle, 4 (UNLV)
Davy Arnaud, 3 (West Texas A&M)
Sanna Nyassi, 0
Marco Di Vaio, 0

MONTREAL SUBS
Karl Ouimette, 0
Patrice Bernier, 1 (Syracuse)
Justin Mapp, 0

Kansas City 0, -New England 0

KANSAS CITY STARTERS
Jimmy Nielsen, 0
Seth Sinovic, 4 (Creighton)
Matt Besler, 4 (Notre Dame)
Aurelien Collin, 0
Michael Harrington, 4 (North Carolina)
Jacob Peterson, 3 (Indiana)
Graham Zusi, 4 (Maryland)
Paulo Nagamura, 0
Bobby Convey, 0
C.J. Sapong, 4 (James Madison)
Kei Kamara, 2 (Cal State Northridge)

KANSAS CITY SUBS
Michael Thomas, 4 (Notre Dame)
Soony Saad, 1 (Michigan)
Lawrence Olum, 4 (Houston Baptist)

NEW ENGLAND STARTERS
Matt Reis, 4 (UCLA)
Darrius Barnes, 4 (Duke)
Stephen McCarthy, 4 (North Carolina)
A.J. Soares, 4 (California)
Kevin Alston, 3 (Indiana)
Chris Tierney, 4 (Virginia)
Benny Feilhaber, 2 (UCLA)
Shalrie Joseph, 4 (St. John’s)
(r)Kelyn Rowe, 2 (UCLA)
Lee Nguyen, 1 (Indiana)
Ryan Guy, 4 (San Diego)

NEW ENGLAND SUBS
Saer Sene, 0
Fernando Cardenas, 0
Blake Brettschneider, 4 (South Carolina)

Dallas 5, Portland 0

DALLAS STARTERS
Kevin Hartman, 4 (UCLA)
Jair Benitez, 0
Hernan Pertuz, 0
(r)Matt Hedges, 4 (North Carolina)
Zach Loyd, 4 (North Carolina)
Andrew Jacobson, 4 (California)
Daniel Hernandez, 4 (Southern Methodist)
Carlos Rodriguez, 0
David Ferreira, 0
Jackson, 0
Scott Sealy, 4 (Wake Forest)

DALLAS SUBS
Julian de Guzman, 0
James Marcelin, 0
Ruben Luna, 0

PORTLAND STARTERS
Troy Perkins, 4 (Evansville)
Mike Chabala, 4 (Washington)
Mamadou Danso, 2 (Southern Polytechnic State)
Hanyer Mosquera, 0
Kosuke Kimura, 4 (Western Illinois)
Diego Chara, 0
Franck Songo’o, 0
Kalif Alhassan, 0
Eric Alexander, 4 (Indiana)
Mike Fucito, 4 (Harvard)
Danny Mwanga, 2 (Oregon State)

PORTLAND SUBS
Jack Jewsbury, 4 (Saint Louis)
Kris Boyd, 0
(r)Brent Richards, 4 (Washington)

Salt Lake 2, Colorado 0

SALT LAKE STARTERS
Nick Rimando, 3 (UCLA)
Chris Wingert, 4 (St. John’s)
Nat Borchers, 4 (Denver)
Jamison Olave, 0
Tony Beltran, 3 (UCLA)
Yordany Alvarez, 0
Will Johnson, 0
Ned Grabavoy, 3 (Indiana)
Javier Morales, 0
Fabian Espindola, 0
Alvaro Saborio, 0

SALT LAKE SUBS
Kwame Watson-Siriboe, 4 (Connecticut)
Jonny Steele, 0

COLORADO STARTERS
Matt Pickens, 4 (Missouri State)
Tyson Wahl, 4 (California)
Tyrone Marshall, 4 (Florida International)
Marvell Wynne, 2 (UCLA)
Drew Moor, 3 (Indiana)
Joseph Nane, 4 (Old Dominion)
Wells Thompson, 4 (Wake Forest)
(r)Tony Cascio, 4 (Connecticut)
Martin Rivero, 0
Jaime Castrillon, 0
Edu, 0

COLORADO SUBS
Omar Cummings, 4 (Cincinnati)
Brian Mullan, 4 (Creighton)
Kamani Hill, 2 (UCLA)

Los Angeles 3, Chivas USA 1

LOS ANGELES STARTERS
Josh Saunders, 4 (California)
(r)Bryan Gaul, 4 (Bradley)
David Junior Lopes, 0
A.J. DeLaGarza, 4 (Maryland)
Sean Franklin, 4 (Cal State Northridge)
Juninho, 0
Marcelo Sarvas, 0
Hector Jimenez, 4 (California)
David Beckham, 0
Robbie Keane, 0
Landon Donovan, 0

LOS ANGELES SUBS
Omar Gonzalez, 3 (Maryland)
Michael Stephens, 4 (UCLA)

CHIVAS USA STARTERS
Dan Kennedy, 4 (UC Santa Barbara)
Ante Jazic, 1 (Dalhousie)
Rauwshan McKenzie, 4 (Michigan State)
Danny Califf, 2 (Maryland)
James Riley, 4 (Wake Forest)
Blair Gavin, 3 (Akron)
Nick LaBrocca, 4 (Rutgers)
Ryan Smith, 0
Ben Zemanski, 4 (Akron)
Miller Bolanos, 0
Jose Correa, 0

CHIVAS USA SUBS
Paolo Cardozo, 0
Juan Pablo Angel, 0

 

Yeah, I bet you are!

Here ya go.

MLS ALL-STARS STARTERS
Jimmy Nielsen, 0
Justin Morrow, 4 (Notre Dame)
Jay DeMerit, 4 (Illinois-Chicago)
Aurelien Collin, 0
Steven Beitashour, 4 (San Diego State)
Osvaldo Alonso, 0
Landon Donovan, 0
Dwayne De Rosario, 0
David Beckham, 0
Thierry Henry, 0
Chris Wondolowski, 4 (Chico State)

MLS ALL-STARS SUBS
Carlos Valdes, 0
Dan Kennedy, 4 (UC Santa Barbara)
Chris Pontius, 4 (UC Santa Barbara)
Kyle Beckerman, 0
Ramiro Corrales, 0
Graham Zusi, 4 (Maryland)
Eddie Johnson, 0
Michael Farfan, 4 (North Carolina)

Suffice to say, no one from Chelsea played college soccer.

I thought many of the college alums played very well. Obviously, Pontius was the MVP so that speaks for itself but I thought Morrow and DeMerit were really good in the back and Wondolowski took his goal well and was a threat most of the time he was in. I thought Kennedy had some good moments but he was also largely at fault on the Chelsea goal and Beitashour played well but was fortunate not to be the goat of the game as he should have been flagged for a handball in the box in the game's waning moments.

 

Looking over my recent posts, I realized I never did the lineups for last Sunday’s game. So here it is…

Vancouver 2, San Jose 1

VANCOUVER STARTERS
Joe Cannon, 4 (Santa Clara)
Alain Rochat, 0
Jay DeMerit, 4 (Illinois-Chicago)
Martin Bonjour, 0
Lee Young-Pyo, 0
Gershon Koffie, 0
Jun Marques Davidson, 0
Camilo Sanvezzo, 0
Barry Robson, 0
Dane Richard, 4 (Clemson)
Darren Mattocks, 2 (Akron)

VANCOUVER SUBS
Kenny Miller, 0
Jordan Harvey, 4 (UCLA)

SAN JOSE STARTERS
Jon Busch, 3 (UNC Charlotte)
Justin Morrow, 4 (Notre Dame)
Victor Bernardez, 0
Jason Hernandez, 4 (Seton Hall)
Steven Beitashour, 4 (San Diego State)
Rafael Baca, 4 (Loyola Marymount)
Marvin Chavez, 0
Simon Dawkins, 0
Sam Cronin, 4 (Wake Forest)
Alan Gordon, 4 (Oregon State)
Chris Wondolowski, 4 (Chico State)

SAN JOSE SUBS
Shea Salinas, 4 (Furman)
Sercan Guvenisik, 0

And here is Friday’s game…

Salt Lake 2, Vancouver 1

SALT LAKE STARTERS
Nick Rimando, 3 (UCLA)
Kenny Mansally, 0
Kwame Watson-Siriboe, 4 (Connecticut)
Nat Borchers, 4 (Denver)
Tony Beltran, 3 (UCLA)
Kyle Beckerman, 0
Will Johnson, 0
Luis Gil, 0
Javier Morales, 0
Fabian Espindola, 0
Alvaro Saborio, 0

SALT LAKE SUBS
Ned Grabavoy, 3 (Indiana)
Chris Wingert, 4 (St. John’s)
Yordany Alvarez, 0

VANCOUVER STARTERS
Joe Cannon, 4 (Santa Clara)
Alain Rochat, 0
Jay DeMerit, 4 (Illinois-Chicago)
Martin Bonjour, 0
Lee Young-Pyo, 0
Gershon Koffie, 0
Jun Marques Davidson, 0
Camilo Sanvezzo, 0
Barry Robson, 0
Dane Richard, 4 (Clemson)
Darren Mattocks, 2 (Akron)

VANCOUVER SUBS
Kenny Miller, 0
Brad Knighton, 4 (UNC Wilmington)
Jordan Harvey, 4 (UCLA)

 

Saturday afternoon’s game…

Houston 2, Toronto 0

TORONTO STARTERS
Milos Kocic, 3 (Loyola, MD)
Ashtone Morgan, 0
Logan Emory, 4 (Portland)
Richard Eckersley, 0
Doneil Henry, 0
(r)Luis Silva, 4 (UC Santa Barbara)
Torsten Frings, 0
Terry Dunfield, 0
Reggie Lambe, 0
Ryan Johnson, 4 (Oregon State)
Quincy Amarikwa, 4 (UC Davis)

TORONTO SUBS
Andrew Wiedeman, 3 (California)
Jeremy Hall, 3 (Maryland)
(r)Aaron Maund, 4 (Notre Dame)

HOUSTON STARTERS
Tally Hall, 4 (San Diego State)
Corey Ashe, 4 (North Carolina)
Andre Hainault, 0
Bobby Boswell, 4 (Florida International)
(r)Warren Creavalle, 4 (Central Florida)
Brad Davis, 2 (Saint Louis)
Adam Moffatt, 0
Calen Carr, 4 (California)
Macoumba Kandji, 2 (Georgia Military CC)
Brian Ching, 4 (Gonzaga)
Oscar Boniek Garcia, 0

HOUSTON SUBS
Luiz Carmago, 0
Kofi Sarkodie, 3 (Akron)
Je-Vaughn Watson, 0