MLS 2018 Week 13 Continuous PBP [Multiple R]

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Remember how cold it was when Atlanta came to the Twin Cities in April?

Saturday's forecast high: 93

Continental Climate, baby!

 

Dadgummit, SKC on FS1 this Sunday. I really like the games on ESPN+. Been working like a charm on my phone so far, which I mirror to my old 2nd gen Apple TV.

Now I have to decide whether to open another free Sling account for a week, or search for sketchy online streams.

 

For a minute there I wasn't sure if this was real or not.

 

Fox going with the on-site crew for the LAFC - Dortmund friendly. It is in LA, so it makes sense.

 

Pretty darn entertaining match, if I do say so myself.

 

126 games down, 265 plus 17 playoff games to go.

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON STATS: 5203 games, 3.44 Y/g, 1334 R (0.26/g), 1557 pens (0.30/g)
2018 REGULAR SEASON STATS: 126 g, 23.03 F/g, 3.58 Y/g, 31 R (0.25/g), 49 pens (0.39/g)

And now, your 2018 Week 13 referees.


Friday, May 25
TORONTO FC vs FC DALLAS
20:00 EDT - TSN 1/3/4/5, EPSN+, TXA-21

REF: Chris PENSO - 131 g, 3.78 Y/g, 39 R, 47 pens
(2018: 8 g, 24.38 F/g, 4.88 Y/g, 3 R, 4 pens)

AR1: Cameron BLANCHARD - 49 g
AR2: Logan BROWN - 42 g
4TH: Alejandro MARISCAL - 166 g
VAR: Geoff GAMBLE - 10 g

HOME: 1.65 Y/g, 20 R
AWAY: 2.13 Y/g, 19 R
HOME RECORD: 64 W - 33 D - 34 L

TORONTO: 12 g, 2.00 Y/g, 3 R, 1 pen
vs TOR: 2.25 Y/g, 2 R, 4 pens
TOR RECORD: 3 W - 1 D - 8 L

DALLAS: 10 g, 2.00 Y/g, 0 R, 1 pen
vs DAL 2.70 Y/g, 4 R, 1 pen
DAL RECORD: 6 W - 1 D - 3 L

Matching or reverse fixtures:
NONE


HOUSTON DYNAMO vs NEW YORK CITY FC
20:55 EDT - UniMas, Twitter, DAZN

REF: Allen CHAPMAN - 117 g, 3.64 Y/g, 25 R, 55 pens
(2018: 9 g, 18.22 F/g, 3.33 Y/g, 1 R, 10 pens)

AR1: Andrew BIGELOW - 55 g
AR2: Chris WATTAM - 5 g
4TH: Daniel RADFORD - 125 g
VAR: Jorge GONZALEZ - 13 g

HOME: 1.68 Y/g, 13 R
AWAY: 1.97 Y/g, 12 R
HOME RECORD: 71 W - 26 D - 20 L

HOUSTON: 15 g, 1.33 Y/g, 1 R, 5 pens
vs HOU: 1.67 Y/g, 0 R, 9 pens
HOU RECORD: 5 W - 4 D - 6 L

NYCFC: 8 g, 2.38 Y/g, 1 R, 2 pens
vs NYC: 1.75 Y/g, 0 R, 0 pens
NYC RECORD: 3 W - 3 D - 2 L

Matching or reverse fixtures:
9/23/2017 NYC 1 - 1 HOU
HOU: 0 Y, 0 R, 0 pens
NYC: 0 Y, 0 R, 0 pens


LOS ANGELES GALAXY vs SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
23:00 EDT - UniMas, Twitter, DAZN

REF: Kevin STOTT - 318 g, 3.08 Y/g, 78 R, 85 pens
(2018: 4 g, 20.75 F/g, 2.50 Y/g, 4 R, 1 pen)

AR1: Adam GARNER - 146 g
AR2: Mike KAMPMEINERT - 101 g
4TH: Hilario GRAJEDA - 126 g
VAR: Alex CHILOWICZ - 11 g

HOME: 1.47 Y/g, 37 R
AWAY: 1.60 Y/g, 41 R
HOME RECORD: 168 W - 72 D - 78 L

LA GALAXY: 68 g, 1.44 Y/g, 3 R, 10 pens
vs LAG: 1.72 Y/g, 4 R, 4 pens
LAG RECORD: 34 W - 15 D - 19 L

SAN JOSE: 45 g, 1.58 Y/g, 7 R, 7 pens
vs SJ: 1.49 Y/g, 5 R, 8 pens
SJ RECORD: 19 W - 9 D - 17 L

Matching or reverse fixtures:
4/28/1996 LA 2 - 1 SJ
9/26/1996 SJ 1 - 0 LA (Playoffs)
5/27/2000 LA 1 - 1 SJ
10/21/2001 LA 1 - 2 SJ (MLS Cup)
9/21/2002 SJ 0 - 1 LA
7/4/2004 LA 2 - 1 SJ
11/8/2012 SJ 1 - 3 LA (Playoffs)
8/31/2013 LA 3 - 0 SJ
5/22/2016 LA 1 - 1 SJ
6/25/2016 SJ 1 - 1 LA
LAG: 17 Y, 1 R, 2 pens
SJ: 21 Y, 1 R, 1 pen




Saturday, May 26
SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC vs REAL SALT LAKE
17:00 EDT - ESPN+, DAZN, JOEtv, YouTube TV [Seattle], KMYU

REF: Baldomero TOLEDO - 252 g, 3.45 Y/g, 93 R, 94 pens
(2018: 8 g, 24.63 F/g, 2.50 Y/g, 0 R, 6 pens)

AR1: Apolinar MARISCAL - 49 g
AR2: Jeff HOSKING - 126 g
4TH: Malik BADAWI - 1st game
VAR: Silviu PETRESCU - 13 g

HOME: 1.66 Y/g, 42 R
AWAY: 1.79 Y/g, 51 R
HOME RECORD: 128 W - 62 D - 62 L

SEATTLE: 33 g, 1.48 Y/g, 2 R, 6 pens
vs SEA: 1.91 Y/g, 2 R, 5 pens
SEA RECORD: 15 W - 3 D - 15 L

SALT LAKE: 35 g, 1.89 Y/g, 7 R, 4 pens
vs RSL: 1.66 Y/g, 4 R, 6 pens
RSL RECORD: 17 W - 7 D - 11 L

Matching or reverse fixtures:
3/28/2009 SEA 2 - 0 RSL
10/23/2016 SEA 2 - 1 RSL
SEA: 3 Y, 0 R, 0 pens
RSL: 6 Y, 0 R, 0 pens


VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC vs NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
17:30 EDT - TSN 1/3/4/5, ESPN+, NBC Sports Boston

REF: Joseph DICKERSON - 2 g, 3.00 Y/g, 1 R, 1 pen
(2018: 1 g, 24.00 F/g, 5.00 Y/g, 1 R, 1 pen)

AR1: Corey PARKER - 145 g
AR2: Jeremy HANSON - 104 g
4TH: Jon FREEMON - 1 g
VAR: Edvin JURISEVIC - 25 g

HOME: 1.00 Y/g, 0 R
AWAY: 2.00 Y/g, 1 R
HOME RECORD: 2 W - 0 D - 0 L

VANCOUVER: 1st game

NEW ENGLAND: 1st game

Matching or reverse fixtures:
NONE


RED BULL NEW YORK vs PHILADELPHIA UNION
19:00 EDT - ESPN+, DAZN, PHL17, MSG

REF: Ted UNKEL - 62 g, 4.06 Y/g, 22 R, 42 pens
(2018: 8 g, 21.88 F/g, 4.13 Y/g, 1 R, 6 pens)

AR1: Kathryn NESBITT - 40 g
AR2: Adam WIENCKOWSKI - 197 g
4TH: Guido GONZALES Jr. - 5 g
VAR: Dave GANTAR - 15 g

HOME: 2.08 Y/g, 11 R
AWAY: 1.98 Y/g, 11 R
HOME RECORD: 32 W - 13 D - 17 L

RED BULLS: 8 g, 1.88 Y/g, 0 R, 2 pens
vs NY: 2.75 Y/g, 4 R, 3 pens
NY RECORD: 3 W - 3 D - 2 L

PHILADELPHIA: 5 g, 1.40 Y/g, 1 R, 1 pen
vs PHI: 1.80 Y/g, 0 R, 2 pens
PHI RECORD: 1 W - 1 D - 3 L

Matching or reverse fixtures:
NONE


ORLANDO CITY SC vs CHICAGO FIRE
19:30 EDT - ESPN+, DAZN, TV27

REF: Nima SAGHAFI - 20 g, 3.85 Y/g, 5 R, 7 pens
(2018: 3 g, 28.33 F/g, 4.67 Y/g, 1 R, 0 pens)

AR1: Peter MANIKOWSKI - 184 g
AR2: Jose DA SILVA - 35 g
4TH: Marcos DeOLIVEIRA - 60 g
VAR: Kevin TERRY Jr. - 18 g

HOME: 1.95 Y/g, 1 R
AWAY: 1.90 Y/g, 4 R
HOME RECORD: 13 W - 7 D - 0 L

ORLANDO: 1 g, 0.00 Y/g, 0 R, 0 pens
vs ORL: 5.00 Y/g, 0 R, 0 pens
ORL RECORD: 0 W - 0 D - 1 L

CHICAGO: 3 g, 2.00 Y/g, 0 R, 1 pen
vs CHI: 2.67 Y/g, 1 R, 1 pen
CHI RECORD: 2 W - 0 D - 1 L

Matching or reverse fixtures:
NONE


MINNESOTA UNITED FC vs MONTREAL IMPACT
20:00 EDT - TVAS, ESPN+, FOX Sports North Plus

REF: Alan KELLY - 89 g, 3.31 Y/g, 14 R, 33 pens
(2018: 4 g, 19.25 F/g, 3.25 Y/g, 0 R, 3 pens)

AR1: Matthew NELSON - 97 g
AR2: Eric WEISBROD - 68 g
4TH: Luis GUARDIA - 1st game
VAR: Caleb MENDEZ - 4 g

HOME: 1.55 Y/g, 7 R
AWAY: 1.76 Y/g, 7 R
HOME RECORD: 48 W - 26 D - 15 L

MINNESOTA: 1 g, 2.00 Y/g, 0 R, 0 pens
vs MIN: 2.00 Y/g, 0 R, 0 pens
MIN RECORD: 1 W - 0 D - 0 L

MONTREAL: 5 g, 1.80 Y/g, 1 R, 1 pen
vs MTL: 1.60 Y/g, 1 R, 1 pen
MTL RECORD: 3 W - 0 D - 2 L

Matching or reverse fixtures:
NONE


COLORADO RAPIDS vs PORTLAND TIMBERS
21:00 EDT - ESPN+, DAZN, Altitude, KPDX (PDX TV)

REF: Sorin STOICA - 76 g, 3.96 Y/g, 28 R, 37 pens
(2018: 6 g, 26.17 F/g, 3.67 Y/g, 2 R, 2 pens)

AR1: Jeffrey GREESON - 40 g
AR2: Craig LOWRY - 358 g
4TH: Fotis BAZAKOS - 67 g
VAR: Younes MARRAKCHI - 6 g

HOME: 1.95 Y/g, 14 R
AWAY: 2.01 Y/g, 14 R
HOME RECORD: 32 W - 26 D - 18 L

COLORADO: 8 g, 1.88 Y/g, 0 R, 1 pen
vs COL: 1.63 Y/g, 3 R, 1 pen
COL RECORD: 2 W - 5 D - 1 L

PORTLAND: 2 g, 2.50 Y/g, 1 R, 0 pens
vs POR: 2.50 Y/g, 1 R, 0 pens
POR RECORD: 0 W - 0 D - 2 L

Matching or reverse fixtures:
NONE


LOS ANGELES FC vs D.C. UNITED
22:00 EDT - ESPN+, DAZN, YouTube TV [Los Angeles], NewsChannel 8

REF: Ismail ELFATH - 112 g, 3.16 Y/g, 30 R, 32 pens
(2018: 9 g, 26.78 F/g, 3.67 Y/g, 5 R, 3 pens)

AR1: Ian ANDERSON - 191 g
AR2: Oscar MITCHELL-CARVALHO - 59 g
4TH: Hilario GRAJEDA - 126 g (+1)
VAR: Alex CHILOWICZ - 11 g (+1)

HOME: 1.61 Y/g, 14 R
AWAY: 1.55 Y/g, 16 R
HOME RECORD: 63 W - 24 D - 25 L

LAFC: 1st game

D.C. UNITED: 9 g, 1.56 Y/g, 2 R, 2 pens
Vs DC: 1.22 Y/g, 1 R, 2 pens
DC RECORD: 6 W - 1 D - 2 L

Matching or reverse fixtures:
NONE




Sunday, May 27
SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs COLUMBUS CREW SC
18:00 EDT - FS1, FOX Sports GO, DAZN, FOX Deportes

REF: Robert SIBIGA - 55 g, 3.55 Y/g, 9 R, 14 pens
(2018: 9 g, 19.44 F/g, 3.44 Y/g, 0 R, 1 pen)

AR1: Jason WHITE - 65 g
AR2: Kevin KLINGER - 83 g
4TH: Daniel RADFORD - 125 g (+1)
VAR: Jorge GONZALEZ - 13 g (+1)

HOME: 1.53 Y/g, 1 R
AWAY: 2.02 Y/g, 8 R
HOME RECORD: 22 W - 17 D - 16 L

KANSAS CITY: 5 g, 1.20 Y/g, 0 R, 0 pens
vs SKC: 2.20 Y/g, 1 R, 1 pen
SKC RECORD: 2 W - 2 D - 1 L

COLUMBUS: 6 g, 1.50 Y/g, 1 R, 0 pens
vs CLB: 1.50 Y/g, 0 R, 1 pen
CLB RECORD: 0 W - 4 D - 2 L

Matching or reverse fixtures:
NONE



All team stats include playoff games
All games decided by kicks from the mark or shootout are recorded as draws

 

I miss Salazar. He had nice arms.

 

This is a friendly and Dortmund seems to be going easy, but LAFC was impressive in the first half.

 

Pretty lousy friendly against a mostly indifferent BD team. Would like to see these two teams play in July instead.

 

He and Chico have long had the best arms. I don't think we'll be seeing Salazar again, unfortunately.

 

Dortmund not really going at all. Entire squad looks hungover.

 

Right there with you

 

That Zagadou guy is 6'5" and fleet/agile like a gazelle. Oh, and 18 years old. Where in the hell does France find these guys from?!

 

Ohhhhhh Kovar. Good grief.

 

Blessing is so foolish. You can see the line, yet you just continue running further into an offside position. C'mon man.

 

Africa.

There's a reason my friend from Kenya and I always joke about France being the best African nation at the World Cup.

 

Cross contentinetal flights will have that affect. As will kick off times of 4am back in Germany....

 

Word! Oh, and I forgot to mention, the dude is built like a truck too. France has quite the future. Our 6'5" guys are/were Onyewu and Gonzalez, and they are so plodding that you heard beeping sounds when they tried to turn.

 

Truer words have never been spoken.

 

Lowest projected high in Lubbock the next 15 days is 97. 5 day stretch next week over 100.