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SPORTS A21
Tuesday 3 November 2015
NY Red Bulls take valuable
away win at Washington
D.C. United goalkeeper Bill Hamid (28) makes a save with his head after a shot by New York Red
Bulls forward Mike Grella (13) during the first half of an MLS playoff soccer match, at RFK Stadium,
Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015, in Washington. New York won 1-0
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — New shots on target. The Costa Rican won a
York’s Dax McCarty scored Seattle’s Clint Dempsey battle for the ball with Mi-
in the 72nd minute to give scored from a direct free chael Parkhurst and went
the Red Bulls a 1-0 win at kick in the 86th minute in on a 2-on-1 with Mon-
D.C. United on Sunday in to give the Sounders a treal star Didier Drogba.
the first leg of their Major come-from-behind 2-1 win Venegas elected to shoot
League Soccer Eastern against Dallas in the first leg and picked the far corner
Conference semifinal se- of their tie. for the winner.
ries. Dempsey drove a shot Bernier also scored for
The away win put the Red from 25 yards into the up- Montreal, coming off a 3-0
Bulls in the best position of per right corner of the net. home victory over Toronto
all teams to advance of He also scored Wednesday FC in a knockout game
the last four of the playoffs. in a 3-2 knockout-round Thursday night.
Seattle and Montreal both victory over the Los Ange- Federico Higuain opened
recorded 2-1 wins at home, les Galaxy. the scoring for the Crew
against Dallas and Colum- in the 33rd minute and Pa-
bus respectively, while Port- Andreas Ivanschitz tied it trice Bernier equalized for
land was held to a scoreless for fourth-seeded Sounders the Impact in the 37th with
draw at home by regional with an unassisted goal in a header off Marco Don-
rival Vancouver. the 67th minute. adel’s corner.
New York’s goal came af- Fabian Castillo opened the Vancouver goalkeeper
ter a foul by United’s Tay- scoring for top-seeded Dal- David Ousted made some
lor Kemp, Sacha Kljestan’s las in the 18th minute and key saves as the Whitecaps
long free kick found Mc- Andreas Ivanschitz equal- held host Portland score-
Carty — who had slipped ized for the hosts in the 67th. less.
behind the defense— 3 Montreal substitute Johan Ousted, who led MLS with
yards out and the header Venegas scored the winner 13 clean sheets during the
eluded goalkeeper Bill Ha- in the 77th minute as the regular season, deflected
mid. Impact got the home win it Diego Valeri’s dangerous
New York’s defense was sti- needed against Columbus. free kick in the 71st minute
fling, preventing the Wash- Venegas scored only four to help keep the game
ington club having any minutes after coming on. scoreless.
The Timbers were without
starting goal keeper Adam
Kwarasey due to illness.
Jake Gleeson, making his
first MLS appearance since
2011, also kept a clean
sheet.q
