Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Goalie Gets Game-Winning PK Goal (OR: A Long Night For MLS Almost Got Longer)

((HT: Pro Soccer Talk))

It was a long night for MLS teams in the current round of the US Open Cup...
But, the moment of survival came from the Chivas USA-LA Blues matchup...

It's been a long year for the Chivas franchise. Last in attendance, last in scoring, last in win-loss record, and last in pretty much everything in MLS- and there's even talk of an ownership change and a location change. But Dan Kennedy gave the Goats their moment of the current season...

He put a penalty kick home and it ended up being the winning margin to send them into Round 4...
((HT: Andrew Watson))


It was a successful evening for a lot of the USL Pro teams against their big brothers...
Orlando City SC knocked off Sporting KC 3-1. And the Charleston Battery beat San Jose 1-0 as Colin Falvey got the game winner in the 73rd minute- just after Quakes defender Brad Ring got his second yellow on the night...

Falvey was understandably emotional...
((HT: Live5news.com))
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The Battery has now defeated MLS opposition on nine occasions in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup; DC United (1999), MetroStars (2001, 2004), Houston Dynamo (2007, 2008), FC Dallas (2008), Chivas USA (2009), Chicago Fire (2010) and San Jose Earthquakes (2013)...

D.C. United, Philadelphia, FC Dallas, New England, Sporting Kansas City, Real Salt Lake and Chivas USA all survived to move into the fourth round.

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