Mathieu Choiniere scored in regulation and again on a penalty kick in host CF Montreal’s victory over Pumas UNAM on Saturday.
The match between teams in East 2 of the Leagues Cup bracket finished in regulation at 2-2 before Montreal won on penalty kicks 4-2. Rudy Camacho, Gabriele Corbo and Lassi Lappalainen added penalty-kick goals for Montreal, and Bryce Duke also scored in regulation as his team built a 2-0 lead in the first half.
Gabriel Fernandez scored in the 88th minute of regulation for Pumas, and Emanuel Montejano knotted the match in the first minute of second half stoppage time. Fernandez and Cesar Huerta converted their penalty kicks.
Pumas took 13 shots in regulation, but only three on goal. Four of Montreal’s eight shots were on goal. Montreal goalkeeper Jonathan Sirois and Pumas counterpart Gil Alcala finished with one save apiece.
Red Bulls 0, Revolution 0 (Red Bulls win 4-2 on penalty kicks)
Host New York scored on four straight penalty kicks to defeat New England in the East 4 matchup.
After Carles Gil gave the Revs a 1-0 lead on their first penalty kick, Daniel Edelman scored for the Red Bulls. Gustavo Bou immediately gave New England the lead again at 2-1 but New York scored on its next three attempts. Dante Vanzeir, Sean Nealis and John Tolkin all tallied.
The Red Bulls fired 11 shots (three on goal) to seven (two on goal) for the Revs in regulation. The possession mark slightly favored New England, 51.7-48.3 percent.
The Revs’ Djordje Petrovic made three saves, and Carlos Coronel had two for the Red Bulls.
Union 3, Tijuana 1
Julian Carranza scored two goals after teammate Daniel Gazdag converted a penalty kick as host Philadelphia beat Tijuana in their East 1 matchup. Carlos Gonzalez tallied for Tijuana.
The Union dominated throughout, maintaining possession 61.5 percent of the time, and peppered the visitors with 17 shots on goal among their 27 overall. Tijuana managed five shots on target and 14 overall.
Antonio Rodriguez made 11 saves for Tijuana, and Union keeper Andre Blake finished with four.
Carranza drew a foul on Tijuana’s Nicolas Diaz in the penalty area in the 18th minute, and Gazdag scored on a penalty kick in the 21st minute with a right-footed shot to the center of the goal. Carranza scored from close range five minutes later.
Gonzalez scored just out of halftime to cut the deficit to 2-1, but Carranza’s second goal in the 71st minute gave the Union some breathing room.
Real Salt Lake 3, Sounders 0
Jefferson Savarino and Cristian Arango scored early in the second half and Salt Lake went on to blank Seattle in their West 2 matchup in Sandy, Utah.
Rubio Rubin added a goal in the 88th minute as Salt Lake kept up the pressure throughout, unleashing 19 shots, eight of them on goal. Despite having a slight edge in possession percentage, Seattle managed only one shot on goal among seven overall.
Sounders goalkeeper Stefan Frei made four saves, and Zac MacMath had one for Salt Lake.
Each team had shots blocked in the first few minutes of the second half, but Savarino broke through with the game’s first goal in the 48th minute. His close-range right-footed shot found the bottom-right corner of the goal.
Five minutes later, Arango scored following an assist from Pablo Ruiz on the fast break.
Timbers 2, Earthquakes 0
Portland scored in each half and blanked visiting San Jose in their West 1 meeting.
Evander scored in the 33rd minute after being set up by Jaroslaw Niezgoda, and Felipe Mora tacked on a goal in the 86th minute, assisted by Marvin Loria.
The match was competitive, with the possession percentage favoring San Jose by just 50.8-49.2. The Timbers put up 12 shots, with five on goal, vs. 11 and three and for the Earthquakes.
Portland goalkeeper David Bingham made three saves, and Daniel made two on the other side.
–Field Level Media
