MLS 2012, Week 11: The Biggest Day In World Soccer

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Gordon finally beat Gruenebaum in the 90th minute when he took a nice pass from Wondolowski and fired it off the crossbar. The ball bounced back to him, though, and Gordon connected with a fly scissor kick to find the net and get the Quakes a point.

Just as it looked like the Galaxy were gaining control of the match, Chivas got free and made the deciding play. Perk and Juan Agudelo collided on a Chivas cross, allowing the ball to fall for Correa. The Goats’ striker knocked the ball at goal, where it struck Junior Lopes’ arm. The referee showed Lopes the red card he deserved and Correa had a penalty. It actually took two penalties because the first once was called back for encroachment, but Correa made the second chance to seal the win for Chivas.

The one thing that Elfath did get right was sending off Victor Palsson. He showed the Red Bulls player an early yellow card for a really poor tackle and then sent him off just before the hour mark when he was late and clumsy with another tackle. The second yellow card wasn’t for the most malicious of tackles, but Palsson had been walking the tight rope all match.

That only served to set up Montero’s heroics. Just before stoppage time, Montero took a pass from Johnson, cut it back to create some space and fired a shot that caught Cannon flat-footed from about 18 yards out. It was his third goal in two career games at Vancouver and his fifth goal in three career Cascadia Cup matches.