MLS Round - Up : Six Nigerians Feature, Martins Tallies 13th Goal Of The Season
<b>Obafemi Martins </b>scored his 13th MLS goal of this term at BC Place Stadium as Seattle Sounders continued their push for a play - off spot with a 3 - 0 victory over Vancouver Whitecaps. <br /><br />The Nigeria international set up Andreas Ivanschitz’s goal in the 45th minute before adding more gloss to the scoreline, himself, with an 87th minute strike.<br /><br />For the home team, Canada youth international <b>Sam Adekugbe</b> came off the bench one minute from time while Martins was on the pitch for the full 90 minutes.<br /><br />Canada international <b>Tesho Akindele</b> appeared for 23rd time in the MLS in the ongoing campaign but could not add to his five - goal tally as Dallas lost 3 - 1 to Sporting KC, who pay the wages of the injured <b>Ike Opara </b>and <b>Amobi Okugo</b>.<br /><br />For the home team, <b>Jalil Anibaba</b> was a 92nd minute substitute while Akindele joined the fray 19 minutes out of intermission.<br /><br />United States youth - teamer <b>Fatai Alashe</b> played all 90 minutes of San Jose Earthquakes 3 - 2 loss to New York City. Teammate Innocent Emeghara is out injured, so did not feature.<br /><br />Over to the Stade Saputo (Montreal, Quebec), New England Revolution lost 3 - 0 to a Didier Droga inspired Montreal Impact. Striker <b>Sean Okoli </b>was not in action for the visitors.<br /><br />Chicago Fire lost for the 16th time this season after they were beaten 1 - 0 by Orlando City. Their Nigerian number 77 <b>Kennedy Igboananike</b> started and lasted the distance. He has scored 7 goals in 28 games.<br /><br />Over to Utah, where Real Salt Lake tackled LA Galaxy. There was no place in the roster for defender <b>Boyd Okwuonu</b>, who has appeared 3 times for Real Salt Lake in the MLS this season.<br /><br />Photo Credit : mlssoccer.com<br />
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