{"id":42058,"date":"2017-08-21T07:08:30","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T07:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=42058"},"modified":"2017-08-21T07:08:30","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T07:08:30","slug":"clint-dempsey-pk-goal-leads-seattle-sounders-last-minute-win-minnesota-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/clint-dempsey-pk-goal-leads-seattle-sounders-last-minute-win-minnesota-united.html","title":{"rendered":"Clint Dempsey PK goal leads Seattle Sounders to last-minute win over Minnesota United"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Clint Dempsey PK goal leads Seattle Sounders to last-minute win over Minnesota United<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Clint Dempsey converted a penalty kick in the final seconds of stoppage time on Sunday night, lifting the Seattle Sounders to a 2-1 victory over Minnesota United.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">A corner kick by Seattle&#8217;s Joevin Jones floated into the penalty area, and Minnesota&#8217;s Jermaine Taylor was called for a hand ball in a scrum of players battling for possession. Dempsey stepped up and drilled his kick to the right side past Loons goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth in the fourth minute of stoppage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Dempsey&#8217;s goal was his 11th of the year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Referee Ismail Elfath blew the final whistle as soon as Minnesota kicked off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Chad Marshall also scored for the Sounders (11-7-7), who tied a club record by extending their unbeaten streak to nine games (6-0-3). The team had an identical 6-0-3 mark from May 28-July 16, 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Seattle was forced to rally after its club-record shutout streak ended at 421 minutes on a goal by Minnesota&#8217;s Ethan Finlay in the 21st minute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The Loons (6-14-4, 22 points) are still looking for their first road win of the season. They are 0-8-2 away from Minneapolis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">NYCFC wins in stoppage time<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Jonathan Lewis scored in stoppage time to help New York City FC beat the New England Revolution 2-1 on Sunday for its third straight victory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The 20-year-old rookie has scored his only two MLS goals in back-to-back games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Villa trapped a long cross from RJ Allen on the left side and dropped it to Ben Sweat, who first-timed a left footer to Lewis at the top of the 6-yard box for the finish in the fourth minute of injury time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Teal Bunbury put away a rebound to open the scoring for New England (8-11-5) in the 57th minute. Andrew Farrell&#8217;s shot from distance backed up goalkeeper Sean Johnson against the goal line, where he spilled the stop and Bunbury scored from point-blank range. It was his fifth goal in the last five games. Villa tied it for NYC (14-7-4) in the 77th with his MLS-leading 19th goal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The Revolution are winless in their last 14 road games, a franchise record.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source-\u00a0https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/mls\/2017\/08\/21\/dempseys-last-second-pk-lifts-sounders-past-minnesota-2-1\/104803416\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/clint-dempsey-pk-goal-leads-seattle-sounders-last-minute-win-minnesota-united.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clint Dempsey PK goal leads Seattle Sounders to last-minute win over Minnesota United Clint Dempsey converted a penalty kick in the final seconds of stoppage time on Sunday night, lifting the Seattle Sounders to a 2-1 victory over Minnesota United. 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