A Delay, a Rally, and a Shutout (7/12)

DAUGHTER THINKS DE-ICING FRIDGE IS SNOW, CA -- The day started with potentially more team troubles with testing but it turned out the players re-tested negative delaying the Toronto FC and D.C. United match by 24 hours.  The evening saw Sporting Kansas City with lots of possession and a one-goal lead but a GK challenge ended in the tourney's first red card turning the tide.  Minnesota United FC took advantage and scored two stoppage time goals, the first on an own goal by SKC's scorer Khiry Shelton (yes, he scored for both teams) and the last in the 90'+7' by Kevin Molino giving MIN a 2-1 win.  For the first time, VAR overruled the call for the first time denying MIN a goal in the 64' as Molina was deemed to interfere while offside.

Real Salt Lake beat the Colorado Rapids for the 4th straight time, a 2-0 win that would have been worse if not for the PK and follow-on shot saves by COL GK Clint Irwin.  It was the first PK of the tournament.  Group D now sees RSL on top with +2 GD over MIN's +1.  

TORvDC's delay means their 2nd matches are also delayed a day with TORvMTL moving from 7/15 to 7/16 and DCvNE moving from 7/16 to 7/17.  Two matches will be played at 5 pm PDT July 17, one on FS1 and one on ESPN.  The SJvVAN time changed from 7:30 pm to 6 pm PDT on 7/15.

In the pool, 5 got MIN and 8 got RSL but only Six Foot Box got both.  3 got both wrong.  Six Foot Box moves into a tie for first with Kona Coast Fauci's and Kona Coast Sliders with 4 points.  Deutschland = Koenig got RSL snapping an 0-7 start and is tied with BigRedMessi2 for last.