FRISCO, Texas — The New York Red Bulls advanced to the final of the Premier Division with a 1-0 win over the LA Galaxy in Thursday's Generation adidas Cup action, while FC Dallas were eliminated from the Champions Division in a heartbreaking shootout loss to Eintracht Frankfurt in the semifinals.
The finals are set for both divisions, with the championship matches to be played in Toyota Stadium on Saturday and broadcast live on MLSsoccer.com:
- April 4, 12 noon ET: New York Red Bulls vs. Independiente Medellín
- April 4, 8:15 pm ET: River Plate vs. Eintracht Frankfurt
Consolation games are also scheduled for Saturday, with all 28 teams set to play their fifth game in seven days.
Here are recaps and boxscores from the semifinals action:
Champions Division
FC Dallas 0, Eintracht Frankfurt 0
(Eintracht Frankfurt advance on penalty kicks, 5-3)
Despite controlling play throughout regulation, FC Dallas were unable to beat Eintracht Frankfurt goalkeeper Johann Aumann in regulation and wound up eliminated on penalty kicks after a save by substitute goalkeeper Jan Hoffelner in the penalty shootout.
FC Dallas will face Palmeiras for third place on Saturday afternoon.
FC Dallas (3-0-1) vs. Eintracht Frankfurt (3-0-1)
2015 Generation adidas Cup - Semifinals
April 2, 2015 –- Toyota Stadium, Frisco TX
Scoring Summary:
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FC Dallas -- Ben Hale, Reggie Cannon, Brandon Terwege, Hector Montalvo, Eddie Munjoma, Adrian Ramos, Damian Hernandez, Toshiki Yasuda, Weston McKennie (Orlando Rodriguez 64), Devin Vega (Duncan James 64), Giovanni Montesdeoca (Juan Ramirez 53).
Eintracht Frankfurt -- Johann Aumann (Jan Hoffelner 70), Volkan Egri, Yilmaz Kilic, Furkan Zorba, Cedric Heller, Emrah Tahirovic (Francesco Petrovic 70), Adrian Matuschewski, Yves Mfumu, Nick Förster (Nelson Mandela Mbouhom 53), Marvin Diehl (Niles Herdt 44), Raffael Cvijetkovic (Vincenzo Borzellino 55).
Penalty Shootout - Eintracht Frankfurt 5, FC Dallas 3
Matches played with 35-minute halves.
All statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial
River Plate 1, Palmeiras 0
In a tense, exciting matchup between natural South American rivals, River Plate continued their strong run in the tournament with a 1-0 semifinal win over Palmeiras.
After notching a hat trick on Wednesday, Enzo Zicarelli added to his tournament resume with the game's only goal in the 24th minute. Working on the left side of the penalty area against Palmeiras captain Evandro, Zicarelli cut back toward the top of the box, used another Brazilian defender as a screen to create separation, and curled a rolling shot into the far corner.
Palmeiras controlled more of the ball in the second half, but a 50th-minute red card to Ronatan meant they created few quality scoring chances.
River Plate (4-0) vs. Palmeiras (2-2)
2015 Generation adidas Cup - Semifinals
April 2, 2015 –- Toyota Stadium, Frisco TX
Scoring Summary:
RIV -- Enzo Zicarelli 4 (unassisted) 24
River Plate -- Ezequiel Muth, Bruno Fernandez, Kevin Sibille, Alan Brondino, Jose Vivanco, Cristian Yañez, Eric Barrios, Mauricio Vera (Mauro Burruchaga 55), Diego Ivan Amarilla (Valentino Cernaz 63), Franco Lopez, Enzo Zicarelli (Mauricio Tesare 69).
Palmeiras -- Vinicius, Pedro (Afonso 36), Evandro (Johnny 36), Lacerda (Thawan 67), Rafael, Ronatan (red card 50), Jefter, Victório (Lucas 36), Artur, Lucca, (Handriw 55), Vitinho.
Matches played with 35-minute halves.
All statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial
Premier Division
New York Red Bulls 1, LA Galaxy 0
In a battle of two of Major League Soccer's top youth programs, the New York Red Bulls edged the LA Galaxy on Thursday afternoon to reach the championship game of the Generation adidas Cup's Premier Division.
While New York controlled the game from the start, it took a second-half red card to put them ahead on the scoreboard. Nine minutes after the Galaxy were reduced to 10 players, Red Bulls winger Rodrigo D'Andrea broke into the penalty area and fed forward Brian Saramago, who took an excellent first touch onto his left foot and calmly slotted past goalkeeper Eric Lopez.
With four saves for the game, Lopez was able to keep LA in it, and Salvador Segura and Patrick Muprhy were the keys to several late LA chances, but the Red Bulls held on to reach the Premier Division final.
New York Red Bulls (3-0-1) vs. LA Galaxy (3-1)
2015 Generation adidas Cup - Premier Division semifinals
April 2, 2015 –- Toyota Stadium, Frisco TX
Scoring Summary:
NY -- Brian Saramago 2 (Rodrigo D'Andrea 1) 49
New York Red Bulls -- Xavier Kennedy, Sean Texeira, Mason Deeds, Kyle Perno (Richard Wolf 71+), Noah Powder, Jared Gilbey, Ryan Mingachos (Vincent Borden 63), Rodrigo D'Andrea (Zach Ryan 61), J.P. Marin (Kazu Shigenobu 52), Omir Fernandez (Kyle Casey 52), Brian Saramago.
LA Galaxy -- Eric Lopez, Andrew Kenney, Andrew Perez, Ian Lonergan, Jorge Cardona (Jorge Estrada 36), Enrique Bustamante (Jake Arteaga 36), Leonardo Zulli (Colin Apel 43, Tyson Griffin 52), Kevin Negrete, Kyle Holcomb (red card 40), Salvador Segura, Tristan Weber (Patrick Murphy 36).
Matches played with 35-minute halves.
All statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial
Independiente Medellín 2, Sagan Tosu 0
Colombian club Independiente Medellín continued their strong run through the tournament with a comprehensive 2-0 win over Japanese club Sagan Tosu in the Premier Division's other semifinal.
Out-running, out-passing and out-dribbling their opponents, Independiente took the lead in the 32nd minute. Playmaker Ivan Mora played a brilliant outside-of-the-foot pass from the center circle into the path of forward Naisir Carmona running into the penalty area, and he lifted it over charging goalkeeper Taisei Sato just before the two collided.
Out-shooting Sagan Tosu 13-4 for the game, Independiente wrapped things up in the 67th minute, when Jhon Gutiérrez headed in the rebound of a Carlos Castro shot.
Sagan Tosu (3-1) vs. Independiente Medellín (4-0)
2015 Generation adidas Cup - Premier Division semifinals
April 2, 2015 –- Toyota Stadium, Frisco TX
Scoring Summary:
MED -- Naisir Carmona 5 (Ivan Mora 2) 32
MED -- Jhon Gutiérrez 2 (unassisted) 67
Sagan Tosu -- Taisei Sato, Kaito Abe, Hiroto Kurakazu, Koya Fujimatsu, Takemaru Hirakata, Rentaro Hayasi (Hajime Inoue 44), Ryusei Kusakari (Takumi Takahasi 71+), Singo Moriyami, Yudai Hara, Kyosuke Tagawa, Ran Otsubo.
Independiente Medellín -- Camilo Perez, Alejandro Mazo, Johan Romaña, Mario Lopez, Cristian Valencia, Ivan Mora (Sebastian Bolaños 69), Felipe Cardona, Brayan Zuluaga (Julian Lemos 55), Gerson Valencia (Jaime Giraldo 68), Naisir Carmona (Carlos Castro 52), Jhon Gutiérrez (Felipe Arango 72+).
Matches played with 35-minute halves.
All statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial
Placement Games
Champions Division
Toronto FC 3, Pumas 1
5th/8th playoff
Goals - Remar Phillip (TFC), Aidan Daniels (TFC), Richlord Ennin (TFC); Ronaldo Aguilar (PUM)
Sporting Kansas City 1, Real Salt Lake 0
5th/8th playoff
Goals - Will Little (KC)
Aspire Academy 1, Philadelphia Union 0
9th/12th playoff
Goals - Abdulrahman Al-Mudahka
San Jose Earthquakes 1, Athletic Bilbao 0
9th/12th playoff
Goals - Ivan Valencia (SJ)
Premier Division
Sport Recife 2, Tigres 1
5th/8th playoff
Goals - Allison (SCR), Fabricio (SCR); Fabian Calvillo (TIG)
New England Revolution 1, Chivas USA 0
5th/8th playoff
Goal - Gustavo Cassemiro (NE)
Columbus Crew SC 1, Colorado Rapids 0
9th/12th playoff
Goal - Deihnia Sarnor (CLB)
Seattle Sounders 0, Orlando City 0
9th/12th playoff
Goals - none
Penalty Shootout - Seattle 4, Orlando 2
Houston Dynamo 5, Chicago Fire 0
13th/16th playoff
Goals – Gabriel Ruiz (HOU), Alejandro Saez (HOU), Gianluca Natera (HOU), Christian Molina 2 (HOU)
D.C. United 1, Portland Timbers 1
13th/16th playoff
Goals - Trey Vinson (DC); Terrell Lowe (POR)
Penalty Shootout - D.C. United 6, Portland Timbers 5
