Sounders' win over Chivas USA comes with stiff price Super Eagles forward,Obafemi Martins scored his fourth goal of the Major League Season and was sent off in his club, Seattle Sounders' 2-0 defeat of Chivas USA at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California,USA.
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The Nigerian scored what proved to be the winner in the 22nd minute when he took a pass from Lamar Neagle into the penalty area and calmly chipped a goal in over Chivas goalkeeper Dan Kennedy.
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The goal was the fourth of the season for Martins, and at 317 minutes it was the quickest any Sounders player has ever reached the four-goal mark.
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Martins would however got sent off in the 70th minute when referee Ricardo Salazar showed him a red card after his foot appeared to whack the head of Chivas' Gabriel Farfan as the two went to the ground in a tangle.
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Unless the red card is rescinded, Martins will miss the Sounders' next MLS match Saturday, when Vancouver visits CenturyLink Field.
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Meanwhile Martins has claimed the referee's decision to send him off was harsh.
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"It was the referee's decision and there isn't anything I can do about it. For me, I didn't do anything. I was trying to get up and get the ball back, and (Farfan), he screamed, and the referee just looked at him, and they gave me a red card."
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The Nigerian also spoke about the game.
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"It is a good win. We needed the three points really bad and we got them. We just had to win today."
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He also spoke on his goal: "Lamar [Neagle] gave me the first touch and after I touched the ball like two, three times I decided what I was going to do. The goalkeeper didn't really move. [Dan Kennedy] just stood there. I decided what I was going to do and it was a good goal."
Obafemi Martins really do know how to score goals. He loves to put the ball past every goalkeeper on the pitch.