Minnesota Migration: A weekly recap of Minnesotans in the pros.

It was a week to forget for most. Calum Mallace conceded a game-changing PK in his return to the starting line-up, Eric Miller saw red for the first time in his MLS career, and Kassey Kallman saw a lead turn into a loss in the final minutes of play.

In midweek action, Teal Bunbury continued his recent run of starts in the New England Revolution’s 1-0 loss to New York City FC. It was the third straight loss for New England and Bunbury had a golden chance to give the Revolution an early lead when Chris Tierney sent a cross into the box. The ball was at an awkward height when Bunbury got his head to it and his header ended up bouncing up and over the goal. While he did not get a goal, Bunbury did earn nine recoveries and one interception during his 64-minute appearance.

Things turned around for both the Revolution and Bunbury when they defeated Columbus Crew SC 3-1 over the weekend. Bunbury earned his fifth straight start and in the 71^st minute was gifted his second assist of the season. After taking the ball into the box, Bunbury collided with a Columbus defender. The ball rolled towards the center of the box where two Crew defenders failed to clear it and ended up kicking each other’s foot. Eventually the ball found its way to Kei Kamara for an easy score. Bunbury made no attempt to play the ball centrally to Kamara, but he was apparently the last one to contact the ball before Kamara put it away.

Eric Miller started at right back for the Colorado Rapids, but did not get the opportunity to witness the 2-2 final result with the Vancouver Whitecaps. In the 71^st minute Miller lost possession of the ball in Colorado’s attacking third. In an attempt to win the ball back, Miller came in late with a sliding tackle on Pedro Morales, which the center ref deemed to be a serious foul and showed him a red. Prior to his sending off, Miller had put in a decent defensive showing and had completed 33 of 39 passes.

In his first start since March, Calum Mallace went the full 90 for the Montreal Impact as they drew 1-1 with Real Salt Lake. Mallace did well defensively with five recoveries, three clearances, two interceptions and one tackle, but his major effect on the game was a negative one for the Impact. In the 78^th minute Mallace was whistled for either a foul or a handball in the box when he mostly slipped into a tackle on Joao Plata. Plata went down while Mallace slid in between him and the ball, touching it with his upper arm. Whatever the call, RSL converted the PK.

The Boston Breakers looked to have things turned around when they scored early against the Orlando Pride. The Breakers took the lead in the 5^th minute thanks to a goalkeeping error and did well to keep Orlando off the scoreboard. Kassey Kallman started in the center of the Breakers’ back four, a position she will probably continue to find herself after Whitney Engen was named to the US Olympic team. The Breakers’ defense did well to keep Orlando to shots from outside the box, but a free kick in the 90^th minute leveled the scoreline. Then in the dying minutes of the game, the Breakers were caught off guard when Orlando volleyed a Breakers’ goal kick back over the defense where Kristen Edmonds beat the keeper to the ball, chipping it over her into the goal for the 2-1 win.

Tyler David’s play time has taken a hit recently. After not making the bench in Saint Louis FC’s 1-1 tie with Seattle Sounders FC during the week, David only earned a 7-minute cameo in the side’s 2-1 loss to FC Cincinnati. David’s last appearance for Saint Louis was on June 11^th. Despite his lack of time on the field, David is winning over the fans by watching the games with the team’s supporters group the St. Louligans.

Cat Parkhill was once again on the bench for FC Kansas City in their 2-1 win over Portland Thorns FC.