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Fabian Castillo assisted Dallas' second

FC Dallas maintained their perfect start as goals from Tesho Akindele and Ryan Hollingshead earned a 2-0 victory against ten-man Philadelphia Union.

Zach Pfeffer saw red for elbowing Dallas’ Mauro Diaz just before half-time and Akindele opened the scoring early in the second- finishing calmly after blocking Fabinho’s poor clearance.

Fabian Castillo hit the bar before assisting Hollingshead’s first MLS goal; Union’s eight-game wait for a first victory over Dallas goes on.

San Jose Earthquakes made it two wins on the bounce as they opened their new Avaya Stadium with a 2-1 win over Chicago Fire.

Harden scored his first MLS goal

In a day of firsts, rookie Fatai Alashe opened the scoring from close range before Ty Harden’s first goal in 100 MLS games gave San Jose a 2-0 lead.

Harry Shipp pulled a goal back for Chicago after 30 minutes but the Earthquakes held on to move second in the Western Conference.

Octavio Rivero’s 96^th minute winner gave Vancouver Whitecaps a second 1-0 victory in a week, this time over Orlando City SC.

Rivero had already been denied by Donovan Ricketts, and seen a fierce volley hit the bar, before converting at the near post to hand Orlando their first MLS defeat.

LA Galaxy slipped up at home as Owen Coyle’s Houston Dynamo came from a goal behind to draw 1-1.

Wright-Phillips celebrates scoring

Robbie Keane ran 50 yards to open the scoring after three minutes but Nathan Sturgis tapped home an equaliser eight minutes later and the Dynamo held on.

MLS Cup finalist’s New England Revolution picked up their first point , but still couldn’t score, drawing 0-0 with Montreal Impact who had Hassoun Camara sent off on the hour.

New York Red Bulls grabbed their first victory of the season as Bradley Wright-Phillips inspired a comfortable 2-0 victory over DC United.

Last season’s top scorer took down a Dax McCarty long ball to volley home the opener before slipping the ball to Lloyd Sam to fire home.

Shay Facey saw red for New York City but they remain unbeaten after drawing 0-0 with Colorado Rapids.

Portland Timbers earned their third draw in a row, 0-0 against Sporting Kansas City – Ike Opara went closest for Kansas.

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