After the drought comes the flood, and so it was for
Colorado Rapids who hammered FC Dallas 4-0 away from home, ending a MLS record
18-game winless streak.
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| Powers scored Rapids' 2nd goal |
Dominique Badji scored Rapids first goal in 602 minutes before
Dillon Powers drilled a second past
Chris Seitz.
Gabriel Torres calm finish put the game beyond doubt before
Dillon Serna’s 35-yard piledriver put the icing on the cake for Colorado, who
kept a league high fourth cleansheet.
Lloyd Sam’s 90th minute equaliser helped New York
Red Bulls remain unbeaten after coming from behind to draw 2-2 with DC United.
Perry Kitchen’s thundering header and second-half drive had
given conference leaders DC a 2-0 lead, but Damien Perrinelle headed home
unmarked and Sam bundled home the equaliser.
There was late drama in Philadelphia as Vincent Nogueira
scored in stoppage time to give Union their first victory of 2015, 2-1 over New York City.
Zach Pfeffer was eventually credited with Union’s opener and
David Villa tapped in the equaliser but Union stole the points when Nogueira
slid home in the dying embers.
CONCACAF Champions League finalists are still without a win
after falling to a comprehensive 3-0 defeat at Houston Dynamo.
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| Barnes opened the scoring in Houston's 3-0 victory |
Giles Barnes glanced header opened the scoring but
substitute Rob Lovejoy took centre stage- he set up Ricardo Clark before
curling into the top corner.
Jaime Penedo made 10 saves as LA Galaxy moved off the bottom
of the Western Conference by beating Seattle Sounders 1-0 thanks to Alan Gordon’s
header on his 200th MLS appearance.
Orlando City won 2-0 at Portland Timbers thanks to Cyle
Larin’s first MLS goal and Kaka’s retaken penalty kick.
Sanna Nyassi scored the only goal as San Jose Earthquakes
beat Vancouver Whitecaps 1-0 in a game which saw Pedro Morales and Adam Jahn
sent off for kicking eachother.
The Eastern Conference leaders also drew 2-2 with Columbus
Crew in midweek – Kei Kamara twice put Crew ahead but Octavio Rivero’s fifth of
the season and Darren Mattocks first earned a point.
Columbus drew 0-0 at New England Revolution in Jermaine
Jones comeback game and Real Salt Lake are still unbeaten following a 0-0 draw
with Sporting Kansas City.
Images courtesy of Doug Pensinger and Bob Levey, with thanks.


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