Sunday, March 08, 2015

MLS: DCU, Reds, Hoops, Dynamo Collect Season-Opening Wins; Goose Eggs For Philly and Rapids, Likewise For Timbers and RSL

Six games were played on Saturday as the opening week of Major League Soccer's 20th regular season continued.

At Washington:

Jairo Arrieta scored the only goal of the match in the 58th minute as DC United defeated the visiting Montreal Impact 1-0.

At  Chester, Pennsylvania:

The Colorado Rapids held the home-standing Philadelphia Union to a 0-0 stalemate.

At Vancouver, British Columbia:

Jozy Altidore scored twice (32', PK-90') as Toronto FC defeated the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 on the road.

At Houston:

Giles Barnes scored the only goal of the match in the 66th minute as the Houston Dynamo----in former EPL manager Owen Coyle's first game as their new head coach----defeated the newly-rebranded Columbus Crew SC 1-0 at home.

At Frisco, Texas:

Blas Perez came through with the game-winning goal in the second minute of second-half stoppage time as FC Dallas defeated the visiting San Jose Earthquakes 1-0.

At Portland, Oregon:

The Portland Timbers and visiting Real Salt Lake battled to a 0-0 deadlock.  Adam Kwarasey, who came over in the offseason to the Timbers from Stromgodset of the Norwegian Premier League to replace the departed Donovan Ricketts, came up with a shutout in his first MLS match, while his RSL counterpart, the veteran Nick Rimando, did the same.

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