Saturday, March 28, 2015

MLS: Revs, SKC, DCU, Red Bulls, Caps Gain Saturday Wins; Nothing But Goose Eggs In Texas; Lions Erase Two-Goal Deficit, Gain Road Draw With Impact

Eight games were played in Major League Soccer on Saturday.

At Foxborough, Massachusetts:

Kelyn Rowe scored twice in the first half (21', 37') as the New England Revolution picked up their first win of the season, 2-1 over the visiting San Jose Earthquakes.

At Montreal:

In a match in which all four goals were scored in the first half-hour, Orlando City came back from a two-goal deficit and gained a 2-2 road draw with the Montreal Impact as Pedro Ribeiro (29') and Kaka (30') each scored a goal a minute apart for the Lions.  Ignacio Piatti (PK-14') and Jack McInerney (27') each tallied once for the Impact.

At New York:

Ike Opara scored in the only goal of the match in the 13th minute as Sporting Kansas City handed New York City their first MLS defeat, 1-0 on the road.

At Washington:

Chris Pontius scored the only goal of the match in the third minute of second-half stoppage time as DC United knocked off the visiting Los Angeles Galaxy 1-0.

At Columbus, Ohio:

Mike Grella scored the game-winning goal (and his team's 1000th all time) in the 67th minute as the New York Red Bulls defeated the Columbus Crew 2-1 on the road.

At Vancouver, British Columbia:

Robert Earnshaw, who came into the match as a late substitution, scored the winning goal in the opening minute of second-half stoppage time as the Vancouver Whitecaps defeated the visiting Portland Timbers 2-1 in the opening contest of this year's Cascadia Cup competition, in which the Caps are the two-time defending champions.

At Houston:

The Colorado Rapids held the home-standing Houston Dynamo to a 0-0 stalemate.

At Frisco, Texas:

Ten-man FC Dallas and the visiting Seattle Sounders battled to a 0-0 deadlock.

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