MLS: Six Of Seven Home Teams Win; Timbers Hand RSL First League Loss

Seven games were played in Major League Soccer on Saturday.


At Chester, Pennsylvania:


Sebastien Le Toux scored the only goal of the match with his successful penalty kick at 75 minutes as the Philadelphia Union blanked the visiting San Jose Earthquakes 1-0.


At Columbus, Ohio:


Emilio Renteria's second-half double (PK-50', 59') carried the Columbus Crew to a 2-1 home win over the Vancouver Whitecaps.


At Harrison, New Jersey:


Luke Rodgers scored at 22 minutes as the New York Red Bulls defeated visiting Sporting Kansas City 1-0.


At Commerce City, Colorado:


Andre Akpan's equalizer at 49 minutes salvaged a 1-1 home draw for the Colorado Rapids in their game with the Chicago Fire, whose goal came at 43 minutes from Marco Pappa.  It was the only Saturday MLS stalemate.


At Seattle:


Brad Evans scored twice in the second half (52', PK-75') as the Seattle Sounders stretched their unbeaten streak to six games with a 3-0 smothering of visiting Toronto FC.


At Carson, California:


Nick LaBrocca (21'), Marcos Mondaini (45'), and Alejandro Moreno (56') each tallied once as Chivas USA dominated the visiting New England Revolution 3-0.


At Portland, Oregon:


Kenny Miller scored the only goal of the match in the 22nd minute as the Portland Timbers remained unbeaten and untied at home with their first-ever MLS shutout, handing Real Salt Lake their first league defeat of the season 1-0.  Troy Perkins picked up the clean sheet in a battle of ex-DC United goalkeepers.