Saturday, June 02, 2018

MLS: Five Stripes, Impact, Revs, Fire, Citizens, Hoops, RSL Gain Saturday Wins

Nine games were contested in Major League Soccer on Saturday.

At Portland, Oregon:

Diego Valeri successfully converted a penalty kick in the 57th minute to lift the Portland Timbers to a 1-1 home draw with the Los Angeles Galaxy.

Chris Pontius scored for the guests at 20 minutes.

At Atlanta:

Josef Martinez produced a league record-tying fifth career hat trick (PK-21', 49', PK-83') as Atlanta United defeated the visiting (and nine-man) Philadelphia Union 3-1.

At Columbus, Ohio:

Gyasi Zardes (67'), Alex Crognale (81'), and Federico Higuain (90') each scored once as the Columbus Crew came back from a three-goal deficit to gain a 3-3 home draw with Toronto FC.

Victor Vazquez (PK-17'), Tosaint Ricketts (38'), and Sebastian Giovinco (57') each scored once for the Reds.

At Montreal:

Jeisson Vargas scored the only goal of the match in the 44th minute as the Montreal Impact defeated the visiting Houston Dynamo 1-0.

At Foxborough, Massachusetts:

Teal Bunbury scored the winning goal in the 78th minute as the New England Revolution came from behind to upend the visiting New York Red Bulls 2-1.

At New York:

Ismael Tajouri-Shradi scored twice (35', 79') as New York City handed visiting Orlando City their fourth straight defeat 2-0.

At Frisco, Texas:

Roland Lamah scored the game winner in the 51st minute as FC Dallas held off the visiting Los Angeles Football Club 2-1.

At Bridgeview, Illinois:

Aleksandar Katai scored the winning goal in the 49th minute as the Chicago Fire held off the visiting San Jose Earthquakes 2-1.

At Sandy, Utah:

Corey Baird (57') and Luis Silva (90'+1) each scored once as Real Salt Lake blanked the visiting Seattle Sounders 2-0.

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