Galaxy perfect run hits 8 games
Minnesota Utd halt 2-game skid
COMMERCE CITY, Colorado, June 22, (AP): Jack McBean scored two goals to double his career total and the LA Galaxy beat the Colorado Rapids 3-1 in Major League Soccer on Wednesday night.
McBean gave the Galaxy (6-5-4) a 2-1 lead in the 63rd minute, streaking down the center of the box, taking a centering pass from Joao Pedro and hammering a shot past goalkeeper Tim Howard. Romain Alessandrini capped the scoring on a penalty kick in the 71st minute.
McBean opened the scoring in the fifth minute, and Dillon Serna tied it in the 37th.
The Galaxy ran their unbeaten streak to eight games. Colorado (5-9-1) had won three in a row. Minnesota United 3, Timbers 2 In Minneapolis, Abu Danladi broke a tie in the 64th minute as expansion side Minnesota beat Portland to snap two-game losing and scoreless streaks.
Danladi scored for the second time this season, handling a ricochet off goalkeeper Jake Gleeson to score from 10 yards.
Minnesota (5-9-2) improved to 5-3 at home, scoring for the first time since a 1-0 victory over Orlando City on May 27. The Timbers (7-7-3) have lost two
Toronto FC forward Sebastian Giovinco (left), of Italy, and Montreal Impact’s Blerim Dzemaili battle for the ball during second half of the first leg of the Canadian Championship soccer final in Montreal on June 21. (AP)
straight in MLS play, both on the road.
Portland’s Amobi Okugo gave Minnesota a 1-0 lead with an own goal in the seventh minute, but Diego Valeri equalized through a penalty in the 37th. Christian Ramirez countered for Minnesota’s in the 47th, and Francisco Calvo tied it in the 50th minute. DC United 2, Atlanta United 1 In Washington, Patrick Nyarko scored his first goal of the season in the 60th minute and DC United rallied to beat expansion side Atlanta.
Nyarko took a cross in the box from Ian Harkes and volleyed inside the far post.
Julian Gressel opened the scoring for Atlanta United (6-7-3) in the 17th minute, tapping in a goal from less than three meters out on a pass from Yamil Asad. Luciano Acosta tied it for DC United (5-8-3) in the 23rd minute.
Orlando City 1, Sounders 1 In Seattle, Scott Sutter headed in a free kick on the last play of second-half stoppage time to lift Orlando City to a tie with the Seattle Sounders.
The Lions (7-5-5) were awarded a free kick 12 yards up from the goal line outside the penalty area on the left side. Kaka drove it toward the top of the 6-yard box and Sutter headed it past Sounders goalkeeper Stefan Frei for his first goal of the season.