Philadelphia down Atlanta, move into 1st place in the East

Lewis brace helps Rapids shutout Red Bulls 2-0

CHESTER, Sept 1, (AP): Kacper Przybylko and Sergio Santos assisted each other on late goals as the Philadelphia Union beat Atlanta United 3-1 Saturday night to move into first place in the Eastern Conference.

The Union (15-8-6) and Atlanta United (15-10-3) entered the game tied in points atop the conference standings. Atlanta had their fourgame winning streak snapped.

Przybylko gave Philadelphia a 2-1 lead in the 86th minute, finishing a cross from Santos with a hard shot that beat goalkeeper Brad Guzan inside the near post.

Santos punched home a cross by Przybylko in the 88th minute, capping the scoring.

Josef Martínez gave Atlanta the lead in the second minute of first half stoppage time. Brenden Aaronson tied it for the Union in the 61st minute.

Przemyslaw Frankowski scored in stoppage time to help Chicago to a draw with Columbus.

Nikolic Nemanja redirected a low cross by Aleksandar Katai and Frankowski side-netted a first-timer to tie it in the fourth minute of injury time.

Kenneth Kronholm had six saves for Chicago (8-12-10).

Pedro Santos scored for the Crew (8-15-7) in the 27th minute. Eloy Room had five saves.

Jonathan Lewis scored twice and Colorado beat New York.

Lewis opened the scoring for the Rapids (8-14-6) in the 14th minute. Lewis also buried a right-footed blast from the top of the penalty area in the 87th minute.

Colorado goalkeeper Tim Howard started his MLS career for the then-MetroStars in 1998 and Saturday night was his final visit to his former club.

He made three saves to record the 211th shutout of his 21-year professional career.

The Red Bulls dropped to 1212-5.

Ola Kamara scored twice in the first half and D.C. United blanked Montreal, dealing a blow to the Impact’s playoff chances.

Paul Arriola also scored for D.C. United (11-10-9). The victory ended a three-game losing skid for United, who were without suspended captain and leading scorer Wayne Rooney. Goalkeeper Bill Hamid made four saves for his 10th shutout of the season.

Evan Bush conceded three goals in four shots for the slumping Impact (11-15-4), who have lost eight of their last 11 MLS matches.

Gustavo Bou scored a late goal, Matt Turner had five saves, and New England played Toronto to a draw.

Bou fired a rolling right-footer into the net to make it 1-1 in the 86th minute.

New England (10-9-9) are unbeaten in their last four games and have just one loss – 2-0 at LAFC on Aug 3 – since May 8.

Nicolas Benezet scored from point-blank range to give Toronto (10-10-8) a lead in the 74th minute.

Ryan Hollingshead scored early, Michael Barrios and Zdenek Ondrasek had goals in the second half, and FC Dallas won their third straight at home.

Dallas (12-10-7) raced out to a three-goal lead against expansion Cincinnati.

Emmanuel Ledesma scored a penalty kick for FC Cincinnati (520-3) in the 64th minute.

Johnny Russell scored on a header in the 12th minute and Kansas City held on for their third win in a row.

Tim Melia made five saves for his second shutout in a row and sixth of the season for Sporting KC (10-11-7).

Houston (9-15-4) extended their winless streak to seven games with six losses over that stretch.

Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Russell Teibert (31) fights for control of the ball with New York City FC’s Gary

Mackay-Steven during the second half of an MLS soccer match in Vancouver on Aug 31, 2019. (AP)